Sources and Documents Illustrating the American Revolution, 1764-1788, and the Formation of the Federal ConstitutionSamuel Eliot Morison |
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... Indian relations , and frontier petitions , which illustrate and often influenced public opinion . A large part of the book is devoted to the six years after the war , when the Revolution was logically completed by the Federal ...
... Indian relations , and frontier petitions , which illustrate and often influenced public opinion . A large part of the book is devoted to the six years after the war , when the Revolution was logically completed by the Federal ...
Page vii
... Indian Diplomacy . From the Proceedings of a Congress of the Six Nations March 1768 · • · before Sir William Johnson , • 7 March 1768 From the Report of the Board of Trade and Plantations on the Western Problem . The Acts of Trade and ...
... Indian Diplomacy . From the Proceedings of a Congress of the Six Nations March 1768 · • · before Sir William Johnson , • 7 March 1768 From the Report of the Board of Trade and Plantations on the Western Problem . The Acts of Trade and ...
Page xvii
... can have ; they were written by men of keen observation and historical imagination , who had actually lived with Indians and frontiersmen . Gordian knots which only war could sever . Of these 2727 b THE TAXATION QUESTION , 1764–70 xvii.
... can have ; they were written by men of keen observation and historical imagination , who had actually lived with Indians and frontiersmen . Gordian knots which only war could sever . Of these 2727 b THE TAXATION QUESTION , 1764–70 xvii.
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... Indian v . Backwoodsman . Should the Indian hunting grounds be reserved for them in the interest of humanity and the fur trade ; or should the advance of the white frontier be favoured at the Indians ' expense ? And how were the Indians ...
... Indian v . Backwoodsman . Should the Indian hunting grounds be reserved for them in the interest of humanity and the fur trade ; or should the advance of the white frontier be favoured at the Indians ' expense ? And how were the Indians ...
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... Indians be left to the mercy of the traders ? ( d ) The public land problem . How should land acquired from the Indians be disposed of , and by what authority ? ( e ) The political problem . What degree of self - government should be ...
... Indians be left to the mercy of the traders ? ( d ) The public land problem . How should land acquired from the Indians be disposed of , and by what authority ? ( e ) The political problem . What degree of self - government should be ...
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