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.

By J. HOLLAND ROSE, Litt.D.

Geographical and Political Factors in the Struggle with Spain.

Superiority of the English Navy

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

By J. A. WILLIAMSON, M.A., D.Lit.

Lack of a clear Imperial Policy before 1650

The Enemies of the Commonwealth

The Colonies in 1649

Mercantile Principles

The Caribbee Islands

Emigration.

The Slave Trade

CHAPTER VIII

THE COLONIES AFTER THE RESTORATION,

1660-1713

By J. A. WILLIAMSON, M.A., D.Lit.

Causes contributing to National Divergence

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.