Westward Extension, 1841-1850Harper & Brothers, 1906 - 366 من الصفحات A vivid portrait of a turbulent & crowded decade. Although the emphasis is on expansion, the book is largely a history of the U.S. during the years covered. Also discussed are party struggle & the domestic problems of the Tyler & Polk administrations. Illus. |
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... less than one hundred and fifty thousand ; ' and while no exact figures are avail- able for the years 1775-1820 , the total was relative- ly small . The institutions which had been inherited from England were therefore carried into the ...
... less than one hundred and fifty thousand ; ' and while no exact figures are avail- able for the years 1775-1820 , the total was relative- ly small . The institutions which had been inherited from England were therefore carried into the ...
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George Pierce Garrison. to Texas a white population of less than three thousand ; but in less than seven years there came four times that many colonists from the United States . This overwhelming and still increasing ma- jority of ...
George Pierce Garrison. to Texas a white population of less than three thousand ; but in less than seven years there came four times that many colonists from the United States . This overwhelming and still increasing ma- jority of ...
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... less significant than it seemed.1 The popular majority for Harrison in most of the states was small ; and for the whole Union , in an aggregate of over 2,400,000 , it was less than 150,000 . The congressional elections gave the Whigs a ...
... less significant than it seemed.1 The popular majority for Harrison in most of the states was small ; and for the whole Union , in an aggregate of over 2,400,000 , it was less than 150,000 . The congressional elections gave the Whigs a ...
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THE QUARREL BETWEEN TYLER AND THE WHIGS | 51 |
ADJUSTMENT OF THE MAINE BOUNDARY CON | 67 |
THE TEXAN QUESTION 18191841 | 85 |
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¹ Niles 29 Cong 30 Cong adopted Albert Bushnell Hart amendment American annexation of Texas August Bancroft Barnburners Benton bill boundary Britain British Buchanan Buren Calhoun California Cass chap claims Clay Clayton-Bulwer Treaty Columbia committee Congress Constitution convention December declared Democrats Diary district Documents election favor Free Soil Frémont Globe Hist History Holst House Exec Ibid issue Jacksonian Democracy January July June letter LXXIV March ment Messages and Papers Mexican cession Mexican government Mexico Mexico and California minister Missouri Compromise movement negotiations Niles nomination North Northwest Ohio Oregon organization Pacific party passed political President Polk question refused Register resolution Richardson River Santa sectional Senate Docs Sess session Silas Wright slave slave-holding slave-trade slavery Slidell South southern tariff Taylor territorial government Texan tion treaty troops Tyler Union vols vote Walker tariff Washington Webster West westward Whigs Wilmot Proviso York