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Page 317
France concluded treaties of peace at Utrecht with Britain , the Dutch republic ,
Prussia , Portugal , and Savoy . By the ... France ceded Newfoundland , Nova
Scotia , the Hudson Bay territory , and the island of St. Kitts to Britain and
promised to ...
France concluded treaties of peace at Utrecht with Britain , the Dutch republic ,
Prussia , Portugal , and Savoy . By the ... France ceded Newfoundland , Nova
Scotia , the Hudson Bay territory , and the island of St. Kitts to Britain and
promised to ...
Page 397
Elected to the administration of the Gironde département ( 1790 ) , he looked on
with approval as the revolutionary National Assembly in Paris abolished France's
feudal institutions and restricted the hitherto absolute powers of King Louis XVI .
Elected to the administration of the Gironde département ( 1790 ) , he looked on
with approval as the revolutionary National Assembly in Paris abolished France's
feudal institutions and restricted the hitherto absolute powers of King Louis XVI .
Page 440
Used by the ancient Romans as Grand Alliance ( 1689-97 ) between France a
landing place , it was first called Tierra de Villegaignon , Nicolas Durand de ,
16thand the other major European powers . Villars Maliayo or Maleayo ( Corrupt
Land ) ...
Used by the ancient Romans as Grand Alliance ( 1689-97 ) between France a
landing place , it was first called Tierra de Villegaignon , Nicolas Durand de ,
16thand the other major European powers . Villars Maliayo or Maleayo ( Corrupt
Land ) ...
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