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Page 253
... British colony occupying a narrow peninsula of Spain's southern Mediterranean coast , just northeast of the Strait of Gibraltar . It is 3 miles ( 5 km ) long and 3/4 mile wide and is connected to Spain by a low , sandy isth- mus that is ...
... British colony occupying a narrow peninsula of Spain's southern Mediterranean coast , just northeast of the Strait of Gibraltar . It is 3 miles ( 5 km ) long and 3/4 mile wide and is connected to Spain by a low , sandy isth- mus that is ...
Page 344
... British trading firms on the Niger River to form a single chartered company , which then would govern the area for the crown . In 1879 he succeeded in amal- gamating all British commercial interests on the Niger into the United African ...
... British trading firms on the Niger River to form a single chartered company , which then would govern the area for the crown . In 1879 he succeeded in amal- gamating all British commercial interests on the Niger into the United African ...
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... British House of Com- mons . Instead , he urged passive resistance . Irishmen were to refuse to pay British taxes , while Irish members of the Commons were to stay away from Westminster and to sit in Ireland as a national council . At a ...
... British House of Com- mons . Instead , he urged passive resistance . Irishmen were to refuse to pay British taxes , while Irish members of the Commons were to stay away from Westminster and to sit in Ireland as a national council . At a ...
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