In appearance the labor system of all the colonies was the same.

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

England and France were rivals, not only on the continent, but in the West Indies, in India, and in Europe.

One of the strongest and most persistent elements in national development has been that inheritance of political traditions and usages which the new settlers brought with them.

In government as well as in trade a new era came to the colonies in 1763.

In appearance the labor system of all the colonies was the same.

Everywhere among the English-speaking race criminal justice was rude, and punishments were barbarous; but the tendency was to do away with special privileges and legal exemptions.