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 1-5 of 100
Page xiv
... Britain and Hanover European Complexities and Dangers International Position of Great Britain The Triple Alliance ( 1717 ) Great Britain and Europe after Utrecht Great Britain and the Northern Settlement Walpole and his Ministry The ...
... Britain and Hanover European Complexities and Dangers International Position of Great Britain The Triple Alliance ( 1717 ) Great Britain and Europe after Utrecht Great Britain and the Northern Settlement Walpole and his Ministry The ...
Page xx
... Britain in favour of Coercion The American Revolution - A Civil War North's Conciliatory Bills Death of Chatham Rockingham's Cabinet Negotiations for Peace Fox and Shelburne Shelburne succeeds Rockingham The North - West Angle Demands ...
... Britain in favour of Coercion The American Revolution - A Civil War North's Conciliatory Bills Death of Chatham Rockingham's Cabinet Negotiations for Peace Fox and Shelburne Shelburne succeeds Rockingham The North - West Angle Demands ...
Page 8
... Britain had most to fear . The Dutch dropped out of the front rank of competitors , and , at all points beyond the seas , Franco - British competition made history . But in the list of nations whose courses intersected that of Great Britain ...
... Britain had most to fear . The Dutch dropped out of the front rank of competitors , and , at all points beyond the seas , Franco - British competition made history . But in the list of nations whose courses intersected that of Great Britain ...
Page 9
... Britain the eighteenth century resembled the sixteenth rather than the seventeenth , but a stronger Britain was pitted against a weaker Spain . Against both Spain and France the mid - century foreign war , the Seven Years ' War , was ...
... Britain the eighteenth century resembled the sixteenth rather than the seventeenth , but a stronger Britain was pitted against a weaker Spain . Against both Spain and France the mid - century foreign war , the Seven Years ' War , was ...
Page 11
... Britain's enemies . Yet before these memorable ten years were ended the saviour of India and the friend of the Indian peasantry had been brought to trial in Westminster Hall ; and the fact of the trial , how- ever much the proceedings ...
... Britain's enemies . Yet before these memorable ten years were ended the saviour of India and the friend of the Indian peasantry had been brought to trial in Westminster Hall ; and the fact of the trial , how- ever much the proceedings ...
Contents
69 | |
75 | |
83 | |
89 | |
95 | |
101 | |
107 | |
113 | |
119 | |
125 | |
131 | |
137 | |
143 | |
149 | |
155 | |
161 | |
167 | |
173 | |
179 | |
185 | |
191 | |
197 | |
203 | |
207 | |
213 | |
219 | |
225 | |
231 | |
237 | |
243 | |
249 | |
255 | |
259 | |
261 | |
267 | |
273 | |
279 | |
285 | |
293 | |
299 | |
305 | |
311 | |
317 | |
323 | |
329 | |
337 | |
343 | |
349 | |
355 | |
361 | |
367 | |
373 | |
379 | |
385 | |
391 | |
397 | |
403 | |
405 | |
411 | |
417 | |
423 | |
429 | |
435 | |
441 | |
493 | |
499 | |
505 | |
511 | |
517 | |
523 | |
529 | |
535 | |
539 | |
545 | |
551 | |
557 | |
563 | |
569 | |
575 | |
581 | |
587 | |
593 | |
599 | |
605 | |
611 | |
617 | |
623 | |
629 | |
635 | |
641 | |
647 | |
653 | |
659 | |
665 | |
669 | |
687 | |
693 | |
699 | |
705 | |
711 | |
717 | |
718 | |
723 | |
729 | |
735 | |
739 | |
745 | |
751 | |
757 | |
763 | |
769 | |
775 | |
777 | |
781 | |
787 | |
793 | |
801 | |
803 | |
809 | |
815 | |
821 | |
889 | |
895 | |
903 | |
910 | |
918 | |
925 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Admiralty Africa Assembly attack Barbados Board of Trade Boston Britain British Bute Canada capture Carolina Charles charter CHBE Choiseul claims coast colonists commerce Company Council courts Crown declared defence Dutch eighteenth century Empire England English Englishmen established Europe expedition favour fisheries fleet force foreign France French George George III Government governor grant Hakluyt Hist History Ibid imperial important Indian interest islands Jamaica King land Leeward Islands London Lord Louis Massachusetts ment mercantilist merchants ministers Minorca mother country naval Navigation Navigation Acts Navy negotiations neutral Newfoundland North organised Parliament peace Pitt Plantations planters political ports Portugal Portuguese profit province Prussia royal Royal African Company sailed sea power secure sent seqq settlement settlers Shelburne ships slaves South South Carolina South Sea Company Spain Spaniards Spanish success sugar tion treaty troops vessels Virginia vols voyage Walpole West Indies William York