What shaped the map of a growing nation? Explore the forces behind America’s territorial growth through primary sources and dated milestones.
This collection presents source extracts that illuminate how expansion, annexation, and territorial decisions influenced the United States. It weaves together documents, proclamations, and chronology to show the debates, diplomacy, and events that shaped the country’s boundaries and power.
- Read key moments around annexation, statehood, and territorial debates as they unfolded in government records and contemporary writings.
- See how presidents, Congresses, and foreign powers interacted in the push to extend U.S. territory.
- Trace the timeline of major events, from early exploration through turning points in nation-building.
Ideal for readers seeking a factual, document-based view of how territorial development evolved in American history.
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Excerpt from Territorial Development: Source Extracts
An earnest attempt has been made to select typical material. The aim at least has been an honest one. The reader is then asked to approach the subject in the same candid spirit, and judge accordingly.
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Excerpt from Territorial Development: Source Extracts
Few questions have been more fundamental in American history than those connected with its territorial development. Some of the most exciting debates that ever took place in Congress were connected with this subject. In fact it will perhaps ultimately be found that nearly all the great political, social, industrial, and economic questions of our history may be unified more perfectly by connecting them with the frontier and the territorial development of the country than from any other point of view. Professor Von Holst has made us almost believe that the grouping should be around the question of slavery. However, much may be said in favor of another view. It may be found that slavery itself was only an episode in the opening up of a new country to habitation and civilization. Certainly slavery only became a national question when it became connected with the territorial issue. The admission of Missouri in 1820 was fought over so strenuously because of the existence of a vast empire of unoccupied country.
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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Paperback. Condición: New. Print on Demand. This book, consisting of a collection of sources from letters, state papers, diplomatic correspondence, and speeches, chronicles the territorial development of the United States from its inception. It reveals the arguments for the various claims made by Spain, England, France, the Netherlands, and Sweden over portions of North America, culminating in the establishment of the boundaries of the newly formed nation after the Revolutionary War. The author presents a comprehensive look at the motivations, contestations, and resolutions surrounding these territorial disputes, providing insights into the geopolitical landscape that shaped the foundation of the United States. Through firsthand accounts, this book allows readers to witness the negotiations, debates, and decisions that determined the destiny of a nation. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Nº de ref. del artículo: 9781330720004_0
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