| 单词 | British Crown |
| 例句 | Initially the British Crown did not provide much regular military support to the settlers in its colonies. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z With the Proclamation of 1763. the British Crown established what it considered a clear boundary for its colonies along the Atlantic Coast. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z To invade and overwhelm the indigenous Irish in Ulster, the British Crown called upon recruits from Scotland, which Britain had already invaded and colonized. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z On the basis of 'finders keepers' I believe the Elgin Marbles shouldremain the property of the British Crown. Extract: Seeing Stars by Simon Armitage 2011-01-24T11:04:26Z The 170-carat Black Prince’s Ruby, a centerpiece of the British Crown Jewels, is, in fact, a red spinel octahedron, most likely from the mines of Badakhshan. Special Report: Jewelry: Restoring the Luster to a Once-Loved Gem 2011-05-12T13:49:21Z Revolutionary America was awash with charges of sedition — against the British Crown. ‘Sedition’: A Complicated History 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z The museum memorialized a period of over a century when the British Crown, facing a domestic timber shortage, encouraged Nova Scotia shipbuilding. Walking and talking in Nova Scotia, a small province with sweeping vistas and welcoming locals 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z The Channel Islands are British Crown dependencies, which means that residents pledge their allegiance to the queen but mainly follow ordinances passed locally or by the bailiwicks of Guernsey and Jersey. Blond hedgehogs, and more alluring strangeness of the Channel Islands 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Richard chastises Abe for putting himself and his family in jeopardy by continuing to commit treasonous acts against the British Crown. 'TURN: Washington's Spies' recap: General haunted by agonizing choice 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z In contrast to what happened in Australia, the British Crown saw New Zealand's indigenous people as sovereign and chose to negotiate with Māori leaders. The Voice: Why Australia trails New Zealand on Indigenous journey 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z It comes after the original proposal was made to the British Crown six days after the death of the Queen on 8 September last year. French airport to be renamed after Queen Elizabeth II in tribute 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z Danny Booth, an expatriate from the Isle of Man, a British Crown Dependency in the Irish Sea, said he had decided to “come and have a look before things start to change here.” An abandoned desert village an hour from Dubai offers a glimpse at the UAE’s hardscrabble past 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z Mr Stockan's motion also cites British Crown Dependencies Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man as potential models to follow. Orkney council to look at proposals to become territory of Norway 2023-07-02T04:00:00Z I know the British Crown has a legendary collection of jewellery, gathered from around the world, but on a coronation day here, that would be no match. King Charles' coronation: How would it happen in Ghana? 2023-05-03T04:00:00Z In contrast, there is no treaty with Indigenous people in Australia, as the British Crown never recognised them as sovereign or having rights to property, title or land, says Prof Attwood. The Voice: Why Australia trails New Zealand on Indigenous journey 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z Jersey is a British Crown Dependency with its own financial and legal systems and a resident population of just over 100,000 people. Police say number of people missing after explosion on island of Jersey 2022-12-10T05:00:00Z When tabling his motion on Tuesday, Mr Blanchet said he believes Canada's tie to the British Crown is "archaic." Canada: Quebec separatist party calls for split with British monarchy 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z Over the past week South Africa - a country with a unique and complex relationship with the British Crown - has reacted in a conspicuously muted fashion to the death of Queen Elizabeth. Queen Elizabeth's death stirs South Africa's colonial memories 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z The same document explains that the British Crown is also not legally liable for income tax or capital gains tax. Who inherits the queen’s money? The secretive rules of royal wealth. 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z One hundred years ago Cork was at the centre of the insurgency which pitted guerrillas of the Irish Republican Army against the forces of the British Crown. Taoiseach: Queen's death 'reminder to nurture UK-Ireland relations' 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z "This is what the community does to celebrate the significant events - they see a close relationship with the British Crown," Leeman told Reuters. Pitcairn Islands to light final Platinum Jubilee beacon 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z The island of Jersey, a British Crown dependency that has long served as a tax shelter for the wealthy, froze an estimated $7 billion in Abramovich accounts on April 12. Oligarch’s effort to broker peace falters even as it shields him from sanctions 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z In a statement, the Law Officers' Department for the self-governing British Crown Dependency said Jersey Police had on Tuesday carried out searches of premises suspected of being connected to Abramovich's business activities. Jersey court freezes $7 bln of assets connected to Abramovich 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z Hamilton was one America’s strongest supporters of a privileged elite and a centralized state, who praised the British Crown and nobility and frankly doubted the effectiveness of republican government. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Waitangi Day is named for the region on the North Island where representatives of the British Crown and more than 500 indigenous Maori chiefs signed a founding treaty in 1840. New Zealand PM Ardern urges unity on COVID on Waitangi Day 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z Now they need a special license from the British government or the self-governing British Crown dependencies of Jersey and Guernsey to fish in certain areas. France wants EU legal action over fishing dispute with UK 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z Now they need to be granted a special license from the British government or the self-governing British Crown dependencies of Jersey and Guernsey to fish in certain areas. Lone French fisherman left adrift in UK-France fishing spat 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z Paris has also suggested it might restrict energy supplies to the Channel Islands - British Crown dependencies that lie off the coast of France and are heavily dependent on French electricity. ‘We will not roll over:’ U.K. stands firm over French threats 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z They consistently thought of themselves as loyal and dutiful subjects of the British Crown and contented members of the larger empire, but regarded local control of colonial society as their fundamental right. