The Encyclopedia Americana: The International Reference Work, Volume 7Americana Corporation, 1962 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... British sovereignty ; the colony had a checkered career , and by plebiscite of its in- habitants became the tenth province of Canada in 1949. British colonization of the West Indies commenced in 1625 , when settlements were es ...
... British sovereignty ; the colony had a checkered career , and by plebiscite of its in- habitants became the tenth province of Canada in 1949. British colonization of the West Indies commenced in 1625 , when settlements were es ...
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... British North Borneo Company ( 1878-1888 ) ; it also formed the Federated Malay States ( 1895 ) and established a protectorate over the Unfederated Malay States ( 1909 ) . In the Pacific , it annexed Fiji ( 1874 ) and gave its governor ...
... British North Borneo Company ( 1878-1888 ) ; it also formed the Federated Malay States ( 1895 ) and established a protectorate over the Unfederated Malay States ( 1909 ) . In the Pacific , it annexed Fiji ( 1874 ) and gave its governor ...
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... British subject , " once common to all who owed fealty to the British sovereign , has been emptied of much of its meaning since Canada drew a marked distinction between " British subject " and " Canadian citizen , " South Africa made no ...
... British subject , " once common to all who owed fealty to the British sovereign , has been emptied of much of its meaning since Canada drew a marked distinction between " British subject " and " Canadian citizen , " South Africa made no ...
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