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 76
Page 67
... favour , and ultimately the Bristol merchants seem to have preferred this scheme for their subscriptions rather than that of their Southampton rivals . Letters were sent to the fishing ports of Devon and the west of England urging them ...
... favour , and ultimately the Bristol merchants seem to have preferred this scheme for their subscriptions rather than that of their Southampton rivals . Letters were sent to the fishing ports of Devon and the west of England urging them ...
Page 319
... favour , and aggression on the eastern frontier rather than overseas occupied the royal mind . That France , which had defied Europe in a war of aggression , continued her encroachments in time of peace , lent additional weight to the ...
... favour , and aggression on the eastern frontier rather than overseas occupied the royal mind . That France , which had defied Europe in a war of aggression , continued her encroachments in time of peace , lent additional weight to the ...
Page 500
... favour . His conduct towards Frederick cannot be entirely defended either as moral or as expedient . The operations in Germany , in fact , gave Bute a valuable lever in negotiation which he rashly threw away at the outset . On the other ...
... favour . His conduct towards Frederick cannot be entirely defended either as moral or as expedient . The operations in Germany , in fact , gave Bute a valuable lever in negotiation which he rashly threw away at the outset . On the other ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Admiralty Africa alliance American appointed Assembly attack Barbados Board of Trade Britain British Bute Canada capture Carolina Charles charter CHBE Choiseul claims coast colonies colonists commerce Company courts Crown declared defence Dutch eighteenth century Empire England English Englishmen established Europe favour fisheries fishing fleet force foreign France French George George III Government governor grant Hakluyt Hist House Ibid imperial important Indian interest islands Jamaica King land Leeward Islands London Lord Massachusetts ment mercantilist merchants ministers Minorca monopoly mother country naval navigation Navigation Acts Navy negotiations neutral Newfoundland North organisation Parliament peace Pitt Plantations planters political ports Portugal Portuguese Privy Council Protestant Prussia royal Royal African Company sailed secure sent seqq settlement settlers Shelburne ships slaves South South Sea Company Spain Spaniards Spanish success sugar territory tion treaty troops vessels Virginia voyage Walpole West Indies William York