The United States and Foreign PowersThe author presents a narrative of the major diplomatic incidents in the history of the United States from its beginning to 1892. |
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... independence , to the able and courageous efforts of the present administration to protect the fisheries and sealing grounds of our citizens , it is a record of peace- ful victories . There have been some incidents like those which led ...
... independence , to the able and courageous efforts of the present administration to protect the fisheries and sealing grounds of our citizens , it is a record of peace- ful victories . There have been some incidents like those which led ...
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... Independence , and under the Articles of Confederation , until October 20 , 1781 , the foreign correspondence of the government of the United States and the immediate management of its relations with other nations were intrusted to a ...
... Independence , and under the Articles of Confederation , until October 20 , 1781 , the foreign correspondence of the government of the United States and the immediate management of its relations with other nations were intrusted to a ...
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... independence . Francisco Miranda , who was the leader of South American independence , was a native of Caracas , Venezuela . His family were of Spanish origin , and prominent among the colonial no- bility . They had large estates and ...
... independence . Francisco Miranda , who was the leader of South American independence , was a native of Caracas , Venezuela . His family were of Spanish origin , and prominent among the colonial no- bility . They had large estates and ...
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... independence . But public opinion had not been educated to a point favorable to such radical measures . Miranda was easily overcome by the forces of the Spanish governor . Some of his companions were shot , some were imprisoned , and ...
... independence . But public opinion had not been educated to a point favorable to such radical measures . Miranda was easily overcome by the forces of the Spanish governor . Some of his companions were shot , some were imprisoned , and ...
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... independence . The invasion of the Spanish peninsula by Napoleon in 1808 , and the establishment of his brother upon the throne at Madrid , were the direct cause of the revolution in South Amer- ica , for at Carácas the governor as well ...
... independence . The invasion of the Spanish peninsula by Napoleon in 1808 , and the establishment of his brother upon the throne at Madrid , were the direct cause of the revolution in South Amer- ica , for at Carácas the governor as well ...
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Page 81 - ... erect or maintain any fortifications commanding the same or in the vicinity thereof, or occupy, or fortify or colonize, or assume, or exercise any dominion over Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito coast, or any part of Central America...
Page 78 - In the discussions to which this interest has given rise and in the arrangements by which they may terminate the occasion has been judged proper for asserting, as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.
Page 98 - Pacific shores, and virtually a part of the coast line of the United States. Our merely commercial interest in it is greater than that of all other countries, while its relations to our power and prosperity as a nation, to our means of defense, our unity, peace, and safety, are matters of paramount concern to the people of the United States. No other great power would under similar circumstances fail to assert a rightful control over a work so closely and vitally affecting its interest and welfare.
Page 148 - And the United States hereby renounce forever any liberty heretofore enjoyed or claimed by the inhabitants thereof to take, dry, or cure fish on or within three marine miles of any of the coasts, bays, creeks, or harbors of His Britannic Majesty's dominions in America...
Page 82 - ... any other practicable communications, whether by canal or railway, across the isthmus which connects North and South America, and especially to the interoceanic communications, should the same prove to be practicable, whether by canal or railway, which are now proposed to be established by the way of Tehuantepec or Panama.
Page 52 - The United States have not certainly the right, and ought never to feel the inclination, to dictate to others who may differ with them upon this subject; nor do the committee see the expediency of insulting other states with whom we are maintaining relations of perfect amity by ascending the moral chair and proclaiming from thence mere abstract principles, of the rectitude of which each nation enjoys the perfect right of deciding for itself.
Page 81 - Britain take advantage of any intimacy, or use any alliance, connection, or influence that either may possess with any State or Government through whose territory the said Canal may pass, for the purpose of acquiring or holding, directly or indirectly, for the...
Page 98 - and duty of the United States to assert and maintain such supervision and authority over any interoceanic canal across the isthmus that connects North and South America as will protect our national interests.
Page 104 - I believed that I would be derelict in my duty if I did not take...
Page 81 - America ; nor will either make use of any protection which either affords or may afford, or any alliance which either has or may have to or with any state or people, for the purpose of erecting or maintaining any such fortifications, or of occupying, fortifying, or colonizing Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito coast, or any part of Central America, or of assuming or exercising dominion over the same...