History of the American Revolution: With a Preliminary View of the Character and Principles of the Colonists, and Their Controversies with Great BritainN. Hickman, 1834 - 372 páginas |
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... INDEPENDENCE ........ Page 1,3 CHAPTER VIII . Position of the Armies , July 1776 - Difficulties of Washington - Attempts at Nego- tiation - Battle of Long Island - Retreat of Americans - Evacuation of New York - Skirmishing - Farther ...
... INDEPENDENCE ........ Page 1,3 CHAPTER VIII . Position of the Armies , July 1776 - Difficulties of Washington - Attempts at Nego- tiation - Battle of Long Island - Retreat of Americans - Evacuation of New York - Skirmishing - Farther ...
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... Independence acknowledged by Holland - Ditficulties in the Negotiations - French and Spanish Intrigues - In- structions to the American Commissioners - Instructions violated - Treaty con cluded Military Events - Embarrassments of civil ...
... Independence acknowledged by Holland - Ditficulties in the Negotiations - French and Spanish Intrigues - In- structions to the American Commissioners - Instructions violated - Treaty con cluded Military Events - Embarrassments of civil ...
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... Independence of the United States , was , beyond question , the most momentous era in the political history of the world . Other periods have , indeed , produced instances of the high- est public virtue , -of elevated , fervent and ...
... Independence of the United States , was , beyond question , the most momentous era in the political history of the world . Other periods have , indeed , produced instances of the high- est public virtue , -of elevated , fervent and ...
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... independence , and experience of the benefits and usages of liberty , under circumstances more favorable than had ever been enjoyed by any people before ; developing by the severest discipline the physical powers of the human frame ...
... independence , and experience of the benefits and usages of liberty , under circumstances more favorable than had ever been enjoyed by any people before ; developing by the severest discipline the physical powers of the human frame ...
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... independence : the issue has invigorated the hopes , and given unerring promises of the final triumph , of those who have not only to build up new institutions , but to combat inveterate prejudices , to re- move the consequences of ...
... independence : the issue has invigorated the hopes , and given unerring promises of the final triumph , of those who have not only to build up new institutions , but to combat inveterate prejudices , to re- move the consequences of ...
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