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 551
... mother country to which the colony belongs , and this to a double use , that of supplying a market for the consumption of native commodities , and the other of furnishing to the mother country the peculiar commodities of the colonial ...
... mother country to which the colony belongs , and this to a double use , that of supplying a market for the consumption of native commodities , and the other of furnishing to the mother country the peculiar commodities of the colonial ...
Page 573
... mother country ; for , if the northern colonies found markets for their provisions , they would not be tempted to ... country possessed the sugar islands . If by any chance the islands in the West Indies were lost they would become ...
... mother country ; for , if the northern colonies found markets for their provisions , they would not be tempted to ... country possessed the sugar islands . If by any chance the islands in the West Indies were lost they would become ...
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... mother country , i.e. the balance was unfavourable to the mother country . But by the middle of the century the development of the northern and middle colonies not only greatly increased the demand for British goods , but so changed the ...
... mother country , i.e. the balance was unfavourable to the mother country . But by the middle of the century the development of the northern and middle colonies not only greatly increased the demand for British goods , but so changed the ...
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