The British Empire |
Contents
PREFACE V | 3 |
CHAPTER II | 17 |
CHAPTER IV | 89 |
The Loss of the American Colonies 17641783 | 142 |
Canada under British Rule 17601913 | 175 |
CHAPTER IX | 183 |
CHAPTER X | 198 |
CHAPTER XI | 212 |
The Consolidation of the British Power in India 18051913 | 225 |
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