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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... issues . By 1715 they totalled £ 474,000 . These bills were issued by the Government . But in 1701 a plan was put forward for establishing a Land Bank , to issue paper money on security of land . This scheme was revived in 1714. It was ...
... issues . By 1715 they totalled £ 474,000 . These bills were issued by the Government . But in 1701 a plan was put forward for establishing a Land Bank , to issue paper money on security of land . This scheme was revived in 1714. It was ...
Page 527
... issue was in North America ; for Louis XV and la Pompadour that issue was secondary ; and not until too late did the one great Frenchman of that age declare that the war in America and at sea was the true war.4 The new alignment of the ...
... issue was in North America ; for Louis XV and la Pompadour that issue was secondary ; and not until too late did the one great Frenchman of that age declare that the war in America and at sea was the true war.4 The new alignment of the ...
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... issue . It is significant that the Board of Trade was invited to report , among other things , on " what mode , least burthensome and most palatable to the colonists can they con- tribute towards the support of the additional expense ...
... issue . It is significant that the Board of Trade was invited to report , among other things , on " what mode , least burthensome and most palatable to the colonists can they con- tribute towards the support of the additional expense ...
Contents
CHAPTER II | 22 |
The Newfoundland Fishery | 29 |
The Western Adventurers | 35 |
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