The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 6John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Great Britain |
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... merchants , though handicapped in many ways , were not lacking in boldness or forwardness . Thus , in 1682 , a group of tradesmen of Quebec , headed by a very intelligent man named Charles Aubert de la Chesnaye , formed a company to ...
... merchants , though handicapped in many ways , were not lacking in boldness or forwardness . Thus , in 1682 , a group of tradesmen of Quebec , headed by a very intelligent man named Charles Aubert de la Chesnaye , formed a company to ...
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... merchants strongly opposed the policy pursued by the Government when new and valuable fisheries were opened up off the New England coast about 1620. They wished to prevent the colonisation of New England for the same reasons as moved ...
... merchants strongly opposed the policy pursued by the Government when new and valuable fisheries were opened up off the New England coast about 1620. They wished to prevent the colonisation of New England for the same reasons as moved ...
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... merchants ' attitude . Now that Canada was finally British and had the promise of English laws , why should this military and French regime be continued ? To many merchants it was plain tyranny . An explosion might have occurred had ...
... merchants ' attitude . Now that Canada was finally British and had the promise of English laws , why should this military and French regime be continued ? To many merchants it was plain tyranny . An explosion might have occurred had ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
The Cordillera | 7 |
Relations of the Aborigines to the Settlers | 13 |
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