| 单词 | mother country |
| 例句 | Things were in such a state they did not honestly believe there could be any permanent, friendly settlement with the mother country. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The trade in tobacco was suffering materially due to the unrest with the mother country and the late crisis in credit. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The Youth League was marginally more friendly to the Indians and the Coloureds, stating that Indians, like Africans, were oppressed, but that Indians had India, a mother country that they could look to. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The Coloureds, too, were oppressed, but unlike the Indians had no mother country except Africa. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z As the Colonial period progressed, the relationship between colonies and mother country grew more complicated. This interactive museum outside Williamsburg, Va., brings the American Revolution to life 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z “I think the number one challenge today is that Asian Americans are usually viewed alongside America’s relations with their mother country,” Dr. Sung told the Downtown Express, a Lower Manhattan newspaper, in 2004. Betty Lee Sung, Scholar of Chinese in America, Dies at 98 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z He longs for a homeland he does not want to live in, and he criticizes his mother country from the safety of his adopted one. Surrender to Alejandro Iñárritu's Netflix movie "Bardo," a surreal "chronicle of uncertainties" 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z Les’ story is intimately entwined with that of his mother country, where his mother became pregnant in an affair and bore him in 1954. Les Plesko to be celebrated at UCLA 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z Europeans glimpsed their first turkeys around 1500, when Spanish explorers arrived in the Americas and brought them back to the mother country. Talking turkey! How the Thanksgiving bird got its name (and then lent it to film flops) 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z In his more generous moments, Andrés agrees that expanding Iberico production outside Spain would be good for everyone: good for producers pushing the boundaries and good for the brand back in the mother country. Can U.S. farms produce pork from a prized Spanish breed? When pigs fly. 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z Right now, there is another mother country hurting that desperately needs our help, that desperately needs our attention, so I am honored to introduce the author, activist and academic Rosa Clemente from Puerto Rico. Read Rose McGowan's First Remarks Since Accusing Harvey Weinstein of Rape 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z England is the mother country of mystery writers. Readers on the case: favorite mysteries set in Europe 2010-12-23T00:50:29Z I thought I had prepared for my adventure, but, as a born and bred American, I had never considered the fact that I did not really speak the language of the mother country. So, you’re hiking across rural Britain? Walking the walk is the easy part. 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z She describes herself as “very, very American,” even though her mother, Kay, strove to balance the powerful influences outside the family’s front door with homemade meals from the mother country. BAB Korean Fusion review: A house divided between old and new 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z In trying to force the Colonial governments to fund the expedition in the first place, Britain gave its colonists a premonition of how the mother country would financially squeeze them in the coming years. On a General’s Trail, Summoning America’s History 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z As a diasporic author, did you feel any pressure representing your mother country? Q&A: Filipino Author Miguel Syjuco 2010-05-11T06:00:00Z In addition, American military and F.B.I. reports describe a number of Japanese-American organizations on the West Coast that were financially and ideologically devoted to the mother country and its policies. Museum Review: Heart Mountain Interpretive Learning Center - Review 2011-12-10T00:45:29Z Today, there are dozens of iterations in the city, and many more in Los Angeles; ditto in England, the “mother country,” the place from which, for many Australians, an ancestral passport can be scrounged. The Man Who Made the Australian Café (and, Yes, Avocado Toast) a Global Phenomenon 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z "Our mother country is growing stronger and stronger. I'm not just mouthing clichés. I see it with my own eyes," states the teenager. Hong Kong film festival offers view of a changing China 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z Stewart responds that he has a lovely house in Britain that he adores, and that he intends to spend as much time as possible in the mother country. Patrick Stewart: 'I can store emotions. No experience is ever wasted' 2014-05-18T04:00:00Z Even the King cannot compete with this family’s compulsion to celebrate Christmas with jams from the mother country. Day 22: A Very Bollywood Christmas 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z "Prior to that, the American Revolution was just a rebellion of colonies against the mother country, which had happened before and happened since," Sagal said. NPR host Sagal hits the road in 'Constitution USA' 2013-05-07T19:26:09Z That made them the only Asian group that felt more favorably about other Asian nations than their mother country. Most Chinese Americans give thumbs down to the Communist nation 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z "It's hard to get people that are not from a British background buying into this concept of uniting Australia with the mother country and the other former colonies." Commonwealth Games: Australia drop out could be 'death knell' 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z "Before I did nursing, I applied for a job in the West End - not knowing anything about racism, because of course we came from the mother country," she said. Windrush 75: 'We have put the Great in Britain' 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z "As loyal members of the Empire, we thought that it was good to go and help the mother country at a time when they were in distress," he says. Capturing war-time memories, before it is too late 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z Decades after independence, these countries remain underdeveloped, lagging behind the former mother country on every metric. Queen Elizabeth II’s Legacy Keeps the White World Rich and the Black World Poor 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z The mother country sent back finished materials of all sorts: textiles, tools, clothing. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z But his grandmother's heart remained in her mother country, and the pain of her eviction at the hands of the British endured. The team representing a lost homeland, 6,000 miles away 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z The chef calls it a “Nepalese tomato chutney,” a reference to his mother country. Review | The 25 best tacos in the D.C. area But for some of us — even with the most tenuous genealogical ties to the mother country — the emotional identification runs deeper. Opinion | Why should Americans care about the queen? Her history is ours. 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z At a steakhouse chain in the middle of Kentucky — more than 5,000 miles away from its mother country — the Ukrainian flag still flies. A restaurant manager flew a Ukrainian flag. Hateful messages followed. 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z The colonists could purchase these goods only from their mother country; trade with other countries was forbidden. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z We are not colonists with some mother country to which we can return. Opinion | After the Tel Aviv attack, we need to wake up from the endless delusions 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z The acts were complicated and often amended, but their basic intent was to create a closed trading universe among the colonies and the mother country. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z He joined many others grafting in the factories and foundries across the West Midlands who saw the UK as "the mother country" after Yemen first came under British rule in 1839. Fight for payment of UK pensions lost in Yemen warzone 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z When she made the decision in 2005 to “fly solo,” as it was called in Chinese, a sports official criticized her for being too selfish, abandoning her “mother country.” How Peng Shuai Went From ‘Chinese Princess’ to Silenced #MeToo Accuser 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z Under this system, the colonies sent their raw materials, harvested by enslaved laborers or native workers, back to their mother country. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z But that was their mindset: 'protect the mother country and the reward will be citizenship'. 'This is why Black History Month matters' 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z The colonies still existed to serve the mother country, so they could not be entirely equal to it. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z England is the mother country of the United States, a democracy from which America has learned much. Opinion | The Supreme Court Faces a Huge Test on Libel Law 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z I can’t think of one good reason to order the burger, though, given Tasew’s facility for the food of her mother country. Review | Mimi’s Ethiopian BBQ brings a delicious taste of East African cooking to a new audience 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z Regardless, the fact that Valenzuela offers balut at a sports bar, where the deep fryer is king, should give you an idea of his commitment to the foods of his mother country. Review | The 10 best casual dining restaurants for 2019 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z But in the process, they redefined some of the foods from the mother country. Made in America 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z Conflict with the “mother country” still had deep implications for American women. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Meng Wanzhou said outside her Vancouver home Tuesday to Chinese language media that she wishes her mother country a happy birthday on the seventieth anniversary and she wishes it to be “big and strong.” Huawei CFO wishes China well in first remarks since arrest 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z When Boston’s Rick Porcello throws the first pitch to the New York Yankees at Olympic Stadium, the national pastime of the onetime colony will try to plant itself in the mother country. High cheese comes to land of high tea: Yanks vs Red Sox 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z Rowland’s choice of a specifically British grandfather clock establishes a subtle but trenchant familial link to the mother country, principal market for the exports of cotton and tobacco on which the South relied. Review: In Cameron Rowland's 'D37' at MOCA, the legacy of slavery takes frightfully familiar forms 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z It’s hard for me to contemplate the generosity of this Yemeni restaurant without also considering the hardships faced by the chef and owner’s relatives back in the mother country. Review | The $20 Diner’s 10 best bargain restaurants for 2018 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z As the colonists passed the half-century mark, few had any idea that their increasing similarity to the mother country might also lead to increasing imperial tension. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z "The Caribbean was keen to support the mother country, as they saw it then," he continues. The Caribbean's overlooked WW1 soldiers 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z The dried bún, or rice noodles, are outsourced to a manufacturer, which is standard procedure for Vietnamese American cooks but not so much for those back in the mother country. Review | Bún DC is a temple to Vietnamese noodle dishes 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z He wanted to, "help the mother country in her hour of need". The Windrush spark that never died 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z Soccer, as played in its mother country, remained primitive in technique and tactically complacent, with an emphasis on moral fibre that had begun to look increasingly quixotic. How We Watch Soccer Now 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z Widely used in cooking and a prime ingredient in Chinese five-spice powder, Sichuan peppercorns have a long history back in the mother country. Sichuan food is so much more than spicy 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z Mr Richards, interviewed by the BBC in 1998, was, like many others, shocked to discover the difference between the "mother country" he had seen in books and the reality he was confronted with. Windrush: Who exactly was on board? 