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 |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 82
Page 238
... alliance rather than enmity , might well have been instituted . The Dutch , with greater insight into the ambitions of France , were preparing to make this departure ; but Cromwell was drawn into the alliance with Mazarin which produced ...
... alliance rather than enmity , might well have been instituted . The Dutch , with greater insight into the ambitions of France , were preparing to make this departure ; but Cromwell was drawn into the alliance with Mazarin which produced ...
Page 357
... ALLIANCE OF 1717 357 and a dangerous commercial rival , to be handled , if possible , in like manner with the Dutch . Her influence abroad , notably in the Levant , her unsurpassed diplomacy , her unrivalled army - from all of these her ...
... ALLIANCE OF 1717 357 and a dangerous commercial rival , to be handled , if possible , in like manner with the Dutch . Her influence abroad , notably in the Levant , her unsurpassed diplomacy , her unrivalled army - from all of these her ...
Page 360
... alliance with France . Spain , on the other hand , rejected every plan for an accommoda- tion , and sought on all sides for allies . The Jacobites , the Swedes , the Turks and the Russians might be hoped for , but the most attractive ...
... alliance with France . Spain , on the other hand , rejected every plan for an accommoda- tion , and sought on all sides for allies . The Jacobites , the Swedes , the Turks and the Russians might be hoped for , but the most attractive ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
adventure Africa alliance America appointed Assembly attack attempt Barbados became Board of Trade Britain British capture Carolina chap Charles charter CHBE claims coast colonies colonists commerce Commons courts Crown defence Dutch duties emigration Empire England English Englishmen established Europe favour fisheries fishing fleet force foreign France French Government governor grant Hist Ibid imperial important Indian interest Ireland island Jamaica King land Leeward Islands London Lord maritime Massachusetts ment mercantilist merchants monopoly mother country naval Navigation Acts Navy negotiations neutral Newfoundland North oceanic organisation overseas Parliament patent peace Pitt Plantations planters political ports Portugal Portuguese Privy Council profit proprietors Protestant province Prussia Puritan Restoration royal Royal African Company sailed sea power secure seqq settlement settlers ships slaves South Sea Company Spain Spaniards Spanish St Christopher struggle sugar territory tion tobacco treaty Treaty of London Virginia Company voyage Walpole West Indies William