The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 2John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1940 - Commonwealth countries |
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... orders and counter - orders . " " Nothing more short - sighted than the English Government , occupied with internal cavilling and swayed by every rumour . " Finally " the Indies are ours when we want to take them " .4 Far different was ...
... orders and counter - orders . " " Nothing more short - sighted than the English Government , occupied with internal cavilling and swayed by every rumour . " Finally " the Indies are ours when we want to take them " .4 Far different was ...
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... Orders - in - Council were rescinded as regards American property . But meantime American sympathy with France , coupled with indignation at the action of the British in impressing seamen on American ships and continued enforcement of ...
... Orders - in - Council were rescinded as regards American property . But meantime American sympathy with France , coupled with indignation at the action of the British in impressing seamen on American ships and continued enforcement of ...
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... Orders - in - Council prohibiting importation of slaves . 1806 , xiii ( 265 ) . Slave trade - Accounts . 1806-7 , H.L. , XIV , p . 165. Slave trade - Papers . 1806-7 , 1 ( 68 ) , ( 92 ) . Bill for abolition of slave trade . 1810 , XIV ...
... Orders - in - Council prohibiting importation of slaves . 1806 , xiii ( 265 ) . Slave trade - Accounts . 1806-7 , H.L. , XIV , p . 165. Slave trade - Papers . 1806-7 , 1 ( 68 ) , ( 92 ) . Bill for abolition of slave trade . 1810 , XIV ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 1 |
The Conflict with Revolutionary France 17931802 | 36 |
The Struggle with Napoleon 18031815 | 83 |
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