A History of America in 100 Maps

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102 A HISTORY OF AMERICA IN 100 MAPS Daniel Boone embodies the myth of the American frontier. He became a folk hero in his own l ...

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A NATION REALIZED 105 In the summer of 1726 Benjamin Franklin was a young man of twenty, sailing home to the colonies after his ...

106 A HISTORY OF AMERICA IN 100 MAPS The success of the American Revolution made clear that the colonists had many different vis ...

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108 A HISTORY OF AMERICA IN 100 MAPS The Revolutionary War demonstrated the need for an infrastructure that would both stimulate ...

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A NATION REALIZED 113 President Thomas Jefferson came into office with an agrarian vision for his country; it required more land ...

114 A HISTORY OF AMERICA IN 100 MAPS As the previous map reveals, it was the relative lack of geographical knowledge that led Pr ...

A NATION REALIZED 115 they flowed circuitously toward the Pacific Ocean or the Mississippi River. Clark’s map was not without er ...

116 A HISTORY OF AMERICA IN 100 MAPS DEMOCRACY SUBVERTED “The Gerry-Mander, or Essex South District Formed into a Monster!,” Sal ...

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118 A HISTORY OF AMERICA IN 100 MAPS Educational opportunities for young women exploded during the early republic. While girls h ...

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120 A HISTORY OF AMERICA IN 100 MAPS In 1807 Congress asked the Treasury secretary, Albert Gallatin, to survey the country’s ent ...