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... Jefferson and the Founding of the Government Eli Whitney and the Invention of the Cotton Gin . Robert Fulton and the Invention of the Steamboat Andrew Jackson and the Progress of the Nation 213 221 · 229 · 243 250 259 Samuel F. B. Morse ...
... Jefferson and the Founding of the Government Eli Whitney and the Invention of the Cotton Gin . Robert Fulton and the Invention of the Steamboat Andrew Jackson and the Progress of the Nation 213 221 · 229 · 243 250 259 Samuel F. B. Morse ...
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... Captain Clark wish to capture the British posts in Illinois and on the Wabash ? If he had not succeeded , what might have been the result ? THOMAS JEFFERSON AND THE FOUNDING OF THE GOVERNMENT I. " 228 GEORGE ROGERS CLARK.
... Captain Clark wish to capture the British posts in Illinois and on the Wabash ? If he had not succeeded , what might have been the result ? THOMAS JEFFERSON AND THE FOUNDING OF THE GOVERNMENT I. " 228 GEORGE ROGERS CLARK.
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... Jefferson , and at that time was a member of the House of Burgesses . - A famous speech . As Jefferson stood at the door of the capitol at Williamsburg one morning , he heard Henry deliver the most daring speech that had yet been made ...
... Jefferson , and at that time was a member of the House of Burgesses . - A famous speech . As Jefferson stood at the door of the capitol at Williamsburg one morning , he heard Henry deliver the most daring speech that had yet been made ...
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... Jefferson . In truth , however , no speeches were needed to arouse his patriotic zeal . All through the troubles which led up to the Revolutionary War he was among the foremost in defend- ing the American colonists . Jefferson in the ...
... Jefferson . In truth , however , no speeches were needed to arouse his patriotic zeal . All through the troubles which led up to the Revolutionary War he was among the foremost in defend- ing the American colonists . Jefferson in the ...
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James Baldwin. Jefferson in the Continental Congress . When the Sec- ond Continental Congress met in Philadelphia , Jefferson was there as one of the delegates from Virginia . At first there were few of the members who ventured to speak ...
James Baldwin. Jefferson in the Continental Congress . When the Sec- ond Continental Congress met in Philadelphia , Jefferson was there as one of the delegates from Virginia . At first there were few of the members who ventured to speak ...
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Page 325 - ... all men are created equal; and are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; and that among these are, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness...
Page 328 - My paramount object is to save the Union, and not either to save or destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slaves, I would do it — if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it — and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Page 303 - ... and the President of the United States should tell me that a great battle was to be fought for the liberty or slavery of the country, and asked...
Page 230 - Caesar had his Brutus — Charles the "First had his Cromwell — -and George the Third
Page 309 - Trusting in Almighty God, an approving conscience, and the aid of my fellow-citizens, I devote myself to the service of my native state, in whose behalf alone will I ever again draw my sword.
Page 262 - A tall, lank, uncouth-looking personage, with long locks of hair hanging over his face and a cue down his back tied in an eel-skin; his dress singular; his manners those of a rough backwoodsman.
Page 276 - I wish that in an instant I could communicate the information: but three thousand miles are not passed over in an instant, and we must wait four long weeks before we can hear from each other.