Beschreibung:
Explores the constitutional issues at the heart of the conflict between Britain and its American colonies in the eighteenth century.
Prologue: inheritance; 1. Empire negotiated, 1689¿1763; 2. Empire confronted, 1764¿6; 3. Empire reconsidered, 1767¿73; 4. Empire shattered, 1774¿6; Epilogue: legacy.