200 Years: A Bicentennial Illustrated History of the United States, Volume 1Books by U.S. News & World Report, 1973 - United States |
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Page 167
... seemed cruelly aimed at their main product - whiskey made from surplus corn . In the sketch below at right , a lad warns distillers that federal excisemen are coming . Taking the offen- sive , the moonshiners began to terrorize tax ...
... seemed cruelly aimed at their main product - whiskey made from surplus corn . In the sketch below at right , a lad warns distillers that federal excisemen are coming . Taking the offen- sive , the moonshiners began to terrorize tax ...
Page 169
... seemed an insurmountable obstacle . When the Convention met again on June 11 after a restful weekend pause , Roger Sherman proposed a compromise : representation in the first branch of the legislature would be according to population ...
... seemed an insurmountable obstacle . When the Convention met again on June 11 after a restful weekend pause , Roger Sherman proposed a compromise : representation in the first branch of the legislature would be according to population ...
Page 315
... seemed - even , reluctantly , to himself - the logical choice to weld the Union . His influence on the executive office began even be- fore there was a presidency . Its powers , wrote a dele- gate to the Convention of 1787 , would not ...
... seemed - even , reluctantly , to himself - the logical choice to weld the Union . His influence on the executive office began even be- fore there was a presidency . Its powers , wrote a dele- gate to the Convention of 1787 , would not ...
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