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 579
... colonies which mercantilist principles demanded . The northern colonies were not responding to the policy of the Board of Trade , and that through no fault of their own . They were developing rapidly , and yet their direct trade with ...
... colonies which mercantilist principles demanded . The northern colonies were not responding to the policy of the Board of Trade , and that through no fault of their own . They were developing rapidly , and yet their direct trade with ...
Page 589
... colonies had made the value of goods sent to Great Britain from the continental colonies taken as a whole exceed that of the imports from the mother country , i.e. the balance was unfavourable to the mother country . But by the middle ...
... colonies had made the value of goods sent to Great Britain from the continental colonies taken as a whole exceed that of the imports from the mother country , i.e. the balance was unfavourable to the mother country . But by the middle ...
Page 615
... COLONIES 615 was , Benjamin Franklin claimed , " an undoubted right of English- men not to be taxed but by their own consent , given through their representatives " .1 The American Colonies , as Governor Bernard wrote , " believed ...
... COLONIES 615 was , Benjamin Franklin claimed , " an undoubted right of English- men not to be taxed but by their own consent , given through their representatives " .1 The American Colonies , as Governor Bernard wrote , " believed ...
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