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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... mother country to which the colony belongs , and this to a double use , that of supplying a market for the consumption of native commodities , and the other of furnishing to the mother country the peculiar commodities of the colonial ...
... mother country to which the colony belongs , and this to a double use , that of supplying a market for the consumption of native commodities , and the other of furnishing to the mother country the peculiar commodities of the colonial ...
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... country in Europe south of Cape Finisterre.2 The mercantilists were much exercised by the question whether the mother country derived any real advantage from the northern continental colonies . They had most serious doubts about New ...
... country in Europe south of Cape Finisterre.2 The mercantilists were much exercised by the question whether the mother country derived any real advantage from the northern continental colonies . They had most serious doubts about New ...
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... mother country , i.e. the balance was unfavourable to the mother country . But by the middle of the century the development of the northern and middle colonies not only greatly increased the demand for British goods , but so changed the ...
... mother country , i.e. the balance was unfavourable to the mother country . But by the middle of the century the development of the northern and middle colonies not only greatly increased the demand for British goods , but so changed the ...
Contents
CHAPTER II | 22 |
The Newfoundland Fishery | 29 |
The Western Adventurers | 35 |
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