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... attempt to coerce Portugal . • 182 183 184 · 176 Negotiations for Peace · • . 185 1763. Peace of Paris . . 186 177 Peace of Hubertsburg . 187 178 End of the Seven Years ' War . Results 188 179 CHAPTER XLIX . Russian History . - Murder ...
... attempt to coerce Portugal . • 182 183 184 · 176 Negotiations for Peace · • . 185 1763. Peace of Paris . . 186 177 Peace of Hubertsburg . 187 178 End of the Seven Years ' War . Results 188 179 CHAPTER XLIX . Russian History . - Murder ...
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... attempted to show , rather the national advantage , or even sometimes the personal aggrandizement of the great Cardinal , than the establishment of a balance of power . So far from this being the case , English policy was often adverse ...
... attempted to show , rather the national advantage , or even sometimes the personal aggrandizement of the great Cardinal , than the establishment of a balance of power . So far from this being the case , English policy was often adverse ...
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... attempt of the House of Austria , during the period of Catholic reaction , to extend its power along with that of the Roman Church , and thus to found a religious and political absolutism which would have been dangerous to all Europe ...
... attempt of the House of Austria , during the period of Catholic reaction , to extend its power along with that of the Roman Church , and thus to found a religious and political absolutism which would have been dangerous to all Europe ...
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... attempts of the English East India Company , founded as we have said in the year 1600 , to open a trade with the ... attempted to make settlements and build forts , and had contented itself with establishing a few factories at Bantam and ...
... attempts of the English East India Company , founded as we have said in the year 1600 , to open a trade with the ... attempted to make settlements and build forts , and had contented itself with establishing a few factories at Bantam and ...
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... attempt to colonize it . The two divisions made by James were respectively called the First , or South , and the Second , or North Colony of Virginia ; but the latter portion obtained , in 1614 , the name of New England . The settlement ...
... attempt to colonize it . The two divisions made by James were respectively called the First , or South , and the Second , or North Colony of Virginia ; but the latter portion obtained , in 1614 , the name of New England . The settlement ...
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