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... town building . The social results have been important . Soil in the South . In the South , on the other hand , the tillable soil was fertile , though more easily exhausted . It was also abundant and cheap , so that the settlers had a ...
... town building . The social results have been important . Soil in the South . In the South , on the other hand , the tillable soil was fertile , though more easily exhausted . It was also abundant and cheap , so that the settlers had a ...
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... town for a swindler . Another story is that an iron manufacturer not long after this tried to use it in his furnace . All the forenoon he poked at the fire to make it burn , but had no success . Finally he closed the furnace door in ...
... town for a swindler . Another story is that an iron manufacturer not long after this tried to use it in his furnace . All the forenoon he poked at the fire to make it burn , but had no success . Finally he closed the furnace door in ...
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... towns of Europe . Most aggressive were the traders from Venice and Genoa . From each eastern town they secured privileges of trade with perma- nent quarters in which they were ruled by their own laws and protected by their own home ...
... towns of Europe . Most aggressive were the traders from Venice and Genoa . From each eastern town they secured privileges of trade with perma- nent quarters in which they were ruled by their own laws and protected by their own home ...
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... town was laid out in Hayti and called Isabella . Gold mines were found in the interior , and the neighboring natives , always submissive , were ordered to work them and bring in a certain amount of gold each month . A native chieftain ...
... town was laid out in Hayti and called Isabella . Gold mines were found in the interior , and the neighboring natives , always submissive , were ordered to work them and bring in a certain amount of gold each month . A native chieftain ...
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... town lured them into the interior , where they were surrounded by vast numbers of savages and forced back starving to the coast at Pensacola Bay . They built boats , converted their horses into food , made sails from horsehides and from ...
... town lured them into the interior , where they were surrounded by vast numbers of savages and forced back starving to the coast at Pensacola Bay . They built boats , converted their horses into food , made sails from horsehides and from ...
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