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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Page 239
... RESTORATION , 1660-1713 THE story of the old colonial Empire can be viewed in two aspects : the one , the development of the Empire as a unity , with administrative de- partments , political regulations , and Acts of trade and ...
... RESTORATION , 1660-1713 THE story of the old colonial Empire can be viewed in two aspects : the one , the development of the Empire as a unity , with administrative de- partments , political regulations , and Acts of trade and ...
Page 492
... restoration to France of Guadeloupe and Marie Galante . On the coast of West Africa he demanded the return of Senegal . But he refused to restore Minorca or to evacuate the territories of the King of Prussia . Pitt returned a strong ...
... restoration to France of Guadeloupe and Marie Galante . On the coast of West Africa he demanded the return of Senegal . But he refused to restore Minorca or to evacuate the territories of the King of Prussia . Pitt returned a strong ...
Page 496
... restoration of St Lucia , and received some sharp criticism . None the less , on 27 June , Bute in concert with Lord Egremont and the King , and unknown to the rest of the Cabinet , gave a secret pledge to restore St Lucia if France ...
... restoration of St Lucia , and received some sharp criticism . None the less , on 27 June , Bute in concert with Lord Egremont and the King , and unknown to the rest of the Cabinet , gave a secret pledge to restore St Lucia if France ...
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