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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... matter which in the circumstances raised difficult issues for Great Britain , for the Americans wanted most of all to retain their old West Indian trade . Fox held that the political and commercial arrangements should be kept separate ...
... matter which in the circumstances raised difficult issues for Great Britain , for the Americans wanted most of all to retain their old West Indian trade . Fox held that the political and commercial arrangements should be kept separate ...
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... matter that has been brought forward during the course of the trial " , wrote Lord Sheffield to Mr Eden , in July 1788. To the same correspondent two years before he had written what was no less illustrative of the other side of the matter ...
... matter that has been brought forward during the course of the trial " , wrote Lord Sheffield to Mr Eden , in July 1788. To the same correspondent two years before he had written what was no less illustrative of the other side of the matter ...
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... matter . Were the Americans to enjoy their old liberty of trade ? Was it to the interest of the Empire , of the West Indies in particular , that they should ? Or were they to be made to feel at once their new position as a foreign ...
... matter . Were the Americans to enjoy their old liberty of trade ? Was it to the interest of the Empire , of the West Indies in particular , that they should ? Or were they to be made to feel at once their new position as a foreign ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
The Loyalists and Canada | 9 |
Rivalry with the Dutch | 15 |
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