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z The book ends with the radical notion that “our mother country is a foreign land whose language we have not yet earned the right to speak.” New Sentences: From ‘A Long Way From Home,’ by Peter Carey 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z Instead, they will buy pre-made mixes from the mother country or from American producers, such as Workinesh Spice Blends, in Minnesota. Hands-on eats: A deep dive into enjoying Ethiopian food like a pro 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z The United States itself was, while industrializing, the “mother country,” as the economic historian Paul Bairoch wrote, “and bastion of modern protectionism.” The Rise of China and the Fall of the ‘Free Trade’ Myth 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z Educated in schools modelled on the British system, they expected a warm welcome from the “mother country”; yet when they arrived they struggled to find landlords willing to rent them homes. Britain’s generous post-war immigration policy 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z At first, as Americans protested Parliamentary taxes, George wrote he believed the “mother country” should practice “moderation” and “firmness” with her recalcitrant colonies. America’s last king: The unsettling parallels between King George III and Donald Trump 2017-06-25T04:00:00Z Anyone who dares to speak well of the communists now in charge of the mother country risks a war of words, or worse. Review | Non-Vietnamese food is popping up at Eden Center. Is this a sign of things to come? 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z "There was a shortage of engineer skills in Britain in World War Two so young men from the Caribbean volunteered to help the mother country," he says. 'The priest refused to marry us' - BBC News 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z Then, in Trump’s chaotic first year, the United States seemed to be forced back by Hamilton’s shrewd East Asian disciples into its historical role as the mother country of protectionism. The Rise of China and the Fall of the ‘Free Trade’ Myth 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z American colonists boycotted the purchase of British products to protest what they considered unfair taxation by the mother country. Milo Yiannopoulos, Simon & Schuster and the right to boycott books 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z Black people, he said, lived in a “colony in the mother country,” shunted into inferior housing, jobs, and schools. How Albert Woodfox Survived Solitary 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z But ties with the mother country are loosening. Polish Brazilians remember their culture 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z The reviewer, Don Heckman, wrote that Mr. Bowie’s performance proved “the mother country still has a few worthwhile exports for her erstwhile colony.” New York Today: Return of the Pumpkin 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z “The Congregational churches and self-contained towns of Massachusetts,” the historian TH Breen writes, “stood as visible evidence of the founders’ decision to preserve in America what had been threatened in the mother country.” 'Throw the bastards out': an American tradition from settlers to Trump 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z Pakistan has long played a double game with terrorists, supporting groups that hit civilian targets in Afghanistan and India, only to be shocked when the same groups, or their cousins, turned against the mother country. On the Unity of Terror 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z World War One saw soldiers from across the British Empire volunteer to defend the "mother country". How Newfoundland soldiers forged lasting link with Scotland - BBC News 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z Its newspaper said this week that the constitutional provisions regarding the presidency should remain unchanged “for the good of the mother country”. A strange new world 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z In an era when brass bands have fallen from favor in their mother country, Britain, the tradition has come to life here in the past few years. Aboriginal Brass Band Offers Burst of Hope in a Bleak Community 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z The mother country of any Mars colony would be wise to accept this eventuality. Elon Musk, president of Mars? 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z “I studied the Tempranillo grape in Spain, the mother country, and studied what it needed to produce fine wine.” Umpqua Valley is recognized as top wine destination 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z Those who leave their mother country in search of a better life tend to be young and healthy. A transfusion, not a leech 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z But the patriots themselves were British, and they were deeply divided about war with their mother country. Five myths about the Founding Fathers 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z Preferential treatment was to be granted to encourage the production of certain colonial products for the benefit of the mother country. America's 4th July Birthday Present To Itself: Let's Abolish The Jones Act 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z He was friendlier toward the mother country and less impressed with his fellow citizens than he had been in the patriotic fervor of his youth. Noah Webster Would Have Loved Urban Dictionary 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z Had the colonies that became the United States remained loyal to the mother country, cricket rather than baseball might be our national pastime today. South Dakota State cricket club provides home for students 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z And Gisele is generally fast to praise her mother country, even though she and Brady live in Boston. Why Brazilians are really going to miss supermodel Gisele 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z Maria Sharapova's life-changing move from Siberia to Florida as a seven-year-old propelled her on a path to fame and fortune but she says she would never turn her back on her mother country. My Russian heritage is non-negotiable, says Sharapova 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z The colonies were forbidden to engage in manufactures competing directly with those of the mother country, and were encouraged to develop manufactures not produced in the mother country. America's 4th July Birthday Present To Itself: Let's Abolish The Jones Act 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z When the mother country rejects its children, the least stable will look for replacement parents. Fighting Denial and Suspicion in France Americans have their own morning gruel, too, otherwise known as oatmeal, with its origins tracing to the mother country. Take the $20 Diner’s international breakfast tour of Washington 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z And, above all, having to contemplate an uncertain future in which it, and its mother country, may find themselves outside the EU. What next for Gibraltar? 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z Close cultural links with Britain's North American colonies lead to its popularisation in the mother country. The Christmas turkey naysayers 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z Despite our warm feelings for the French and resentment of the British, there remained indelible bonds to the mother country. Book review: ‘When the United States Spoke French’ by Francois Furstenberg Never mind that the purported colonialists represented no mother country. A misreading of Henry Kissinger on Israel By sending over Shakespeare's most profound and haunting tragedy, the mother country may help us obey the weight of this sad time, with wars that we started but can't finish. Shakespeare's Globe Tour Brings Dramatic Lessons to Washington With King Lear 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z The shrine “is a place for Japanese people to show their appreciation and respect to those who died to protect their mother country, Japan.” Why Japan's Controversial Shrine Infuriates China and Korea 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z This, of course was due to their close ties to the mother country, England. World War I: Anecdotes, Lessons, & Trivia 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z But the game’s mother country is stranded between then and now. How We Play the Game 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z All that interest sent by the US entities to the former mother country somehow dissolves in the Atlantic Ocean like the tea dumped in Boston Harbor in 1773. Will National Grid Try Dumping Its Electrons Into Boston Harbor? 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z But what about in the mother country, thousands of miles away? American Finns take on St Patrick 2014-03-16T00:56:30Z "Given his situation, the decision to give up the citizenship of his mother country sounds like an unavoidable choice..." wrote 27-year-old Internet poster Will Kim. Ahn's gold hard for South Koreans to swallow 2014-02-16T11:44:53Z “Our mother country needs us,” said Ms. Markou, a travel agent in Brooklyn. Greek Orthodox Rally Support for Troubled Home 2014-01-25T02:26:40Z But the game’s mother country is stranded between then and now. How We Play the Game 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z The tension between Russia and Europe is palpable in tiny Moldova, with the Russian trade embargo suggesting the former mother country is irritated by the EU's expansionism. Moldova: Caught between Russia and EU 2013-11-21T09:57:26Z For a young man raised in Jamaica by a fervently monarchist British Army veteran father, this went against everything he had been brought up to expect of the place he knew as the "mother country". What was behind the Bristol bus boycott? 2013-08-26T23:38:39Z Crowds of cheering Americans didn’t care that a man named Thomas Jefferson had authored the document that grandly signified their broken ties with the mother country. The Compulsive Mr. Jefferson and America's Obsessive Origins 2013-07-03T01:33:00Z And, of course, if the brains in these countries are Indian or British, the same dependence on their mother countries for the conditions that nurtured them would apply. Is Apple's tax avoidance rational? 2013-05-21T07:55:00Z On a recent trip to Spain, the mother country for these mission grapes, he noticed that backyard plantings had been pruned and trained to form a goblet shape. In the Garden: In Tucson, a Search for Fruit the Missionaries Knew 2012-11-21T23:41:36Z The carpenters, the shopkeepers and so forth all had a slightly better income than in the mother country.” Way of the World: America, Land of the Equals 2012-05-03T13:20:09Z Most of the British colonies have followed the precedent of the mother country, with slight variation, in their domestic legislation. Copyright: Its History and Its Law 2012-04-23T02:00:25.937Z Still, at the time Queensland attracted a population of seasoned Australians whose colonising value was inestimable; and these in addition to many immigrants from the mother country. Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information 2012-04-22T02:00:09.320Z Why enter on an entirely new experiment when we had so much to build upon in the experience of the mother country? The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:39.100Z They were, moreover, embittered by a long series of disputes with the mother country, and they wanted to be independent and to have a country of their own. Baltimore and The Nineteenth of April, 1861 A Study of the War 2012-04-04T02:01:00.923Z “Americans who were free were very well-off, and better off than their counterparts in the mother country,” Dr. Lindert said. Way of the World: America, Land of the Equals 2012-05-03T13:20:09Z Don't incorporate your colonies with the mother country, quarter troops among them, appoint for their governors broken gamblers and exhausted rou�s, despise their voluntary grants, and harass them with novel taxes. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z To people coming for the most part from the mother country, experience constituted no safe guide to the agricultural possibilities of their new home in the South. Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information 2012-04-22T02:00:09.320Z The word Colony, in its usual acceptation, implies a metropolis, a mother country, a superior political Governor, ideas which the United States have long since renounced forever. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (Volume VI) 2012-04-03T02:00:34.180Z And they too were deeply embittered, not against a mother country, but against a brother country. Baltimore and The Nineteenth of April, 1861 A Study of the War 2012-04-04T02:01:00.923Z He was not a pirate in the true sense of the word, although very generally regarded as such, but was a privateer, employed by colonies rebelling against the mother country. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z He deplored the measures that threatened the severance of those colonies from the mother country, and would have prevented the severance if the king's folly had been any thing short of incurable. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z It was the consequence of the monetary and commercial crisis in the mother country in 1866. Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information 2012-04-22T02:00:09.320Z About this time, an expedition arrived from the mother country, under Capt. Curiosities of Human Nature 2012-04-03T02:00:27.167Z The whole of the eastern settlements stood arrayed against the mother country, and the conclusion was forced upon the Imperial Government that the system must be terminated. Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil 2012-04-02T02:00:28.873Z The fame of the great jurist and statesman had become as precious to the citizens of Breton, as it was to the mother country. