Filibusters and expansionists : Jeffersonian manifest destiny, 1800-1821 /
The first two decades of the 19th century found many Americans eager to move away from the crowded eastern seaboard and into new areas where their goals of landownership might be realized. Such movement was encouraged by Presidents Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe - collectively known as the Jefferson...
| Основен автор: | Owsley, Frank Lawrence, Jr., 1928-2013. |
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| Други автори: | Smith, Gene A., 1963- |
| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
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Tuscaloosa :
University of Alabama Press,
©1997.
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Filibusters and expansionists. |
Съдържание:
- "A special kind of state making" : Jeffersonian manifest destiny
- "To conquer without war" : the philosophy of Jeffersonian expansion
- Followers of the green flag : revolution in the Texas borderlands
- The first Spanish-American War : patriot efforts to annex Florida
- "Pacified by paternal solitude" : Indian wars as an expansionist movement
- Leftover of war : Negro fort
- "A set of desperate and bloody dogs" : the acquisition of Amelia Island
- Destiny becomes manifest : Andrew Jackson invades Florida.