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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 Daniel Boone, the first white man to set foot in Kentucky, was a drop in the bucket compared to what was to come.
#2 The US was founded on the promise of liberty for all, but was extremely slow to extend that liberty to nonwhites, and even today many people in power view the west as not their land.
#3 The first president to set foot in Kentucky was Daniel Boone, who was a drop in the bucket compared to what was to come.
#4 Washington was impatient with frontiersmen, but he understood that expansion was necessary to secure the country’s future. The government accepted control of its first territory in 1784, when Virginia gave up its claims to a large swath of land north of the Ohio River. This cession came not two months before the United States formally received its independence from Britain.

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Date de parution 13 octobre 2022
Nombre de lectures 0
EAN13 9798350031300
Langue English
Poids de l'ouvrage 1 Mo

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#1

Daniel Boone, the first white man to set foot in Kentucky, was a drop in the bucket compared to what was to come.

#2

The US was founded on the promise of liberty for all, but was extremely slow to extend that liberty to nonwhites, and even today many people in power view the west as not their land.

#3

The first president to set foot in Kentucky was Daniel Boone, who was a drop in the bucket compared to what was to come.

#4

Washington was impatient with frontiersmen, but he understood that expansion was necessary to secure the country’s future. The government accepted control of its first territory in 1784, when Virginia gave up its claims to a large swath of land north of the Ohio River. This cession came not two months before the United States formally received its independence from Britain.

#5

The US was founded on the promise of liberty for all, but it was extremely slow to extend that liberty to nonwhites.

#6

Washington and Jefferson both believed that the best use for the land was to keep it uninhabited by whites for a long time.

#7

The first president to set foot in Kentucky was Daniel Boone, who was a drop in the bucket compared to what was to come.

#8

The US was founded on the promise of liberty for all, but was extremely slow to extend that liberty to nonwhites.

#9

When settlers first touched down in Kentucky, it took them decades to even think about extending their freedoms to nonwhites.

#10

Washington and Jefferson both believed that the best use of the land was to keep it uninhabited by whites for a long time.

#11

The US was founded on the promise of liberty for all, but was extremely slow to extend that liberty to nonwhites.

#12

The American West was initially colonized by whites who believed that the best use of the land was to keep it uninhabited by nonwhites.

#13

America was founded on the principle of liberty for all, but was extremely slow to extend that liberty to nonwhites.

#14

The US was founded on the principle of liberty for all, but was extremely slow to extend that liberty to nonwhites.

#15

The US was founded on the principle of liberty for all, but was extremely slow to extend that liberty to nonwhites.

#16

The US was founded on the principle of liberty for all, but was extremely slow to extend that liberty to nonwhites.

#17

The American West was initially colonized by whites who believed that the best use of the land was to keep it uninhabited by nonwhites. They spread out to find new land, and as a result, the majority of farms in the American West are single-crop farms that yield diminishing returns.

#18

America was founded on the principle of liberty for all, but was extremely slow to extend that liberty to nonwhites.

#19

America was founded on the principle of liberty for all, but was extremely slow to extend that liberty to nonwhites.

#20

The US was founded on the principle of liberty for all, but was extremely slow to extend that liberty to nonwhites.

#21

The US was founded on the principle of liberty for all, but was extremely slow to extend that liberty to nonwhites. The American West was initially colonized by whites who believed that the best use of the land was to keep it uninhabited by nonwhites.

#22

America was founded on the principle of liberty for all, but was extremely slow to extend that liberty to nonwhites.

#23

The Guano Islands Act, which allowed the US to claim any uninhabited rock formation within its borders, was used to extend the borders of the US.

#24

America was founded on the principle of liberty for all, but was extremely slow to extend that liberty to nonwhites.

#25

America was founded on the principle of liberty for all, but was extremely slow to extend that liberty to nonwhites. The American West was initially colonized by whites who believed that the best use of the land was to keep it uninhabited by nonwhites.

#26

America was founded on the principle of liberty for all, but was extremely slow to extend that liberty to nonwhites. The American West was initially colonized by whites who believed that the best use of the land was to keep it uninhabited by nonwhites.

#27

The US was founded on the principle of liberty for all, but was extremely slow to extend that liberty to nonwhites.

#28

Roosevelt believed that the US was founded on the principle of liberty for all, but was extremely slow to extend that liberty to nonwhites.

#29

As America was founded on the principle of liberty for all, it was extremely slow to extend that liberty to nonwhites.

#30

America was founded on the principle of liberty for all, but was extremely slow to extend that liberty to nonwhites. The American West was initially colonized by whites who believed that the best use of the land was to keep it uninhabited by nonwhites.

#31

America was founded on liberty for all, but was extremely slow to extend that liberty to nonwhites.

#32

America was founded on the principle of liberty for all, but was extremely slow to extend that liberty to nonwhites. The American West was initially colonized by whites who believed that the best use of the land was to keep it uninhabited by nonwhites.

#33

The US was founded on liberty for all, but was extremely slow to extend that liberty to nonwhites.

#34

America was founded on liberty for all, but was extremely slow to extend that liberty to nonwhites. The American West was initially colonized by whites who believed that the best use of the land was to keep it uninhabited by nonwhites.

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