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z Before the revolution our commerce was sustained almost wholly by the large ships from England which loaded here with masts, spars, and boards for the mother country, and by ship building. The Portland Sketch Book 2012-03-28T02:00:28.847Z One was the influx of capital for investment on private account, for the confidence felt in Queensland mortgage securities not only extended to the other colonies of Australia, but also to the mother country. Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information 2012-04-22T02:00:09.320Z When a country which has sent out colonies is termed the mother country, the expression is analogical. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z Previous to the Declaration of Independence the different colonies retained the standards of the mother country with the addition of some local emblem. Flags: Some Account of their History and Uses. 2012-03-23T02:00:32.397Z Loyalty to the mother country died out slowly, and a Boston born boy, who had attained great distinction, whose kinsfolk had ample means for hospitality, had much attention paid him. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z They entered the enclosure by an iron gate, so highly wrought and finished that it must have been imported from the mother country. Delusion, or The Witch of New England 2012-03-19T02:00:28.267Z Her garrisons, again and again reinforced from the mother country, fought a losing fight, with the old-time Spanish gallantry that had won for Ferdinand the Empire of the West. Swift and Sure 2012-03-16T02:00:24.627Z During the unhappy war between the American colonies and the mother country, that quaint merry tune animated the soldiers of Washington; it is now the national air of the United States. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 107, November 15, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-03-15T02:00:34.113Z The importations increased very rapidly from this period, and many valuable shipments were made before the war which resulted in a separation of the colonies from the mother country. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z For fifty years he employed his pen in reviling the mother country. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z She had come from the mother country four years before, with this little child, then an infant, and had taken a lodging in the poor fisherman's hut. Delusion, or The Witch of New England 2012-03-19T02:00:28.267Z The popular consequences of this, and general view of our legal system as it affects to-day the Colonies as well as the mother country. Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country 2012-02-29T03:00:22.540Z The colonists represent the nation which has sent them forth, and occupy their new country in the name of the mother country. The Oregon Territory Its History and Discovery 2012-02-22T03:00:27.207Z Australian horses have also been sent to the mother country, with results remunerative Foreign horses. to their owners, and the intermixture of blood which will necessarily result should have beneficial consequences. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z Copley embarked for England, June 1774, six months after his father-in-law was driven out of Boston by the mob, and one year before the conflict with the mother country commenced. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z At this time accomplishments were unknown except to those women who were educated in the mother country; but such education as he could give his daughter had been one of his first cares. Delusion, or The Witch of New England 2012-03-19T02:00:28.267Z In other words the mother country is only in extent a seventieth part of the Empire of which that mother country is the nucleus. Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country 2012-02-29T03:00:22.540Z At this time he was looked upon as a Tory, but became a zealous Whig before hostilities with the mother country began. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z Its separation from the mother country was the greatest national calamity that ever befell her. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 104, October 25, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-02-20T03:00:18.340Z The true motive of the resistance was a desire to pay as little as possible and to throw as much as possible upon the mother country. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z With so many French as there are in Canada, vainly dreaming of a restoration of French rule, it is idle to talk of the interests of the mother country. Pictures of Canadian Life A Record of Actual Experiences 2012-02-14T03:00:28.520Z In the Australasian Colonies the results are not less striking than in the mother country or in the Canadian. Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country 2012-02-29T03:00:22.540Z By a royal edict of 1669 the French fishermen of New France were allowed to land their fish in all the ports of the mother country, except Havre, free of duty. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z The colonists, sympathizing with the mother country, commenced offensive operations against their neighbors in Florida, and took possession of Pensacola; which, however, the Spaniards soon recovered. Norman's New Orleans and Environs Containing a Brief Historical Sketch of the Territory and State of Louisiana and the City of New Orleans, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time 2012-02-13T03:00:18.260Z As a matter of abstract right," says Sir Vernon Harcourt, "the mother country has never parted with the claim of ultimate supreme authority for the imperial legislature. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z War had not broken out in the West Indies, although it threatened the mother country, so that the Antiguans had a little quiet to settle their domestic affairs. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume I (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:15.267Z Social fusion of the mother country and the Colonies prefigured by the presence and influence on both sides of the Atlantic of the American element in the best society in London. Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country 2012-02-29T03:00:22.540Z May not the expectations of the Catholic world be realized by a return of English-speaking brethren in the various colonies which the mother country has planted? The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, November 1864 2012-02-04T03:00:16.007Z In ancient Greece, the restriction of emigration by foreign powers contributed very largely to the democratization of the mother country. Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II 2012-01-25T03:00:34.150Z Parliamentary supremacy in the British empire is, indeed kept well in the background at the present moment, but let any great emergency arise, such as some peril to the mother country. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z Resolved, That it will give us the highest pleasure to be brought, so soon as it maybe practicable, under the jurisdiction of our mother country. A History of Oregon, 1792-1849 Drawn From Personal Observation and Authentic Information 2012-01-20T03:00:11.607Z Public feeling in New England was very much excited against the mother country. Heroes of Science: Physicists 2012-01-17T03:00:17Z According to their way of thinking, the rebels were unreasonable and should long since have given up their useless attempt to escape from under the rightful rule of the mother country. The Noank's Log A Privateer of the Revolution 2012-01-09T03:00:21.297Z He published a proclamation, in which he counselled obedience to the mother country, unless circumstances should make it evident that resistance was unavoidable. The Freedmen's Book 2012-01-05T03:00:39.763Z He had much to lose if he severed from his fealty to the mother country and, banishment and confiscation would be the penalty, if the disunionists succeeded. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z On the other hand, the very benefits the mother country is supposed to derive from its Protectorate are at least problematical. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (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. 2012-01-04T03:00:31.713Z Already the youth of the settlement are thoroughly interpenetrated with esteem and affection for the mother country and its mighty people. 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 Prior to the rebellion, the policy of the mother country had choked to death all manufacturing undertakings in America, in order that the colonies might serve only as markets for English-made goods. The Noank's Log A Privateer of the Revolution 2012-01-09T03:00:21.297Z The custom is in us—in the blood; it is Saxon, and comes naturally enough from the mother country. Curiosities of History Boston, September Seventeenth, 1630-1880 2011-12-28T03:00:44.040Z It is impossible to exaggerate the influence such secret societies as the Caucuses, and Sons of Liberty, had upon the events which helped to bring on the conflict with the mother country. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z Its internal organization is somewhat analogous with that of those of the mother country. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (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. 2012-01-04T03:00:31.713Z Those shortcomings of administration, for which the mother country is exclusively responsible, have been hitherto a complete drag upon her development. 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 British commerce with the colonies was entirely cut off, and this of itself was a severe war blow to the mother country, equivalent to many defeats of her armies in the field. The Noank's Log A Privateer of the Revolution 2012-01-09T03:00:21.297Z But the real cause is supposed to be the absolute impossibility of making the revenue of the island adequate to meet the constantly increasing demands of the mother country. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z This feeling must have arisen from gratitude for the protection afforded by the mother country, or at least satisfaction with the relations then existing. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z His opinions again on the constitutional relations of the colonies to the mother country, already cited, were completely opposed to those of his own period. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z "You will thus irrevocably alienate the hearts of the colonies from the mother country," he exclaimed. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z He had recently been sent to England with the object of averting war between the mother country and her transatlantic colonies, and, his mission having failed, he was now dismissed. The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 2011-12-19T03:00:45.273Z It was resolved to fortify the cities, to make a resistance to the Persians, and for this object to call as quickly as possible on the mother country for help. The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) 2011-12-15T03:00:18.317Z Your most intimate friends shuddered at the thought of a separation from the mother country, and I took it for granted that your sentiments coincided with theirs. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z It will be recruited not only from the surplus population of the mother country, but from a rapid reproduction of the Japanese among the transplanted population. Our National Defense: The Patriotism of Peace 2011-12-14T03:00:16.577Z The mother country thus taught the colonists to regard her as a voluntary oppressor. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z In James the Second's reign a Post Office had been established in Jamaica, and rates of postage had been settled not only within the island itself but between the island and the mother country. The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 2011-12-19T03:00:45.273Z The most prominent measures of his administration were the prosecution of Wilkes and the passing of the American Stamp Act, which led to the first symptoms of alienation between America and the mother country. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z The war between the North and the South produced an abundant crop of bitter prejudices against the mother country. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z Have only benefited their mother countries by the exclusive trade carried on with them, ib. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 2011-12-05T03:00:41.403Z There was no idea of revolting against the mother country, but rather to introduce a more liberal government, with representation for the civilised provinces in the Spanish Córtes. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z That tribunal was one of the most beneficent institutions which we inherited from our mother country. Memoir of John Howe Peyton in sketches by his contemporaries, together with some of his public and private letters, etc., also a sketch of Ann M. Peyton 2011-11-15T03:00:20.413Z There are various other breeds, which take their name from the different counties in the mother country. The American Reformed Cattle Doctor 2011-11-14T03:00:19.813Z The two youngest had never seen their eldest sisters, Jane and Frances, who had remained in the mother country. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z Have in general been a source of expense instead of revenue to their mother countries, 244. