Washington S Western Lands
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Washington S Western Lands
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Author : Roy Bird Cook
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1930
Washington S Western Lands written by Roy Bird Cook and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1930 with Land titles categories.
Maryland S Influence Upon Land Cessions To The United States
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Author : Herbert Baxter Adams
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1885
Maryland S Influence Upon Land Cessions To The United States written by Herbert Baxter Adams and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1885 with Maryland categories.
Virginia S Western Visions
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Author : Leslie Scott Philyaw
language : en
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
Release Date : 2004
Virginia S Western Visions written by Leslie Scott Philyaw and has been published by Univ. of Tennessee Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with History categories.
"Once all the world was Virginia"--an exaggerated truism to be sure, but in the early eighteenth century, there seemed no limit on the Old Dominion's possibility for growth, particularly in the eyes of the state's Tidewater elite. Wealthy tobacco barons monopolized thousands of acres along Virginia's frontier, and early leadership, including William Byrd, Thomas Jefferson, and George Washington, saw the generous possibilities in the expanse of lands to their west. In 1705 Virginia planter and historian Robert Beverly confidently foresaw the day when Virginia's settlements would reach "the California Sea." In Virginia's Western Visions, L. Scott Philyaw examines the often tumultuous history of Virginia's westward expansion. Land, the foundation to tobacco cultivation and slavery, obsessed early Virginians. Land acquisition was also a necessary step in dispossessing Virginia's native inhabitants, replacing them with Europeans and Africans. The relationship between Virginia's Tidewater elite and the hinterland was never simple, however. The backcountry's economic potential was undeniable, as was the possibility for colonization; but elites feared the threat of Native American nations, and the western border was consistently a source of unrest. For many English colonists, the inland wilderness was terrifying, and Philyaw argues that attitudes toward the different peoples of the frontier--Native Americans, French Catholic villagers, and German and Ulster-Scot immigrants--shed light on the cultural and ethnic assumptions of the architects of the American republic. By the early nineteenth century, the optimism of the Revolutionary generation had faded. New western states competed with Virginia for markets, settlers, and investments, and wealthy planters began abandoning the Old Dominion, taking their portable slave wealth with them. As the War of Independence came to an end, an independent Virginia actually began losing territory; the war-weary and impoverished state could no longer control the western lands its leadership had worked so tirelessly to acquire. Leaders now turned to the new national government to accomplish their aims of creating a series of western states that would share Virginia's interests. They failed, and in the antebellum era Virginia's elite more often allied with states to the south rather than those that were once part of the Old Dominion. From the earliest settlement of the area, Virginians wrestled with both the political and cultural meaning of "Virginia." By examining the changing attitudes toward the early West, Virginia's Western Visions offers a fascinating glimpse into the dreams of the Old Dominion's early leaders, the challenges that faced them, and their vision for Virginia's future. L. Scott Philyaw is associate professor of history at Western Carolina University. He is a contributor to After the Backcountry: Rural Life in the Great Valley of Virginia, 1800-1900, and his articles and reviews have appeared in the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, the Journal of the Early Republic, and others.
The Indian World Of George Washington
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Author : Colin Gordon Calloway
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2018
The Indian World Of George Washington written by Colin Gordon Calloway and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"An authoritative, sweeping, and fresh new biography of the nation's first president, Colin G. Calloway's book reveals fully the dimensions and depths of George Washington's relations with the First Americans."--Provided by publisher.
Bibliographical Contributions United States Department Of Agriculture Library
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1928
Bibliographical Contributions United States Department Of Agriculture Library written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1928 with categories.
Annals Of The West
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Author : James Handasyd Perkins
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1851
Annals Of The West written by James Handasyd Perkins and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1851 with Mississippi River Valley categories.
Choosing Sides On The Frontier In The American Revolution
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Author : Walter S. Dunn Jr.
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2007-09-30
Choosing Sides On The Frontier In The American Revolution written by Walter S. Dunn Jr. and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-09-30 with History categories.
Contrary to common understanding, in the backcountry at least, the American Revolution was fought over land rather than democratic ideals. In this book, historian Walter Dunn reveals the true nature of the conflicting interests on the frontier, demonstrating that the primary issues there, land and the fur trade, were, in fact, the basis of the conflict between the local colonists and Britain. Diverse Indian groups, wealthy land speculators, humbler settlers, fur traders, and the British government all had conflicting designs on the rich lands west of the Appalachian Mountains. The conflict on the frontier during the Revolution has been described as one of heroic settlers defending their farms against attacks by the British army, the Tories, and the Indians. In truth, the situation was far more complex. For many on the frontier, the primary motive for fighting was not defending farms, but acquiring vast tracts of land for later resale at enormous profit. Native Americans, in contrast, were motivated by the desire to retain control of their homeland, for without their hunting grounds and cornfields, they would starve. Going beyond accepted theory, Dunn explores why those on the frontier reacted to the conflict as they did. He demonstrates how the various economic groups were forced to decide whether they should side with Britain or the colonists or if possible remain neutral, and the forces that governed those choices. Finally, he reveals how the decisions made on the frontier during the Revolution had a lasting impact on the post-war situation in the West, delaying western expansion by nearly two decades.
The Washington Crawford Letters
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Author : C. W. Butterfield
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2015-07-16
The Washington Crawford Letters written by C. W. Butterfield and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-16 with History categories.
Excerpt from The Washington-Crawford Letters: Being the Correspondence Between George Washington and William Crawford, From 1767 to 1781, Concerning Western Lands The following correspondence, largely a private one, kept up for nearly fourteen years, between Washington and William Crawford, is now given to the public with the belief that, in its revelations of the beginning of western land speculation, and the part taken therein by the writers, a contribution of. About the Publisher 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.
A Post Exceptionalist Perspective On Early American History
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Author : Carroll P. Kakel III
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2019-08-16
A Post Exceptionalist Perspective On Early American History written by Carroll P. Kakel III and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-16 with History categories.
This book argues that early American history is best understood as the story of a settler-colonial supplanting society—a society intent on a vast land grab of American Indian space and driven by a logic of elimination and a genocidal imperative to rid the new white settler living space of its existing Indigenous inhabitants. Challenging the still strongly held notion of American history as somehow exceptional or unique, it locates the history of the United States and its colonial antecedents as a central part of—rather than an exception to—the emerging global histories of imperialism, colonialism, and genocide. It also explores early American history in an imperial, transnational, and global frame, showing how the precedent of the North American West and its colonial trope of Indian wars were used by like-minded American and European expansionists to inspire and legitimate other imperial-colonial adventures from the late-nineteenth through the mid-twentieth centuries.
History Of The Early Settlement And Indian Wars Of Western Virginia
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Author : Wills De Hass
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1861
History Of The Early Settlement And Indian Wars Of Western Virginia written by Wills De Hass and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1861 with Indians of North America categories.