The New Encyclopædia Britannica: In 32 Volumes. A-ak - Bayes, Volume 1Philip W. Goetz, Dale H. Hoiberg, Robert MacHenry Encyclopædia Britannica, 1992 - 32 pages |
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... British power in India , and by the British admiral Charles Watson . The Nawab was defeated shortly afterward at Plassey ( June 1757 ) , after which British rule in Bengal was assured . Gobindapore was cleared of its forests , and the ...
... British power in India , and by the British admiral Charles Watson . The Nawab was defeated shortly afterward at Plassey ( June 1757 ) , after which British rule in Bengal was assured . Gobindapore was cleared of its forests , and the ...
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... British generalship began to tell . In 1758 the British captured and razed Louisbourg . In 1759 Sir Jeffrey Amherst began a cautious but irresistible advance from Fort William Henry by way of Fort Ticonderoga to Lake Champlain . In the ...
... British generalship began to tell . In 1758 the British captured and razed Louisbourg . In 1759 Sir Jeffrey Amherst began a cautious but irresistible advance from Fort William Henry by way of Fort Ticonderoga to Lake Champlain . In the ...
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... British North American colonies by adding elements at once American yet profoundly attached to British institutions ; it also in- creased the population by some 6,000 in the old province of Quebec . To these were to be added the unknown ...
... British North American colonies by adding elements at once American yet profoundly attached to British institutions ; it also in- creased the population by some 6,000 in the old province of Quebec . To these were to be added the unknown ...
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