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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... mother country to which the colony belongs , and this to a double use , that of supplying a market for the consumption of native commodities , and the other of furnishing to the mother country the peculiar commodities of the colonial ...
... mother country to which the colony belongs , and this to a double use , that of supplying a market for the consumption of native commodities , and the other of furnishing to the mother country the peculiar commodities of the colonial ...
Page 572
... country in Europe south of Cape Finisterre.2 The mercantilists were much exercised by the question whether the mother country derived any real advantage from the northern continental colonies . They had most serious doubts about New ...
... country in Europe south of Cape Finisterre.2 The mercantilists were much exercised by the question whether the mother country derived any real advantage from the northern continental colonies . They had most serious doubts about New ...
Page 573
... mother country ; for , if the northern colonies found markets for their provisions , they would not be tempted to ... country possessed the sugar islands . If by any chance the islands in the West Indies were lost they would become ...
... mother country ; for , if the northern colonies found markets for their provisions , they would not be tempted to ... country possessed the sugar islands . If by any chance the islands in the West Indies were lost they would become ...
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