The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 6John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1930 - Great Britain |
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They therefore proposed to raise by provincial taxation sufficient revenue to
defray the cost of civil government . The power of the purse , which had been so
effective an instrument in the hands of the popular Legislatures in the old
colonies ...
They therefore proposed to raise by provincial taxation sufficient revenue to
defray the cost of civil government . The power of the purse , which had been so
effective an instrument in the hands of the popular Legislatures in the old
colonies ...
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Early proposals , however , were evidence of optimism in the advocate , rather
than the result of political exigency or economic necessity . The proposals were
generally imitative of the federal union in the neighbouring Republic , and usually
...
Early proposals , however , were evidence of optimism in the advocate , rather
than the result of political exigency or economic necessity . The proposals were
generally imitative of the federal union in the neighbouring Republic , and usually
...
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Galt , A . T . Speech on the Proposed Union of the British North American
Provinces , delivered at Sherbrooke , C . E . , 23 November , 1864 . Montreal ,
1864 . Pamphlet . GRAY , J . H . Confederation : or the Political and
Parliamentary History ...
Galt , A . T . Speech on the Proposed Union of the British North American
Provinces , delivered at Sherbrooke , C . E . , 23 November , 1864 . Montreal ,
1864 . Pamphlet . GRAY , J . H . Confederation : or the Political and
Parliamentary History ...
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The Laurentian Region | 5 |
Customs of the Aborigines | 11 |
CHAPTER II | 17 |
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| Title | The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 6 The Cambridge History of the British Empire, John Holland Rose |
| Editors | John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell |
| Publisher | The University Press, 1930 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 30 Jan 2007 |
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