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 2011-12-05T03:00:41.403Z Neither the soldiers nor their leaders are bound to inquire whether the authority, whether their mother country is waging war for a purpose that moral law can approve. Morals and the Evolution of Man 2011-11-14T03:00:18.930Z In each of these years he was invited to represent the Gentlemen in their matches against the Players, and, when an Australian eleven visited England, to play for the mother country. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z From the moment they were made to feel a restriction to their liberty in this direction, there was nothing wanting but a pretext for breaking with the mother country. Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence 2011-11-11T03:00:25.690Z They will have nothing to expect, they must live wholly by their own labor, and in process of time will know little, inquire little, and care little, about the mother country. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z By thus parting good friends, the natural affection of the colonies to the mother country, which, perhaps our late dissensions have well nigh extinguished, would quickly revive. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 2011-12-05T03:00:41.403Z When a child of only eight, he was taken to the mother country and educated in the best military schools of Spain. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z It was while he was yet in college, that the disputes between the colonies and the mother country, just preliminary to the breaking out of hostilities, arose; but they even then engaged his earnest attention. Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches 2011-11-04T02:00:19.293Z Her war against the mother country originated in a loyal desire to be completely independent of France. Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California 2011-11-02T02:00:11.380Z In Tyrkland, the old mother country, Odin had great possessions, which fell into the hands of the Romans. Teutonic Mythology, Vol. 1 of 3 Gods and Goddesses of the Northland 2011-10-31T02:00:30.820Z The must important part of the expense of government, indeed, that of defence and protection, has constantly fallen upon the mother country. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 2011-12-05T03:00:41.403Z Spanish authority seemed certain finally to be completely re-established, perhaps by a compromise and concession of autonomy, but still on a basis gratifying to the pride of the mother country. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z Indeed there was hardly a wealthy man in Boston, he and Bowdoin excepted, both of whom had not accumulated but inherited their property, who did not end with joining the side of the mother country. Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches 2011-11-04T02:00:19.293Z The following inconsistent usages appear and have not been changed: "Mother Country", "mother country", "mother-country", "Mother Land", "Mother land", "mother land", "Motherland". England, Canada and the Great War 2011-10-20T02:00:21.577Z They came out a comparatively small company; they have become a multitude, there being already in this country more people of Norse extraction than the whole population of the mother country. Some Pioneers and Pilgrims on the Prairies of Dakota Or, From the ox team to the aeroplane 2011-10-17T02:00:15.157Z In 1793 they were torn by dissensions, the result of the revolution in the mother country. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z The Lisbon government laid the foundations of that restrictive system which finally confined Brazil to communication with the mother country. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z At the commencement of the disputes with the mother country, the sentiment against the right of parliament to impose taxes on the colonies had seemed to be almost unanimous. Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches 2011-11-04T02:00:19.293Z In America, the first importations of the walnuts came from the Mediterranean countries, by way of England, "the mother country." Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z When the country is restored to its inhabitants together with their freedom, it will be in the same position as those German and English colonies which entail heavy annual expenditure from the mother country. The Crime of the Congo 2011-10-13T02:00:47.603Z When, in September, 1774, the first Continental Congress assembled, its members generally expected to settle the troubles with the "mother country" by petitions to Parliament. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. I. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England; to which is added a Sketch of Paine by William Cobbett 2011-10-12T02:00:38.787Z On top of their plateau they were cut off from ready communication with the mother country; they struck out for themselves, and their development was something like that of the British in North America. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z I can account for their understanding the pure French language from the circumstance that they are supplied with Catholic priests from the mother country, who of course speak to them in that tongue. Forest Life and Forest Trees: comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure. with Descriptions of lumbering operations on the various rivers of Maine and New Brunswick 2011-10-11T02:01:03.847Z This Captain-General was a despot of the most pronounced type, the kind dear to the hearts of the rulers in the mother country. The History of Cuba, vol. 2 2011-10-11T02:01:01.423Z To-day, one no less a traitor and renegade to his mother country, has also died. The Katipunan or The Rise and Fall of the Filipino Commune 2011-10-03T02:00:24.600Z The chief source of irritation against the mother country was the impolitic measure of retaining a trifling duty on tea, as an assertion of the right of the British parliament to tax the colonies. Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume I (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte 2011-10-01T02:00:31.450Z Absolutely isolated from the other European colonies, and almost without communication with the mother country, the settlement was, however, an unpromising affair. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z Hundreds of shipping annually load with lumber, which is exported to the mother country. Forest Life and Forest Trees: comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure. with Descriptions of lumbering operations on the various rivers of Maine and New Brunswick 2011-10-11T02:01:03.847Z This conduct, so little appreciated and so cruelly repaid by the mother country, won for Cuba the title of the "Ever-Faithful Isle." The History of Cuba, vol. 2 2011-10-11T02:01:01.423Z Greek colonists, in setting out from the mother country for the purpose of founding new homes, took fire from the home altar with which to kindle fires in their new homes. Great Inventions and Discoveries 2011-10-01T02:00:30.900Z "They have told over and over again the stories of our mother country, Portugal, and they have made few variations." Minor Poems Little Classics, Vol. 15 2011-09-29T02:00:16.533Z Since 1765 the rest of South America had enjoyed the privilege of free commerce from the mother country. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z The people were led to revolt against the mother country through sympathy with the other colonies rather than through any grievance of their own. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" 2011-09-26T02:00:25.313Z They had no representation, and their messages to and requests of the mother country received but scanty attention. The History of Cuba, vol. 2 2011-10-11T02:01:01.423Z Observing her breakfast to be utterly neglected, he demanded, with an air of some displeasure, whether she had no longing to taste the food of her mother country again? The Wanderer (Volume 1 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:27.667Z Unlike Canada and the United States, but as in the mother country and most other countries, the telegraphs are under the control of the government, and administered by the postmaster general. The History of the Post Office in British North America 2011-08-31T02:01:37.743Z From Pernambuco and Bahia communication with the mother country was constant and easy. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z "Simply this way—our country, our mother country, was not always called France." The Galley Slave's Ring or The Family of Lebrenn. A Tale of The French Revolution of 1848 2011-08-29T02:01:02.680Z The colony was practically independent of the mother country at this time, so far as any guidance or aid was concerned. The History of Cuba, vol. 2 2011-10-11T02:01:01.423Z They planted colonies everywhere, while the barren rocks of the mother country were covered with the palaces and temples of a wealthy and luxurious community. The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind 2011-08-19T02:00:11.867Z The social and commercial relations of the island were almost exclusively with the mother country, and the trade was from an early period very considerable. The History of the Post Office in British North America 2011-08-31T02:01:37.743Z Colonies founded by a monarchy so organised could never be firmly knit to each other nor to the mother country. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z The idea that the numerous and separate colonies might become dangerous to the mother country was visionary. 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 Death reaped a rich harvest between 1786 and 1788, in removing men so closely identified with the fate of the colonies and the mother country that they were not soon to be adequately replaced. The History of Cuba, vol. 2 2011-10-11T02:01:01.423Z If, then, in the case of New England, it was not derived from the mother country, it becomes a curious question whence and how it was derived. Some Phases of Sexual Morality and Church Discipline in Colonial New England 2011-08-08T02:00:19.693Z The lack of cordiality displayed by the government of the mother country towards the ocean transport enterprise of her colony in its initial stages yielded to no warmer feeling with the progress of the scheme. The History of the Post Office in British North America 2011-08-31T02:01:37.743Z The Spanish colonies also revolted, one by one, until they all became independent of the mother country. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z They were so jealous of each other that they had been wholly unable to agree upon a union for their common defence or to unite in requesting the mother country to establish one for them. 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 defeat of their ally tended to depress the spirits of the Spanish people, both in the mother country and the colonies, for they saw Britain once more exercising almost undisputed authority over the seas. The History of Cuba, vol. 2 2011-10-11T02:01:01.423Z Even in these loyal portions of the Empire, however, strenuous efforts were being made by some mysterious power, upon which it was impossible to lay hands, to undermine their affection for the mother country. A Cabinet Secret 2011-07-31T02:00:10.693Z Dependence on a foreign, and, at the time, hostile nation, for communication with the mother country was not to be thought of, still less endured. The History of the Post Office in British North America 2011-08-31T02:01:37.743Z Soon after its foundation, Lima became the most luxurious and profligate of the viceregal courts of Spain, and so continued until its declaration of independence, and final separation from the mother country. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z Every personal difference Franklin contended did not justify a quarrel nor did every act of oppression on the part of the mother country justify a war. 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 While some held that to assist rebels in their fight upon their mother country was morally wrong and politically imprudent, others, impatient of the passive inactivity to which they were reduced, modestly expressed their disapproval. The History of Cuba, vol. 2 2011-10-11T02:01:01.423Z Then the Canadians slowly bore to its last resting-place the remains of the heroic young Colonial who had lost his life in the service of the mother country. 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 They did not provide connections between the several systems except through the mother country. The History of the Post Office in British North America 2011-08-31T02:01:37.743Z Four millions go into the coffers of the mother country. Rambles by Land and Water or Notes of Travel in Cuba and Mexico 2011-07-29T02:00:23.127Z Several times he assured his American correspondents that, in the debate with the mother country, America had the sympathy of all Europe. 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 The loyalty with which the colony had so far adhered to the kings of the mother country seemed to call for redress of the wrong which was about to be inflicted upon them. The History of Cuba, vol. 2 2011-10-11T02:01:01.423Z This is the flag that followed Jessie’s and was necessarily adopted by the colonists as the flag of the mother country. Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer 2011-07-28T02:00:09.363Z Having described the several arrangements, which were made to enable the older British colonists to correspond with the mother country and with one another, we shall now turn to Canada. The History of the Post Office in British North America 2011-08-31T02:01:37.743Z They required measures of strong and palpable injustice, on the part of the mother country, to justify resistance; the early part of the late king’s reign furnished them. The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1 2011-07-27T02:00:32.830Z Franklin's conceit in the Edict that Saxony was as much the mother country of England as England was of America was, it must be admitted, made to do rather more than its share of service. 