1754-1765

Updated: May 13, 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.

Sir George Otto Trevelyan, with wide information, strong Whig sympathies, and great charm of style, has written the most fascinating work on the subject. The American Revolution, 4 vols. 1905. The best study of British measures which precipitated the struggle is Beer's British Colonial Policy, 1754-1765. 1907.

Carl Lotus Becker - Beginnings of the American People