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 272
... foreign - built ship could engage in the Plantation trade after December of that year.2 This Act was itself explained by several subsequent Acts , and in a number of cases foreign - built ships were made " free " by Orders in Council ...
... foreign - built ship could engage in the Plantation trade after December of that year.2 This Act was itself explained by several subsequent Acts , and in a number of cases foreign - built ships were made " free " by Orders in Council ...
Page 582
... foreign sugar , rum or molasses . The planters did not realise that it was futile to attempt to keep up prices unless they could control the supply of sugar . The exclusion of French sugar from the British West Indies merely drove it to ...
... foreign sugar , rum or molasses . The planters did not realise that it was futile to attempt to keep up prices unless they could control the supply of sugar . The exclusion of French sugar from the British West Indies merely drove it to ...
Page 584
... foreign Plantations were patent facts ; on the other , the value of the foreign West Indian market to the northern colonies could not be denied . It was a question whether the British planters were to be given protection at the expense ...
... foreign Plantations were patent facts ; on the other , the value of the foreign West Indian market to the northern colonies could not be denied . It was a question whether the British planters were to be given protection at the expense ...
Contents
CHAPTER II | 22 |
The Newfoundland Fishery | 29 |
The Western Adventurers | 35 |
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