The Young American: A Civic ReaderMaynard, Merrill & Company, 1897 - 244 páginas |
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... British fired on them , killing some and driving the rest away . The supplies at Concord were destroyed , but On the 19th of April , 1775 , the British troops from Boston reached Concord . At Concord bridge the minutemen were drawn up ...
... British fired on them , killing some and driving the rest away . The supplies at Concord were destroyed , but On the 19th of April , 1775 , the British troops from Boston reached Concord . At Concord bridge the minutemen were drawn up ...
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... British warships in the harbor . The hill was reached quietly in the darkness and a breastwork was thrown up . When daylight came the British generals saw the Americans on the hill , and sent a large body of troops to drive them away ...
... British warships in the harbor . The hill was reached quietly in the darkness and a breastwork was thrown up . When daylight came the British generals saw the Americans on the hill , and sent a large body of troops to drive them away ...
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... British officers . Few battles in which the British regiments had been engaged were so bloody as this . They lost over a third of their number in killed and wounded . Bunker . Hill battle was a British victory . But Americans will never ...
... British officers . Few battles in which the British regiments had been engaged were so bloody as this . They lost over a third of their number in killed and wounded . Bunker . Hill battle was a British victory . But Americans will never ...
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PREFACE | 29 |
THE NECESSITY OF GOVERNMENT John C Calhoun | 53 |
THE DISCOVERY OF GOLD | 59 |
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