Excerpt from History of Southeast Missouri, Vol. 1: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests That transaction marks an epoch not alone in the history of the western territory, but also in the history of the United States. The territory thus acquired from France, con tains some of the best and fairest parts of the vast domains of our country. Of course the transfer meant much to Louisiana. The re strictions on trade, on religious freedom, on local self government which France ...
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Excerpt from History of Southeast Missouri, Vol. 1: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests That transaction marks an epoch not alone in the history of the western territory, but also in the history of the United States. The territory thus acquired from France, con tains some of the best and fairest parts of the vast domains of our country. Of course the transfer meant much to Louisiana. The re strictions on trade, on religious freedom, on local self government which France and Spain had imposed on settlers within the ter ritory, were at once removed and there poured into the new possessions a constantly increasing stream of immigration from the older sections of the union. State after state was carved from the new territory. Missouri was admitted to the Union in 1820, 'taking her place at once among the great states. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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