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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... expansion of the Empire proceeded- by natural growth in new lands , by agreement with rival colonial powers , and by occasional war , conquest and annexation . Our Government watched with jealous eyes the security of our commu ...
... expansion of the Empire proceeded- by natural growth in new lands , by agreement with rival colonial powers , and by occasional war , conquest and annexation . Our Government watched with jealous eyes the security of our commu ...
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... EXPANSION 3 of which Shelburne spoke in July 1782. The grievous truth proclaimed by Adam Smith , that she had so governed her Empire as to gain little from it , carried this consoling consequence that its diminution was the less ...
... EXPANSION 3 of which Shelburne spoke in July 1782. The grievous truth proclaimed by Adam Smith , that she had so governed her Empire as to gain little from it , carried this consoling consequence that its diminution was the less ...
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... expansion européenne à travers le monde . Paris , 1935 . MARTINEAU , HARRIET . History of England during the Thirty Years ' Peace , 1816-46 . 2 vols . 1844-50 . Rev. edn . 4 vols . 1877-8 . MATHIESON , W. L. England in Transition , 1789 ...
... expansion européenne à travers le monde . Paris , 1935 . MARTINEAU , HARRIET . History of England during the Thirty Years ' Peace , 1816-46 . 2 vols . 1844-50 . Rev. edn . 4 vols . 1877-8 . MATHIESON , W. L. England in Transition , 1789 ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
The Loyalists and Canada | 9 |
Rivalry with the Dutch | 15 |
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