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 173
... soon as Toledo's fleet had departed , the fugitives came out of their hidingplaces and at once began to restore their ravaged plantations . Circumstances had entirely changed since Menendes's vindication of Spain's colonial monopoly in ...
... soon as Toledo's fleet had departed , the fugitives came out of their hidingplaces and at once began to restore their ravaged plantations . Circumstances had entirely changed since Menendes's vindication of Spain's colonial monopoly in ...
Page 255
... soon afterwards made to include the settlements . on the south side of the Delaware estuary which had hitherto belonged to New York . The duke freely made over this territory to Penn , but since it was already occupied , its development ...
... soon afterwards made to include the settlements . on the south side of the Delaware estuary which had hitherto belonged to New York . The duke freely made over this territory to Penn , but since it was already occupied , its development ...
Page 707
... soon able to ship large supplies of munitions.3 Nor was this all . Restrictions upon trade were relaxed in favour of American vessels ; American privateers were harboured and fitted out , and their prizes sold in French ports ; the ...
... soon able to ship large supplies of munitions.3 Nor was this all . Restrictions upon trade were relaxed in favour of American vessels ; American privateers were harboured and fitted out , and their prizes sold in French ports ; the ...
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