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Chatham's Colonial Policy - A Study In The Fiscal And Economic Implications Of The Colonial Policy Of The Elder Pitt (1917) (Paperback)
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CHAPTER IV CANADA " They seem to have lost sight of the great
fundamental principle that France is chiefly if not solely to be
dreaded by us in the light of a maritime and commercial power, and
therefore by restoring to her all the valuable West India Islands,
and by our concessions in the Newfoundland fishery, we had given to
her the means of recovering her prodigious losses and of becoming
once more formidable to us at sea." ?Pitt on the Preliminaries for
Peace, 1762. The brilliant writer who has made the early history of
North America at once a classic and a romance, has pointed out that
when Pitt took office in 1756 the English conquest of Canada was no
foregone conclusion.1 Some of the leading statesmen of the day
questioned not only whether it were possible, but if it would be
good policy, to drive the French entirely from the continent.2 Pitt
had no such doubts; ten years before his first ministry he had come
to the conclusion that the expulsion of the French was not only
possible, but absolutely necessary, for the safety of the British
colonists. Ten years of watchful observation gave his opinion the
force of a verdict. Curiously enough, Pitt gained his first
knowledge of Canadian affairs from the Duke of Bedford, the man who
was to defeat Pitt's designs at the moment of victory. As Paymaster
of the Forces, he was brought into communication with the Duke, who
was First Lord of the Admiralty from 1746 to 1748, and then
Secretary of State till I75O.3 In 1746 Bedfordand Pitt were the
only English ministers who seriously advocated an attack upon the
commercial empire of France. When, in 1745, a handful of New
England fishermen and farmers captured Louisburg, the American
Dunkirk, Pitt and Bedford were thrilled,1 and the former did all in
his power to persuade the D...
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Imprint: |
Kessinger Publishing Co
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
September 2009 |
First published: |
September 2009 |
Authors: |
Kate Hotblack
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 12mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
232 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-120-17446-8 |
Categories: |
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Social sciences >
Politics & government >
Public administration
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LSN: |
1-120-17446-5 |
Barcode: |
9781120174468 |
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