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Title: A short history of England
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Cheyney, Edward Potts, 1861-1947
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Publisher: Boston, New York (etc.) Ginn and company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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etween England and Ireland. Certain of the youngerministers, especially Joseph Chamberlain, have called frequentattention to these questions, and in the jubilee celebrations ofQueen Victoria, in 1887 and 1897, festivities through all parts ofthe empire and deputations coming to England from its farthestparts have increased the recognition of its importance. It becomes necessary, therefore, to make a rapid survey of thecolonies and dependencies of Great Britain, and to describe themain occurrences in their recent development and in their rela-tions to the mother country. Of the long list of British domin-ions in various parts of the world1 many have been acquired 1 The following is a list of the most important groups of British depend-encies. The total number extends to almost if not quite a hundred. Australasia South Africa Newfoundland India Nigeria British Guiana Ceylon Gibraltar Jamaica Hong Kong Malta Barbadoes Straits Settlements Cyprus The Bahamas East Africa Canada The Bermudas
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THE GROWTH OF DEMOCRACY 667 by conquest and have remained foreign communities under theBritish crown, being ruled primarily for the commercial or mili-tary advantage of Great Britain. Of this class of colonies India isthe greatest example, as its history has shown,1 though many ofthe smaller colonies, such as Hong Kong, Malta, and St. Helena,are still more characteristic examples. Other colonies, however, were originally settled by Englishemigrants, or have been so largely occupied by Englishmen sincetheir acquisition that they havebecome new branches of theEnglish race and nation. Themost important colonies of thischaracter are Canada, Austra-lia and New Zealand, andSouth Africa. 601. Canada. —When Can-ada came into the possessionof Great Britain by the Treatyof Paris in 1763 it was occupiedby a French population spreadalong the lower waters of theSt. Lawrence, around Quebecand Montreal, and in a fewscattered posts along the Great Lakes, besides some English settlersin Acadia, or N

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