The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 2John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Commonwealth countries |
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... Britain suspicious , and that to attempt colonial expansion was to ensure her jealousy and opposition . These considerations , which held good for many years , were strongest when , as after Waterloo , a new French government was ...
... Britain suspicious , and that to attempt colonial expansion was to ensure her jealousy and opposition . These considerations , which held good for many years , were strongest when , as after Waterloo , a new French government was ...
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... Britain hastened to offer media- tion . Villèle , though not unjustifiably militant when informed that Spain was offering Britain a commercial treaty , stood firmly on the side of peace . Spain , where legitimate monarchy was now ...
... Britain hastened to offer media- tion . Villèle , though not unjustifiably militant when informed that Spain was offering Britain a commercial treaty , stood firmly on the side of peace . Spain , where legitimate monarchy was now ...
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... Britain a free hand in Asia Minor and America , in return for liberty to extend Christian domination in Morocco , Britain replied that it was impossible to bind future administrations , or to further the power of France , whose future ...
... Britain a free hand in Asia Minor and America , in return for liberty to extend Christian domination in Morocco , Britain replied that it was impossible to bind future administrations , or to further the power of France , whose future ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
The Loyalists and Canada | 9 |
Rivalry with the Dutch | 15 |
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