The Young American: A Civic ReaderMaynard, Merrill & Company, 1897 - 244 páginas |
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... colonists refused to pay the taxes . The British sent over soldiers to compel obedience . But the colonists resisted the soldiers , and so there came to be a war between the mother country in Europe and her colonies in America . This ...
... colonists refused to pay the taxes . The British sent over soldiers to compel obedience . But the colonists resisted the soldiers , and so there came to be a war between the mother country in Europe and her colonies in America . This ...
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... colonists had come from far and near to attack them . These colonists were mostly farmers who had not had much military training , but they knew how to shoot , and they lined the woods and hilltops along roads marched over by the ...
... colonists had come from far and near to attack them . These colonists were mostly farmers who had not had much military training , but they knew how to shoot , and they lined the woods and hilltops along roads marched over by the ...
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... colonists were kept poor and depend- ent . In time they became very angry at the tyranny of the home government , and about ninety years ago , when Spain was engaged in a great war with France , the Spanish colonists in America , all ...
... colonists were kept poor and depend- ent . In time they became very angry at the tyranny of the home government , and about ninety years ago , when Spain was engaged in a great war with France , the Spanish colonists in America , all ...
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PREFACE | 29 |
THE NECESSITY OF GOVERNMENT John C Calhoun | 53 |
THE DISCOVERY OF GOLD | 59 |
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