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 247
... regard for Russia Britain wisely did not resent , France survived a royalist frenzy like that of the English Restoration . With an electoral law which gave only one in three hundred of the people votes , and an army ballot which called ...
... regard for Russia Britain wisely did not resent , France survived a royalist frenzy like that of the English Restoration . With an electoral law which gave only one in three hundred of the people votes , and an army ballot which called ...
Page 268
... regard to Greece and Spain . To these the spring months added Texas , which both Powers were anxious to save from the United States . The energy of Stratford Canning at Constantinople , moreover , procured for both nations concessions ...
... regard to Greece and Spain . To these the spring months added Texas , which both Powers were anxious to save from the United States . The energy of Stratford Canning at Constantinople , moreover , procured for both nations concessions ...
Page 492
... regard to finance were even more in dispute than those of the Court of Policy in regard to other legislation . The colonists claimed that they possessed , and that the terms of the capitulation had guaranteed to them , the full measure ...
... regard to finance were even more in dispute than those of the Court of Policy in regard to other legislation . The colonists claimed that they possessed , and that the terms of the capitulation had guaranteed to them , the full measure ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
The Loyalists and Canada | 9 |
Rivalry with the Dutch | 15 |
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