The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell Macmillan, 1929 - Great Britain |
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... Canada , before the so - called " Rebellion " of 1837 which called forth Lord Durham's mission , colonial resistance , intensified by the race feeling of French Canadians , had produced a complete impasse in the Lower Province . After ...
... Canada , before the so - called " Rebellion " of 1837 which called forth Lord Durham's mission , colonial resistance , intensified by the race feeling of French Canadians , had produced a complete impasse in the Lower Province . After ...
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... Canada in 1707 had failed " only through want of officers and conduct " . After the conquest the Indians will soon be loyal subjects " when they have no priests to poison them " ; and Canada , with a climate far better than Darien ...
... Canada in 1707 had failed " only through want of officers and conduct " . After the conquest the Indians will soon be loyal subjects " when they have no priests to poison them " ; and Canada , with a climate far better than Darien ...
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... Canada . Lafayette , indeed , proposed to Congress a second invasion of Canada in concert with France , and only a very outspoken protest from Washington secured the abandonment of the project ( 14 November 1778 ) . If once the French ...
... Canada . Lafayette , indeed , proposed to Congress a second invasion of Canada in concert with France , and only a very outspoken protest from Washington secured the abandonment of the project ( 14 November 1778 ) . If once the French ...
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