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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Page 255
... soon afterwards made to include the settlements on the south side of the Delaware estuary which had hitherto belonged to New York . The duke freely made over this territory to Penn , but since it was already occupied , its development ...
... soon afterwards made to include the settlements on the south side of the Delaware estuary which had hitherto belonged to New York . The duke freely made over this territory to Penn , but since it was already occupied , its development ...
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... Soon after came the news that Braddock's fourfold onslaught on French America had failed . The capture of Fort Beauséjour , indeed , cleansed British territory from an alleged encroachment and severed the French land route between ...
... Soon after came the news that Braddock's fourfold onslaught on French America had failed . The capture of Fort Beauséjour , indeed , cleansed British territory from an alleged encroachment and severed the French land route between ...
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... soon bred constant strifes . From distracted Spain ministers extorted only Gibraltar and Minorca ( already in our hands ) , and they abandoned the cause of Charles III " and the Catalans , besides leaving Spain to Philip V , that is ...
... soon bred constant strifes . From distracted Spain ministers extorted only Gibraltar and Minorca ( already in our hands ) , and they abandoned the cause of Charles III " and the Catalans , besides leaving Spain to Philip V , that is ...
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CHAPTER II | 22 |
The Newfoundland Fishery | 29 |
The Western Adventurers | 35 |
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