The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 7Grolier, 1988 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... colonies to increase its strategic power , to defend its trade routes , or to use pawns in diplo- macy . Finally , it has been suggested that coloni- zation reflected a new aggressive nationalism in Europe , produced partly by ...
... colonies to increase its strategic power , to defend its trade routes , or to use pawns in diplo- macy . Finally , it has been suggested that coloni- zation reflected a new aggressive nationalism in Europe , produced partly by ...
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... colonies , and could not forget that most of the American colonies of Brit- ain , Spain , and Portugal had won their indepen- dence between 1775 and 1825. Many more , among them the ardent free traders , held with Adam Smith that it was ...
... colonies , and could not forget that most of the American colonies of Brit- ain , Spain , and Portugal had won their indepen- dence between 1775 and 1825. Many more , among them the ardent free traders , held with Adam Smith that it was ...
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... colonies must provide for their own local defense , and began to withdraw the imperial garrisons from such colonies , partly on the sound strategic and financial principle of concentrating them at the center , and partly to prevent ...
... colonies must provide for their own local defense , and began to withdraw the imperial garrisons from such colonies , partly on the sound strategic and financial principle of concentrating them at the center , and partly to prevent ...
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