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 211
... imperial scheme . Virginia in 1649 had only half the population of Barbados , and Maryland bore much the same relation to St Christopher ; moreover , there had been in them no economic revolution like that which brought sudden wealth to ...
... imperial scheme . Virginia in 1649 had only half the population of Barbados , and Maryland bore much the same relation to St Christopher ; moreover , there had been in them no economic revolution like that which brought sudden wealth to ...
Page 238
... imperial statesmanship of the Interregnum certain permanent results may be traced . The intrusion of the Dutch into the economy of the Empire was checked but not completely ended . The means for their exclusion was provided , but it was ...
... imperial statesmanship of the Interregnum certain permanent results may be traced . The intrusion of the Dutch into the economy of the Empire was checked but not completely ended . The means for their exclusion was provided , but it was ...
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... imperial alliance ; the other had the curious effect of safeguarding the dynasty by providing the dis- affected with a cynosure who was not a Stuart . The Hanoverian dynasty , however , was still far from popular , nor the Emperor yet ...
... imperial alliance ; the other had the curious effect of safeguarding the dynasty by providing the dis- affected with a cynosure who was not a Stuart . The Hanoverian dynasty , however , was still far from popular , nor the Emperor yet ...
Contents
CHAPTER II | 22 |
The Newfoundland Fishery | 29 |
The Western Adventurers | 35 |
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