British mercantilism and its impact on American colonies

Reviewed by Michael J Boyle Key Takeaways Mercantilism increased a country's wealth by boosting exports.Colonies experienced high inflation and heavy taxation under mercantilism.Mercantilism led to ...

The best argument for letting America go? A polymath nailed it.

The work of a shy, studious bachelor in his early 50s, the book ran to almost 1,100 pages. It was “An Inquiry into the Nature ...
The New York Times

England and Her Colonies.

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...
The Atlantic

Growth of the British Colonial Conception

PROFESSOR SEELEY has pointed out, in his work on The Expansion of England, the prevailing tendency to look upon those conditions which we observe around us as having always existed, and to consider ...
The Armchair Historian on MSN

British colonization of Africa

The British colonization of Africa reshaped an entire continent - politically, economically, and culturally. In this video, I explore how and why Britain expanded its empire into Africa, the impact on ...