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... Causes and conse- quences - Resignation and recall of Peel - The Session of 1846 - Repeal of the Corn Laws - Fall of Peel - His character - His Foreign Policy— Ecclesiastical movements in Scotland and England - O'Connell and Repeal ...
... Causes and conse- quences - Resignation and recall of Peel - The Session of 1846 - Repeal of the Corn Laws - Fall of Peel - His character - His Foreign Policy— Ecclesiastical movements in Scotland and England - O'Connell and Repeal ...
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... Causes of the Crimean War - England and Russia - The Czar Nicholas Lord Stratford de Redcliffe - Palmerston's Policy - The Vienna Note - War between Russia and Turkey - Dissensions in Eng- lish Cabinet - Outbreak of War - Lord Raglan ...
... Causes of the Crimean War - England and Russia - The Czar Nicholas Lord Stratford de Redcliffe - Palmerston's Policy - The Vienna Note - War between Russia and Turkey - Dissensions in Eng- lish Cabinet - Outbreak of War - Lord Raglan ...
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... Causes of the Mutiny - Outbreak of Mutiny - Delhi - The Punjab - Cawnpur - Náná Sáhib - Lucknow - Havelock and Outram- Sir Colin Campbell - Reconquest of India - Sir Hugh Rose in the Central Provinces - End of the Mutiny - Transfer of ...
... Causes of the Mutiny - Outbreak of Mutiny - Delhi - The Punjab - Cawnpur - Náná Sáhib - Lucknow - Havelock and Outram- Sir Colin Campbell - Reconquest of India - Sir Hugh Rose in the Central Provinces - End of the Mutiny - Transfer of ...
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... cause . Russia reaped a rich harvest in Poland and on the Baltic littoral ; Austria exchanged her embarrassing heritage in the Netherlands for much - coveted provinces in Northern Italy ; Prussia under- went a territorial readjustment ...
... cause . Russia reaped a rich harvest in Poland and on the Baltic littoral ; Austria exchanged her embarrassing heritage in the Netherlands for much - coveted provinces in Northern Italy ; Prussia under- went a territorial readjustment ...
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... causes as well as to deal vigorously with effects is a matter of dispute on which something must presently be said . Incomparably more interesting as a personality than either Sidmouth or Eldon was the Secretary of State for Foreign ...
... causes as well as to deal vigorously with effects is a matter of dispute on which something must presently be said . Incomparably more interesting as a personality than either Sidmouth or Eldon was the Secretary of State for Foreign ...
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