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Introduces the French and Indian War, including the origins of the war; the interactions of the Native Americans, French settlers, British colonists, and British officials; and the consequences of the war.
A man on the make -- Militia general and Indian fighter -- Empire builder -- A backwoods Napoleon? -- Candidate -- President -- Epilogue: Andrew Jackson, ethnic cleansing, and genocide
Originally published: Santa Barbara, California: Praeger, c2011.
The Revealing Portrait of an African American Success Story Before he was in his teens, Alfred Cave was already an orphan, a runaway, and a homeless person on the mean streets of New York. Five decades later, he would retire after heading the nation's largest supported work program, as well as his own successful federal contracting company. This amazing story is recounted in Against All Odds, a stirring account of Cave's surviving and thriving despite all life could throw at him. A wide-ranging yet intimate memoir, Against All Odds follows Cave beginning with his earliest recollections in a violently racist South. But the deep-seated attitudes there don't disappear when he escapes to the Nor...
The battle of the standpoints, the Old Testament and the higher criticism by Alfred Cave. This book is a reproduction of the original book published in 1900 and may have some imperfections such as marks or hand-written notes.
Drawing on a wide range of sources, this book exposes Andrew Jackson's failure to honor and enforce federal laws and treaties protecting Indian rights, describing how the Indian policies of "Old Hickory" were those of a racist imperialist, in stark contrast to how his followers characterized him, believing him to be a champion of democracy. Early in his career as an Indian fighter, American Indians gave Andrew Jackson a name-Sharp Knife-that evoked their sense of his ruthlessness and cruelty. Contrary to popular belief-and to many textbook accounts-in 1830, Congress did not authorize the forcible seizure of Indian land and the deportation of the legal owners of that land. In actuality, U.S. ...
Describes the events of the French and Indian War, from the war's start with Washington's surrender to the French in 1754 to its conclusion with the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1763.