MARY K. GEITER is Assistant Professor at Immaculata College, Pennsylvania.W. A. SPECK is Emeritus Professor of History at Leeds University and Visiting Professor at the University of Northumbria.

• PrefaceIntroductionPART I: THE IMPERIAL CONTEXTThe British Empire in America to 1750British Society in the Era of Western MigrationAnglo-Indian RelationsPART II: THE AMERICAN CONTEXTThe ChesapeakeNew EnglandThe Middle ColoniesThe Lower SouthThe West IndiesPART III: THE IMPERIAL CONNECTIONThe Glorious Revolution in England and AmericaKing William's and Queen Anne's Wars'Salutary Neglect'? British Imperial Policy under the First Two GeorgesThe French and Indian WarPART IV: THE IMPERIAL CRISISBritish America at the Accession of George IIIAdjustment to Empire 1763-1770The Imperial Crisis: 'Tis time to part'ConclusionGuide to Further ReadingIndex.

'This book comprises an exemplary introduction to the history of early British America, and I have no hesitation in recommending it.' - Betty Wood, Girton College, Cambridge

MARY K. GEITER is Assistant Professor at Immaculata College, Pennsylvania.W. A. SPECK is Emeritus Professor of History at Leeds University and Visiting Professor at the University of Northumbria.

• PrefaceIntroductionPART I: THE IMPERIAL CONTEXTThe British Empire in America to 1750British Society in the Era of Western MigrationAnglo-Indian RelationsPART II: THE AMERICAN CONTEXTThe ChesapeakeNew EnglandThe Middle ColoniesThe Lower SouthThe West IndiesPART III: THE IMPERIAL CONNECTIONThe Glorious Revolution in England and AmericaKing William's and Queen Anne's Wars'Salutary Neglect'? British Imperial Policy under the First Two GeorgesThe French and Indian WarPART IV: THE IMPERIAL CRISISBritish America at the Accession of George IIIAdjustment to Empire 1763-1770The Imperial Crisis: 'Tis time to part'ConclusionGuide to Further ReadingIndex.

'This book comprises an exemplary introduction to the history of early British America, and I have no hesitation in recommending it.' - Betty Wood, Girton College, Cambridge

MARY K. GEITER is Assistant Professor at Immaculata College, Pennsylvania.W. A. SPECK is Emeritus Professor of History at Leeds University and Visiting Professor at the University of Northumbria.

• PrefaceIntroductionPART I: THE IMPERIAL CONTEXTThe British Empire in America to 1750British Society in the Era of Western MigrationAnglo-Indian RelationsPART II: THE AMERICAN CONTEXTThe ChesapeakeNew EnglandThe Middle ColoniesThe Lower SouthThe West IndiesPART III: THE IMPERIAL CONNECTIONThe Glorious Revolution in England and AmericaKing William's and Queen Anne's Wars'Salutary Neglect'? British Imperial Policy under the First Two GeorgesThe French and Indian WarPART IV: THE IMPERIAL CRISISBritish America at the Accession of George IIIAdjustment to Empire 1763-1770The Imperial Crisis: 'Tis time to part'ConclusionGuide to Further ReadingIndex.

'This book comprises an exemplary introduction to the history of early British America, and I have no hesitation in recommending it.' - Betty Wood, Girton College, Cambridge