British Colonial Policy, 1754-1765

A comprehensive study of features of British colonial policy in the American colonies between 1754 1765, first published in 1907.

Introduction; 1. Theory and practice of imperial defence, prior to 1754; 2. Plans for a union of the continental colonies in 1754; 3. Proposed taxation of the colonies, 1754-1756; 4. The requisition system during the war, 1756-1763; 5. The regulation of trade during war; 6. Colonial trade with the enemy, 1756-1763; 7. Means adopted to check this intercourse with the enemy; 8. Tropical and continental colonization; 9. The peace of Paris and the empire; 10. Readjustment of the laws of trade, 1763-1765; 11. Reforms in the administration of the laws of trade, 1763-1765; 12. Indian policy and colonial defence, 1763-1765; 13. The revenue acts of 1764 and 1765; 14. Colonial opposition; Index.