Webster's Guide to American History: A Chronological, Geographical, and Biographical Survey and CompendiumCharles Lincoln Van Doren, Robert McHenry |
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... France is the natural defense of the United States against the rapacious spirit of Great Britain against them . France is a nation so vastly emi- nent , having been for so many centuries what they call the dominant power of Europe ...
... France is the natural defense of the United States against the rapacious spirit of Great Britain against them . France is a nation so vastly emi- nent , having been for so many centuries what they call the dominant power of Europe ...
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... France and a $ 240,000 bribe for Talleyrand himself ; they also threaten war between France and U.S. Commission refuses emphatically . Preaching of James McGready , leader of camp meeting movement , is beginning of great religious ...
... France and a $ 240,000 bribe for Talleyrand himself ; they also threaten war between France and U.S. Commission refuses emphatically . Preaching of James McGready , leader of camp meeting movement , is beginning of great religious ...
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... France , she fled to Flor- ence and wrote a history of the episode . In 1850 she , her husband , and their child sailed for America ; the ship was wrecked off Fire Is- land and all aboard perished , on July 19 , 1850. Her memoirs ...
... France , she fled to Flor- ence and wrote a history of the episode . In 1850 she , her husband , and their child sailed for America ; the ship was wrecked off Fire Is- land and all aboard perished , on July 19 , 1850. Her memoirs ...
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Exploration of the New World | 638 |
The Frontier 17501890 | 658 |
Canada and Mexico | 672 |
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