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THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COLONIES UNDER
THE FIRST GEORGES, 1714-1755
By CECIL HEADLAM, M.A., Editor of the Calendar of
State Papers, Colonial Series.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER XIV
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE EMPIRE, 1660-1763
By CHARLES M. ANDREWS, L.H.D.
THE ENGLISH SLAVE TRADE AND THE
AFRICAN SETTLEMENTS
By EVELINE C. MARTIN, M.A., Ph.D., Lecturer in History in
Westfield College, University of London.
The Slave Trade as the Foundation of West Indian Prosperity
Sir Nicholas Crisp's Guinea Company
French, Dutch and English on the Gold Coast
Methods of the Slave Trade
CHAPTER XVI
THE SEVEN YEARS' WAR
By W. F. REDDAWAY, M.A.
The Decade after the Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle
Franco-British Antagonism
The Problem of Alliances
French and British in America
Washington at Fort Necessity
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Growing Tension between France and Great Britain
The Convention of Westminster
The Advent of William Pitt
Anglo-Prussian Co-operation
Pitt and Frederick the Great
British Victories in 1758
Pitt and the French Invasion
Victories of 1759
CHAPTER XVII
THE PEACE OF PARIS
By H. W. V. TEMPERLEY, O.B.E., Litt.D., F.B.A., Reader in
Modern History, Fellow of Peterhouse.
SEA POWER AND EXPANSION, 1660-1763
By J. HOLLAND ROSE, Litt.D.
Recovery of England's Naval Strength under Cromwell
The New Era of National Policy and Expansion
The Struggle for North America
Operations in the West Indies
Perilous Situation of the Colonies
Treaty of Ryswick; Dampier
A Typical West India Expedition
Gibraltar and Imperial Defence
The Peace of Utrecht
The First Capture of Louisbourg
Origins of the Seven Years' War
The Navy in the East Indies
Choiseul's Plan of Invasion
British Naval Successes in 1759-60
Increase of British Commerce
Captain James Cook
Results of British Naval Supremacy
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THE GROWTH OF INTERNATIONAL LAW. MARI-
TIME RIGHTS AND COLONIAL TITLES, 1648-1763
By A. PEARCE HIGGINS, C.B.E., LL.D., K.С.
MERCANTILISM AND THE COLONIES
By J. F. REES, M.A., M.Com., Professor of Commerce
in the University of Birmingham.
Mercantilism as the Economic Expression of militant Nationalism
The Balance of Trade
Importance of a large Population
Economic Subjection of Colonies
Consolidation of the Colonial System
Mercantilist Evaluation of the Colonies
Opposition to Colonial Manufactures
Production of Naval Stores encouraged
The Bounty Policy
Colonial Provision Trade
West Indian Sugar-British and Foreign
Competitive Weakness of British Sugar
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CHAPTER XXI
THE CONSTITUTION AND THE EMPIRE- FROM BACON TO BLACKSTONE
By J. EWING, M.A., Professor of History in Rhodes University
College, Grahamstown, South Africa.
I. IMPERIAL RECONSTRUCTION, 1763-1765
By CECIL HEADLAM, M.A.
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II. THE CONSTITUTIONAL STRUGGLE WITH THE
AMERICAN COLONIES, 1765-1776