A History of the United States for Schools: Including a Concise Account of the Discovery of America, the Colonization of the Land, and the Revolutionary WarSilver, Burdett and Company, 1896 - 439 pages |
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... FRANCE XIX . FRANCE VERSUS ENGLAND 58728 65 71 74 76 XX . KING WILLIAM'S , QUEEN ANNE'S , AND KING GEORGE's WARS XXI . THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR · XXII . TREATY OF 1763 • Chronology 5588 77 81 89 90 SECTION IV . COLONIAL LIFE . THE ...
... FRANCE XIX . FRANCE VERSUS ENGLAND 58728 65 71 74 76 XX . KING WILLIAM'S , QUEEN ANNE'S , AND KING GEORGE's WARS XXI . THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR · XXII . TREATY OF 1763 • Chronology 5588 77 81 89 90 SECTION IV . COLONIAL LIFE . THE ...
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... FRANCE LVII . THE REPUBLICANS AND ENGLAND LVIII . THE WAR OF 1812 LIX . AN ERA OF GOOD FEELING LX . THE UNITED STATES OF 1825 Chronology • • · SECTION X.- THE NATION THREATENED . LXI . JOHN QUINCY ADAMS LXII . LXIII . NULLIFICATION AND ...
... FRANCE LVII . THE REPUBLICANS AND ENGLAND LVIII . THE WAR OF 1812 LIX . AN ERA OF GOOD FEELING LX . THE UNITED STATES OF 1825 Chronology • • · SECTION X.- THE NATION THREATENED . LXI . JOHN QUINCY ADAMS LXII . LXIII . NULLIFICATION AND ...
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... France in the New World ; " and Hakluyt's " Collection of Early Voyages . " SECTION II . PERMANENT SETTLEMENTS . IN the third volume of Winsor's " Narrative and Critical History , " and in the first volumes of Bancroft and Hildreth will ...
... France in the New World ; " and Hakluyt's " Collection of Early Voyages . " SECTION II . PERMANENT SETTLEMENTS . IN the third volume of Winsor's " Narrative and Critical History , " and in the first volumes of Bancroft and Hildreth will ...
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... France and England in North America " make an almost perfect history of New France and its contests with the English . The separate titles are " Pioneers of France in the New World , " " Jesuits in North America , " " La Salle and the ...
... France and England in North America " make an almost perfect history of New France and its contests with the English . The separate titles are " Pioneers of France in the New World , " " Jesuits in North America , " " La Salle and the ...
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... France , " Balch's “ The French in America , " Moore's " Treason of Lee , " Roosevelt's " Winning of the West , " Gilmore's " Rear Guard of the Revolution , " and Arnold's " Life of Benedict Arnold . " The best account of the treaty of ...
... France , " Balch's “ The French in America , " Moore's " Treason of Lee , " Roosevelt's " Winning of the West , " Gilmore's " Rear Guard of the Revolution , " and Arnold's " Life of Benedict Arnold . " The best account of the treaty of ...
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