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 They could not help seeing in the republic which by a long and tenacious fight had won her independence from the mother country, a neighbor whose example offered a dangerous precedent. The History of Cuba, vol. 2 2011-10-11T02:01:01.423Z It meant that the colonists, although they were English, had a right to representation in the mother country and to a symbol of their own.” Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer 2011-07-28T02:00:09.363Z He said the packet service between the Canadian provinces and the mother country was so indifferent that it went far to convince Canadians that Great Britain desired as little correspondence with Canada as possible. The History of the Post Office in British North America 2011-08-31T02:01:37.743Z But the mother country’s rise has been more than equaled by that of India’s émigrés. India Conquers the World 2011-07-25T05:00:00Z Here we found ourselves once more in Espana, every thing here being exactly like what you meet with in the mother country,—the same stink of oil, garlic, and dried fish. Twenty-Five Years in the Rifle Brigade 2011-07-21T02:00:19.027Z The French colors appeared in the public square and veteran pioneers of the colony, women and children crowded around to kiss the cherished flag of the much beloved mother country. The History of Cuba, vol. 2 2011-10-11T02:01:01.423Z It was in 1827 that Thomas Waghorn first promulgated the idea of steam communication between our Eastern possessions and the mother country. Triumphs of Invention and Discovery in Art and Science 2011-07-19T02:00:21.280Z Here followed a novel and ingenious application of the statute of 1778, which was enacted for the purpose of conciliating the colonies by conceding the point at issue between them and the mother country. The History of the Post Office in British North America 2011-08-31T02:01:37.743Z The mercenary soldiers, sent from the mother country at an immense expense to each of you, fellow-citizens, where are they? The Cavaliers of Virginia or, The Recluse of Jamestown. Vol. II 2011-07-18T02:00:20.080Z As the origin of the institution was so thoroughly English, and it had remained in part faithful to the mother country, he caused it to be strenuously guarded from destruction, or injury of any sort. Peggy Owen at Yorktown 2011-07-17T02:00:35.830Z For the overseas colonies of the European powers were so closely associated with and dependent upon the mother countries, that their healthy progress as a rule indicated healthy political and economic conditions of the latter. The History of Cuba, vol. 2 2011-10-11T02:01:01.423Z The United Kingdom, India, Victoria and New South Wales 69 took part in the exhibition, but there was no official representation of the mother country. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z It is only a few years since good citizens were rejoicing that the postage rate between the mother country and Canada was brought down from five cents to two cents a letter. The History of the Post Office in British North America 2011-08-31T02:01:37.743Z The ideal colony was to be a source of supply of raw materials, and was to be a market for goods of the mother country, but was not to be a manufacturing competitor. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z He was thirty-six years of age, and of colonial birth; and though he had made a couple of visits to the mother country he seldom spoke of it. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z It was not calculated to tighten the bonds existing between the mother country and the colonies. The History of Cuba, vol. 2 2011-10-11T02:01:01.423Z As a colony of Spain the Philippines enjoyed certain special privileges in the way of trade with the “mother country.” The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 2011-06-29T02:00:28.167Z It appeared, they stated, to involve practical considerations of the highest political importance, bringing directly into question the principle of the declaratory act of 1778, respecting internal taxation of the colonies by the mother country. The History of the Post Office in British North America 2011-08-31T02:01:37.743Z He represented the capitalistic class, belonged to the Anglican church, and held views similar to those of the rural aristocracy of the mother country. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z Owing probably to the extremes of heat and cold in Canada, beauty is there less durable than in the mother country. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z But as their strength augmented continually, they at last detached themselves from the mother country, and became an independent military state. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z Affairs in the mother country did look up; the Danes developed their country, in spite of the worst climatic conditions, into a land famous for its scientific farming. Ten Years Near the German Frontier A Retrospect and a Warning 2011-06-16T02:00:15.297Z The connections with the mainland and the mother country were maintained for some years by such vessels as happened to visit the island. The History of the Post Office in British North America 2011-08-31T02:01:37.743Z Dickinson recognized the vagueness of the constitutional relations of the colonies to the mother country. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z The majority of emigrants from the mother country settle in the lake districts, where labour is well remunerated and farmers' profits are good. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z "Verily," he added, "in this mother country of wonder, fantasy, and everything great, one as easily believes in fair, enriching miracles of fate, as one does in the north in dreadful robbing miracles of spirits." Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) 2011-06-14T02:00:26.670Z Religion and patriotism, developed by Bishop Grundtvig, saved the mother country; but the Islands continued to go through various stages of hope and fear. Ten Years Near the German Frontier A Retrospect and a Warning 2011-06-16T02:00:15.297Z The communication between the Maritime provinces and the mother country was the subject of some discussion. The History of the Post Office in British North America 2011-08-31T02:01:37.743Z It could only be interpreted to mean that the colonies intended to enforce their will upon the mother country. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z Enraged at the obstinacy, and what they conceived to be the unjust proceedings of their opponents, the Assembly at length determined to apply to the mother country for relief. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin; Written by Himself. [Vol. 1 of 2] With His Most Interesting Essays, Letters, and Miscellaneous Writings; Familiar, Moral, Political, Economical, and Philosophical 2011-06-08T02:00:20.907Z The revolt of the Spanish Colonies of South America, and the new Government erected on separating from the mother country, were acknowledged by an Act of Congress, on the recommendation of the President, in 1822. 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 As we all know family quarrels are usually the bitterest, but somehow this long contest between the American colonies and the mother country did not seem to breed any deep-seated animosity between their respective peoples. Donald McElroy, Scotch Irishman 2011-06-04T02:00:12.520Z The disaster and its consequences were brought home to the government with a directness that put an end to all hesitation about establishing the closest possible communication between the mother country and the colonies. The History of the Post Office in British North America 2011-08-31T02:01:37.743Z America had been the recipient of many of the radicals, the down-trodden, and the discontented from the mother country. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z These mills have been used for many centuries in Holland, which is their mother country, and serve for draining the land, or for manufacturing purposes. Odd Bits of Travel with Brush and Camera 2011-05-17T02:00:17.310Z The position of the thirteen Colonies towards the mother country, at that time, was precisely the position that those States which call themselves the "Confederate States" now occupy towards the General Government of the Union. 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 In addition, these findings have given us much new information about the interplay of trade and culture between the colonists and their mother country. North Devon Pottery and Its Export to America in the 17th Century 2011-05-14T02:00:10.023Z We will say to them, 'Soldiers of the mother country, fraternise with us, come and embrace us.' History of the Commune of 1871 2011-05-07T02:00:33.113Z Oh, when the Revolutionary troubles began he wasn't in favor of breaking off from the mother country; he was a Chief Justice of Common Pleas, and he wrote and spoke against separation. Amy in Acadia A Story for Girls 2011-04-29T02:00:08.307Z There is a sentimentality about this American view of Ireland, Mr Shanahan concedes, because immigrant groups bring an old image of the mother country that remains fixed in time and space. Barack O'Bama 2011-04-26T09:10:24Z No such thing; they were constantly improving, the supineness of a few in respect to the interests of the mother country, blamable as it certainly was, to the contrary notwithstanding. Inquiry Into the Origin and Course of Political Parties in the United States 2011-04-24T02:00:09.423Z Both in New England and the southern colonies, local merchants acted as resident agents for merchants based in the mother country. North Devon Pottery and Its Export to America in the 17th Century 2011-05-14T02:00:10.023Z Will they be separated from the mother country to live independently, to fall into the hands of other nations, or to ally themselves with neighboring powers? The Philippines A Century Hence 2011-04-20T02:00:25.047Z If, after preparatory studies, they could not all return to their mother country, their aid would be valuable for the conversion of different nations of the East. The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, January 1865 2011-04-19T02:00:18.103Z Cape Colony is as ready as Australia or Canada to resent the least interference from the mother country. Practical Politics; or, the Liberalism of To-day 2011-04-19T02:00:17.257Z Meanwhile the rebellion has absorbed an incredible amount of Spanish capital, and drained the mother country of hundreds of thousands of young men, the great majority of whom will never see their homes again. Cuba Past and Present 2011-04-16T02:00:18.193Z Volunteers, men of loyal hearts and warm love for the mother country, poured in. The Last Laird of MacNab An Episode in the Settlement of MacNab Township, Upper Canada 2011-04-14T02:00:54.620Z And further, of what use to the mother country would a poor and lean colony be? The Philippines A Century Hence 2011-04-20T02:00:25.047Z Notwithstanding the severity of the climate and the sterility of the soil, the colony rapidly increased in numbers and wealth, and an active commerce sprung up with the mother country, and was successfully maintained. The Discovery of America by the Northmen, 985-1015 2011-04-05T02:00:12.443Z As in the mother country, they had constant dissensions among themselves. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Meanwhile the Cubans proved their passionate affection for their mother country by refusing to acknowledge the Napoleonic supremacy, and even by openly joining the enemies of their deposed sovereigns. Cuba Past and Present 2011-04-16T02:00:18.193Z When the people of the United Colonies rose in resistance to the mother country, they were in possession of a greater portion of all the useful means of happiness, than the mother country itself. The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) 2011-04-02T02:00:12.460Z The mother country can take it as a huge compliment that visiting teams still consider winning at Wembley such a prize. England fans are given a glimpse of the future by Fabio Capello 2011-03-29T23:06:01Z Nevertheless, in the Valley and throughout Virginia, the first of June, 1774, was observed as a day of fasting and prayer because all recognized that war was impending with the mother country. Voices; Birth-Marks; The Man and the Elephant 2011-03-28T02:00:27.040Z In all their varieties of fortune, the Grecian colonies had maintained the manners and institutions of the mother country, which no people ever entirely relinquish with the soil they have left. