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Intervention Of The United States In Nicaragua Since 1909, Louise Floyd

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The twentieth century is revealing a steady increase in the influence of the United States in the Caribbean region, both in politics and economic development. The arm of America has been gradually forcing out the European nations. Counting colonies and protectorates, the United States has under its supervision a greater Caribbean population than the population of the thirteen colonies at the time of the Declaration of Independence. In trade the United States is the best customer of Central America and the West Indies. The region is one of the chief sources of our raw-materials imports.

The majority of the citizens …

America's Part In The World Court Movement, 1919, J. Reuben Clark Jr.

Documents, 1919-1938

A typed copy of an essay entitled, "America's Part in the World Court Movement", by J. Reuben Clark Jr., dating from circa 1919. Within, Reuben details the history and background of the world court movement and peaceful settlement of international disputes starting with the Hague Convention.

Monroe Doctrine Its Status, John F. Simmons

Michigan Law Review

In 1895. President Cleveland in his message to Congress in regard to what has come to be known as the "Venezuela affair" said the Monroe Doctrine "has its place in the code of international law as certainly and as securely as if it were specifically mentioned." To test the accuracy of this statement we must determine as closely as possible what the Monroe Doctrine is and what is the correct meaning of the term "code of international law." Having settled our definitions the issue will be clearly defined and its discussion possibly profitable.

Ten Years Of Rhode Island History, Edna Ethel Dawley

Student and Lippitt Prize Essays

Chronicles the economic and political struggles of the colonies of North America from 1765 to 1775, ultimately leading to the United States Declaration of Independence from the British Empire, with an emphasis on Rhode Island.

Our Army At Monterey, Thomas Bangs Thorpe

Rare Books and Manuscripts

Our Army at Monterey is an account of the proceedings and events which occurred to the "Army of Occupation" under the command of Major General Taylor, from the time of leaving Matamoros to the surrender of Monterey. It includes a description of the three days' battle and the storming of Monterey, and the ceremonies attending the surrender together with the particulars of the capitulation. It is an illustrated account that contains a view of the city.

Washington's Farewell Address: The President’S Address To The People Of The United States, Announcing His Intention Of Retiring From Public Life At The Expiration Of The Present Constitutional Term Of Presidency, George Washington

Electronic Texts in American Studies

This is a digital “facsimile” edition of a contemporary pamphlet version of President George Washington’s “Farewell Address,” first issued in the Philadelphia Daily Advertiser newspaper on September 19, 1796. Co-authored with James Madison and Alexander Hamilton, it expresses Washington’s decision to decline a third term of the presidency and offers his parting advice to his “friends and fellow-citizens.”

Washington’s “farewell address” emphasizes the importance of Union, the danger of partisanship, the threat of parties allied to foreign countries or interests, the accomplishment of a national government, the precedence of national over sectional interests, the maintenance of the public credit, the …

The Journal Of Major George Washington, George Washington

Zea E-Books in American Studies

In October of 1753, George Washington, a 21-year-old major in the Virginia militia, volunteered to carry a letter from the governor of Virginia to the French commander of the forts recently built on the headwaters of the Ohio River in northwestern Pennsylvania. The French had recently expanded their military operations from the Great Lakes into the Ohio country, and had spent the summer of 1753 building forts and roads along the Allegheny River, with the design of linking their trade routes and sphere of influence down the Ohio to the Mississippi. Virginia governor Robert Dinwiddie believed them to be in …