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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Page 569
... fact expected to work out a complete mercantilist programme ; and throughout the period of its existence it certainly attempted to do so , though not with uniform persistency . Its functions were limited to enquiry and report , a fact ...
... fact expected to work out a complete mercantilist programme ; and throughout the period of its existence it certainly attempted to do so , though not with uniform persistency . Its functions were limited to enquiry and report , a fact ...
Page 579
... fact that in the years following the Peace of Utrecht it was becoming more and more difficult to maintain that commercial equilibrium in the colonies which mercantilist principles demanded . The northern colonies were not responding to ...
... fact that in the years following the Peace of Utrecht it was becoming more and more difficult to maintain that commercial equilibrium in the colonies which mercantilist principles demanded . The northern colonies were not responding to ...
Page 614
... fact that Englishmen should deny to their oversea kinsmen the kind of liberty which they had claimed and won for themselves , but in truth there were few who were really acquainted with the facts of the situation . The natural outcome ...
... fact that Englishmen should deny to their oversea kinsmen the kind of liberty which they had claimed and won for themselves , but in truth there were few who were really acquainted with the facts of the situation . The natural outcome ...
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