The British Empire Before The American Revolution

First Published in 1980. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

First Published in 1980. The dynamism within the American colonies in the fifty years or so before the outbreak of the crisis of the 1760s that was to lead to the Revolution has never been in doubt. The articles written included in this text suggest a number of ways in which the ‘imperial factor’ was of real importance in colonial life and show that there was dynamism on the British side as well as in the colonies.

V.12 - The triumphant empire: Britain sails into the storm, 1770-1776. v.13 - The empire beyond the storm. A summary of the series. Historiography.