The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 7Grolier, 1988 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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Page 300
... 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 ...
Page 301
... colonies were expensive to maintain , and the metropolis had a right to compensation . However , there was no return to monopoly . Colonies were not closed to foreign trade or capital , nor were they forbidden to produce par- ticular ...
... colonies were expensive to maintain , and the metropolis had a right to compensation . However , there was no return to monopoly . Colonies were not closed to foreign trade or capital , nor were they forbidden to produce par- ticular ...
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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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