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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... British Commonwealth of Nations . A long story of colonisation and imperial policy , of the rise and growth of new nations and the assumption of vast responsibilities , a story varied in its scene , but finding its unity in the ...
... British Commonwealth of Nations . A long story of colonisation and imperial policy , of the rise and growth of new nations and the assumption of vast responsibilities , a story varied in its scene , but finding its unity in the ...
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... British Naval Successes in 1759-60 Increase of British Commerce Captain James Cook • Results of British Naval Supremacy PAGE 469 471 473 475 477 479 481 483 485 487 489 491 493 495 497 499 501 503 505 507 509 511 513 515 517 519 521 523 ...
... British Naval Successes in 1759-60 Increase of British Commerce Captain James Cook • Results of British Naval Supremacy PAGE 469 471 473 475 477 479 481 483 485 487 489 491 493 495 497 499 501 503 505 507 509 511 513 515 517 519 521 523 ...
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... British footing in the Mediterranean gained by the taking of Gibraltar and Minorca ; parliamentary union with Scotland , in- dispensable for the Empire , had been achieved ; and British progress in India had been assured by amalgamation ...
... British footing in the Mediterranean gained by the taking of Gibraltar and Minorca ; parliamentary union with Scotland , in- dispensable for the Empire , had been achieved ; and British progress in India had been assured by amalgamation ...
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... British control ; the trading Company which ruled India was gradually divorced from trade and confined to administration ; and in the work of administration it was more and more closely super- vised by the Government . Conscious of such ...
... British control ; the trading Company which ruled India was gradually divorced from trade and confined to administration ; and in the work of administration it was more and more closely super- vised by the Government . Conscious of such ...
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... British agency for making an empire , the chartered company had had its day , seeing that , according to the doctrines of the Manchester school , with which the inclinations of the British Government were for many years in accord ...
... British agency for making an empire , the chartered company had had its day , seeing that , according to the doctrines of the Manchester school , with which the inclinations of the British Government were for many years in accord ...
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