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... object of statesmanship should be to increase in the statesman's country the stock of gold and silver . Colonial policy was moulded under the influence of this view . Colonies were valued , not for their social advantages , as opening a ...
... object of statesmanship should be to increase in the statesman's country the stock of gold and silver . Colonial policy was moulded under the influence of this view . Colonies were valued , not for their social advantages , as opening a ...
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... object ; on the one hand encouraging mining pursuits , on the other excluding foreign nations wholly from the colonial trade . In this way , while he developed the " wealth " of the colonies to the utmost , he , at the same time ...
... object ; on the one hand encouraging mining pursuits , on the other excluding foreign nations wholly from the colonial trade . In this way , while he developed the " wealth " of the colonies to the utmost , he , at the same time ...
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... object of the governments of England at this time to enforce uniformity . In the colonies there are as many religions predominant as there are religious denominations amongst the colonists . Thus , in the New England colonies , we find ...
... object of the governments of England at this time to enforce uniformity . In the colonies there are as many religions predominant as there are religious denominations amongst the colonists . Thus , in the New England colonies , we find ...
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... objects for the sake of which our colonial empire was created have , with the progress of economic and political knowledge , been given up . Let us glance at these objects in succession ; and first , tribute may receive a passing ...
... objects for the sake of which our colonial empire was created have , with the progress of economic and political knowledge , been given up . Let us glance at these objects in succession ; and first , tribute may receive a passing ...
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... object with those who built up and maintained our colonial empire . " The only use , " said Lord Sheffield , in a debate during the American War of Independence , " the only use of the American colonies is the market of their com ...
... object with those who built up and maintained our colonial empire . " The only use , " said Lord Sheffield , in a debate during the American War of Independence , " the only use of the American colonies is the market of their com ...
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