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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For the founding of an empire it was necessary that England should turn her back upon the continent and eschew attempts at continental dominion . These attempts had signally failed and it was inevitable that any repetition of them would ...
For the founding of an empire it was necessary that England should turn her back upon the continent and eschew attempts at continental dominion . These attempts had signally failed and it was inevitable that any repetition of them would ...
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He would restore Minorca to England in exchange for Guadeloupe , Marie Galante and Goree . He would cede Canada with new boundaries , but what they were is not easy to see.1 If we may judge from his memorial of 15 July , he wished to ...
He would restore Minorca to England in exchange for Guadeloupe , Marie Galante and Goree . He would cede Canada with new boundaries , but what they were is not easy to see.1 If we may judge from his memorial of 15 July , he wished to ...
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Spanish Succession , 325-9 ; 347 ; relations with England during the eighteenth century , 355 ; in West Africa , 439 , 441 , 444-6 ; 463 ; and Neutral Rights , 548 seqq .; and blockade , 555 seqq .; 590 ; influence of , on the ideas of ...
Spanish Succession , 325-9 ; 347 ; relations with England during the eighteenth century , 355 ; in West Africa , 439 , 441 , 444-6 ; 463 ; and Neutral Rights , 548 seqq .; and blockade , 555 seqq .; 590 ; influence of , on the ideas of ...
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