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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In India direct and indirect control have been conjointly in operation ; but in British India , which has been the scene of direct British control , selfgovernment , which is the negation of control from without , has now been ...
In India direct and indirect control have been conjointly in operation ; but in British India , which has been the scene of direct British control , selfgovernment , which is the negation of control from without , has now been ...
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The keen and combative sense of the New Englanders was not slow to appreciate that Cape Breton was a direct threat , not only to Nova Scotia and Newfoundland , but also to their own coast and fishery and sea - borne trade .
The keen and combative sense of the New Englanders was not slow to appreciate that Cape Breton was a direct threat , not only to Nova Scotia and Newfoundland , but also to their own coast and fishery and sea - borne trade .
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... England or to one of her colonies ; in the one case it paid import duties and in the other the Plantation duties on export . The yield of these duties was a direct contribution to the revenue which the State did not want to forgo .
... England or to one of her colonies ; in the one case it paid import duties and in the other the Plantation duties on export . The yield of these duties was a direct contribution to the revenue which the State did not want to forgo .
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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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