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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Page 66
... possible so as to ensure an adequate revenue ; but for this purpose to use French Royalists as much as possible , concentrating our men at the Mole , etc. Above all he must lessen expenses . The policy of holding on to the West Indies ...
... possible so as to ensure an adequate revenue ; but for this purpose to use French Royalists as much as possible , concentrating our men at the Mole , etc. Above all he must lessen expenses . The policy of holding on to the West Indies ...
Page 136
... possible means of escape from the danger , Pitt replied that the idea had long been in his mind . War and rebellion after 1793 settled the issue . The Act of Union in 1800 was frankly acknowledged by Pitt as the abandonment of an ...
... possible means of escape from the danger , Pitt replied that the idea had long been in his mind . War and rebellion after 1793 settled the issue . The Act of Union in 1800 was frankly acknowledged by Pitt as the abandonment of an ...
Page 339
... possible : the colonies should be allowed free institutions and given conciliatory treatment ; then , if part we finally must , we should part as friends . But what did free institutions and conciliation mean ? To grant demands ...
... possible : the colonies should be allowed free institutions and given conciliatory treatment ; then , if part we finally must , we should part as friends . But what did free institutions and conciliation mean ? To grant demands ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
The Loyalists and Canada | 9 |
Rivalry with the Dutch | 15 |
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