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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... taken . And if to be done it were best done quickly . " It is a point of true policy " , wrote Grenville , in his secret communication to Dorchester ( 20 October 1789 ) , " to make these concessions at a time when they may be received ...
... taken . And if to be done it were best done quickly . " It is a point of true policy " , wrote Grenville , in his secret communication to Dorchester ( 20 October 1789 ) , " to make these concessions at a time when they may be received ...
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... taken in these years towards the rebuilding of the British Empire in new seas and continents the abatement of French rivalry and interference , so conspicuously illus- trated in 1790 , was a most favourable circumstance . After the ...
... taken in these years towards the rebuilding of the British Empire in new seas and continents the abatement of French rivalry and interference , so conspicuously illus- trated in 1790 , was a most favourable circumstance . After the ...
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... taken by Captain John Macarthur to New South Wales.2 They also went to Holland and thence to the Cape of Good Hope . But the countries which were first successful in breeding important fine - woolled flocks from them were France ...
... taken by Captain John Macarthur to New South Wales.2 They also went to Holland and thence to the Cape of Good Hope . But the countries which were first successful in breeding important fine - woolled flocks from them were France ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
The Loyalists and Canada | 9 |
Rivalry with the Dutch | 15 |
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