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Onondaga

(Encyclopedia)Onondaga: see Iroquois Confederacy. ...

Cayuga

(Encyclopedia)Cayuga: see Iroquois Confederacy. ...

Iroquois League

(Encyclopedia)Iroquois League: see Iroquois Confederacy. ...

Five Nations

(Encyclopedia)Five Nations: see Iroquois Confederacy. ...

Six Nations

(Encyclopedia)Six Nations: see Iroquois Confederacy. ...

Fort Pickens

(Encyclopedia)Fort Pickens, fortification on the western end of Santa Rosa Island at the entrance to Pensacola Bay, NW Fla. When Florida joined the Confederacy in Jan., 1861, Fort Barrancas on the mainland was evac...

states' rights

(Encyclopedia)states' rights, in U.S. history, doctrine based on the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution, which states, “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to ...

Fitzpatrick, Benjamin

(Encyclopedia)Fitzpatrick, Benjamin, 1802–69, governor of Alabama (1841–45), b. Greene co., Ga. As a youth, he moved to Alabama (then still part of Mississippi Territory), where after two terms as governor, he ...

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