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	MSN Encarta - Search View - United States (History)
		State constitutions were written by conventions elected by the voters (generally white men who held a minimum amount of property), and in a few states the finished constitutions were then submitted to voters for ratification.
		States refused to enforce these provisions, giving the British an excuse to occupy forts in what was now the Northwest Territory of the United States.
		The movement of slaves from the Chesapeake to the new cotton states was immense.
	encarta.msn.com /text_1741500823__1/United_States_(History).html (19381 words)

	History of Ireland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The History of Ireland is the story of a large island at the north-west of Europe and is heavily influenced by the concurrent History of Britain, its larger neighbour to the east.
		In 1937, a new Constitution of Ireland proclaimed the state of Éire (or Ireland).
		In 1949 the state was formally declared the Republic of Ireland and it left the British Commonwealth.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Ireland (6823 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The United States of America
		In examining the constitutionality of a state law one is to assume that the state legislature has power to pass all acts whatever, unless they are prohibited by the Constitution of the United States or by the constitution of the state.
		It also provides that the citizens of each state shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of citizens in the several states; for the return of fugitives from justice and for the admission of new states.
		By "nullification", in American history, is meant the claim by a state of the right to suspend within her own territory the operation of any act of Congress which the state deems injurious to her own interests.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/15156a.htm (21027 words)

	Use of U.S. Forces Abroad
		United States naval forces suppressing piracy landed on the northwest coast of Cuba and burned a pirate station.
		Four United States vessels demonstrated and landed various parties (one of 200 marines and sailors) to discourage piracy and the slave trade along the Ivory coast, and to punish attacks by the natives on American seamen and shipping.
		After the annexation of Texas in 1845, the United States and Mexico failed to resolve a boundary dispute and President Polk said that it was necessary to deploy forces in Mexico to meet a threatened invasion.
	www.history.navy.mil /wars/foabroad.htm (8276 words)

	WIC - Women's History in America
		Great Britain passed a ten-hour-day law for women and children in 1847, but in the United States it was not until the 1910s that the states began to pass legislation limiting working hours and improving working conditions of women and children.
		In 1973, however, the United States Supreme Court ruled that states could not restrict a woman's right to an abortion in her first three months of pregnancy.
		Women in the United States during the 19th century organized and participated in a great variety of reform movements to improve education, to initiate prison reform, to ban alcoholic drinks, and, during the pre-Civil War period, to free the slaves.
	www.wic.org /misc/history.htm (4166 words)

	United States: history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The continental territory occupied by the United States was inhabited 30,000 years before the arrival of the Europeans by peoples who came fRom the northwest, probably from Asia across the Bering Strait.
		Between 1870 and 1920, the population of the United States grew from 38 to 106 million, and the number of states increased from 37 to 48.
		The United States took it upon itself to safeguard the global capitalist system, with the support of such international institutions as the World Bank and the IMF, as well as armed intervention by its troops all around the world.
	gbgm-umc.org /country_profiles/country_history.cfm?Id=179 (3680 words)

	Continental Period
		The problems the United States faced in its relations with Great Britain, Spain, and France were rooted in the philosophy of mercantilism and, as such, were more likely to be settled diplomatically than through the application of military force.
		Alexander Hamilton argued that while the United States could not challenge Europe's principal maritime powers on the seas, in the event of a European war pitting France against Great Britain, a small fleet of American battleships would allow the United States to play the makeweight in the balance of power in the Western Hemisphere.
		Moreover, the United States, along with the rest of the industrializing world, had entered an era of rapid technological transformation that would shortly bring about enormous changes in warship-building technology that had heretofore been in a period of relative stasis for more than a century.
	www.history.navy.mil /history/history2.htm (4463 words)

	United States History - Research Guide
		However, because of the interdisciplinary nature of history, it is important to be aware of the holdings of other libraries on campus.
		This web version of the Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives of the United States is based on a paper version with the same title compiled by Robert B. Matchette et al in 1995.
		The Library is a major national center for research in the history of science and technology, as well as general U.S. history to 1840.
	gethelp.library.upenn.edu /guides/hist/ushistory.html (4544 words)

