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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1 By 1830 merchants and manufacturers , on the whole , were converted to the new policy , but they had come round very nervously , and they were by no means ready to part with the moderate protection which they still enjoyed .
1 By 1830 merchants and manufacturers , on the whole , were converted to the new policy , but they had come round very nervously , and they were by no means ready to part with the moderate protection which they still enjoyed .
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The whole of the administrative business of the navy , including construction , repairs , pay , food , clothing and dockyards , both at home and in the colonies , was managed by the Board of Navy Commissioners and various subsidiary ...
The whole of the administrative business of the navy , including construction , repairs , pay , food , clothing and dockyards , both at home and in the colonies , was managed by the Board of Navy Commissioners and various subsidiary ...
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The whole trend of the enquiry shows that they were mainly interested in studying problems of finance , constitutional status and control of forces for land defence , as expressed through the medium of articulate colonial legislatures ...
The whole trend of the enquiry shows that they were mainly interested in studying problems of finance , constitutional status and control of forces for land defence , as expressed through the medium of articulate colonial legislatures ...
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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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