Journal article
William Eden and the Treaty of Mauritius, 1786–7
The Historical Journal, Vol.16(4), pp.681-696
1973
Abstract
During the generation before the French Revolution, die Atlantic colonial powers - Britain, France, Spain - endeavoured in various ways to assert metropolitan control of trade and expansion in the colonies. The revolt of Britain's American colonies was the most spectacular failure of such policies, but it did not deter eidier London or Versailles after the peace of 1783 from continuing to seek a more active supervision of their colonial outposts. Among symptoms of this activity were the energetic policies of die French ministry of marine under Castries, and the creation of the Board of Control for India and the renovated Board of Trade under Pitt
Details
- Title
- William Eden and the Treaty of Mauritius, 1786–7
- Authors/Creators
- G.C. Bolton (Author/Creator) - Murdoch UniversityB.E. Kennedy (Author/Creator) - Monash University
- Publication Details
- The Historical Journal, Vol.16(4), pp.681-696
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Identifiers
- 991005546034007891
- Copyright
- © 1973 Cambridge University Press
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Humanities
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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