The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 7Grolier, 1995 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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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 ...
Page 412
... 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 and then for the states during the years 1774 to 1789. The first and second of these congresses , which assembled in September 1774 and May 1775 , respectively , served as a kind of advisory council for the colonies because ...
... colonies and then for the states during the years 1774 to 1789. The first and second of these congresses , which assembled in September 1774 and May 1775 , respectively , served as a kind of advisory council for the colonies because ...
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