American Convictions: Cycles of Public Thought, 1600-1850Lippincott, 1970 - 632 pages Studies the bases and fluctuations of American political thought and attitudes from the colonial experience to the dawn of industrialism. |
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... ment of civilization and humanity have occasioned changes in the condition of the world and the human character which would have astonished the most refined nations of antiquity . " As he now said clearly in the Discourses , Adams ...
... ment of civilization and humanity have occasioned changes in the condition of the world and the human character which would have astonished the most refined nations of antiquity . " As he now said clearly in the Discourses , Adams ...
Page 536
... ment as the primary colonists had been given . Yet the Germans , though they were the most politically passive of all colonial settlers , constructed the institutions they cherished most , their churches , quite in the ways they desired ...
... ment as the primary colonists had been given . Yet the Germans , though they were the most politically passive of all colonial settlers , constructed the institutions they cherished most , their churches , quite in the ways they desired ...
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... ment , 58 , 122 , 339–341 Episcopal Academy of Philadelphia , 149 Episcopalians , 102 , 339-342 ; separation of Methodists from , 336 , 337. See also Protestant Episcopal Church Equal Rights Democrats , 449-450 Equality , 285 , 424 ...
... ment , 58 , 122 , 339–341 Episcopal Academy of Philadelphia , 149 Episcopalians , 102 , 339-342 ; separation of Methodists from , 336 , 337. See also Protestant Episcopal Church Equal Rights Democrats , 449-450 Equality , 285 , 424 ...
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English Ways in American Regions | 27 |
The Old Order Brought Overseas | 33 |
English Freedoms Transplanted to Chesapeake Shores | 41 |
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