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 |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 79
Page 31
... taken in these years towards the rebuilding of the British Empire in new seas and continents the abatement of French rivalry and interference , so conspicuously illus- trated in 1790 , was a most favourable circumstance . After the ...
... taken in these years towards the rebuilding of the British Empire in new seas and continents the abatement of French rivalry and interference , so conspicuously illus- trated in 1790 , was a most favourable circumstance . After the ...
Page 567
... taken Dutch Ceylon , whose fine harbour of Trincomalee commanded the entrance to that bay . In terms of the Vienna settle- ment the French had indeed recovered Bourbon , which lacked a good anchorage , and their interests in Madagascar ...
... taken Dutch Ceylon , whose fine harbour of Trincomalee commanded the entrance to that bay . In terms of the Vienna settle- ment the French had indeed recovered Bourbon , which lacked a good anchorage , and their interests in Madagascar ...
Page 651
... taken into review . They were especially directed to enquire into the affairs of the Liberated Africans Depart- ment and its growing expenditure , and when they reported in 1827 , this matter filled a prominent place in their exhaustive ...
... taken into review . They were especially directed to enquire into the affairs of the Liberated Africans Depart- ment and its growing expenditure , and when they reported in 1827 , this matter filled a prominent place in their exhaustive ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 1 |
The Conflict with Revolutionary France 17931802 | 36 |
The Struggle with Napoleon 18031815 | 83 |
23 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
abolition administration Africa American Assembly Australia Barbados Britain British Government British Guiana Canada Canadian Cape capital century Ceylon CHBE coast Colonial Office colonists commercial Committee Company constitution convicts cotton Council Court Crown declared defence despatch Dundas Dutch duties East India economic emigration Empire England English established estates European export favour force foreign France French Governor Grey Hansard Ibid immigration imperial important increased India interest island Jamaica labour land Legislative legislatures London Lord Malta Mauritius ment merchants Ministers mother country Napoleon native naval negroes neutral North Order-in-Council Palmerston Parl Parliament peace Pitt planters political population ports principle Raffles railway reform Report Russell Russia Secretary secure self-government seqq settlement ships Sierra Leone slave trade slavery South Wales Spain St Lucia sugar supply territory tion transportation treaty Trinidad troops United United Kingdom West Indian West Indies Wilberforce Zealand