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... western policy , in 1756 , by appointing two highly capable colonists , Sir William Johnson , and later , John Stuart , as Superintendents of the northern and southern Indians . This good beginning was largely undone by the tactlessness ...
... western policy , in 1756 , by appointing two highly capable colonists , Sir William Johnson , and later , John Stuart , as Superintendents of the northern and southern Indians . This good beginning was largely undone by the tactlessness ...
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... western settlements ( p . 158 ) . Of all the well - meaning English officials who were forced into contact with colonial affairs , Lord Shelburne alone had studied the Western problem . Gifted like Chatham with a statesman's imagination ...
... western settlements ( p . 158 ) . Of all the well - meaning English officials who were forced into contact with colonial affairs , Lord Shelburne alone had studied the Western problem . Gifted like Chatham with a statesman's imagination ...
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... Western commerce . Curiously enough , there were influential Americans who hoped she would keep it closed ( p . 219 ) . In the North - west the United States ... western policy radically different from THE WESTERN PROBLEM , 1763-88 xxix.
... Western commerce . Curiously enough , there were influential Americans who hoped she would keep it closed ( p . 219 ) . In the North - west the United States ... western policy radically different from THE WESTERN PROBLEM , 1763-88 xxix.
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INTRODUCTION | xi |
The Western Problem 176388 | xix |
The Crisis 17726 | xxxiii |
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