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... Reforms . Plot against Joseph I. France and Spain 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 ...
... Reforms . Plot against Joseph I. France and Spain 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 ...
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... Reforms of Joseph II . 1781. Joseph razes the Barrier For- 1784. Disputes with the Dutch Intervention of Louis XVI . 1785. Treaty of Fontainebleau 1786 , Death of Frederick II . Dissensions in Holland . 222 225 · - Policy of Gustavus ...
... Reforms of Joseph II . 1781. Joseph razes the Barrier For- 1784. Disputes with the Dutch Intervention of Louis XVI . 1785. Treaty of Fontainebleau 1786 , Death of Frederick II . Dissensions in Holland . 222 225 · - Policy of Gustavus ...
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... reforming the system of taxation , and reducing the expenses of collection . He improved the police and the administration of justice . He facili- tated the internal communications of France by repairing the highways and making new ones ...
... reforming the system of taxation , and reducing the expenses of collection . He improved the police and the administration of justice . He facili- tated the internal communications of France by repairing the highways and making new ones ...
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... Reform of 1543 was founded on Soto's decision in favour of the West Indians , and he denounced slavery altogether , in whatever shape . ' The science made some progress in the hands of Francis Suarez , a Jesuit of Granada , who ...
... Reform of 1543 was founded on Soto's decision in favour of the West Indians , and he denounced slavery altogether , in whatever shape . ' The science made some progress in the hands of Francis Suarez , a Jesuit of Granada , who ...
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... reforms . Hence , at an early period , the Czar had seriously meditated de- priving him of the succession and shutting him up in a convent . Peter , during his absence in the war of 1711 , had left his son nominal Regent ; but was so ...
... reforms . Hence , at an early period , the Czar had seriously meditated de- priving him of the succession and shutting him up in a convent . Peter , during his absence in the war of 1711 , had left his son nominal Regent ; but was so ...
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