The American People: Creating a Nation and a SocietyGary B. Nash The American People, Brief Third Edition, makes its first appearance as a four-color book in the American History market. With a thought-provoking and rich presentation, the authors present the lives and experiences of Americans of all national origins and cultural backgrounds, at all levels of society, and in all regions of the country. With its beautiful, new design and added Recovering the Past features, students and instructors will be engaged by a book that is brief, attractive, student-friendly, and reasonably priced! |
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... ment of the Continental Congress toward independence . The new radical leaders demanded internal reforms : opening up opportunity ; curbing the accumulation of wealth by " our great merchants . at the expense of the people ...
... ment of the Continental Congress toward independence . The new radical leaders demanded internal reforms : opening up opportunity ; curbing the accumulation of wealth by " our great merchants . at the expense of the people ...
Page 200
... ment first to Philadelphia and eventually to a special federal district on the Potomac River . Southerners hoped that moving the government away from north- ern commercial centers would enable them to control its development and keep it ...
... ment first to Philadelphia and eventually to a special federal district on the Potomac River . Southerners hoped that moving the government away from north- ern commercial centers would enable them to control its development and keep it ...
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... ment had banned slaves from the Northwest Territory , nowhere did any govern- ment extend equal rights and citizenship or economic opportunities to free blacks . In the 1830s , black men in most northern states began losing the right to ...
... ment had banned slaves from the Northwest Territory , nowhere did any govern- ment extend equal rights and citizenship or economic opportunities to free blacks . In the 1830s , black men in most northern states began losing the right to ...
Contents
Archaeological Artifacts | 4 |
Indian Societies During the Period of Early European Settlement | 9 |
Oceanic Exploration in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries | 15 |
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