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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As has been mentioned , Edward Randolph , who had already had much experience as an official in the colonies , was in 1691 appointed surveyor - general of the customs in America . After an extensive tour of inspection he drew up a long ...
As has been mentioned , Edward Randolph , who had already had much experience as an official in the colonies , was in 1691 appointed surveyor - general of the customs in America . After an extensive tour of inspection he drew up a long ...
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Emissaries had already been despatched to stir up sedition in the West Indies . Though the islands depended for their protection entirely upon the British fleet , they depended for their provisions upon their trade with America .
Emissaries had already been despatched to stir up sedition in the West Indies . Though the islands depended for their protection entirely upon the British fleet , they depended for their provisions upon their trade with America .
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He had already written on 30 August1 that he must have more troops : in the previous year he had had enough because he had then no conquests to guard - a telling criticism of his own recent proceedings — but as things stood , he could ...
He had already written on 30 August1 that he must have more troops : in the previous year he had had enough because he had then no conquests to guard - a telling criticism of his own recent proceedings — but as things stood , he could ...
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Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
CHAPTER II | 9 |
ENGLAND AND THE OPENING OF THE ATLANTIC | 22 |
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| Title | The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1 The Cambridge History of the British Empire, John Holland Rose |
| Editors | John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1929 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 5 Mar 2009 |
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