Trade and Empire; the British Customs Service in Colonial America, 1660-1775

Download or read book Trade and Empire; the British Customs Service in Colonial America, 1660-1775 written by Thomas C. Barrow and published by Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1967 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to the thinking of the first British Empire (1606-1783), the American colonies existed primarily to increase the economic well-being of the mother country. But a series of Acts of trade and Navigation passed by the British Parliament proved to be ineffective because the colonists continually violated the laws. Attempts at reform in the 1760s came too late and after a decade of crisis the contest between British authority and colonial opposition degenerated into an armed conflict. Mr. Barrow explores questions raised about the attitudes of the colonists toward the English mercantile system and how the revolution put an end to the colonial customs service and to the first British Empire as well. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.