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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... Ministers did not adopt the sug- gestion of General Williamson to conciliate the mulattoes by granting privileges , which would have ranged them on our side . The losses sustained in the West Indies were so great that persistence in ...
... Ministers did not adopt the sug- gestion of General Williamson to conciliate the mulattoes by granting privileges , which would have ranged them on our side . The losses sustained in the West Indies were so great that persistence in ...
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... Ministers deepened until at last they abandoned the entire experiment by the Act of Union , so bequeathing a legacy ... minister responsible to the British Parlia- ment , this device was in theory a protection against legislation ...
... Ministers deepened until at last they abandoned the entire experiment by the Act of Union , so bequeathing a legacy ... minister responsible to the British Parlia- ment , this device was in theory a protection against legislation ...
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... Ministers is one of the great securities of the monarchy in England ; and the personal responsibility of Ministers in Ireland is the only ground upon which British supremacy can be firmly built . The idea that the responsibility of the ...
... Ministers is one of the great securities of the monarchy in England ; and the personal responsibility of Ministers in Ireland is the only ground upon which British supremacy can be firmly built . The idea that the responsibility of the ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
The Loyalists and Canada | 9 |
Rivalry with the Dutch | 15 |
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