The British Empire Series: British AmericaK. Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1900 - Great Britain |
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... English Educational Department , must have caused much gratification in all the colonies : “ It is especially desirable in your examination of the fourth and higher standards , that attention should be called to the English colonies and ...
... English Educational Department , must have caused much gratification in all the colonies : “ It is especially desirable in your examination of the fourth and higher standards , that attention should be called to the English colonies and ...
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... English market . They have gained gold medals in London , in Chicago , and San Francisco . Canadian flour is also in demand , as well as its oats , barley , and peas . Canadian beef and mutton come into competition with , and I rather ...
... English market . They have gained gold medals in London , in Chicago , and San Francisco . Canadian flour is also in demand , as well as its oats , barley , and peas . Canadian beef and mutton come into competition with , and I rather ...
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... English rural districts to the towns if they had gone to Canada , instead of passing a more or less miserable existence among the congested populations which they have helped to swell . In Canada they could have turned their skill to ...
... English rural districts to the towns if they had gone to Canada , instead of passing a more or less miserable existence among the congested populations which they have helped to swell . In Canada they could have turned their skill to ...
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... English colonists in the neigh- bouring New England settlements had been steadily progressing , and with their progress gradually ap- proached the inevitable great struggle for the ultimate control of the continent . The English ...
... English colonists in the neigh- bouring New England settlements had been steadily progressing , and with their progress gradually ap- proached the inevitable great struggle for the ultimate control of the continent . The English ...
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... English lan- guage , and countless misunderstandings arose . At length , after seventeen years of military rule , the unsuccessful system was replaced by the " Quebec Act . " This bill , passed in 1774 , was of a most sweep- ing nature ...
... English lan- guage , and countless misunderstandings arose . At length , after seventeen years of military rule , the unsuccessful system was replaced by the " Quebec Act . " This bill , passed in 1774 , was of a most sweep- ing nature ...
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