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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... 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 for Great ...
... 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 for Great ...
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... eighteenth century saw the reign of sugar ; the reign of cotton was yet to come . Though , as the century grew older , the riches which flowed from India into Britain grew rapidly in volume , yet almost to the end the West Indies bulked ...
... eighteenth century saw the reign of sugar ; the reign of cotton was yet to come . Though , as the century grew older , the riches which flowed from India into Britain grew rapidly in volume , yet almost to the end the West Indies bulked ...
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... eighteenth century the West Indies held a place of importance among the colonies of Great Britain which is difficult to explain by their size or population , or even by the extent of their productions or their capacity to absorb British ...
... eighteenth century the West Indies held a place of importance among the colonies of Great Britain which is difficult to explain by their size or population , or even by the extent of their productions or their capacity to absorb British ...
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| Title | The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1 The Cambridge History of the British Empire, John Holland Rose |
| Editors | John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell |
| Publisher | The University Press, 1929 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 12 Jun 2008 |
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