The Colonies and the Empire

1. A Commercial Empire--Privatized Imperialism--The Joint-Stock Company Again
   1. The Seventeenth Century--Efforts at Tightening Control and Their Limits
      1. Royal Takeovers of Failed Companies
      2. Stuart Absolutism
         1. Rise--The Dominion of New England
         2. Fall--The "Glorious Revolution" (1688)
   2. Trade and Navigation--The Navigation Acts
   3. The Eighteenth Century--"Salutary Neglect"
2. The Imperial Paradox
   1. Colonial Loyalty to the Empire
      1. Economic Advantage
      2. Vicarious Glory
      3. Imperial Establishment as Guarantor of Order
   2. The Colonial Critique of Empire
      1. The Foundation of a Healthy Nation--Independent, Virtuous Rulers
      2. The Price of Empire--"Corruption" and the Erosion of Liberty
      3. The Colonies Sheltered From Corruption, BUT
      4. In Danger From "Creeping" Erosion of Colonial Liberties