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... settled on the prairies of the province of Texas . These pioneers had come there on the understanding that they would enjoy all the rights guaranteed those within the confines of Mexico by the Constitution of 1824 . THE ALAMO.
... settled on the prairies of the province of Texas . These pioneers had come there on the understanding that they would enjoy all the rights guaranteed those within the confines of Mexico by the Constitution of 1824 . THE ALAMO.
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George Ives Haight. the confines of Mexico by the Constitution of 1824 . Santa Anna , the usurper , had denied those rights . The men from the North were unhesitatingly ready to fight for their liberty . In the war that followed many ...
George Ives Haight. the confines of Mexico by the Constitution of 1824 . Santa Anna , the usurper , had denied those rights . The men from the North were unhesitatingly ready to fight for their liberty . In the war that followed many ...
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... Constitutional Convention , and became its President . His early studies had sufficiently begun his preparation for this ... Constitution fashioned . Soldier , student , farmer , patriot , statesman - he was ready for the great office of ...
... Constitutional Convention , and became its President . His early studies had sufficiently begun his preparation for this ... Constitution fashioned . Soldier , student , farmer , patriot , statesman - he was ready for the great office of ...
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... constitutions and offices , from time to time , as shall be thought most meete and convenient for ye generall good of ye Colonie , unto which we promise all due submission and obedience . " Here were not scholars or stu- dents of ...
... constitutions and offices , from time to time , as shall be thought most meete and convenient for ye generall good of ye Colonie , unto which we promise all due submission and obedience . " Here were not scholars or stu- dents of ...
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... hold ! How logically they provide the machinery of government ! We see institutions in their begin- nings and realize that from this simple but effec- tive inception came at last the Constitution of the United PLYMOUTH ROCK.
... hold ! How logically they provide the machinery of government ! We see institutions in their begin- nings and realize that from this simple but effec- tive inception came at last the Constitution of the United PLYMOUTH ROCK.
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