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 210
... village by a British party . In indiscriminate revenge , the chief gave the colonists three days ' grace to abandon their little town and then burned it.1 But the " Saints " , as has been evident , could not be easily dis- couraged . In ...
... village by a British party . In indiscriminate revenge , the chief gave the colonists three days ' grace to abandon their little town and then burned it.1 But the " Saints " , as has been evident , could not be easily dis- couraged . In ...
Page 596
... village headmen , with the assistance of officials intermediate between the collectors and the headmen . The collectors were instructed to furnish the Government " with the fullest and completest view of the actual resources of the ...
... village headmen , with the assistance of officials intermediate between the collectors and the headmen . The collectors were instructed to furnish the Government " with the fullest and completest view of the actual resources of the ...
Page 633
... village or group of villages . There was nothing com- parable to the Aztec Empire in Mexico or that of the Incas in Peru , where victory over a centralised government gave to the Spanish conquistadores control over wide territories . To ...
... village or group of villages . There was nothing com- parable to the Aztec Empire in Mexico or that of the Incas in Peru , where victory over a centralised government gave to the Spanish conquistadores control over wide territories . To ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
The Loyalists and Canada | 9 |
Rivalry with the Dutch | 15 |
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