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... interest in such work , and the details thus obtained will add a local color to the neces- sarily brief statements of the text . The following brief works will be found useful for refer- ence and comparison , or for the preparation of ...
... interest in such work , and the details thus obtained will add a local color to the neces- sarily brief statements of the text . The following brief works will be found useful for refer- ence and comparison , or for the preparation of ...
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... interest and brotherhood . Distant , outlying , and rebellious counties were infrequent . The Americans of 1750 were in char- acter very like the frontiersmen of to - day , character they were accustomed to hard work , but equally ...
... interest and brotherhood . Distant , outlying , and rebellious counties were infrequent . The Americans of 1750 were in char- acter very like the frontiersmen of to - day , character they were accustomed to hard work , but equally ...
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... interest of the plan is that it resembles the later Articles of Confederation . At first it seemed likely to succeed ; none of the twenty - five members of the congress seem to have opposed it , but not one colony accepted it . The ...
... interest of the plan is that it resembles the later Articles of Confederation . At first it seemed likely to succeed ; none of the twenty - five members of the congress seem to have opposed it , but not one colony accepted it . The ...
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... William Henry and at Crown Point . This unwonted sense of power and of common interest was increased by the pressure of the British government . 1754-1763 . ] Political Effects of the War . Scheme 40 [ § 20 . Expulsion of the French .
... William Henry and at Crown Point . This unwonted sense of power and of common interest was increased by the pressure of the British government . 1754-1763 . ] Political Effects of the War . Scheme 40 [ § 20 . Expulsion of the French .
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... interest in the colonies . From 1772 to 1775 more than two thousand vessels were built in America . The chief ... interests lead them to . " The colonists were obliged to register their ships ; it was a common practice to register ...
... interest in the colonies . From 1772 to 1775 more than two thousand vessels were built in America . The chief ... interests lead them to . " The colonists were obliged to register their ships ; it was a common practice to register ...
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