6 sentences with 'dominion'
Example sentences and phrases with the word dominion and other words derived from it.
• « When the Viceroy of Peru's dominion over Chile was established, San Martin had to introduce an important variant to his plan: as a prior step to the operation on Lima, it was essential to liberate the people of the trans-Andean region. And to this he devoted his best efforts. »
• « Having secured his dominion over Cordoba, General Paz managed to extend the unitary power to La Rioja, Santiago del Estero and the Cuyo provinces. »
• « Early Spanish explorers considered the use of tobacco by the natives to be proof of their savagery and, because of the fire and smoke produced by tobacco consumption, evidence of the Devil's dominion in the New World. »
• « In New York, the same year that Andros fell from power, Jacob Leisler led a group of Protestant New Yorkers against the dominion government. »
• « The British Empire had now gained dominion over North America. The Empire not only gained New France by virtue of the treaty; it also acquired the French sugar islands in the West Indies, French trading posts in India and French-owned posts on the west coast of Africa. »
• « The Northwest Indian War (1785-1795) ended with the defeat of the Indians and their claims. Under the Treaty of Greenville (1795), the United States gained dominion over Ohio lands. »