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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Page 631
... QUESTION 631 Nation - building , however , predicated an idea for which the nation was as yet hardly prepared . It is true , as is shown elsewhere , that the so - called mercantile system existed rather as a doctrine than as a matter of ...
... QUESTION 631 Nation - building , however , predicated an idea for which the nation was as yet hardly prepared . It is true , as is shown elsewhere , that the so - called mercantile system existed rather as a doctrine than as a matter of ...
Page 640
... question , Lord Egremont laid stress upon the importance of deciding two points : " By what regula- tions the most ... question of what to do with the region west of the mountains was complicated by Indian rights and rival colonial ...
... question , Lord Egremont laid stress upon the importance of deciding two points : " By what regula- tions the most ... question of what to do with the region west of the mountains was complicated by Indian rights and rival colonial ...
Page 764
... question the King's policy was clear , consistent and determined . He held from the first that the principle at stake was whether the colonies would continue to accept the authority of the Crown and Parliament . He held that a policy of ...
... question the King's policy was clear , consistent and determined . He held from the first that the principle at stake was whether the colonies would continue to accept the authority of the Crown and Parliament . He held that a policy of ...
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