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z But insensate counsels prevailed, and the mother country, by her ruthless abuse of Cuban confidence, gave fresh and lamentable proof of her incapacity for colonial government. Cuba Past and Present 2011-04-16T02:00:18.193Z Even these imperfect attempts seem to have offended the commercial jealousy of the mother country; for the difficulty of getting English goods at the time, is mentioned by way of excuse for them. The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) 2011-04-02T02:00:12.460Z The officials sent out from the mother country to conduct the public service are described as venal, mercenary, and ignorant. The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 2011-03-23T02:00:23.527Z Virginians were more exercised over the law directing that those accused of treason should be transported to the mother country for trial than by the tax on tea. Voices; Birth-Marks; The Man and the Elephant 2011-03-28T02:00:27.040Z It has turned this man, so happily made up, into a traitor, a perjurer, a murderer, a parricide who has unchained against his mother country the arms of foreigners and emigrants. The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution 2011-03-21T02:00:09.090Z The outlook was of the darkest, for the fate of the mother country as well as that of the newly-born island Republic hung in the balance. Cuba Past and Present 2011-04-16T02:00:18.193Z The peace of Paris had now, however, not only secured the safety, and with it the gratitude of the colonies, but also confirmed over them, it was supposed, the authority of the mother country. The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) 2011-04-02T02:00:12.460Z Theory B, the one favoured by England's management, is that the mother country's brood are in the grip of a psychological hang-up: a syndrome that is still best characterised as fear. Fabio Capello has failed to help England's elite beat their demons 2011-03-20T00:07:04Z In the same year, 1690, the colonies of New York, Massachusetts, and Connecticut organized a formidable expedition by land and sea against Canada, in which they hoped to be aided by the mother country. Vermont A Study of Independence 2011-03-17T02:00:13.130Z Those remote provinces have perhaps been acquired, purchased, or conquered, at the sole expence of the settlers, or their ancestors, without the aid of the mother country. Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes 2011-03-08T03:00:46.777Z In 1807 the French armies under Napoleon had occupied the mother country of Portugal, and the monarchy had fled to Brazil. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z Well, if it seems so it's because you don't understand the attitude of Canadians toward their mother country. The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z They catch up just some popular clap-traps of the mother country, but there ends the relationship! The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z I am glad to learn that a change has been made in the mode of punishing crime in the mother country. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z Have the Colonists refused to answer any reasonable requisitions made to their Assemblies by the mother country? Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes 2011-03-08T03:00:46.777Z And also they continued to treat them as helplessly subject to the mother country long after the population had spread inland out of reach of any effectual punitive operations from the sea. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z The dispute which had been brewing for years between the colonies and the mother country, began to grow unpleasantly warm. My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z “That idea seems simple enough to us now,” said Tom, “but I dare say it was startling when a mere colonist proposed to break off with the mother country.” Ethel Morton at Sweetbriar Lodge 2011-02-24T03:01:03.877Z They had been bad men in their mother country, were bad men in the colonies, bad in California; and will continue to be bad wherever they go. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z Hence, at least for colonies deserving it, the mother country should take off the restraint on legal tender. Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes 2011-03-08T03:00:46.777Z The Germans had been taught to believe that the British Empire was only a very loose collection of states, with no bond of union between them and the mother country. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 1 (of 10) From the Beginning of the War to the Landing of the British Army in France 2011-02-19T03:01:09.157Z Out in America, where books were few and lawyers had a mighty task to perform, Blackstone’s facile presentment of the law of the mother country was of inestimable value. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z Benjamin West, 1738-1820 In its early days, American painting was derived from Europe and especially from the mother country, England. Handbook of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts 2011-02-15T03:00:17.853Z His fine face was hard and stern, and Miss Judy often wondered whether he ever had forgiven his son for fighting against the king and the mother country. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z The mercantile system, which had sprung up in Spain in the 16th century, held that colonies were to be entirely prohibited from trading, The American colonies. except with the mother country. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History 2011-02-12T03:00:32.473Z Australia and New Zealand were in a better position to send assistance to the mother country than any other members of our overseas empire. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 1 (of 10) From the Beginning of the War to the Landing of the British Army in France 2011-02-19T03:01:09.157Z In the month of February, 1895, the oppressed and robbed people of Cuba once more raised the standard of rebellion against Spain, and entered upon another struggle with the mother country. Project Gutenberg book of Historical Romance of the American Negro 2011-02-11T03:00:26.280Z The custom of having turkey for the Christmas dinner has been transported by the colonists into the wilds of Texas; where it is as rigorously observed as in the “mother country”—the United States. The Guerilla Chief And other Tales 2011-02-10T03:00:53.627Z The principles of the constitution guaranteed by the mother country were violated. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z If the burthen of defence is to be borne in common, it can hardly be left to the mother country to declare war, and to exact the necessary taxation, without the consent of the colonies. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History 2011-02-12T03:00:32.473Z Gifts of money and produce, horses, and motor cars were at once forthcoming, and a few weeks later New Zealand presented the mother country with an aeroplane. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 1 (of 10) From the Beginning of the War to the Landing of the British Army in France 2011-02-19T03:01:09.157Z Now did the regent mother country send letters to all the magnates of Europe, begging them to intercede, and make peace between the Americans and Spaniards. Project Gutenberg book of Historical Romance of the American Negro 2011-02-11T03:00:26.280Z "I speak only as an Egyptian who is concerned about what is going on in his mother country." The Other Egyptian Nobelist in the Political Fray 2011-02-06T06:05:00Z A voyage to the mother country at that period was still a serious undertaking. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z If, on the other hand, it is to be borne by the mother country alone, she may well complain that she is left to bear more than her due share of the weight. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History 2011-02-12T03:00:32.473Z There was no part of the British Empire, however small, which did not, to the best of its ability, help the mother country in her hour of need. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 1 (of 10) From the Beginning of the War to the Landing of the British Army in France 2011-02-19T03:01:09.157Z The good feeling existing generally among all classes of Americans toward the mother country, must be gratifying both to reflecting Americans and to Englishmen. The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 1 2011-02-02T03:00:22.253Z He loved his mother country and the music which the people sang. Child's Own Book of Great Musicians: Grieg 2011-01-29T03:00:22.270Z Then you will be enabled to relieve England from a great burden, render the Colony truly valuable to the mother country, and save one of the most luxuriant ramifications of the Empire. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z The resistance of America to the taxation imposed was therefore not without benefit to the people of the mother country. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History 2011-02-12T03:00:32.473Z In the course of a single generation, however, that empire became a wonderful source of added power and income to the mother country. The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z The great dispute between the mother country and America, which began as early as 1765, could not fail to excite a deep interest in the capital of the empire. London in Modern Times or, Sketches of the English Metropolis during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. 2011-01-28T03:00:22.900Z “For many immigrants, their mother country is Mexico,” Mr. Lopez said. The Texas Tribune: On the Border, Long Lives Despite Dismal Statistics 2011-01-15T23:54:26Z The new version will make quite as satisfactory a bit of satire on our Down East compatriots as Lowell's hits on the mother country and our English cousins across the water. Education: How Old The New 2011-01-14T03:00:54.370Z Even with all the experience of the century which followed, the relations between a mother country and her colonies are not easy to arrange. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History 2011-02-12T03:00:32.473Z Come from the mother country, he was doubly welcome. '?19,000' 2011-01-14T03:00:45.303Z In all this, there is nothing new, and I fancy the supercilious feeling of the New Englandman can very easily be traced to his origin in the mother country. The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts 2011-01-13T03:01:05.707Z It has been the canvas on which the complicated relationship between the mother country and its most rambunctious offspring took form. Cricket: England's Win over Australia Creates History 2011-01-07T08:35:00Z Hundreds of the colonists would have been hanged by the British government if they had expressed themselves in the mother country instead of in the new world. The Short Constitution 2011-01-05T03:01:00.017Z They had stood, shoulder to shoulder, with the North in two wars against the mother country, and had freely spent their wealth, and shed their blood in defence of the common rights. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z Danvers was a rolling stone—had been a colossal failure as a moss gatherer in the mother country. '?19,000' 2011-01-14T03:00:45.303Z It is of the same general character, that of unjust taxation: while it is attended by circumstances of aggravation that were altogether wanting in the policy of the mother country. The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts 2011-01-13T03:01:05.707Z Stung by the disparaging criticisms of his mother country, he lashed American democracy and French republicanism with coarse and bitter personal scorn. Dorothy Payne, Quakeress A Side-Light upon the Career of 'Dolly' Madison 2010-12-20T17:12:10.847Z Antipathy in the world governing body's view of the mother country turned spectacularly to malice when only one of the 21 neutrals on the executive committee voted for England's 2018 World Cup bid. Revenge and retreat: England's options after their 2018 World Cup snub 2010-12-03T17:32:00Z To win the right to stage the 2018 World Cup, then, the mother country was bound to gang-rush the show in Zurich. Paul Hayward: England hope to bend history 2010-12-01T21:59:00Z In the patience game La Celeste lead the raddled mother country by 60 years to 44. World Cup 2010: Diego Forl?n falls but shows he belongs with greats 2010-07-07T06:01:00Z As respects self-rule, the colonies were ever freer than the mother country; and we are, as yet, merely pursuing our ancient practices, substituting allegiance to the confederation for allegiance to the king. The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts 2011-01-13T03:01:05.707Z A free spirit and all-round dude, Franco Baldini would be the ideal No2 if the game's so-called mother country were to erase her identity and enter all tournaments from now on as Englatalia. Paul Hayward: End experiment with foreign coaches 2010-06-29T17:46:00Z Instead, the Algerians lacked the belief to go all the way and settled for the tie their coach had convinced them was all they could aspire to against the mother country of soccer. World Cup: European Teams' Game Face? It's a Snarl 2010-06-20T20:25:00Z They just think they are, by virtue of the mother country heritage and a single appearance in the final of an international tournament, which was achieved on home soil. If the Italian Alf Ramsey can't bring England success, nobody can 2010-06-06T11:00:00Z With dear old Pickles in mind we might call the last four-and-a-half decades the Black Dog years for football's mother country. World Cup 2010: Flags are flying for England 2010-05-29T23:07:00Z An overwhelming majority are expatriates eagerly tracking the performance of their mother country. New Chant on the Cricket Field: U-S-A, U-S-A! 2010-05-21T06:10:00Z They hope that the pressure will be felt back in their mother country - and that the strength of feeling among Somali Britons will be felt by the pirates themselves. 2010-02-14T03:47:00Z In the intervening years, Australia's links with the mother country have loosened and the institution of monarchy has taken a battering. 2010-01-21T14:51:00Z War had been declared by England against both France and Spain, and the colonies were called upon to help the mother country. The True Benjamin Franklin The notion of mother country is mistaken or obliterated, owing to our political disturbances. The Panama Canal A history and description of the enterprise Yet, notwithstanding these drawbacks, she seems to have enjoyed much her residence in the mother country. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams Never in the history of colonization has a mother country pursued so relentlessly a policy more selfish and short-sighted. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" It led to the invasion and subjugation of England by William, surnamed the Conqueror, and to the reconstruction of that mother country of ours, politically, socially and racially, upon new lines. The Ifs of History He still retained his confidence in George III. as a safe ruler for America, and he did all he could to soften and accommodate the differences existing between the colonies and the mother country. The True Benjamin Franklin Then, as now, she had self-governing colonies which necessarily did not see eye to eye on all points with the mother country. A Historical Geography of the British Colonies Vol. V, Canada—Part I, Historical They brought accounts of the effect upon the mother country of the destruction of the tea. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams Convicts were long sent to Australia from the mother country, but transportation to New South Wales practically ceased in 1840, and the last convict vessel to W. Australia arrived in 1868. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis In all likelihood the throne would in due time have been transferred to the mother country. The Ifs of History But in effect he was in that position, being the duly accredited agent of colonies that had a serious quarrel with the mother country which every one knew might terminate in war. The True Benjamin Franklin Franklin's proposals, though his fellow commissioners were inclined to approve them, pleased neither the colonies nor the mother country. A Historical Geography of the British Colonies Vol. V, Canada—Part I, Historical But every year brings us fresh evidence that we have nothing to hope for from our loving mother country, but cruelties more abominable than those which are practiced by the savage Indians. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams The coinage is the same as in the mother country. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis He early devoted himself to politics, and in connection with the dispute between America and the mother country he showed himself one of the most unwearied, efficient, and disinterested assertors of American freedom and independence. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide Take care that colonies never enjoy the same rights as the mother country. The True Benjamin Franklin The mother country still distrusted the colonies, and dreaded the strength which union would bring. A Historical Geography of the British Colonies Vol. V, Canada—Part I, Historical It is natural that the trade of the colonies should be very generally retained by the mother country, though there is a considerable commerce carried on with the west coast of America. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands Emigration is also a means of revenue for the mother country. Races and Immigrants in America Casement windows were the earliest kind used, and the small, diamond panes were sunk in lead, as were those made in the mother country. Remodeled Farmhouses To the eternal disgrace of those who were then wielding the destinies of the mother country, a premium was given for scalps not for prisoners. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution The mother country sent out soldiers; colonists were enlisted in royal regiments to supplement the provincial militias; and in clumsy, most imperfect fashion, the English in North America began to shape themselves into a nation. A Historical Geography of the British Colonies Vol. V, Canada—Part I, Historical The amount of wool exported to the mother country is twenty-eight times as much as England has received in the same period from the continent of Europe. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands Communication between the mother country and Cuba was so irregular and unreliable that Philip III, the new king, was not proclaimed in Cuba until the spring of the year 1599. The History of Cuba, vol. 1 Wainscot is an inheritance from our early ancestors, for in the manor houses in the mother country there is wonderful woodwork, used not only for wainscot, but for other parts of the interior finish. Remodeled Farmhouses Before coming to America he understood well the relations between the mother country and the colonies. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution What happened in the mother country happened also in her greatest colony. A Historical Geography of the British Colonies Vol. V, Canada—Part I, Historical Were Australia to become independent of the mother country, and its divided interests consolidated, the benefit to be derived therefrom seemed to us to be unquestionable. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands The colonies had to get along as best they could and they had a troublesome time to fight the ever growing menace of pirate invasion with little or no aid from the mother country. The History of Cuba, vol. 1 It seemed as though the land of my birth—my mother country—was to bring me nothing but sorrow. Glories of Spain He did not nor did any of the Signers of the Declaration originally contemplate a dissolution of the ties that bound the Colonies to the mother country. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution In lieu of the old feud between the Governor and the Intendant, there came into being a new line of cleavage, which tended to divide the mother country from the colony. A Historical Geography of the British Colonies Vol. V, Canada—Part I, Historical Fully nine-tenths of these immigrants, including those from the mother country, were of the Latin race. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" The influence of this new life in the mother country was, of course, still slower in manifesting itself in her colonies. The History of Cuba, vol. 1 This was soon found in the defensive treaty with Corcyra, which state was engaged with its mother country Corinth in a war, according to ancient Greek principles, wholly unlawful and unjust. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2 Although a close student of medicine and surgery, it was soon discovered that he well understood the relative situation of the mother country and the American Colonies. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution Consequently New France was for several months in each year cut off from all communication with the mother country. A Historical Geography of the British Colonies Vol. V, Canada—Part I, Historical Sugar-works were established, and considerable quantities of the produce exported to the mother country. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" It was exploited in every direction for the benefit of the mother country and to the exclusion of every one else. Cuba Its Past, Present, and Future Tlepolemus must therefore be considered as a Grecian of the mother country. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2 Governor Wright, with his hireling phalanx, used great exertions to obtain a written pledge from the inhabitants of each parish to sustain the mother country and submit more implicitly to the yoke of bondage. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution Therefore the issue largely depended on the forces and the leaders sent out by the two mother countries respectively. A Historical Geography of the British Colonies Vol. V, Canada—Part I, Historical Although Brazil had now become in fact the head of its own mother country, the government was not in the hands of Brazilians, but of the Portuguese, who had followed the court. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" They made numerous voluntary subscriptions, they published vehement pamphlets, and they sent their sons to fight and shed their blood for the agonized mother country. Cuba Its Past, Present, and Future An accredited team of bowlers from the mother country visited Canada in 1906, and was accorded a royal welcome. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" He had fought in the army of the mother country until her most hated enemy had been conquered on the heights of Abraham. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution The English colonies were separate from the mother country, and from each other. A Historical Geography of the British Colonies Vol. V, Canada—Part I, Historical But the Brazilian colonists, now that the mother country had thrown Revolt against the Dutch. off the Spanish yoke, determined even without assistance from the homeland to rise in revolt against foreign domination. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" So negro slaves were imported from the mother country, and their descendants remained in the bonds of serfdom for centuries. Cuba Its Past, Present, and Future In all history a colony, once a colony, either has remained so, or has revolted from the mother country and by force of arms established its own independence. The Career of Leonard Wood He knew much of the mother country—he knew and loved his own better. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution They were rarely in harmony with the mother country, or with each other. A Historical Geography of the British Colonies Vol. V, Canada—Part I, Historical He was a lieutenant in the British navy when the war began, and emigrated with his family to the mother country. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" In September, 1868, a revolution broke out in the mother country, the result of which was that Queen Isabella was deposed from the throne and forced to flee the country. Cuba Its Past, Present, and Future Despite all the infusions of other bloods, and they've been large, Great Britain is our mother country. The Guns of Europe The mother country had not discovered the philosopher's stone of taxing her distant children to support royalty. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution They had the instinct of self-preservation, and if seriously attacked were to some extent prepared, unless Quaker influence was dominant, to protect themselves, and to accept aid from the mother country. A Historical Geography of the British Colonies Vol. V, Canada—Part I, Historical Removed from all communication with the rest of the world except through the mother country, Brazil remained unaffected by the first years of the great revolutionary war in Europe. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" But the pleasantest thing of all has been the attitude of Great Britain, our once mother country. Cuba Its Past, Present, and Future The colonial government was mild and beneficent in its action upon the province, and the people had a reverence for the mother country deeper and more affectionate than was found elsewhere. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency Our hearts are animated with the warmest wishes for the prosperity of the mother country for which our affection is unbounded and your faithful subjects here are transported with joy and gratitude. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution 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 Brazil is the only instance of a colony becoming the seat of the government of its own mother country, and this was the work of Napoleon. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" Cobden, whose fame will be second only to that of Adam Smith among all in this catalogue, calmly predicts the separation of Canada from the mother country by peaceable means. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 119, September, 1867 They gave colonies to the mother country, and an impulse to the development of its fleet. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" Compared with the fleets and armies of the mother country at the eventful era when the Declaration of our Independence was adopted, the available force of the Colonies dwindles to insignificance. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution One was the desire to find or to do something which would pay, the other was a longing to live under more independent conditions than existed in the mother country. A Historical Geography of the British Colonies Vol. V, Canada—Part I, Historical Mr Chamberlain’s tenure of the office of colonial secretary between 1895 and 1900 must always be regarded as a turning-point in the history of the relations between the British colonies and the mother country. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" This was after the differences between the Colonies and the mother country had begun, but before the idea of independence had shown itself. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 119, September, 1867 They furnished the mother country with luxuries which, by the 18th century, had become necessaries. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" He weighed well the consequences of severing the bonds that bound the Colonies to the mother country. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution For absolute monarchy had taken root in France; and in the French dependencies, as in the mother country, there was to be henceforth political and religious despotism. A Historical Geography of the British Colonies Vol. V, Canada—Part I, Historical If the mother country and her daughter states did not draw closer, they would inevitably drift apart. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" The controversy which Cobden foresaw "between the mother country and her American colonies" is yet undetermined. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 119, September, 1867 It is not too much to say that they have often acted unselfishly for the benefit of the mother country and even humanity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" In addition to contributing to the support of the home government of the mother country, much blood and treasure were expended by the Americans in conquering Canada for the special benefit of Great Britain. