American Colonies and the British Empire 1607-1783 Part I Vol 4

This first part of an eight-volume reset edition, traces the evolution of imperial and colonial ideologies during the British colonization of America. It covers the period from the founding of the Jamestown colony in Virginia in 1607 to 1764. Samuel Hopkins, Address to the People of New-England. Representing the very Great Importance of Attaching the Indians to their Interest (1753), Jonathan Mayhew, A Sermon Preach’d in the Audience of his Excellency William Shirley, Esq ([1754]), [John Shebbeare], Three Letters to the People of England (1756), [Henry McCulloh], Proposals for Uniting the English Colonies on the Continent of America (1757), William Smith, Discourses on Several Public Occasions during the War in America (1759), James Otis, A Vindication of the Conduct of the House of Representatives of the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay (1762), John Pownall, ‘General Propositions: Form and Constitution of Government to be Established in the New Colonies’ (1763), Editorial Notes