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Oregon Territory White Settlers
1,112 words... using white colonization of the Oregon Country was closing the connections between the Cayuse Indians and the Whitman mission. With the number of whites now living in the former Cayuse land came many diseases that were unfamiliar to the Indians. Common sicknesses that whites were accustomed to were killing the Natives. The Cayuse became unresponsive to the Whitman's because the couple helped the people who were killing them. In 1847, Narcissa said something about the continued white settleme...
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Oregon Trail Henry Adams
1,512 wordsFrancis Parkman traveled across North America and obtained firsthand experiences about nature, hardships, and the unknown. He developed his quest for knowledge as a child on the Hall Farm in Quincy, Massachusetts. Parkman battled the degenerating loss of his health, the loss of only son, and the loss of his wife. He compiled his wisdom in letters, journals, articles, and books; and Parkman left a legacy unmatched by historians of his time. On September 16, 1823, the union of Reverend Francis Par...
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Third Party Candidates Franklin D Roosevelt
3,374 words1812 The election of 1812 consisted of a battle between James Madison, and De Witt Clinton. Madison had represented both Democratic and Republican beliefs, while Clinton was a Federalist. James Madison was born in Port Conway, Va. , on March 16, 1751. A Princeton graduate, he joined the struggle for independence on his return to Virginia in 1771. He had been an active politician in the 1770 s and 1780 s. He was greatly know for championing the Jefferson reform program, and in the Continental Con...
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Franklin D Roosevelt Third Party Candidates
3,309 wordsImportant presidential elections Some of the most important presidential elections 1812 The election of 1812 consisted of a battle between James Madison, and DeWitt Clinton. Madison had represented both Democratic and Republican beliefs, while Clinton was a Federalist. James Madison was born in Port Conway, Va. , on March 16, 1751. A Princeton graduate, he joined the struggle for independence on his return Virginia in 1771. He had been an active politician in the 1770 s and 1780 s. He was greatl...
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U S Citizens War With Mexico
2,267 wordsJames Polk: Young Hickory and Dark-Horse Polk was born on a farm in Mecklenburg county, N. C. , on Nov. 2, 1795, the oldest of the ten children of Samuel and Jane Knox Polk. The Polk's had moved from Pennsylvania a generation earlier, among the first pioneer settlers in that part of North Carolina. James great-uncle, Thomas Polk, was the most prominent leader in the community. His maternal grandfather, James Knox, was a farmer and a blacksmith who had distinguished himself in the Continental Arm...
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