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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... chief currents of emigration . The Highlands of Scotland presented another variety of motive . It was true , as Lord ... chiefs were usually neither aliens nor absentees . Economic forces , that is the sum total of common selfish ...
... chief currents of emigration . The Highlands of Scotland presented another variety of motive . It was true , as Lord ... chiefs were usually neither aliens nor absentees . Economic forces , that is the sum total of common selfish ...
Page 518
... chief causes of the difficulty experienced in putting down the rebellion of 1817-18 . Hence , on the restoration of peace , military roads were driven into the interior , in particular the great road from Colombo to Kandy , which was ...
... chief causes of the difficulty experienced in putting down the rebellion of 1817-18 . Hence , on the restoration of peace , military roads were driven into the interior , in particular the great road from Colombo to Kandy , which was ...
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... chief means by which Powers have acquired territory occupied by aboriginal inhabitants have been occupation ... chiefs . Australia was considered a res nullius and acquired by occupation , having no settled inhabitants or settled law ...
... chief means by which Powers have acquired territory occupied by aboriginal inhabitants have been occupation ... chiefs . Australia was considered a res nullius and acquired by occupation , having no settled inhabitants or settled law ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
The Loyalists and Canada | 9 |
Rivalry with the Dutch | 15 |
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