The American Heritage History of the Making of the NationAmerican Heritage Publishing Company; book trade distribution by Simon and Schuster, 1968 - United States - 416 pages |
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... Congress . So turbulent was the opposition that Congress dropped the Articles and did not take them up until the following year . The federalists then insisted on an amendment that " each state retains its sovereignty , freedom and ...
... Congress . So turbulent was the opposition that Congress dropped the Articles and did not take them up until the following year . The federalists then insisted on an amendment that " each state retains its sovereignty , freedom and ...
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... Congress , in gathering for a common task , be- came aware of each other as men , and sensed the common interests that underlay regional differences . Practical necessity did much to foster the new nation- alism . At the war's beginning ...
... Congress , in gathering for a common task , be- came aware of each other as men , and sensed the common interests that underlay regional differences . Practical necessity did much to foster the new nation- alism . At the war's beginning ...
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... Congress . When the population of the territory equaled that of the free citizens of the smallest of the thirteen states , the territory , on agreeing to assume its share of the federal debt and to maintain a republican form of ...
... Congress . When the population of the territory equaled that of the free citizens of the smallest of the thirteen states , the territory , on agreeing to assume its share of the federal debt and to maintain a republican form of ...
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