The frontier in American historyH. Holt, 1920 - 375 halaman The author argues that the availability of cheap land in the American West is the lens through which the history of the United States should be viewed. |
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... individual adventurers and to the States in which the lands are situated . " 43 " No subject , " said Henry Clay , " which has presented itself to the present , or perhaps any preceding , Congress , is of greater magnitude than that of ...
... individual adventurers and to the States in which the lands are situated . " 43 " No subject , " said Henry Clay , " which has presented itself to the present , or perhaps any preceding , Congress , is of greater magnitude than that of ...
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... individual liberty was sometimes con- fused with absence of all effective government . The same conditions aid in explaining the difficulty of instituting a strong government in the period of the confederacy . The frontier individualism ...
... individual liberty was sometimes con- fused with absence of all effective government . The same conditions aid in explaining the difficulty of instituting a strong government in the period of the confederacy . The frontier individualism ...
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... individual liberty beyond its proper bounds , has its dangers as well as its benefits . Individualism in America has allowed a laxity in regard to governmental affairs which has rendered possible the spoils system and all the manifest ...
... individual liberty beyond its proper bounds , has its dangers as well as its benefits . Individualism in America has allowed a laxity in regard to governmental affairs which has rendered possible the spoils system and all the manifest ...
Halaman 63
... individual possession did not become marked until the eighteenth century ; but the exclusion of some from possession of the town lands and the " equality " in allotment favoring men with already large estates must have attracted ...
... individual possession did not become marked until the eighteenth century ; but the exclusion of some from possession of the town lands and the " equality " in allotment favoring men with already large estates must have attracted ...
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... individuals , but in townships to groups of proprietors who in turn assigned lands to the inhabitants without cost . The typical form of establishing a town was as follows : On appli- cation of an approved body of men , desiring to ...
... individuals , but in townships to groups of proprietors who in turn assigned lands to the inhabitants without cost . The typical form of establishing a town was as follows : On appli- cation of an approved body of men , desiring to ...
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