Sources and Documents Illustrating the American Revolution, 1764-1788, and the Formation of the Federal ConstitutionSamuel Eliot Morison |
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... Treaty of Fort 1 Printed in Alvord and Carter , The Critical Period ( Illinois Historical Collections , x ) , 273-81 ; Shortt and Doughty , 433 ; Documents on Colonial History of New York , vii . 637. See Comments on the Plan in pp . 62 ...
... Treaty of Fort 1 Printed in Alvord and Carter , The Critical Period ( Illinois Historical Collections , x ) , 273-81 ; Shortt and Doughty , 433 ; Documents on Colonial History of New York , vii . 637. See Comments on the Plan in pp . 62 ...
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... treaty between North American Indians and colonial , imperial , or federal authorities has been much more than a truce , or a death warrant for the Indians . Their political organization was so loose that the young braves could not be ...
... treaty between North American Indians and colonial , imperial , or federal authorities has been much more than a truce , or a death warrant for the Indians . Their political organization was so loose that the young braves could not be ...
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... treaty that was never broken ' with William Penn.1 The Boys ' then marched on Philadelphia , with the intention of putting more refugees to the hatchet , and were only dissuaded from their purpose by the Assembly adopting their demands ...
... treaty that was never broken ' with William Penn.1 The Boys ' then marched on Philadelphia , with the intention of putting more refugees to the hatchet , and were only dissuaded from their purpose by the Assembly adopting their demands ...
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... treaty with the Cherokees . Settlers began to crowd the wilderness trail through the Appalachians . When the War of Independence broke out , the spear - head of the westward movement had passed the mountains ; and the force behind it ...
... treaty with the Cherokees . Settlers began to crowd the wilderness trail through the Appalachians . When the War of Independence broke out , the spear - head of the westward movement had passed the mountains ; and the force behind it ...
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... treaties it was unable to enforce . New forts were built on the Ohio , and in 1787 a detachment of the United States army moved down the right bank , burning the cabins of frontiersmen who had staked out claims there by ' tomahawk right ...
... treaties it was unable to enforce . New forts were built on the Ohio , and in 1787 a detachment of the United States army moved down the right bank , burning the cabins of frontiersmen who had staked out claims there by ' tomahawk right ...
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