The People's Choice, from Washington to Harding: A Study in DemocracyThis work discusses how politics, democracy, and the presidency evolved in the United States from 1789 to 1923. |
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... gave him the job of surveying the six million acres of Fairfax estates in the Shenandoah Valley , to the west of the Blue Ridge Mountains . This gave Washington his first view of those western lands which led him to dream an imperial ...
... gave him the job of surveying the six million acres of Fairfax estates in the Shenandoah Valley , to the west of the Blue Ridge Mountains . This gave Washington his first view of those western lands which led him to dream an imperial ...
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... gave way to anger , the result was terrifying . We have a few descriptions of such scenes . In the summer of 1781 , Washington was expecting the French fleet under de Grasse to make for New York . His plans were completed for what he ...
... gave way to anger , the result was terrifying . We have a few descriptions of such scenes . In the summer of 1781 , Washington was expecting the French fleet under de Grasse to make for New York . His plans were completed for what he ...
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... gave the Government no power to create such a corporation within a State unless the consent of the State had been obtained before- hand . Clay secured the passage of a second bill , providing for the creation of a Bank of the United ...
... gave the Government no power to create such a corporation within a State unless the consent of the State had been obtained before- hand . Clay secured the passage of a second bill , providing for the creation of a Bank of the United ...
Contents
WASHINGTON | 3 |
JOHN ADAMS AND JEFFERSON | 32 |
MADISON MONROE AND JOHN QUINCY ADAMS | 72 |
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