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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England was further to retain Gibraltar and Port Mahon , those keys of the Mediterranean , to receive the Asiento for thirty years , and to annex all St Christopher , French Newfoundland and Hudson Bay and Straits , frustrating thus in ...
England was further to retain Gibraltar and Port Mahon , those keys of the Mediterranean , to receive the Asiento for thirty years , and to annex all St Christopher , French Newfoundland and Hudson Bay and Straits , frustrating thus in ...
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subsequent war with the French and the cost of defending the frontier against the Canadian Indians , amounting to £ 30,000 a year , led to further issues . By 1715 they totalled £ 474,000 . These bills were issued by the Government .
subsequent war with the French and the cost of defending the frontier against the Canadian Indians , amounting to £ 30,000 a year , led to further issues . By 1715 they totalled £ 474,000 . These bills were issued by the Government .
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Appeals from colonial and vice - admiralty courts involving points of law never went beyond the Committee , and matters of a military nature were generally acted upon without further reference ; but in by far the greater number of cases ...
Appeals from colonial and vice - admiralty courts involving points of law never went beyond the Committee , and matters of a military nature were generally acted upon without further reference ; but in by far the greater number of cases ...
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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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