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Teddy Roosevelt: “The movement which was to make the future nation a continental power was begun immediately after the hitherto separate…”

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The movement which was to make the future nation a continental power was begun immediately after the hitherto separate colonies had taken the first step towards solidification.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt discusses the early movements that contributed to the formation of a continental nation from previously separate colonies.

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