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

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

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.

Washington's defeat in 1754 was followed by active military preparations on both sides.

From William of Orange to William Pitt the younger there was but one man without whom English history must have taken a different turn, and that was William Pitt the elder.

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

In comparison with other men of their time, the Americans were distinguished by the possession of new political and social ideas, which were destined to be the foundation of the American commonwealth.