A Little History of Colonial Life: Life in the Eighteenth Century

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A fresh and concise view of the events in Colonial The united states leading to the American Revolution.

“At the beginning of the eighteenth century, there was no thought of other than local independence In the colonies. The colonists already had grievances, but the idea of final and resolute revolt had not yet been born in their minds. All that came later. For the time being, as we shall see in later chapters of this volume, they were beset by difficulties and dangers sufficient to occupy their attention to the utmost limit.”
“WHEN the great French and Indian war ended, in 1763, there had been English colonies in The united states for more than a hundred and fifty years. The English settlements had not only taken root but had grown vigorously. A large proportion of the people in the colonies were by that time native Americans. They knew no other country as their own but this. In a sentimental way they were still loyal to the mother land and to its king, but they had never been in England and they had by this time accepted new ideas of their own. New impulses of liberty had been born in them. Living in conditions totally different from those that existed in England they had built up for themselves systems of government that have been indeed founded upon the broad principles of English liberty, but which differed in radical ways from the system of government that prevailed in the mother country.”
“In the present volume the steady and resistless advance of the colonies toward National Independence is traced, as the most vital fact of American life all over the first three quarters of the eighteenth century, and one which dominated and colored all other conditions of the life of that time.”
This illustrated eBook edition of the 1905 original has been carefully edited for errors and is as true to the original as imaginable. [EDB Pubs]

Publisher’s note: Even as it is true that some old books can be found for free on the internet, the quality of most ‘free’ material is not acceptable. Here is an example of the work to be done with a view to produce a readable version for the Kindle reader:
Text found online:
For a Miuilar ica^on f have i .oliiled (he slory of the Virgin birth from “^Miracles,” lliongh li is in jcnlity one of lhai cla-^s. Tint il i’, so unique in chntucier iJiat d camiol be lediieed to ilie 1v'[*e o( p’-ydiia phcuomoiia viLIi winch wo aie famihai and I desire lioK to bring out [ho ulhanccs of Chvislianily valhcr Hum ils UTuquonos^. The fundamr ntal object of “miracles” was lo csiabh^li llie spmlnal claims of Chiisl.

The same text after editing:
For a similar reason I have isolated the story of the Virgin birth from “Miracles,” though it is in truth one of that class. But it is so unique in character that it cannot be reduced to the kind of psychic phenomena with which we are familiar and I desire here to bring out the alliances of Christianity reasonably than its uniqueness. The fundamental object of “miracles” was to establish the spiritual claims of Christ.

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