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... Colonies - Openings for the settler , free lands - The classes in demand . NOT only in Canada , but in all the other colonies , the feeling prevails that too little is known in the United Kingdom - the heart of the Empire - of its ...
... Colonies - Openings for the settler , free lands - The classes in demand . NOT only in Canada , but in all the other colonies , the feeling prevails that too little is known in the United Kingdom - the heart of the Empire - of its ...
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... colonies must add to their wealth and strength , and also to their productive and consuming capacities . Such ... colonies : “ It is especially desirable in your examination of the fourth and higher standards , that attention should be ...
... colonies must add to their wealth and strength , and also to their productive and consuming capacities . Such ... colonies : “ It is especially desirable in your examination of the fourth and higher standards , that attention should be ...
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... colonies to observe that there is a growing feeling everywhere in favour of closer com- mercial relations between the different parts of the Empire . That the members of one family should trade on slightly better terms than with ...
... colonies to observe that there is a growing feeling everywhere in favour of closer com- mercial relations between the different parts of the Empire . That the members of one family should trade on slightly better terms than with ...
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... colonies , during and after the war of American Independence . They are known in history as " United Empire Loyalists ... colony . ance . The population of Ontario at the present time is about two and a quarter millions . It includes ...
... colonies , during and after the war of American Independence . They are known in history as " United Empire Loyalists ... colony . ance . The population of Ontario at the present time is about two and a quarter millions . It includes ...
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... colony . Despite Champlain's zeal and energy , New France made but feeble progress , and at his death in 1635 , the entire colony consisted of but 250 persons and a few primi- tive houses and barricades at Quebec , and scattered huts ...
... colony . Despite Champlain's zeal and energy , New France made but feeble progress , and at his death in 1635 , the entire colony consisted of but 250 persons and a few primi- tive houses and barricades at Quebec , and scattered huts ...
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