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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Page 189
... regarded throughout the eighteenth century as vital to the prosperity of their European possessors . It is not ... regarded as essential to that of Britain , the maintenance of slavery and of the trade which fed it were regarded as ...
... regarded throughout the eighteenth century as vital to the prosperity of their European possessors . It is not ... regarded as essential to that of Britain , the maintenance of slavery and of the trade which fed it were regarded as ...
Page 339
... regarded as essentially " a mixed form of government " , duly combining the monarchical , aristocratic and democratic elements . The loss of the thirteen colonies proved to the Whig - Tory mind the danger of an excess of democracy , and ...
... regarded as essentially " a mixed form of government " , duly combining the monarchical , aristocratic and democratic elements . The loss of the thirteen colonies proved to the Whig - Tory mind the danger of an excess of democracy , and ...
Page 359
... regarded the colonies as integral portions of the British Em- pire , no doubt , but as essentially subordinate , owing loyalty to the policy of the Queen's ministers as well as to the Queen's person ; the Whigs held the same view , but ...
... regarded the colonies as integral portions of the British Em- pire , no doubt , but as essentially subordinate , owing loyalty to the policy of the Queen's ministers as well as to the Queen's person ; the Whigs held the same view , but ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 1 |
The Conflict with Revolutionary France 17931802 | 36 |
The Struggle with Napoleon 18031815 | 83 |
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