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Paris has also suggested it might restrict energy supplies to the Channel Islands — British Crown dependencies that lie off the coast of France and are heavily dependent on French electricity. ‘We will not roll over:’ UK stands firm over French threats 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z France also suggested it might restrict energy supplies to the Channel Islands — British Crown dependencies that lie off the coast of France and are heavily dependent on French electricity. Macron says British credibility at stake in fishing spat 2021-10-30T04:00:00Z France also suggested it might restrict energy supplies to the Channel Islands, British Crown dependencies that lie off the coast of France. UK pledges retaliation to French fishing threats 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z France has also warned it could cut electricity supplies to Jersey, a British Crown dependency, as it previously threatened in May. UK summons French ambassador amid post-Brexit fishing rights row 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z It also suggested it may restrict energy supplies to the Channel Islands, British Crown dependencies that lie off the coast of France. UK hits back over French threat to block fishing boats 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z France said it was also preparing further sanctions, which could include cutting electricity supplies to Jersey, a British Crown dependency, as it previously threatened in May. UK boat detained by France amid fishing rights row 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z For one, Yale is named for Elihu Yale, a governor of the East India Company, one of the world's first multinational corporations, which acquired the island of "Singapura" for the British Crown in 1812. Yale's failed Singapore venture: More American arrogance in Asia 2021-09-26T04:00:00Z The British Crown negotiated treaties with Indigenous First Nations in Canada and the government enacted its residential schools policy during her reign. Canada: Queen Victoria statue torn down at protest over indigenous deaths 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z Although it’s about 14 miles off the French coast, Jersey is a British Crown dependency, and Britain provides for its defense. U.K. sends in the Royal Navy, France threatens to cut off power to Jersey, in post-Brexit spat over shellfish 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z French fishermen say they are being unfairly deprived of access to rich fishing grounds off the coast of Jersey, a self-governing British Crown Dependency. France, Britain send patrol boats to Jersey in post-Brexit fishing row 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z Jersey is the largest of the Channel Islands and a self-governing British Crown Dependency near the coast of northern France. French fishermen gather boats in post-Brexit license protest 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z He had been Philadelphia’s postmaster and America’s co-postmaster general under the British Crown, and in 1775 he inherited an existing organization that retained some of its colonial trappings. Perspective | Five myths about the U.S. Postal Service 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z Writing in 1764, Boston attorney James Otis had already warned his fellow colonists that any demand of freedom to the British Crown reflected like a dark mirror on their own treatment of enslaved Americans: Tear down the statues of racist traitors — and raise monuments to heroes of Black resistance 2020-06-28T04:00:00Z "Taxation without representation," it reads -- a play on Revolutionary-era Boston politician James Otis' grievance with the British Crown. Trump dismisses idea of statehood for DC, citing potential boost for Democrats in Congress, 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z It had successfully fought off a proposed law, the 1897 Crown Lands Bill, which sought to expropriate all our lands for the benefit of the British Crown. How an apostrophe meant an extra holiday in Ghana 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z The building company acquired Ihumatao from a white farming family who bought it when it was confiscated from Maori by the British Crown in 1863. Jacinda Ardern Is Tested by Construction on Land Held Sacred by Maori 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z The British Crown Prosecution Service suggests jail sentences of between four and 36 months for violators, according to inews.com. Zapped: Driver fined thousands for using laser jammer 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z “The blame for last night lies squarely at the feet of the British Crown Forces, who sought to grab headlines and engineered confrontation with the community,” it said. ‘Derry tonight. Absolute madness:’ Journalist killed in Northern Ireland clash 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z Those interviews took place in early February, and I followed the prime minister as she commemorated the 1840 signing of New Zealand’s founding treaty, between the British Crown and the Māori chiefs. Jacinda Ardern: ‘Very little of what I have done has been deliberate. It's intuitive’ 2019-04-06T04:00:00Z A agreed draft describing Gibraltar as a "colony of the British Crown" was approved a parliamentary committee on Wednesday, after the British MEP piloting its passage through the assembly was replaced. EU agrees post-Brexit visa waiver 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z In 1840, representatives of the British Crown and Maori leaders signed an agreement intended to bring them together, but breaches and inconsistencies in translation caused subsequent conflict. Jacinda Ardern Is Tested by Construction on Land Held Sacred by Maori 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z Rhode Island was the first colony to renounce the British Crown, but the last to ratify the Constitution, insisting that a Bill of Rights be included before they did so. Exclusive: Nada Surf's urgent "Song for Congress" and the story behind it 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z Why Mr. Major’s audacious wartime feats are only belatedly entering the popular imagination here, historians say, partly reflects Quebec nationalism and a lingering discomfort with French-speaking citizens fighting for the British Crown. A One-Eyed Québécois ‘Rambo’ Captures Imaginations in Canada 2018-05-27T04:00:00Z Before the mineral find, the mine was best known as the source of enormous diamonds that are now among the British Crown Jewels. Never-Before-Seen Mineral Found Inside a 'Super Deep' Diamond 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z In 2012 ownership of the Lithuanian company was transferred to another offshore company, named Nude Estates I Ltd, this time in the British Crown dependency of Guernsey. Bono linked to tax probe in Lithuania 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z While the Isle of Man is not part of the EU, it is a British Crown Dependency and forms a common area with the UK for VAT purposes. Lewis Hamilton 'dodged' VAT on private jet 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z Williams was the daughter of working-class London parents, and Khama was in England to complete his education before returning to his native Botswana to rule over his people — under the protectorate of the British Crown. ‘A United Kingdom’ director Amma Asante believes in challenging societal expectations 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z He took his library, family and money to the Isle of Man, a British Crown dependency, to escape higher English taxes. Richard Adams, best-selling British author of ‘Watership Down,’ dies at 96 