A compact Oxford history covering 1497 to 1763, quoting contemporaries wherever it can. It moves from the first English voyages to Virginia, Maryland and the Carolinas, the Puritan colonies, the struggle with the Dutch for New Netherland, the Quaker settlements and Georgia, colonial society and economy, and the long contest with France.
A clear, readable overview of colonial America from a British point of view. Download the free EPUB.