Sir John Wentworth and his times

Few periods in colonial history have, been more closely studied than that which immediately preceded the outbreak of the, American War of Independence. Some valuable contributions to colonial policy, under the Old Empire have, been made but In general the tendency, has been to focuss the attention o...

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Main Author: Stokes, K. E.
Published: King's College London (University of London) 1938
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.505684
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Summary:Few periods in colonial history have, been more closely studied than that which immediately preceded the outbreak of the, American War of Independence. Some valuable contributions to colonial policy, under the Old Empire have, been made but In general the tendency, has been to focuss the attention on the machinery of royal government and the relations between mother country and colonies. For this reason colonial governors have only entered into theme as they served to illustrate the trend of policy.