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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... position that every nation is free to travel to , and to trade with , any other nation , a position which even to - day is not fully accepted in practice . As regards the sea and navigation he argues that the sea is incapable of ...
... position that every nation is free to travel to , and to trade with , any other nation , a position which even to - day is not fully accepted in practice . As regards the sea and navigation he argues that the sea is incapable of ...
Page 544
... position , and so long as they were unsubdued the effective possession of the region north of the Potomac and the Ohio and east of the Mississippi could not be attributed to either English or French . In the main the Iroquois sided with ...
... position , and so long as they were unsubdued the effective possession of the region north of the Potomac and the Ohio and east of the Mississippi could not be attributed to either English or French . In the main the Iroquois sided with ...
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... position at Stillwater , ten miles south of Saratoga . Burgoyne had little over 5000 effectives while his opponent Gates , who had recently secured the command by intrigue rather than merit , had nearer 14,000 , for as Burgoyne advanced ...
... position at Stillwater , ten miles south of Saratoga . Burgoyne had little over 5000 effectives while his opponent Gates , who had recently secured the command by intrigue rather than merit , had nearer 14,000 , for as Burgoyne advanced ...
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CHAPTER II | 22 |
The Newfoundland Fishery | 29 |
The Western Adventurers | 35 |
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