Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-278) and index.
Contents
The British Empire in 1763 -- America waxes rich and strong -- Writs of assistance, 1761 -- Planters debts -- Molasses, rum, and American prosperity -- Imperial security and internal taxation -- The Stamp Act resisted -- Parliament's strategic retreat -- Old and new northern colonies -- Old and new southern colonies -- A trial at external taxation -- Again America resists -- The failure of imperial regulation -- The colonies announce their autonomous status.