	A short history of the United States of America
		In 1845 the independent state of Texas joins the federation and in 1848 the Pacific Coast is annexed.
		With the emergence of the United States Republican Party as the nation's first major sectional political party by the mid-1850s, politics becomes the stage on which conflict over the expansion of slavery is played out.
		In 1861 11 southern states secede from the United States as the Confederate States of America.
	www.electionworld.org /history/unitedstates.htm (932 words)

	Chronological History Of The United States [Free Republic]
		Chronological History Of The United States [Free Republic]
		30, 1789 - George Washington is sworn in as the 1st President of the United States.
		The United Nations considered it a 'police action,' and this was only possible because the Soviet Union delegates walked out of the Security Council several days before over an unrelated matter.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a3b5dc53c3153.htm (8110 words)

	History of the United States Postal Service 1775-1993
		When the Continental Congress named Benjamin Franklin the first Postmaster General in 1775, the United States was a weak confederation of colonies scattered along the eastern seaboard.
		The Postal Service is making history, too, as it helps lead the way in making the federal government more businesslike and responsive to customer needs.
		This is the story of the evolution of the Postal Service and the role it has played in the development of the United States.
	www.usps.com /history/history/his1.htm (598 words)

	Eco 24 Bibliography
		Gouge, William M., A Short History of Paper-Money and Banking in the United States, including An Account of Provincial and Continental Paper Money, to which is prefixed An Inquiry into the Principles of the System with Considerations of its Effects on Morals and Happiness (New York: B. and S. Collins, 1835).
		Poulson, Barry W., Economic History of the United States (New York: Macmillan Co., 1981).
		Orsagh, Thomas, et al, The Economic History of the United States Prior to 1860: An Annotated Bibliography.
	www.union.edu /PUBLIC/ECODEPT/kleind/eco024/024bibliography.htm (1596 words)

	US Historical Documents
		The Declaration of Causes of seceding states (Winter 1861)
		The Constitution of the Confederate States of America (March 11, 1861)
		State Department White Paper on Vietnam (Feb. 27, 1965)
	www.law.ou.edu /hist (828 words)

	United States History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		This guide is designed to acquaint you with library resources available for research on United States History at Wake Technical Community College Libraries.
		The Oxford companion to United States history Ref 973.03 Oxf
		All staff in the Wake Tech Libraries are available to assist you with questions about library collections and resources.
	www.wake.tec.nc.us /library/subguides/hisus.html (257 words)

	Industrial and Labor History of the United States (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		By gaining a greater knowledge and understanding of “labor history” you will deepen your understanding of all aspects of United States history.
		In class we will examine the transformation to industrial capitalism, the rise of industrial labor, and the expansion and decline of government’s role in the industrial and labor sectors of the nation’s economy.
		Schatz, Ronald W. The Electrical Workers: A History of Labor at GE and Westinghouse, 1923-1960.
	www.framingham.edu /history/industrial_and_labor_history_of_.htm (666 words)

	Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Facts About the United States Flag
		Flag Resolution of June 14, 1777 - stated: "Resolved: that the flag of the United States be made of thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new Constellation."
		Act of April 4, 1818 - provided for 13 stripes and one star for each state, to be added to the flag on the 4th of July following the admission of each new state.
		Executive Order of President Taft dated June 24, 1912 - established proportions of the flag and provided for arrangement of the stars in six horizontal rows of eight each, a single point of each star to be upward.
	www.si.edu /resource/faq/nmah/flag.htm (576 words)

	Internet Modern History Sourcebook: Early US History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The United States siezes roughly half the land area of Mexico.
		Treaty of Amity, Settlement, and Limits Between the United States of America and His Catholic Majesty, 1819 [At Yale]
		Treaty of Commerce and Navigation Between the United States and the Ottoman Empire, February 25, 1862 [At Yale]
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/mod/modsbook26.html (696 words)

	History of the United States Postal Service 1775-1993
		History of the United States Postal Service 1775-1993
		A list of Postmasters General, under the names of those who appointed them, and the dates the Postmasters General took office follows.
		Appointed by the Governors of the United States Postal Service
	www.usps.com /history/his6.htm (80 words)

	History of the United States
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		History of the United States Upper Deck - 2004
		Notes: The 300-card base set includes twelve individually-numbered subsets.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/allender/histofus.htm (162 words)

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