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 56
... Englishmen and fanned the growing con- viction of Spanish brutality and ill - faith . Coligny's schemes of colonisation had failed , but they were not forgotten , for though France stood aside from the struggle for forty years , a whole ...
... Englishmen and fanned the growing con- viction of Spanish brutality and ill - faith . Coligny's schemes of colonisation had failed , but they were not forgotten , for though France stood aside from the struggle for forty years , a whole ...
Page 607
... Englishmen in their conviction that there was a natural connection between government and property . But the idea was really inherent in the race , and Americans were as quick as Englishmen to resent attacks on property . Thus in 1771 ...
... Englishmen in their conviction that there was a natural connection between government and property . But the idea was really inherent in the race , and Americans were as quick as Englishmen to resent attacks on property . Thus in 1771 ...
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... Englishmen of the Revolution period . This possibly may have been because in the eyes of Englishmen New England counted for little in comparison with the West Indies . But the day of Caribbean supremacy was passing , and the Revolution ...
... Englishmen of the Revolution period . This possibly may have been because in the eyes of Englishmen New England counted for little in comparison with the West Indies . But the day of Caribbean supremacy was passing , and the Revolution ...
Contents
CHAPTER II | 22 |
The Newfoundland Fishery | 29 |
The Western Adventurers | 35 |
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