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Internal improvements in Illinois
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THE CEMENT OF INTEREST: INTERSTATE INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS, INTERSTATE COMMERCE, AND THE TRANSITION FROM THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION TO THE CONSTITUTION, 1783-1786
… neighbors by conditioning approval of interstate internal improvements on the removal of interstate tariffs. Amid these negotiations, some politicians became convinced that the ultimate obstacle to unfettered interstate trade was the Confederation’s political structure, which enshrined state …
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Montgomery County and economic growth, 1776-1860
… not supply enough capital to finance further internal improvements. Therefore the citizens of Montgomery appealed to the General Assembly for internal improvements. But within the existing system of representation, the state's western reaches were underrepresented. In part then, Montgomery's …
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Highways to health and pleasure: the antebellum turnpikes and trade of the mineral springs of Greenbrier and Monroe Counties, Virginia
… Virginia Springs Tour provided a seasonal internal marketplace for the region. Turnpikes were built primarily to connect these springs with each other and with the state's major road arteries through southwestern Virginia. Without other internal improvements prior to the Civil War, this …
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Examining Contemporary Congressional Theories Historically: Essays on the Congress of the Confederate States of America
… (protective tariffs and federal funding for internal improvements) that served as the basis for the Whig party and the Second Party System.
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John C. Calhoun and Nationalism in the Antebellum South
… the policy issues of the National Bank, internal improvements and protective tariffs as markers along this timeline, the thesis examines Calhoun's writings regarding each of these issues, highlighting any changes or consistencies; more specifically, it explores the relationship between …
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Southern Enlightenment: Reform and Progress in Jefferson's Virginia
… they included such reforms as the promotion of internal improvements, public education, the gradual abolition of slavery, and the democratization of the state itself. Although these reformers did not succeed in fundamentally changing the trajectory of Virginia's future, they attempted to offer …
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Ideological Differences Between Whigs, Republicans and Democrats in Iowa, 1838-1860: Real or Illusory?
… of Jackson's fine; however, in the area of internal improvements, the parties found substantial common ground. Conclusions. The voting record on these issues appear to show that in areas of emotional intensity, slavery, the Mexican War, and banks, as well as in areas marked specifically for …
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Fighting engineers : the U.S. Navy and mechanical engineering, 1840-1905
… of the long-standing government policy of internal improvements and federal technology sponsorship.
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Citizen Soldiers and Professional Engineers: The Antebellum Engineering Culture of the Virginia Military Institute
… performance of “practical” and “useful” work of internal improvements for the development and defense of the commonwealth and the nation. The students learned and were to employ an engineering knowledge derived from fundamental physical and mathematical principles, as opposed to a craft knowledge …
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The New England Emigrant Aid Company and the response in Massachusetts to its goals and efforts to create a free Kansas, 1854-1856
… raised from the selling of company stock on internal improvements in Kansas, including saw and grist mills, cabins, hotels, churches, and schools. Because of several organizational problems and the question of the amount of liability of each stockholder, the condition of the corporation …