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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
By SIR CHARLES LUCAS, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., late Assistant
Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, formerly Fellow
of All Souls College, Oxford
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CHAPTER II
ENGLAND AND THE OPENING OF THE ATLANTIC
By J. A. WILLIAMSON, M.A., D.Lit.
By A. P. NEWTON, D.Lit., F.S.A., Rhodes Professor of Imperial
History in the University of London, Fellow of King's College,
London.
I. THE SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE
By J. HOLLAND ROSE, Litt.D., Vere Harmsworth Professor of Naval
History, Fellow of Christ's College, and F. R. SALTER, M.A.,
Fellow and Tutor of Magdalene College.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER V
THE GREAT EMIGRATION, 1618-1648
By A. P. NEWTON, D.Lit., F.S.A.
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CHAPTER VI
INTERNATIONAL LAW AND THE OUTER WORLD,
1450-1648
By A. PEARCE HIGGINS, C.B.E., LL.D., K.C., Whewell Professor
of International Law, Fellow of Trinity College.
CHAPTER VII
THE BEGINNINGS OF AN IMPERIAL POLICY,
1649-1660
Lack of a clear Imperial Policy before 1650
The Enemies of the Commonwealth
The Colonies in 1649.
Mercantile Principles
The Navigation Act of 1650
The Navigation Act of 1651
Submission of the Colonies
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CHAPTER IX
THE ACTS OF TRADE
By CHARLES M. ANDREWS, L.H.D., Farnam Professor of
American History in Yale University.
Formulation of a definite Commercial and Colonial Programme
Early Councils of Trade
The Navigation Act of 1660
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RIVALRY FOR COLONIAL POWER, 1660-1713
By W. F. REDDAWAY, M.A., Fellow of King's College and
University Lecturer in History.
The Rise of Britain as a World Power
Europe in the Age of Louis XIV
The Missionary Motive in Colonisation
Commerce in the Age of Louis XIV
Colbert and French Colonial Policy
Colbert's Commercial Policy
French, Dutch and English Colonisation
Rivalry of French, Dutch and English
Growth of Danger from France
Anti-Dutch Designs
French Aggression and Wars on Land
Struggle between France and Europe
The Partition Treaties
The War of the Spanish Succession
The Spanish Succession and the Colonies
The Peace of Utrecht .
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CHAPTER XI
THE WEST INDIES AND THE SPANISH-AMERICAN
TRADE, 1713-1748
BY LILLIAN M. PENSON, Ph.D., Lecturer in History in
Birkbeck College, University of London.