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z Many treaties were also concluded with the British Crown before Canada received legislative independence in 1931. Royal tour highlights First Nations fury - BBC News 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z The British Crown even restricted immigration itself in another fruitless attempt to balance native and settler interests. Is Trump an aberration? The dark history of the ‘nation of immigrants’ 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z The 3,106-carat diamond was cut into nine separate stones, many of which are in the British Crown Jewels, including the Great Star of Africa - currently the largest top-quality polished diamond in existence. Lesedi la Rona diamond set to be sold at auction for £52m - BBC News 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z Opposition politicians accuse Cameron of failing to implement promises to reform British Crown dependencies - such as the Channel Islands - and overseas territories that act as tax havens. The Latest: Platini: Swiss already know my offshore accounts 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z The '50s newspaper articles also said the cannons bore insignia indicating the weapons belonged to the British Crown. A research project has determined nine historic cannons displayed for the past 60 years at a recreated French and Indian War fort in upstate New York were originally aboard a British warship that sank in the Florida Keys in the 18th century 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z A Lord of the Rings star has launched a petition demanding the right to vote in the European Union referendum for those living in British Crown Dependencies. Lord of the Rings star launches Manx EU referendum petition - BBC News 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z IN 1753 the British Crown appointed Benjamin Franklin postmaster of its American colonies. How to lose $5 billion 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z He has won multiple prizes for his work, including a National Design Award, a prestigious Red Dot award, and was even knighted by the British Crown for “for services to design and enterprise.” 5,000 Reasons Why Apple Needs Jonathan Ive 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z Their case goes back to 1840, when the British Crown and most of the Maori tribes signed the Waitangi treaty, which first formalised the colonists’ settling of the islands. Water, water everywhere 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z Within minutes, the world’s largest polished diamond, the Cullinan I, on loan to the Metropolitan Museum of Art from the collection of the British Crown Jewels, is whisked away by helicopter. Can Smart Cities Stop Hackers? 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z Its national day marks the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi between Maori chiefs and the British Crown. Anzac Day: Commemorate or celebrate? 2015-04-19T04:00:00Z New paramilitary groups loyal to the British Crown were emerging, including the Ulster Volunteer Force and the Ulster Defense Association, and that January loyalist mobs attacked civil-rights protesters as they marched from Belfast to Derry. Where the Bodies Are Buried 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z William, who is second in the line the succession of the British Crown, traveled to Washington, D.C., Hillary and Chelsea Clinton to meet with Prince William 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z He is the most notorious of traitors to the British Crown. Was Fawkes a fall guy? 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z We would have to admit that the whole project has been a failure and realign ourselves with the British Crown. Midterm campaigns’ silver lining: Simpson-Bowles gets toxic! 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, after a sleepy summer of relative obscurity, the “Yes Scotland” cohort finds itself newly energized, breathing down the neck of the British Crown and the darling of self-determination forces the world over. British Fight 'Painful Divorce' as Scottish Independence Vote Looms 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z It’s actually incorporated on the small island of Jersey, a British Crown dependency. Hey, If Companies Can Change Their Citizenship To Get a Tax Break, Why Can't I? 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z The British Crown dependency of Guernsey is looking at the future of the TV licence as part of a wider examination of its constitutional relationship with the UK. How is TV funded around the world? 2014-03-31T02:01:51Z The British Crown retains "dependencies" that enjoy the benefits of UK citizenship and yet harbour people who are lifting billions of pounds from UK taxpayers. First, David Cameron should bring his own tax havens to book 2013-05-21T19:30:49Z The commission manages property owned by the British Crown but which is not the private property of the monarch. Fury over Nepal embassy 'sale plan' 2013-04-19T12:23:16Z Jersey, a 45-square-mile island off the coast of Normandy in France but a British Crown Dependency through a quirk of medieval history, sits outside the United Kingdom and the European Union. Unwelcome headlines fuel Jersey anti-finance dissent 2012-11-18T14:59:50Z About twenty years ago, officials in Belize sought out professionals in the tax favored British Crown dependency of Guernsey to figure out how to woo more well-heeled residents. McAfee On The Run: Murder and Mayhem (But Few Taxes) In Belize 2012-11-14T05:31:50Z The island is not part of the UK or European Union, but a possession of the British Crown with an independent administration. How is TV funded around the world? 2014-03-31T02:01:51Z The Channel Islands, incidentally, are a British Crown dependency and not part of the UK. How devolution is killing open government data 2012-10-09T06:30:00Z Instead, he sailed south along the North American coast, claiming everything he saw for the British Crown. John Cabot, Italian Bankers and the New World 2012-06-18T21:53:25Z But they were unquestionably subjects of the British Crown, and the question surely is—would they have resisted arrest by ordinary process or not? The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 2012-04-18T02:00:17.060Z They belonged to families, often associated together in the remembrance of the present generation, as having adhered through the wavering fortunes and final success of the Revolution, devoted and consistent to the British Crown. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z A second appeal to the British government resulted in an unconditional deed of cession on October 10, 1874, which marks the beginning of Fiji's status as a British Crown Colony. A Racial Study of the Fijians 2012-03-15T02:00:31.197Z They derive their authority from the Charter of the British Crown, and rule India by permission of the British people. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z He was even attacked in clubs and drawing rooms by fine and fashionable people for being ready to compromise the dignity and disturb the equilibrium of the British Crown. Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country 2012-02-29T03:00:22.540Z Don't forget that, being half an Englishman, half of your allegiance is due to the British Crown--at least so the Lords think. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z Later in life he held offices under the British Crown at Barbadoes and St. Vincent. