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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... attempting a reactionary pro- gramme in politics which formed a constant danger to the Crown . At the same time the ... attempt aggrandisement overseas was to strike with her weaker arm , to drain her treasury for distant and doubtful ...
... attempting a reactionary pro- gramme in politics which formed a constant danger to the Crown . At the same time the ... attempt aggrandisement overseas was to strike with her weaker arm , to drain her treasury for distant and doubtful ...
Page 417
... attempt to land convicts in Honduras was opposed by the settlers1 and a contingent of eighty Irish convicts sent to Newfoundland was rejected by the Governor ( 1789 ) on the ground that Newfoundland was " neither a Colony nor a ...
... attempt to land convicts in Honduras was opposed by the settlers1 and a contingent of eighty Irish convicts sent to Newfoundland was rejected by the Governor ( 1789 ) on the ground that Newfoundland was " neither a Colony nor a ...
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... attempted to continue Grey's policy , particularly in the West Indies , where no serious attempt had been made either to reduce the garrisons or to persuade the islanders to contribute more towards them since Lord Bathurst's attempt in ...
... attempted to continue Grey's policy , particularly in the West Indies , where no serious attempt had been made either to reduce the garrisons or to persuade the islanders to contribute more towards them since Lord Bathurst's attempt in ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
The Loyalists and Canada | 9 |
Rivalry with the Dutch | 15 |
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