The History of North America, Band 8Guy Carleton Lee, Francis Newton Thorpe Printed and published for subscribers only by George Barrie & Sons, 1904 |
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... trading ventures on the Mississippi . His negotia- tions with Spanish officials . Takes oath of allegiance to Spain . Spanish attempts to gain the West . Unrest in Ken- tucky . Other disaffected leaders . Morgan's colony . Great Britain ...
... trading ventures on the Mississippi . His negotia- tions with Spanish officials . Takes oath of allegiance to Spain . Spanish attempts to gain the West . Unrest in Ken- tucky . Other disaffected leaders . Morgan's colony . Great Britain ...
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... trading posts , scattered here and there through the vast wilderness hundreds of miles apart , seemed to give them a right to the country . They did not claim the exclusive right , because they wished to keep it a wilderness and use it ...
... trading posts , scattered here and there through the vast wilderness hundreds of miles apart , seemed to give them a right to the country . They did not claim the exclusive right , because they wished to keep it a wilderness and use it ...
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... trading with the Indians . Roosevelt estimates the number of French in the settlements in 1775 as only four thousand . This estimate does not include the scattered traders who were Iwith the various Indian tribes . The settlements in ...
... trading with the Indians . Roosevelt estimates the number of French in the settlements in 1775 as only four thousand . This estimate does not include the scattered traders who were Iwith the various Indian tribes . The settlements in ...
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... trading post St. Vincent , though this did not become a permanent town till 1734. These small , widely scattered settlements could hardly be considered strong enough to hold the Mississippi valley by right of possession . Vast stretches ...
... trading post St. Vincent , though this did not become a permanent town till 1734. These small , widely scattered settlements could hardly be considered strong enough to hold the Mississippi valley by right of possession . Vast stretches ...
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... trading station and as the seat of an agricultural community . It was usually near a river for convenience of access by the traders and in some fertile prairie region . It was generally surrounded by a stockade and guarded by a fort ...
... trading station and as the seat of an agricultural community . It was usually near a river for convenience of access by the traders and in some fertile prairie region . It was generally surrounded by a stockade and guarded by a fort ...
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admission admitted Alleghanies American appointed became boundary Britain British ceded cession Clair Clark clause colonies condition Congress Connecticut Constitution convention Cutler delegates district east eastern elected emigrants England established expedition explorers favor formed France Franklin French gave George Rogers Clark governor granted houses hundred acres Illinois country important independent Indians inhabitants Jefferson journey Kaskaskia Kentucky Lake land claims laws leader legislature Little Miami River Louisiana Louisiana Purchase Manasseh Cutler matter ment Miami Michigan miles Mississippi Mississippi River Missouri mountains nation navigation neighbors North Carolina northern Northwest Territory Ohio Company Ohio River Ordinance of 1787 Orleans party passed Pennsylvania pioneer population possession purchase question Revolution sent settled settlements settlers Sevier slavery slaves southern Spain Spanish Symmes Purchase Tennessee thousand tion township tract trade treaty Union United valley village Vincennes Virginia vote Watauga western lands westward wilderness
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Seite 370 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States, and admitted as soon as possible, according to the principles of the Federal constitution, to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States; and in the meantime they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and the religion which they profess.
Seite 456 - And whenever any of the said states shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein, such state shall be admitted by its delegates into the Congress of the United States, on an equal footing with the original states in all respects whatever; and shall be at liberty to form a permanent constitution and state government: provided the constitution and government so to be formed shall be republican, and in conformity to the principles contained in these articles...
Seite 81 - It is hereby ordained and declared by the authority aforesaid, that the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact between the original states and the people and states in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent...
Seite 205 - States declares that congress shall have power to dispose of, and make all needful rules and regulations respecting, the territory and other property belonging to the United States.
Seite 284 - Governor shall appoint such magistrates and other civil officers, in each county or township, as he shall find necessary for the preservation of the peace and good order in the same.
Seite 80 - And for extending the fundamental principles of civil and religious liberty, which form the basis whereon these republics, their laws, and constitutions are erected; to fix and establish those principles as the basis of all laws, constitutions and governments, which forever hereafter shall be formed in the said territory...
Seite 461 - ... thereby guarding in the same sentence, and under the same words, the freedom of religion, of speech, and of the press, insomuch, that whatever violates either, throws down the sanctuary which covers the others, and that libels, falsehoods, and defamation, equally with heresy and false religion, are withheld from the cognizance of federal tribunals.
Seite 84 - That, after the year 1800 of the Christian era-, there shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in any of the said States, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes whereof the party shall have been duly convicted to have been personally guilty.
Seite 117 - State from bringing with them such persons as are deemed slaves by the laws of any one of the United States...
Seite 305 - State during the six months immediately preceding such election, and shall have declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States, conformably to the laws of the United States on the subject of naturalization, shall be entitled to vote in the township or precinct where he may reside.