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Teddy Roosevelt: “It made possible the twofold character of the Revolutionary war, wherein on the one hand the Americans won by conquest…”

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It made possible the twofold character of the Revolutionary war, wherein on the one hand the Americans won by conquest and colonization new lands for their children, and on the other wrought out their national independence of the British king.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt discusses the dual outcomes of the Revolutionary War: territorial expansion and independence.

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