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z Now we know that these pledges were not adequately fulfilled, yet, notwithstanding this fact, the Six Nations remained faithful in their adherence to the British Crown. Brock Centenary 1812-1912 2012-01-21T03:00:06.650Z This history also demonstrates that the position of British Crown Colonies, in the respect which we are considering, is not sensibly different from that of the self-governing ones. The Great Illusion A Study of the Relation of Military Power to National Advantage 2012-01-11T03:00:19.077Z It must be borne in mind, however, that Ceylon is an appanage of the British Crown, and it is not an independent, self-supporting colony. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-02T03:00:25.873Z Executive authority vested in Governor General, appointed by the British Crown, and a Council of 7 members. Alden's Handy Atlas of the World 2012-01-02T03:00:16.440Z The right to declare war and to make peace is one of the most important prerogatives of the British Crown. England, Canada and the Great War 2011-10-20T02:00:21.577Z Not only was the American postal service made by Franklin's able management to yield a net revenue to the British Crown, but it was brought up to a much higher level of efficiency. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z This history also demonstrates that the position of British Crown Colonies, in the respect which we are considering, is not sensibly different from that of the self-governing ones. The Great Illusion A Study of the Relation of Military Power to National Advantage 2012-01-11T03:00:19.077Z No, it has a future, and, under the wise and humane government of the British Crown, I am sure the coloured race of India will even have a most glorious future! Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-02T03:00:25.873Z Government administered by a Governor appointed by British Crown, and a Court of Policy. Alden's Handy Atlas of the World 2012-01-02T03:00:16.440Z And to better achieve that most coveted result, she would have destroyed at once the free institutions they enjoy under the British Crown to replace them by her autocratic rule. England, Canada and the Great War 2011-10-20T02:00:21.577Z His earlier utterances breathe a spirit of ingrained loyalty to the British Crown. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z This was kindled by the protracted uncertainty which attended the application of his associates and himself to the British Crown for the Ohio grant. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:37.443Z From her first years, when Wolfe made Canada a colony of Great Britain, the colonists began to recognise their debt to the British Crown. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 2011-07-29T02:00:27.053Z An island of the West Indies; formally ceded to Great Britain, in 1670, by the treaty of Madrid; most valuable possession of the British Crown in the West Indies. Alden's Handy Atlas of the World 2012-01-02T03:00:16.440Z From my early youth, I had learned that under the �gis of the British Crown, the citizen of the Empire could be true to his oath, and enjoy the precious liberty of expressing his opinion. England, Canada and the Great War 2011-10-20T02:00:21.577Z You will remember that the act was done without any commission; it was done while these Provinces were Colonies of the British Crown; it was done long before the Declaration of Independence. Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York 2011-06-05T02:00:10.927Z Coming as they did from a long-lived and respected British monarch, and conveyed with the authority of the British Crown, they represented a sensitive but dignified acceptance of past wrongs. Memorable visit 2011-05-20T13:23:02Z Of all the treaty's provisions, the inclusion of an oath of allegiance to the British Crown to be taken by Irish parliamentarians was perhaps the most bitter, emotive and divisive and prompted civil war. Troubled century 2011-05-16T10:42:59Z In Ireland, the Boer War became a great test of loyalty to the British Crown. Irish and the Empire 2011-05-14T11:01:08Z No question, the Irish Guards have a close association with the British Crown, and with the Protestant-majority counties that make up most of Northern Ireland. The Lede: Live Updates: The Royal Wedding 2011-04-30T00:00:54Z And their lordships proceeded; but the “time to show lenity” never came, for it was such counsels which lost the American colonies to the British Crown. Practical Politics; or, the Liberalism of To-day 2011-04-19T02:00:17.257Z The Three Greatest Dependencies of the British Crown were successively intrusted to his care. The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 2011-03-23T02:00:23.527Z In 1859, following upon a serious mutiny of the native troops in India, this empire of the East India Company was annexed to the British Crown. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z In the latter year three English armies advanced upon it from three different points, united before its walls, and forced Governor Vaudreuil to surrender all Canada to the British Crown. Historic Handbook of the Northern Tour 2011-02-10T03:00:53.020Z Three thousand acres in Upper Canada were subsequently granted him by the British Crown. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z Only the genius of an able governor-general saved the valley of the St. Lawrence to the British Crown. The Niagara River 2011-02-08T03:00:09.703Z He is descended from an old French family which has long been settled in the Lower Province, and several members whereof have seen service in the cause of the British Crown. The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 2011-03-23T02:00:23.527Z In 1840 New Zealand also was added to the colonial possessions of the British Crown. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z But if an American, French, or German merchant goes to India, or to any British Crown Colony or protectorate, he is admitted on exactly the same terms as the Briton. The Character of the British Empire 2011-02-07T03:00:24.553Z Some of them availed themselves of the generosity of the British Crown. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z The soldiers they have sent into the British Army, taken from the lower strata of social life, have proved as loyal to the British Crown as the Scotch Highlanders. The New Irish Constitution 2011-02-06T03:00:57.247Z If, - and it's a speculative, unconfirmed if - this happens, Australia's Queen would undertake a striking, potentially rather emotional visit to a country which may, one day, sever its link with the British Crown. Bad trip 2011-02-04T09:00:13Z It was cut into nine separate stones, some of which form part of the British Crown Jewels. Rare uncut diamond fetches record auction price 2010-02-26T11:20:00Z We have been for over 300 years loyal to the British Crown, our island was used during the time that Britain was developing its trading links with the Far East. 2010-01-19T02:48:00Z Common origin made a bond with the mother country, but the Governors sent from England could tell those who sent them how deficient was the habit of obedience to the British Crown. A Historical Geography of the British Colonies Vol. V, Canada—Part I, Historical Lexington, Concord and Bunker Hill were fought not for independence but for autonomy under the British Crown and in perpetual union with the British Empire. The History of Cuba, vol. 1 Certainly, not one of the national Exhibitions has offered so wonderful a display of the wealth, enterprise, and versatility in productive industry, of the subjects of the British Crown. Speeches and Addresses of H. R. H. the Prince of Wales: 1863-1888 Consider, for instance, the Order of Merit, one of the