Native America, Discovered and Conquered takes a fresh look at American history through the lens of the Doctrine of Discovery--the legal basis that Europeans and Americans used to lay claim to the land of the indigenous peoples they "discovered." Robert J.
Thomas Jefferson used the doctrine to exert American authority in the Louisiana Territory, to win the Pacific N.
Miller illustrates how the American colonies used the Doctrine of Discovery against the Indian nations from 1606 forward.
Native America, Discovered and Conquered takes a fresh look at American history through the lens of the Doctrine of Discovery--the legal basis that Europeans and Americans used to lay claim to the land of the indigenous peoples they "discovered." Robert J
