British North America in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries

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List of Maps List of Contributors Abbreviations 1. Introduction: The What and Why of this Volume 2. British North America in the Empire: An Overview 3. 'Bound by Our Regal Office': Empire, Sovereignty, and the American Colonies in the Seventeenth Century 4. Toleration and Empire: The Origins of American Religious Pluralism 5. 'Establishment' and 'Dissent' in British North America: Organizing Religion in the New World 6. Periphery as Center: Slavery, Identity, and the Commercial Press in the British Atlantic, 1704-1765 7. Colonial Identity and Revolutionary Loyalty: The Case of the West Indies 8. American Indians in the British Imperial Imagination, 1707-1783 9. The American Revolution (I): The Paradox of Atlantic Integration 10. The American Revolution (II): The Origin and Nature of Colonial Grievances 11. Epilogue: The United States in the British Empire Index