The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Commonwealth countries |
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... Canada , before the so - called " Rebellion " of 1837 which called forth Lord Durham's mission , colonial resistance , intensified by the race feeling of French Canadians , had produced a complete impasse in the Lower Province . After ...
... Canada , before the so - called " Rebellion " of 1837 which called forth Lord Durham's mission , colonial resistance , intensified by the race feeling of French Canadians , had produced a complete impasse in the Lower Province . After ...
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... Canada . Lafayette , indeed , proposed to Congress a second invasion of Canada in concert with France , and only a very outspoken protest from Washington secured the abandonment of the project ( 14 November 1778 ) . If once the French ...
... Canada . Lafayette , indeed , proposed to Congress a second invasion of Canada in concert with France , and only a very outspoken protest from Washington secured the abandonment of the project ( 14 November 1778 ) . If once the French ...
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... Canada which Burgoyne was to command . This assumed definitely that Burgoyne's main object was to unite with Howe , and the letter of 26 March , which communicated it to Carle- ton , spoke definitely of Burgoyne's placing himself under ...
... Canada which Burgoyne was to command . This assumed definitely that Burgoyne's main object was to unite with Howe , and the letter of 26 March , which communicated it to Carle- ton , spoke definitely of Burgoyne's placing himself under ...
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