Revolution and Empire: English Politics and the American Colonies in the Seventeenth Century.

Abstract

A survey of the imperial territory and the beginnings of the political empire the ordered empire of Charles I, 1625-1642 the English revolution and the Empire, 1642-1660 a time of soe greate uncertaintie - the colonies during the Interregnum, 1642-1660 the Restoration in England, 1660-1667 the Restoration in America the politics of management - English government and the Empire, 1667-1679 routines of state and visions of the promised land - English politicians and America, 1660-1683 reaction and revolution - the English Empire at the end of the 17th century.