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution It may however be said, that a bounty on exportation is a measure of internal policy, and could not easily be imposed by the mother country. On The Principles of Political Economy, and Taxation Colonies may afterwards have been sent forth from this mother country, and then the peopling of the earth may have proceeded according to the hypothesis before alluded to. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology That attitude was founded on opposition to special trade privileges, which was the basis of the old colonial policy, and also on the belief that colonies did not benefit the mother country. American World Policies Wherefore, I reprobate the phrase of parent, or mother country, applied to England only, as being false, selfish, narrow, and ungenerous. Junius Unmasked or, Thomas Paine the author of the Letters of Junius and the Declaration of Independence To cap the climax—the very Indians the Americans had conquered and made allegiant to the mother country—that cruel mother employed to murder and scalp those who had aided her. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution "Those whose misrule rests so heavily upon my people in New Spain have little more regard for the welfare of my people in the mother country." A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois On their accession to power in 1896 it was adopted by the Liberals, who joined to it a preference for the products of the mother country. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" Suppose that Australia, by a special arrangement with the mother country, lays a heavy duty upon all wool exported to other countries than Great Britain, and thus makes German competition in the woollen industry impossible. American World Policies In Letter 1, he speaks of England as having "alienated the colonies from their natural affection to their common country," and in no place says parent or mother country. Junius Unmasked or, Thomas Paine the author of the Letters of Junius and the Declaration of Independence His death spread a general gloom over our land and was deeply lamented in the mother country. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution Some of the bolder ones began to express the thought that it would be a fine thing if they were all independent of the mother country, though for years the sentiment assumed no importance. The Greater Republic A History of the United States He sings what Garneau recounts—the love of mother country, mother church and Canada. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" Lord Howe was really desirous of a peaceful adjustment of the strife between the colonies and the mother country, and supposed this a propitious moment for a new attempt at pacification. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools The colonists, on the other hand, began to evince the most determined spirit of hostility to the measures of the mother country. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852 The Colonies had contributed largely in money and blood to aid the mother country in conquering her most inveterate foe in America—the French in Canada. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution This was a death-blow to Boston commerce and was meant as a punishment of those who were leaders in the revolt against the mother country. The Greater Republic A History of the United States Meantime, however, the movement for the abolition of slavery was gaining strength in England, and the missionaries at length appealed from the colonists to the mother country. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" Whatever might be the natural affection of the colonies for the mother country—and there are abundant evidences to prove that it was deep-rooted and strong—it had never been properly reciprocated. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools It was in May, 1775, that Franklin arrived in Philadelphia, just about the time that open hostilities were commenced between the colonies and the mother country. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852 The indignation of the Americans and many in the mother country was roused against those who held Mr. Laurens in bondage. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution The last flurry with the "mother country" occurred in the closing weeks of 1895, and related to Venezuela, which had been at variance with England for many years. The Greater Republic A History of the United States The old primitive simplicity as a national attribute was beginning to fail, and in its stead was being imported the conventional complexity of life in the mother country. Women of America Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 10 (of 10) All manufactures, too, in the colonies that might interfere with those of the mother country had been either totally prohibited or subjected to intolerable restraints. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools Nobody wishes more sincerely than I do that the good feeling, or, as the French say, the entente cordiale, between the mother country and our great colonies may be established on a still firmer basis. Speeches and Addresses of H. R. H. the Prince of Wales: 1863-1888 His interests were entirely commercial—his wealth was exposed to the destructive power of the mother country. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution Not only that, but the colonies voted ships, men, and money to help the mother country in the wars in which she was often involved. The Greater Republic A History of the United States From this time forward there began to grow in New France the follies and frivolities of her mother country, and there arose that which is termed "society," at least in the growing towns. Women of America Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 10 (of 10) A very great impression was made on the Spanish colonies, who during the war, owing to the distracted condition of the mother country, attained to a degree of freedom hitherto beyond their reach. The West Indies and the Spanish Main But rulers as well as subjects must have holiday rest, and the facility and rapidity of travel allow easy access from all parts of the world to "the mother country." Speeches and Addresses of H. R. H. the Prince of Wales: 1863-1888 He had not imported a large share of love for the mother country. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution The trend of events so clearly indicated this that steps were taken looking toward the utter and final separation of the colonies from the mother country. The Greater Republic A History of the United States The mother country gave them fine words, but words were all. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses In the early years of the seventeenth century few of the adventurers had any commissions, but as the mother countries began to establish settlements, letters of marque were granted when there was a war. The West Indies and the Spanish Main He trusted and believed that that state of things would long continue, and he hoped that the bonds between those colonies and the mother country would become closer and closer from generation to generation. Speeches and Addresses of H. R. H. the Prince of Wales: 1863-1888 It instructed the delegates to move within the orbit of constitutional and chartered rights and to respectfully but clearly admonish the mother country and her advisers not to travel out of the same circle. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution The men who did this and opposed the mother country were known as Whigs, while those who stood by England were called Tories. The Greater Republic A History of the United States The mother country I found was still regarded as a stepmother, and from more than one quarter I heard a more than muttered wish that they could be 'taken into partnership' by the Americans. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses Hitherto, with a full supply of labour, the negroes did little work as compared with their capabilities—now something like the factory system of the mother country was introduced. The West Indies and the Spanish Main The consent of the Prince of Wales to be Grand Mark Master was proof of his zealous personal efforts to unite the Colonies and Dependencies of the empire with the mother country. Speeches and Addresses of H. R. H. the Prince of Wales: 1863-1888 The mother country had manifested a disposition to impose unjust taxation upon the Colonies. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution The steadiness with which Cuba clung to the mother country won for her the title of the "Ever Faithful Isle." The Greater Republic A History of the United States Constitutional government and an independent executive were conferred upon our larger colonies, with the express and scarcely veiled intention that at the earliest moment they were to relieve the mother country of responsibility for them. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses This body invited the other provinces to join and form a league for mutual protection against the French, who now had virtual possession of the mother country. The West Indies and the Spanish Main I know the loyalty of our Colonial brethren; they will not be behindhand in aiding the mother country. Speeches and Addresses of H. R. H. the Prince of Wales: 1863-1888 Williams fell in the early part of the engagement bravely fighting for the mother country. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution In that year a revolution broke out in Spain, and the patriots seized the opportunity, while the mother country was occupied at home, for an heroic effort to liberate themselves. The Greater Republic A History of the United States The colony is perhaps in advance of the mother country. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses The fact was the mother country imposed so many restrictions, and exacted such heavy fees for licenses, that the cost of an article was doubled or trebled as compared with that of the Hollander. The West Indies and the Spanish Main On the outbreak of hostilities with the mother country came with his parents to Upper Canada. The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History In March 1775 he was a member of the Virginia Convention that convened at Richmond, where he proposed resolutions to adopt immediate measures of defence sufficient to repel any invasion by the mother country. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution Now the States are provinces dependent on, submissive to, the central head, just as the Colonies were looked upon, prior to our independence, as a species of feudatories for the benefit of the mother country. The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. Cuba had been governed as a province of Spain, and Spain, like other mother countries, had thought more of drawing a revenue out of it for herself than of the interests of the colony. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses Yet with all this the planter struggled on, generally doing his best to carry the traditions and fashions of the mother country into his new home. The West Indies and the Spanish Main His sympathies being with the mother country, removed to Nova Scotia after the Revolution, and thence to England. The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History The oppressions of the mother country had become alarming. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution Although he did not live to sign the Declaration of Independence, he was one of the first men to prophesy the separation of the colonies from the mother country. Reminiscences, 1819-1899 The drama that was enacted in the mother country was repeated on a miniature theatre in the colonies. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia Do you question for a moment the loyalty of the Irish people in America, and would you condemn them for their loyalty to their mother country? The Crime of the Century or, The Assassination of Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin In some districts, however, they have greatly degenerated from the civilization of the mother country. The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem No class of men better understood the injustice of the mother country than those engaged in commerce. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution She remarks upon the reaction which was felt in her time against the revolutionary opposition to the mother country. Margaret Fuller (Marchesa Ossoli) The government of the mother country was entitled "the States," as the United States are now styled in Canada. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia They knew that in the mother country were many thousands of indigent persons who would welcome an opportunity to better their lot by migrating to the New World. The Planters of Colonial Virginia Visitors from the mother country were rare, since few elected to attempt the perilous journey to Sephar. Warrior of the Dawn He entered early into the Provincial service and served the mother country through the French war. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution And besides, our mother country must come in and share with our fathers to no small extent in the wrong of introducing domestic slavery to these colonies. Three Prize Essays on American Slavery The colony bore a natural resemblance to the mother country, no little modified by new circumstances, and followed her, yet not with equal step. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia |
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