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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... followed , and the results of the exploitation by European peoples of the vast areas which had been brought to light were on their worse as on their better side reminiscent of what had followed the discovery of America . For good and ...
... followed , and the results of the exploitation by European peoples of the vast areas which had been brought to light were on their worse as on their better side reminiscent of what had followed the discovery of America . For good and ...
Page 357
... followed out . It is sufficient to record that in January 1717 , the compact was framed which linked France , Britain and the Dutch into a Triple Alliance for preserving the peace of Europe on the lines laid down four years earlier ...
... followed out . It is sufficient to record that in January 1717 , the compact was framed which linked France , Britain and the Dutch into a Triple Alliance for preserving the peace of Europe on the lines laid down four years earlier ...
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... followed . In Virginia , this similarity of procedure was almost complete , even to the appearance of the Assembly chamber and the manner of the sitting of the members , which paralleled very closely the arrangements in St Stephen's ...
... followed . In Virginia , this similarity of procedure was almost complete , even to the appearance of the Assembly chamber and the manner of the sitting of the members , which paralleled very closely the arrangements in St Stephen's ...
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