"An empire had been won: there remained the task of providing for its administration and its defence. The gain in mere territory was in itself stupendous; and though much of it might be but thinly populated, yet new territory implied new subjects. Apart from India, where, as shall be told in its place, the work of conquest had not been bounded by the the expulsion of the French, the Spaniard required to be conciliated anew in Minorca; while in the West Indies, and still more in Canada and Florida, there were not only French and Spanish Colonists that must be absorbed, but large tribes of Indians, formerly dependent upon them, who must be summoned suddenly to cancel ancient treaties and friendships, and, though themselves unconquered, to transfer their amity to the nation that had vanquished their former allies."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Imported from EN Wikiquote
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Fortescue_(historian)
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
John Fortescue (historian)
4 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by John Fortescue (historian) →
Related Quotes
"Let us clear our minds of cant. What is the economy of this world, so far as we have eyes to see and intellects to un…"
"To turn now to the great enemy, Napoleon appears to have thought in 1810 that his work of subduing Europe was nearly …"
"As long as one man has a greater brain or a stronger arm than another—nay, so long as one woman has a more beautiful …"
"where George II died and where Queen Victoria was born is still used as apartments for the sovereign's relatives: Pri…"
"proposed as the chief gardener and William Brown as his assistant. Nelson had already 'sailed round the world in my s…"
"On 1 October 1918, when only sixteen, my father rode into Damascus with the , hours ahead of T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence …"
"There is a that I will probably never send. I would not dare to. It is a cross of Jesus drawn in fresh blood from an …"
"... In 1961 she trained as a newspaper reporter and was sent to London to work for the Murdoch papers on . She filed …"
"Our confirmation bias then leads us to seek our further information to confirm those existing views, or to reject inf…"
"Our views are constantly being shaped by through the negotiation between our own identity, our group loyalty, and our…"