1578-1660

Updated: May 16, 2025

The most readable and reliable detailed account of mercantilism as applied by the British to their colonies is to be found in the volumes of G. L. Beer, The Origin of the British Colonial System, 1578-1660 ; The Old Colonial System, 1660-1754, Part I, The Establishment of the System, 2 vols. ; British Colonial Policy, 1754-1765 ; and The Commercial Policy of England toward the American Colonies , a survey.

Carlton J. H. Hayes - A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1.