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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... colonists were unable to accomplish any of their de- signs and the surviving remnant took passage home with Drake when he returned from his Caribbean raid in 1586 . While the Virginia colony appeared likely to interest the Queen ...
... colonists were unable to accomplish any of their de- signs and the surviving remnant took passage home with Drake when he returned from his Caribbean raid in 1586 . While the Virginia colony appeared likely to interest the Queen ...
Page 620
... colonists the art of war , though he conceded that Planta- tions remote from the mother country might be allowed arms and shipping for their protection . Like many other officials he recognised that the general affairs of America could ...
... colonists the art of war , though he conceded that Planta- tions remote from the mother country might be allowed arms and shipping for their protection . Like many other officials he recognised that the general affairs of America could ...
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... colonists , following upon the imposition of the tea and other duties , had resulted in the diversion of a large amount of trade to France.2 Commercial relations of this sort naturally drew the colonists closer to their erstwhile ...
... colonists , following upon the imposition of the tea and other duties , had resulted in the diversion of a large amount of trade to France.2 Commercial relations of this sort naturally drew the colonists closer to their erstwhile ...
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