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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... grant of free institutions to the colonies not a first step towards getting rid of them , but the one and only means of keeping them within the Empire . The first full recognition of responsible government for the colonies in the test ...
... grant of free institutions to the colonies not a first step towards getting rid of them , but the one and only means of keeping them within the Empire . The first full recognition of responsible government for the colonies in the test ...
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... grant of self- government colonies did not cease to be dependencies so long as they were small . The two linked Canadian provinces ran their self- governing career and proudly claimed to settle their own tariffs in their own interest ...
... grant of self- government colonies did not cease to be dependencies so long as they were small . The two linked Canadian provinces ran their self- governing career and proudly claimed to settle their own tariffs in their own interest ...
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... grant from the King of Portugal in 1499 to make discoveries in the north - west . There are scanty but conclusive indications that the Bristol syndicate sent out expeditions in 1501 and 1502 , and that in the latter year three captured ...
... grant from the King of Portugal in 1499 to make discoveries in the north - west . There are scanty but conclusive indications that the Bristol syndicate sent out expeditions in 1501 and 1502 , and that in the latter year three captured ...
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... grant of 10 pensions to Gonsalves and Francisco Fernandes . The probable motives were fishing and fur - trading and the search for the North - West Passage . But the end was failure , and the last joint trace of the parties occurs in a ...
... grant of 10 pensions to Gonsalves and Francisco Fernandes . The probable motives were fishing and fur - trading and the search for the North - West Passage . But the end was failure , and the last joint trace of the parties occurs in a ...
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... grant of trading privileges to be exercised by the White Sea route . Ivan was glad to open up a new route to the western Powers and to free himself from the economic tyranny which the Hanse monopoly had entailed . In the summer of 1554 ...
... grant of trading privileges to be exercised by the White Sea route . Ivan was glad to open up a new route to the western Powers and to free himself from the economic tyranny which the Hanse monopoly had entailed . In the summer of 1554 ...
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