The Cambridge History of the British Empire: The growth of the new Empire, l783-1870Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians The University Press, 1940 - Great Britain |
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... British Government in designing a form of government for that other Mediterranean acquisition , the Septinsular " Republic " of the Ionian Islands . The French occupation of the Ionian Islands in 1807 after the secret Treaty of Tilsit ...
... British Government in designing a form of government for that other Mediterranean acquisition , the Septinsular " Republic " of the Ionian Islands . The French occupation of the Ionian Islands in 1807 after the secret Treaty of Tilsit ...
Page 545
... Government sent out a new Governor with a detachment of exiled soldiers to re - establish the colony , but they revolted and murdered him and the islands became the scene of much disorder . Meanwhile the British Government , having ...
... Government sent out a new Governor with a detachment of exiled soldiers to re - establish the colony , but they revolted and murdered him and the islands became the scene of much disorder . Meanwhile the British Government , having ...
Page 797
... Government stock , home , colonial and foreign , that the English rentier class developed . Another consequence flowed from this characteristic of investment in the colonies . The fact that an increased proportion of English capital was ...
... Government stock , home , colonial and foreign , that the English rentier class developed . Another consequence flowed from this characteristic of investment in the colonies . The fact that an increased proportion of English capital was ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 1 |
The Conflict with Revolutionary France 17931802 | 36 |
The Struggle with Napoleon 18031815 | 83 |
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