The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 6John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Great Britain |
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... Empire had grown chiefly by peaceful expansion and settlement rather than by conquest . Now , at one stroke , a huge territory was taken over , a territory already settled by another European people with a civilisation very different ...
... Empire had grown chiefly by peaceful expansion and settlement rather than by conquest . Now , at one stroke , a huge territory was taken over , a territory already settled by another European people with a civilisation very different ...
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... empire . Such warnings were ineffective ; France was driven from the northern mainland and the danger of Roman Catholic aggression ceased to be a factor in the relations of the southern colonies to the motherland . As the government of ...
... empire . Such warnings were ineffective ; France was driven from the northern mainland and the danger of Roman Catholic aggression ceased to be a factor in the relations of the southern colonies to the motherland . As the government of ...
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... Empire . Wakefield always placed the need for British control of waste lands before the claims of colonists for complete internal self - government ; but from phrases in the Report it seems likely that Durham would have surrendered that ...
... Empire . Wakefield always placed the need for British control of waste lands before the claims of colonists for complete internal self - government ; but from phrases in the Report it seems likely that Durham would have surrendered that ...
Contents
THE GEOGRAPHICAL AND ETHNICAL | 1 |
The Cordillera | 7 |
Relations of the Aborigines to the Settlers | 13 |
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