Albert Bushnell Hart

“In government as well as in trade a new era came to the colonies in 1763.”

“In appearance the labor system of all the colonies was the same.”

“More emphasis was thus thrown upon the local governments than in England.”

“In 1763 the English were the most powerful nation in the world.”

“In some of the middle colonies the towns and counties were both active and had a relation with each other which was the forerunner of the present system of local government in the Western States.”