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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... early advocates for colonisation as a means of relieving England's over - population had little validity ; but under Charles I circumstances changed for the worse , and a stream of emigration began from these shores that was without ...
... early advocates for colonisation as a means of relieving England's over - population had little validity ; but under Charles I circumstances changed for the worse , and a stream of emigration began from these shores that was without ...
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The law was uncertain , and treaties by no means uniform ; these facts must be remembered in considering international disputes on the subject during this period . The use of blockade as a means of depriving a belligerent of all ...
The law was uncertain , and treaties by no means uniform ; these facts must be remembered in considering international disputes on the subject during this period . The use of blockade as a means of depriving a belligerent of all ...
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The practical conclusions which the mercantilists drew from the theory that foreign trade was the chief means of increasing ... Since trade was understood to mean the exchange of commodities , their assump- tions defined their attitude ...
The practical conclusions which the mercantilists drew from the theory that foreign trade was the chief means of increasing ... Since trade was understood to mean the exchange of commodities , their assump- tions defined their attitude ...
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