A Wilderness of Miseries: War and Warriors in Early AmericaBloomsbury Academic, 3 dec 1980 - 250 pagina's |
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Pagina 185
... Loyalists , or Tories , denounced the uprising for many reasons , but one reason for their hostility to the idea of separation from Britain was an abiding fear that independence could lead only to endless , ruinous warfare in America ...
... Loyalists , or Tories , denounced the uprising for many reasons , but one reason for their hostility to the idea of separation from Britain was an abiding fear that independence could lead only to endless , ruinous warfare in America ...
Pagina 186
... Loyalists grieved over the probability that an independent America might be encircled once again by foreign powers . At the very least , Britain was likely to possess Canada , Florida , and the trans- montane West , not to mention the ...
... Loyalists grieved over the probability that an independent America might be encircled once again by foreign powers . At the very least , Britain was likely to possess Canada , Florida , and the trans- montane West , not to mention the ...
Pagina 187
... Loyalists concluded , therefore , that if foreign aid was inevitable , an alliance with the Protestant sovereign in Britain was preferable to one with a Catholic monarch in France or Spain . " 1 The best hope for peace , the Loyalists ...
... Loyalists concluded , therefore , that if foreign aid was inevitable , an alliance with the Protestant sovereign in Britain was preferable to one with a Catholic monarch in France or Spain . " 1 The best hope for peace , the Loyalists ...
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The Nature of American | 1 |
War and Society | 3 |
The Indian Wars | 29 |
Copyright | |
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A Wilderness of Miseries: War and Warriors in Early America John Ferling Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 1980 |
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