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Page 95
... British system of responsible government would be good for all European states and that it would become the norm ( as by the first decade of the 20th century it had ) . No English ministry was doing its duty , he de- clared , if ...
... British system of responsible government would be good for all European states and that it would become the norm ( as by the first decade of the 20th century it had ) . No English ministry was doing its duty , he de- clared , if ...
Page 583
... British and French explo- ration in Polynesia began in 1766 with the British navigator Samuel Wallis , who explored Tahiti ; in the same year the French navigator Louis - Antoine de Bougainville reached Tahiti and later the Samoan ...
... British and French explo- ration in Polynesia began in 1766 with the British navigator Samuel Wallis , who explored Tahiti ; in the same year the French navigator Louis - Antoine de Bougainville reached Tahiti and later the Samoan ...
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... British force led by Maj . Gen. James Wolfe . After the fall of Louisbourg , Cape Breton Isl . , in 1758 , Quebec became the main military target of the British offensive . The following June , young Wolfe led a British force of 250 NEW ...
... British force led by Maj . Gen. James Wolfe . After the fall of Louisbourg , Cape Breton Isl . , in 1758 , Quebec became the main military target of the British offensive . The following June , young Wolfe led a British force of 250 NEW ...
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