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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... ment was not prepared to have the acrimonious dispute fought over again , and the House welcomed with a sense of relief2 a message from the King stating that he was taking steps for the better government of Virginia and desiring the ...
... ment was not prepared to have the acrimonious dispute fought over again , and the House welcomed with a sense of relief2 a message from the King stating that he was taking steps for the better government of Virginia and desiring the ...
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... ment in 1904. By this treaty , which ceded Nova Scotia and Newfound- land to Great Britain , French subjects obtained the right to fish in the seas , bays and other places to thirty leagues from the south - east coast of Nova Scotia and ...
... ment in 1904. By this treaty , which ceded Nova Scotia and Newfound- land to Great Britain , French subjects obtained the right to fish in the seas , bays and other places to thirty leagues from the south - east coast of Nova Scotia and ...
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... ment to impose such tax ... was fully and universally yielded " . One outburst of eloquent protest came from Colonel Barré . He spoke of the colonists as the " Sons of Liberty " , and in answer to the argu- ment that they had been ...
... ment to impose such tax ... was fully and universally yielded " . One outburst of eloquent protest came from Colonel Barré . He spoke of the colonists as the " Sons of Liberty " , and in answer to the argu- ment that they had been ...
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