The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 7Grolier, 1988 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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300 with intensified international rivalries , each state claimed 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 ...
300 with intensified international rivalries , each state claimed 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 ...
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Significantly , most British self - governing colonies adopted protection as soon as they were permitted . Neo - mercantilism . Imperial free trade began to ebb in the 1880's as the European states adopted protection at home and ...
Significantly , most British self - governing colonies adopted protection as soon as they were permitted . Neo - mercantilism . Imperial free trade began to ebb in the 1880's as the European states adopted protection at home and ...
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Comparatively few people in Britain had any systematic plan for getting rid of the colonies , however strongly the House of Commons aborigines committee ( 1837 ) and West African committee ( 1865 ) might counsel caution in annexing new ...
Comparatively few people in Britain had any systematic plan for getting rid of the colonies , however strongly the House of Commons aborigines committee ( 1837 ) and West African committee ( 1865 ) might counsel caution in annexing new ...
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