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"After working as a nanny for the power hungry ShrubBaby (a deceivingly adorable baby shrub), DJ Funkyfoot--a chihuahua who dreams of being a butler--has finally landed his dream job. A real, actual butler gig! He's been hired to butle for President Horse on the day that the president needs to sign a peace treaty with the Queen of Wingland. But the president doesn't feel like it. All he wants to do is kick back, relax, and play some mini-golf. It's...
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War becomes a real threat after a top-secret document is stolen from the Foreign Office. But why has the thief waited ten weeks to sell the treaty? Holmes and Watson are plunged into a world of international diplomacy only to find that danger can come from an unexpected quarter.
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DJ Funkyfoot volume 2
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As the new butler, it is up to DJ Funkyfoot to convince President Horse to stop playing mini-golf and sign a peace treaty with the Queen of Wingland before a war breaks out.
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"[P]resents the history of U.S. treaties with Native Americans in a sensitive and enlightening way. From treaties created in colonial times, through the Civil War, and to those that guide relations today, readers will learn the real story behind landmark events in U.S. history, as well as their historical impact and legacy."--
5) Land pacts
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Discusses the three treaties that tripled the land holdings of the United States during the nineteenth century: the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, the Guadalupe-Hidalgo treaty in 1848, and the Alaska Purchase in 1867.
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When the United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from France in 1803, President Thomas Jefferson proposed that eastern Indian tribes could be moved west to this new expanse of land. Jefferson's recommendation was in direct response to the demand by white settlers for more land, especially in the southeastern portion of the United States. As a result, Congress passed the Indian Removal Act of 1830, which set in motion the relocation of thousands...