The Colonies of England: A Plan for the Government of Some Portion of Our Colonial Possessions"Chiefly British North America, but New Zealand 'not of a size to need more than one Provincial Government'--p. 164-5"--Bagnall. |
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... present United States of America . The darkest shade of Green shows the present extent of the Old Thirteen States who declared themselves independent in 1776. The next shade shows the extent of the States and Territories that have been ...
... present United States of America . The darkest shade of Green shows the present extent of the Old Thirteen States who declared themselves independent in 1776. The next shade shows the extent of the States and Territories that have been ...
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... present work is to bring into some- thing like a system the principles which ought to prevail in the government of some portion of our colonies . Hitherto , those of our possessions termed colonies have not been governed according to ...
... present work is to bring into some- thing like a system the principles which ought to prevail in the government of some portion of our colonies . Hitherto , those of our possessions termed colonies have not been governed according to ...
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... present English acceptation of that term . Ceylon , the Ionian Islands , Malta , are not considered colonies . The idea of settlement is not connected with them . Their lands are already occupied . They have for their limits a ...
... present English acceptation of that term . Ceylon , the Ionian Islands , Malta , are not considered colonies . The idea of settlement is not connected with them . Their lands are already occupied . They have for their limits a ...
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... present work , in fact , is an attempt to turn that relation to use for both the parties concerned . If we advert to Ceylon , and inquire why it is that we do not consider it a colony , we shall find that there is no belief on our parts ...
... present work , in fact , is an attempt to turn that relation to use for both the parties concerned . If we advert to Ceylon , and inquire why it is that we do not consider it a colony , we shall find that there is no belief on our parts ...
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... present work relates exclusively to the four first mentioned of these systems . The principles which I shall endeavour here to esta- blish are applicable , in my opinion , to all these territories . The West Indies , and the other ...
... present work relates exclusively to the four first mentioned of these systems . The principles which I shall endeavour here to esta- blish are applicable , in my opinion , to all these territories . The West Indies , and the other ...
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