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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The basic aim of the system was to secure the happiness of the people and to safeguard imperial interests by the imposition of direct authority . Local aristocracies were as far as possible ignored , because they were suspect as ...
The basic aim of the system was to secure the happiness of the people and to safeguard imperial interests by the imposition of direct authority . Local aristocracies were as far as possible ignored , because they were suspect as ...
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Every purpose of popular control might be combined with every advantage of vesting the immediate choice of advisers in the Crown , were the Colonial Governor to be instructed to secure the co - operation of the Assembly in his policy ...
Every purpose of popular control might be combined with every advantage of vesting the immediate choice of advisers in the Crown , were the Colonial Governor to be instructed to secure the co - operation of the Assembly in his policy ...
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From the days of Charles II onwards it had been England's ambition to secure a preponderant share in the trade of the Spanish colonies , and although her various efforts to secure a footing there were an almost unbroken series of ...
From the days of Charles II onwards it had been England's ambition to secure a preponderant share in the trade of the Spanish colonies , and although her various efforts to secure a footing there were an almost unbroken series of ...
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Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 1 |
The Conflict with Revolutionary France 17931802 | 36 |
The Struggle with Napoleon 18031815 | 83 |
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