highest honours that the British Crown can confer. A Novelist on Novels However, it's a part of the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong. The Caves of Fear Before the Dutchmen on Manhattan Island and in the valley of the Hudson became subjects of the British Crown, they had themselves absorbed the Swedish colonists on the Delaware. A Historical Geography of the British Colonies Vol. V, Canada—Part I, Historical He was still responsible to the British Crown and Cabinet, and a weaker man would have forgotten the problems which the new Canadian constitutionalism was bound to create at the centre of authority. British Supremacy & Canadian Self-Government, 1839-1854 There was no Irishman more loyal than Daniel O'Connell, and many of the Home Rulers of our own day are not less loyal to the British Crown. Speeches and Addresses of H. R. H. the Prince of Wales: 1863-1888 Nearly all the important offices in the colonies were filled by appointments from the British Crown. Benjamin Franklin A Picture of the Struggles of Our Infant Nation One Hundred Years Ago American Pioneers and Patriots Series The timely arrival of a British fleet saved the now British stronghold, while Montreal was in turn invested, and that post and all Canada surrendered to the British Crown. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 Their descendants, a quarter of a century afterwards, risked their lives in another cause with equal fidelity and bravery, asserting the rights and defending the honour of the British Crown. The Celtic Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 3, January 1876 A Monthly Periodical Devoted to the Literature, History, Antiquities, Folk Lore, Traditions, and the Social and Material Interests of the Celt at Home and Abroad We are firmly resolved to maintain our present position to the British Crown, and we deny the right of Mr. Gladstone to give us away, or to barter us for power. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule Such thoughts have no bearing on party politics, but are naturally suggested in remembering the reception given in 1871 to the heir to the British Crown. Speeches and Addresses of H. R. H. the Prince of Wales: 1863-1888 Such was the case on occasion of the visit, in 1872, of the Prince of Wales, the heir apparent of the British Crown. Pius IX. And His Time The territorial boundary of South Carolina, however, on the south, was the Savannah River; the remaining portion being then held in reserve by the British Crown. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 Under the British Crown every man is free to carry out his own religion in his own way; persecution is unknown. Round the Wonderful World The abuses which had long existed in the Government of Oudh induced the Governor-General of India, early in the year, to issue a proclamation placing that kingdom permanently under the authority of the British Crown. The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861 Volume 3, 1854-1861 The Six Nations, by a treaty in 1768, had ceded to the British Crown, in consideration of a sum of money, all the lands possessed by them south of the Ohio. From Farm House to the White House The life of George Washington, his boyhood, youth, manhood, public and private life and services No greater service was ever given to the British Crown than that given at Quebec by the Royal Highland Emigrants, during the second siege. "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders Think of it, a wild Irishman, an exile, a conspirator against the British Crown, a subject of the Pope, reading or singing the praises of the pilgrims, the grim pilgrims. The Art of Disappearing The British terms were, in lieu of indemnity, the cession of all German possessions in the African continent to the British Crown, unreservedly. The Message Still, all the formality of a British Crown Colony is kept up. British Borneo Sketches of Brunai, Sarawak, Labuan, and North Borneo Our ports are now shut against foreign vessels; we can export our productions only to countries belonging to the British Crown, and must import goods only from England, and in English ships. From Farm House to the White House The life of George Washington, his boyhood, youth, manhood, public and private life and services The Moslem rulers have held fast to their allegiance to the British Crown. A Tour of the Missions Observations and Conclusions We tell a people whose very existence is a revolt against the British Crown that they are passionately devoted to the British Constitution. What I Saw in America It was decided, I will confess by the common voice of the island, that we should admit this Governor, and swear fealty again to the British Crown. The Fixed Period The Company's officials then proceeded to the island of Labuan, now a British Crown Colony, and established a factory, which was maintained but for a short time, at Brunai itself. British Borneo Sketches of Brunai, Sarawak, Labuan, and North Borneo This reform began with the act, known at Pitt's Bill, by which the British Crown assumed supreme authority over the civil and military administration of the affairs in India by the British East India Company. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) On our way to Rangoon our first stop was at Port Swetterham, from which we motored twenty-seven miles to Kuala Lumpur, the capital of the Federated Malay States—federated under the British Crown. A Tour of the Missions Observations and Conclusions One is that a state that came into existence solely through its repudiation and abhorrence of the British Crown is not likely to be a respectful copy of the British Constitution. What I Saw in America We are robbed of our constitution, our freedom of action is taken from us, and we are reduced to the lamentable condition of a British Crown colony! The Fixed Period On the day following the British Government replied that they could not "entertain any proposals which were based upon the former independence of the Republics, which had been formally annexed to the British Crown." Lord Milner's Work in South Africa From its Commencement in 1897 to the Peace of Vereeniging in 1902 That precious and historic document of July 4, 1776, definitely and for all time absolved us from all allegiance to the British Crown. The Loyalist A Story of the American Revolution It was an exhibition of loyalty to the British Crown, as well as a proof that just government may yet weld all India's classes and castes together. A Tour of the Missions Observations and Conclusions From 1769 to 1777 Captain Cook carried on the first thorough British exploration of Australia, and took possession of it and New Zealand for the British Crown. Peeps At Many Lands: Australia But ere she sunk into the grave, at a ripe old age, she saw her descendants heirs-presumptive of the British Crown. Fifty-Two Stories For Girls At the very moment when the sixty representatives agreed to accept the British terms, and thereby to acknowledge the sovereignty of the British Crown, they passed a resolution affirming their "well-founded" claim to "independence." Lord Milner's Work in South Africa From its Commencement in 1897 to the Peace of Vereeniging in 1902 With the rejection of these efforts for conciliation began the great struggle which ended eight years later in the severance of the American Colonies from the British Crown. History of the English People, Volume VIII Modern England, 1760-1815 He referred to the spontaneous outburst of every class and every party which had, to his mind, proved the permanent supremacy of the British Crown in a Christian State. The Life of King Edward VII with a