Wednesday, December 9, 2009

People's History

Fathers and Children, Michael Rogin
Violence in the American Experience: Winning the West, Richard Brinnon
Alabama = “Here we may rest”
The Disinherited, Dale Van Every

Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek
Treaty of Holston
Treaty of Washington

abrogate(d) = to abolish by formal or official means; annul by an authoritative act; repeal: to abrogate a law.
perfidy = an act or instance of faithlessness or treachery.
brevet = a commission promoting a military officer to a higher rank without increase of pay and with limited exercise of the higher rank, often granted as an honor immediately before retirement.

Treaty of Camp Moultrie
Trail of Tears, October 1, 1838

Nueces River
Santa Anna
Democratic Review, John O’Sullivan
Mr. Polk’s War, John Shroeder

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