The Shifting Nature of Empire: Vandalia and Colonial Expansion West of the Allegheny Mountains
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- The Shifting Nature of Empire: Vandalia and Colonial Expansion West of the Allegheny Mountains
- Description
- A Master's thesis examining western colonial schemes (particularly Vandalia) and land speculation companies in British North America after the Seven Years' War. Analyzes how debates over new colonial governments and western settlement revealed fundamental disconnects between pragmatic republican visions emerging in the colonies and authoritarian imperial ideology in London, contributing to revolutionary sentiment.
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- Benjamin Franklin
- Type
- Academic Paper
- Date Created
- 2022
- Language
- English