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... periods— the first extending from the conquest of the New World down to the American War of Independence ; the second , from the date of that event to the year 1830 ; and the third , from the year 1830 to the present time ...
... periods— the first extending from the conquest of the New World down to the American War of Independence ; the second , from the date of that event to the year 1830 ; and the third , from the year 1830 to the present time ...
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... period of modern colonial history , is the intensely commercial , or , rather , as I have phrased it , monetary spirit in which it was conceived . * The impulse under which the discovery of the New World took place may typify for us the ...
... period of modern colonial history , is the intensely commercial , or , rather , as I have phrased it , monetary spirit in which it was conceived . * The impulse under which the discovery of the New World took place may typify for us the ...
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... period of the world , for whatever reason , driven to excess ; and , as sometimes happens , the prevail- ing crave was exalted into a dogma . It was pro- claimed on high authority , that all wealth , properly so called , consisted in ...
... period of the world , for whatever reason , driven to excess ; and , as sometimes happens , the prevail- ing crave was exalted into a dogma . It was pro- claimed on high authority , that all wealth , properly so called , consisted in ...
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... to the culmi- nating period of the exclusive system just referred to ] the most regular and organized system of that kind which the world has ever witnessed . The English led the way in it . . . . The 12 [ ESSAY COLONIZATION AND.
... to the culmi- nating period of the exclusive system just referred to ] the most regular and organized system of that kind which the world has ever witnessed . The English led the way in it . . . . The 12 [ ESSAY COLONIZATION AND.
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... period of colonial history which I proposed to examine . Henceforward I shall confine myself exclusively to the examples of colonization and colonial policy furnished by Great Britain . I have taken the American War of Inde- 20 [ ESSAY ...
... period of colonial history which I proposed to examine . Henceforward I shall confine myself exclusively to the examples of colonization and colonial policy furnished by Great Britain . I have taken the American War of Inde- 20 [ ESSAY ...
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