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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... Land Struggle between France and Europe The Partition Treaties The War of the Spanish Succession The Spanish Succession and the Colonies The Peace of Utrecht . PAGE 273 275 277 279 281 283 285 289 291 293 295 297 299 800 301 303 305 307 ...
... Land Struggle between France and Europe The Partition Treaties The War of the Spanish Succession The Spanish Succession and the Colonies The Peace of Utrecht . PAGE 273 275 277 279 281 283 285 289 291 293 295 297 299 800 301 303 305 307 ...
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... land colonisation went forward , and unbridged distance from the original metropolis or mother city was substituted for the more or less continuous widening out from a dominating centre which characterised the land empires of the ...
... land colonisation went forward , and unbridged distance from the original metropolis or mother city was substituted for the more or less continuous widening out from a dominating centre which characterised the land empires of the ...
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... land - fighting on water ; and an island - born empire , based on the sea alone , was beyond the mental horizon of the ancient world . In the Middle Ages colonies and trading stations were still the work of city states , especially of ...
... land - fighting on water ; and an island - born empire , based on the sea alone , was beyond the mental horizon of the ancient world . In the Middle Ages colonies and trading stations were still the work of city states , especially of ...
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... land . The old Empire ended its days in 1783. Before 1790 it was clear that on the old foundations or what was left of them a new Empire was about to rise , more widely spread and therefore better balanced than the Empire of the past ...
... land . The old Empire ended its days in 1783. Before 1790 it was clear that on the old foundations or what was left of them a new Empire was about to rise , more widely spread and therefore better balanced than the Empire of the past ...
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... land , for banking facilities were unknown to him . Even late in the sixteenth century it proved difficult to raise ... lands hitherto unvisited by Christians , and to enjoy a mono- poly of any new trades so discovered . The Crown ...
... land , for banking facilities were unknown to him . Even late in the sixteenth century it proved difficult to raise ... lands hitherto unvisited by Christians , and to enjoy a mono- poly of any new trades so discovered . The Crown ...
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