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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... interest , and the tyranny that can be exercised by a much - prized commodity when its production is a strongly entrenched monopoly . The eighteenth century saw the reign of sugar ; the reign of cotton was yet to come . Though , as the ...
... interest , and the tyranny that can be exercised by a much - prized commodity when its production is a strongly entrenched monopoly . The eighteenth century saw the reign of sugar ; the reign of cotton was yet to come . Though , as the ...
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... interests which constituted the old Empire . The passing of the Act of 1791 , whereby representative institutions ... interest , further threatened as it was by the development of the beet sugar industry on the continent of Europe ...
... interests which constituted the old Empire . The passing of the Act of 1791 , whereby representative institutions ... interest , further threatened as it was by the development of the beet sugar industry on the continent of Europe ...
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... interest , without regard to the interest of the mother country ; but at the same time the mother country was left mainly responsible for the defence bill of Canada . There was a world of difference between the disconnected self ...
... interest , without regard to the interest of the mother country ; but at the same time the mother country was left mainly responsible for the defence bill of Canada . There was a world of difference between the disconnected self ...
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... interest , and the interest of the East Indian nabobs . It is true that there was no need of an empire in order to create trade monopolies , that without any British colonies there might have been a large British carrying trade in ...
... interest , and the interest of the East Indian nabobs . It is true that there was no need of an empire in order to create trade monopolies , that without any British colonies there might have been a large British carrying trade in ...
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... interest in ocean discovery which they undoubtedly felt.1 There is a record of Bristol ships having made fruitless voyages into the Atlantic before Cabot's time . Perhaps they were trying to find their way to the Azores , perhaps they ...
... interest in ocean discovery which they undoubtedly felt.1 There is a record of Bristol ships having made fruitless voyages into the Atlantic before Cabot's time . Perhaps they were trying to find their way to the Azores , perhaps they ...
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