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 136
... effect of European events was only indirect and English domestic troubles exercised the chief influence . During the reign of James I the comparative paucity of emigration proved that the plea of the early advocates for colonisation as ...
... effect of European events was only indirect and English domestic troubles exercised the chief influence . During the reign of James I the comparative paucity of emigration proved that the plea of the early advocates for colonisation as ...
Page 169
... effect , and ultimately he disposed of his rights to certain London merchants . It was not until after the Restoration that any effective settlement took place in the region and then it was under fresh proprietary grants . Calvert , who ...
... effect , and ultimately he disposed of his rights to certain London merchants . It was not until after the Restoration that any effective settlement took place in the region and then it was under fresh proprietary grants . Calvert , who ...
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... effects of the navigation laws we have here nothing to do ; still less with their influence upon political develop ... effect that buccaneer- ing and piracy were winked at . A broad distinction must be drawn between privateering and ...
... effects of the navigation laws we have here nothing to do ; still less with their influence upon political develop ... effect that buccaneer- ing and piracy were winked at . A broad distinction must be drawn between privateering and ...
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