sketch of the career of King George V This is entrusting them with a power which Parliament has been jealous to confide even to the hands of the British Crown. The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from her Majesty's correspondence between the years 1837 and 1861 Volume 2, 1844-1853 Maryland seized, confiscated, and appropriated all property of persons in allegiance to the British Crown, and appointed Commissioners to carry out the terms of three statutes which were passed to effect these purposes. The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 2 of 2 From 1620-1816 By the treaty of 1763, signed at Paris, Nova Scotia, Canada, the Isle of Cape Breton, and all the other Islands in the Gulf and River St. Lawrence, were ceded to the British Crown. The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 Charteris was at the head of a strong force of Granthis, to emphasize the fact that he represented the Ranjitgarh Durbar, not the British Crown nor the Company, and his duties were extensive, if simple. The Path to Honour The English claimed the Abenakis as subjects of the British Crown, and at the same time treated with them as a foreign power. A Half Century of Conflict - Volume I France and England in North America The mutiny was quelled, the East India Company abolished, and India came directly under the British Crown, Queen Victoria being later proclaimed Empress of India. The New World of Islam How ill-judged the measures that caused them to settle the hitherto neglected possessions of the British Crown! The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 2 of 2 From 1620-1816 We deny it: but at any rate, it was a free gift from the British Crown, and whatever rights you enjoy under it you enjoy during His Majesty's pleasure. A History of the United States Those who fought for their rights as heirs to the British Crown. The New Forest Spy Quebec is as loyal to the British Crown as Victoria or as the Channel Islands. A History of the Four Georges, Volume II When two years later the inhabitants of the State of Maine prepared to invade New Brunswick, the announcement was received with intense feelings of regard for the honor of the British Crown. Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses The Mississagua Indians occupied a great part of the territory now the Province of Ontario and were always loyal to the British Crown. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920 It is true that the British Crown had long lost its power of independent action, and that George III. had failed in his youthful attempts to recapture it. A History of the United States Know then, sir, and gentlemen of this company, that that seigniory being sold again, and again regranted by the British Crown, has long ago become the property of my father in perfect title. The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette Civil matters in the parishes were left practically under the control of the captains of militia, who had to receive new commissions from the British Crown. Canada Even after December, 1895, its indignation at the attack on the Transvaal had not affected the veneration of the Dutch party for the British Crown, so warmly expressed in 1897. Impressions of South Africa But he held a celebration even then, for were not these grim old traders men of British stock who were holding a new Empire for the British Crown? Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police Hong Kong has been a British Crown Colony since 1842, and it is now an extraordinarily important port. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Swiss grandfather and Dutch grandmother became naturalized subjects of the British Crown and brought up four sons to win distinction in its service. Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies Had the British authorities adopted from the very commencement a firm and decided policy towards them, they might have given an unreserved allegiance to the British Crown and eventually become peaceable and contented inhabitants. Canada Those of Dutch origin, warm as is their Africander patriotism, have never been hostile to the British Crown. Impressions of South Africa After putting Comnenus into silver chains and shutting him up in a castle Richard set two governors over Cyprus, which thus became the first Eastern possession of the British Crown. Flag and Fleet How the British Navy Won the Freedom of the Seas They did not delegate to the Federal Government the powers which the British Crown exercised over the colonies; they did not achieve their independence for any purpose so low as that. The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government How great the honour with which the Bahá’í pioneers of the present generation of the subjects of the British Crown will be invested in the eyes of posterity within their island home and abroad! Unfolding Destiny But the British Crown of to-day, so far as it exists for science and literature at all, exists mainly to repudiate the claims of intellectual performance to public respect. Anticipations Of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress upon Human life and Thought An ecclesiastical supremacy in the British sovereign rears its head over these Covenanted kingdoms; for, as Blackstone writes, this supremacy is "an inherent right of the British Crown." The Covenants And The Covenanters Covenants, Sermons, and Documents of the Covenanted Reformation India, for instance, has three times as many people as there are in the whole of the United States; though India is only one of the many countries under the British Crown. Flag and Fleet How the British Navy Won the Freedom of the Seas They were subject to the British Crown, unless, like the Plymouth colony, "a law unto themselves," but they were independent of each other—the only point which has any bearing upon their subsequent relations. The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government In 1681 Penn obtained from the British Crown, in lieu of a debt of £16,000 due him as heir to his father, Admiral Penn, a grant of territory now comprising the State of Pennsylvania. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 1 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States We shall salute the sunrise of South Africa united under the British Crown. Liberalism and the Social Problem And it was only this that prevented their farther enslavement as a class, after the provinces were absolved from the British Crown. The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States Many of the things which tended to unite them likewise tended to throw them into opposition to the British Crown and Parliament. History of the United States We are therefore sanguine that Your Lordship's own observation will enable all the members of the Ruling race in India to form an opinion of the relations that exist between us and the British Crown. Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief The British Crown had no alternative but to seek foreign aid. The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 3, March, 1884 She had repeated none of the mistakes of oppression and greed that had cost her the American colonies, and she had supposed that her other colonies would be satisfied to belong to the British Crown. The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 42, August 26, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls It was often said by the Americans that England was responsible for the existence of slavery there, because it was introduced into that country while the colonies were under the British Crown. Three Years in Europe Places I Have Seen and People I Have Met In substance, if not in form, India was already becoming a Dependency of the British Crown. India, Old and New New Zealand has never been hostile to England; her people are loyal to the British Crown. A Leap in the Dark A Criticism of the Principles of Home Rule as Illustrated by the Bill of 1893 Laurier looked forward to the complete enfranchisement of Canada as a nation under the British Crown, with a status of complete equality with Great Britain in the British family. Laurier: A Study in Canadian Politics The men who have been proud to represent the British Crown would resent with indignation the idea that they should become the tools of the Hibernian caucus. Against Home Rule (1912) The Case for the Union When the delegates of the several colonies which had thus asserted their independence of the British Crown met in convention, the decision of Lord Mansfield in the Sommersett case was recent, was known to all. American Eloquence, Volume 3 Studies In American Political History (1897) Mr. Bonnerji, who was selected to take the chair, emphatically proclaimed the loyalty of the Congress to the British Crown. India, Old and New The first postal service in the Colonies was organized by Andrew Hamilton, a native of Edinburgh, who obtained a patent for a postal scheme from the British Crown in 1694. Scotland's Mark on America The hereditary devotion to the British Crown, of which Victoria to the passing generations appeared to be the permanent and unchanging personification, threw into eclipse the corresponding sentiment in England. Laurier: A Study in Canadian Politics Since the symbol of the Irish Executive was the British Crown, he, of course, abjured the Crown, though he had no more quarrel with the Crown as such than had the American or Canadian patriots. The Framework of Home Rule Every such attempt was sternly repressed by the British Crown. American Eloquence, Volume 3 Studies In American Political History (1897) Irish labourers, Irish soldiers, Irish generals, and Irish statesmen have assuredly rendered no trifling services to the British Crown. England's Case Against Home Rule Surely it is the inherent and indestructible right of the British Crown to exercise Imperial powers—in other words, the supremacy of the Queen and the British Parliament? Handbook of Home Rule Being articles on the Irish question By it Canada and all its dependencies passed to the British Crown. Montcalm and Wolfe Never before was Ulster under the dominion of the British Crown. Ireland and the Home Rule Movement It refutes, by anticipation, calumnies afterward circulated to the effect that Livingstone's real design was to wrest the Portuguese settlements in Africa from Portugal, and to annex them to the British Crown. The Personal Life of David Livingstone The experience of Canada, again, is adduced to prove that a Federal constitution is compatible with loyalty to the British Crown. England's Case Against Home Rule You say you swore allegiance to the American Republic, but no man by so doing can relieve himself from his allegiance to the British Crown. Speeches from the Dock, Part I It is everywhere apparent that those who chose these priests, and sent them as missionaries into a British province, expected them to act as enemies of the British Crown. Montcalm and Wolfe Those who hold Civil Service appointments under the British Crown have not in a single instance, unless I am mistaken, handed in their resignations. Ireland and the Home Rule Movement In 1766, George A. Selwyn, having obtained, by some means, large grants of lands from the British Crown, proceeded to have them surveyed, through his agent, Henry E. McCullock, and located. Sketches of Western North Carolina, Historical and Biographical The courts of Great Britain hold that allegiance to the British Crown is indefeasible, and is not absolved by our laws of naturalization. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 6, part 2: Andrew Johnson Nothing could better exhibit the absurdity of railing against those Irishmen as "foreigners" in one breath, and in the next declaring their allegiance to the British Crown perpetual and inalienable. Speeches from the Dock, Part I The treaty of Utrecht had declared the Iroquois, or Five Nations, to be British subjects; therefore it was insisted that all countries conquered by them belonged to the British Crown. Montcalm and Wolfe Two years later James Wolfe, defeating the French commander, Montcalm, on the Plains of Abraham, added not only Quebec, but all Canada, to the British Crown, and ended French rivalry north of the Great Lakes. George Washington The speakers said, his Majesty's proclamation had declared them out of the protection of the British Crown, and they ought, therefore, to declare themselves out of his protection, and be independent of his government. Sketches of Western North Carolina, Historical and Biographical It is, in fact, due to her exertions that both Nova Scotia and New Brunswick came at so early a period into the possession of the British Crown. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 4, part 2: John Tyler All considered themselves dependencies of the British Crown. Government and Administration of the United States First, in answer to the summons of the Council, the deputies from Annapolis appeared, declaring that they had always been faithful to the British Crown, but flatly refusing the oath. Montcalm and Wolfe They originally held grants of land from the British Crown, but they had worked that land themselves and settled the wilderness by their own efforts, and had a right to whatever they might earn. George Washington The English colonies were subject to the British Crown, and therefore to Great Britain. The Winning of the West, Volume 3 The Founding of the Trans-Alleghany Commonwealths, 1784-1790 There had been a notion that American independence would not last long and that the country would eventually be restored to the British Crown. Washington and his colleagues; a chronicle of the rise and fall of federalism I believe in the reality of the independent nationalities under the British Crown much more passionately and positively than any other educated Englishman of my acquaintance believes in it. All Things Considered They had no political tie except a common allegiance to the British Crown. Montcalm and Wolfe And in those early days the Colonists fought, not for Independence, but for the traditional rights which the British Crown threatened to take from them. George Washington When the thirteen colonies threw off their allegiance to the British Crown, the government set up by each was supreme within the limits of the state. A School History of the United States I am doing God's work," said Marwood, "according to the divine command and the law of the British Crown. A Book of Remarkable Criminals The address, after referring to Brant's many and important services to the British Crown, expressed the anxious desire of his people to see a fitting monument erected to his memory. Canadian Notabilities, Volume 1 The nine tenths of the loyalty of Canada towards the British Crown, is superficial and terribly unreliable. Ridgeway An Historical Romance of the Fenian Invasion of Canada Massachusetts, leads in opposing acts of British Crown, 49; charter of, suspended, 58, 59; population of, in 1775, 67, 68; and Virginia, jealousy between, 64; freed from British troops, 74. George Washington I feel confident that, if a new settlement is formed in this splendid country, in a few years it will become one of the brightest gems in the British Crown. Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart The English clergy had at ordination taken an oath of allegiance to the British Crown. Five Sermons The effect of this visit was to fully confirm him in his loyalty to the British Crown. Canadian Notabilities, Volume 1 Monarchical Europe had long envied the proud career and inevitable destiny of these States, which had been shaken as the brightest jewels from the British Crown. The Great North-Western Conspiracy in All Its Startling Details By the treaty of Gundamuk Afghanistan was deprived for the time of its traditional character of a 'buffer state,' and its Ameer became virtually a feudatory of the British Crown. The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80 The British Crown has more weight of influence than of prerogative. Moral Philosophy Here, a victim ready to hand, was one of the instruments of the extension of British dominion, the foremost explorer in the service of the British Crown. Terre Napoleón; a History of French Explorations and Projects in Australia When the change of rulers took place, some of the French inhabitants objected to take the oath of allegiance to the British Crown, and a letter on the subject was sent to Napoleon. The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders Cyprus, which had been in British occupation since 1878, was annexed at the same time to the British Crown. A Short History of the Great War Albert Edward, Prince of Wales and heir apparent of the British Crown, was in this country in 1860, and laid the corner-stone of the Parliament Buildings at Ottawa. Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present They have been faced by the servants of the British Crown with toil and courage and patience, with deep counsel and a resolution that has never faltered nor shaken. Indian speeches (1907-1909) And that the power wrested from the British Crown passed to the people of each colony the whole history of our political movement from the emigration of our ancestors to the present day clearly demonstrates. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 2, part 1: James Monroe Supposing the Indian Mahomedans could stir up an agitation so violent in India as to sever the connection between India and the British Crown, still they would not be any nearer to their purpose. Freedom's Battle Being a Comprehensive Collection of Writings and Speeches on the Present Situation He came of a very old family of English country gentlemen which had migrated to Ireland in the seventeenth century and intermarried with other Anglo-Irish families equally devoted to the service of the British Crown. The Father of British Canada: a Chronicle of Carleton And these should ever be the most prominent amongst the honoured names of the authors of an Union of the Provinces under the British Crown. Canada and the States Canada is the most valuable and beautiful appendage of the British Crown.' Nature and Human Nature The Colonial Office, knowing little and caring less about that noble jewel in the British Crown, sent out as successor to so brilliant and successful an administrator—whom? West Indian Fables by James Anthony Froude Explained by J. J. Thomas He wouldn't have been bothering much about strikes in the Never-Never and the supremacy of the British Crown, any more than I should in similar circumstances.... Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life On the 8th of September 1760 his gallant little army was included in the Capitulation of Montreal, by which the whole of Canada passed into the possession of the British Crown. The Father of British Canada: a Chronicle of Carleton He dissented from the view that they were to separate from the control of the British Crown the territory of this enormous Confederation. Canada and the States What business have these foreign beggars to come and dig for gold on British Crown lands? The Eureka Stockade But in the British Crown—or rather "Anglo-West Indian"—governed Colonies, has it ever been, can it ever be, thus ordered? West Indian Fables by James Anthony Froude Explained by J. J. Thomas It was rather what we should call a scheme for imperial federation under the British Crown. The American Spirit in Literature : a chronicle of great interpreters The next day the diamond was lost, and whoever may have it at this moment, the British Crown is not in possession of the Jigamaree gem. The Enchanted Typewriter It was for the good of mankind that the rule of the British Crown and the influence of the wisely-regulated liberty of Britain and of the British Constitution should continue. Canada and the States To the British Crown many of them feel a certain attachment because of the liberty guaranteed to them to pursue their own ideals of happiness. The Conquest of New France A chronicle of the colonial wars But governors with the authority and power of the British Crown behind them could not be so easily resisted as the deputy governors of the Penns. The Quaker Colonies, a chronicle of the proprietors of the Delaware By the articles of capitulation which were signed by the Marquis de Vaudreuil, Governor of New France, Canada and all its dependencies westward to the Mississippi passed to the British Crown. The Old Northwest : A chronicle of the Ohio Valley and beyond In the struggle for responsible government, loyalty to the British Crown, loyalty of a superior and exclusive brand, had been the creed and the war cry of the Tory party. The Canadian Dominion; a chronicle of our northern neighbor These men, driven away from their country by their adherence to the British Crown, here found a refuge and new home. Canada and the States The three greatest Dependencies of the British Crown Were successively entrusted to his care. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 3 It required the interference of the Duke of York, of the proprietors, and of the British Crown to allay the little tempest, and three years were given in which to pay the quitrents. The Quaker Colonies, a chronicle of the proprietors of the Delaware From the introduction of slaves in 1620, down to the period of the separation of the Colonies from the British Crown, the number had increased to five hundred thousand; now there are nearly four million. Clotel; or, the President's Daughter In those days also there was a remnant, though but a small remnant, of the power of tyranny left within the scope of the British Crown. North America — Volume 1 It meant this, that the people of the confederated colonies were to remain under the British Crown—or it meant nothing. Canada and the States Once the British Crown was the sovereign, and now the Crown has receded into the distance beyond the deep blue sea. Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Springs of Action as Revealed and Deepened by the Ordeal of War But how could a persecuted sect obtain such a region from the British Crown and the Government that was persecuting them? The Quaker Colonies, a chronicle of the proprietors of the Delaware It appears to Her Majesty's Government that neither of these questions could be put to a foreign government with any regard to the dignity and character of the British Crown and the British Nation. A Straight Deal or The Ancient Grudge This stream divides Canada from the States—the western or farthermost bank belonging to the British Crown, and the eastern or nearer bank being in the State of New York. North America — Volume 1 The local historians of those times claim that these English settlers, arriving as they did just before the Revolutionary war, saved Nova Scotia to the British Crown. The Chignecto Isthmus and its first settlers |
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