As often happens during a war, some parts of the country prospered, notwithstanding the constant loss.

Taxation is the price which civilized communities pay for the opportunity of remaining civilized.

The residence of the Plymouth settlers in the Netherlands, and the later conquest of the Dutch colonies, had brought the Americans into contact with the singularly wise and free institutions of the Dutch.

Few characters in history are indispensable.

On March 10, 1764, preliminary resolutions passed the House of Commons looking towards the Stamp Act.

As often happens during a war, some parts of the country prospered, notwithstanding the constant loss.

In 1763 the English were the most powerful nation in the world.