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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... Council Position of the Assembly Controversy over Privileges Powers of the Assembly Assembly Procedure The Speaker Control of the Finances Other Forms of Encroachment CHAPTER XV XV PAGE • 405 • 407 • 409 411 • 413 415 417 419 • 421 423 ...
... Council Position of the Assembly Controversy over Privileges Powers of the Assembly Assembly Procedure The Speaker Control of the Finances Other Forms of Encroachment CHAPTER XV XV PAGE • 405 • 407 • 409 411 • 413 415 417 419 • 421 423 ...
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... Council was said to be planning northern discoveries , but no action is known to have followed its deliberations . The abundance of cod upon the banks of Newfoundland had been reported by John Cabot in 1497 , and the fishery was being ...
... Council was said to be planning northern discoveries , but no action is known to have followed its deliberations . The abundance of cod upon the banks of Newfoundland had been reported by John Cabot in 1497 , and the fishery was being ...
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... Council's approval was entrusted with its organisation . Large numbers of Spanish and Portuguese fishermen sailed every year to the Grand Banks , and in June 1585 three ships were sent under the command of Sir Bernard Drake to seize ...
... Council's approval was entrusted with its organisation . Large numbers of Spanish and Portuguese fishermen sailed every year to the Grand Banks , and in June 1585 three ships were sent under the command of Sir Bernard Drake to seize ...
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... Council by certain Brownists for permission to establish a colony and exercise their own form of worship . The petition was granted , and certain members of the sect departed with Leigh for Ramea , but the project came to nothing owing ...
... Council by certain Brownists for permission to establish a colony and exercise their own form of worship . The petition was granted , and certain members of the sect departed with Leigh for Ramea , but the project came to nothing owing ...
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... Council that private purses were inadequate to bear the heavy expense of the founding of such colonies as the country needed for the disposal of its surplus population , and that a public stock should be raised by commissioners ...
... Council that private purses were inadequate to bear the heavy expense of the founding of such colonies as the country needed for the disposal of its surplus population , and that a public stock should be raised by commissioners ...
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