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| List of Illustrations | |
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| Introduction: The Seven Years' War and the Disruption of the Old British Empire | |
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| Prologue: Jumonville's Glen, May 28, 1754 | |
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| The Origins of the Seven Years' War, 1450-1754 | |
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| Iroquoia and Empire | |
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| The Erosion of Iroquois Influence | |
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| London Moves to Counter a Threat | |
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| Washington Steps onto the Stage ... | |
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| ...And Stumbles | |
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| Escalation | |
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| Defeat, 1754-1755 | |
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| The Albany Congress and Colonial Disunion | |
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| General Braddock Takes Command | |
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| Disaster on the Monongahela | |
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| After Braddock: William Shirley and the Northern Campaigns | |
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| British Politics, and a Revolution in European Diplomacy | |
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| Nadir, 1756-1757 | |
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| Lord Loudoun Takes Command | |
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| Oswego | |
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| The State of the Central Colonies | |
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| The Strains of Empire: Causes of Anglo-American Friction | |
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| Britain Drifts into a European War | |
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| The Fortunes of War in Europe | |
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| Loudoun's Offensive | |
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| Fort William Henry | |
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| Other Disasters, and a Ray of Hope | |
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| Pitt Changes Course | |
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| Turning Point, 1758 | |
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| Deadlock, and a New Beginning | |
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| Old Strategies, New Men, and a Shift in the Balance | |
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| Montcalm Raises a Cross: The Battle of Ticonderoga | |
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| Amherst at Louisbourg | |
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| Supply Holds the Key | |
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| Bradstreet at Fort Frontenac | |
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| Indian Diplomacy and the Fall of Fort Duquesne | |
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| Educations in Arms | |
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| Annus Mirabilis, 1759 | |
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| Success, Anxiety, and Power: The Ascent of William Pitt | |
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| Ministerial Uncertainties | |
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| Surfeit of Enthusiasm, Shortage of Resources | |
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| Emblem of Empire: Fort Pitt and the Indians | |
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| The Six Nations Join the Fight: The Siege of Niagara | |
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| General Amherst Hesitates: Ticonderoga and Crown Point | |
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| Dubious Battle: Wolfe Meets Montcalm at Quebec | |
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| Fall's Frustrations | |
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| Celebrations of Empire, Expectations of the Millennium | |
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| Day of Decision: Quiberon Bay | |
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| Conquest Completed, 1760 | |
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| War in Full Career | |
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| The Insufficiency of Valor: Levis and Vauquelin at Quebec | |
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| Murray Ascends the St. Lawrence | |
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| Conquest Completed: Vaudreuil Surrenders at Montreal | |
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| The Causes of Victory and the Experience of Empire | |
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| Pitt Confronts an Unexpected Challenge | |
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| Victory Recollected: Scenographia Americana | |
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| Vexed Victory, 1761-1763 | |
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| The Fruits of Victory and the Seeds of Disintegration | |
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| The Cherokee War and Amherst's Reforms in Indian Policy | |
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| Amherst's Dilemma | |
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| Pitt's Problems | |
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| The End of an Alliance | |
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| The Intersections of Empire, Trade, and War: Havana | |
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| Peace | |
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| The Rise of Wilkes, the Fall of Bute, and the Unheeded Lesson of Manila | |
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| Anglo-America at War's End: The Fragility of Empire | |
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| Yankees Invade Wyoming--and Pay the Price | |
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| Amherst's Reforms and Pontiac's War | |
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| Amherst's Recall | |
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| Crisis and Reform, 1764 | |
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| Death Reshuffles a Ministry | |
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| An Urgent Search for Order: Grenville and Halifax Confront the Need for Revenue and Control | |
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| The American Duties Act (The Sugar Act) | |
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| The Currency Act | |
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| Postwar Conditions and the Context of Colonial Response | |
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| An Ambiguous Response to Imperial Initiatives | |
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| Pontiac's Progress | |
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| The Lessons of Pontiac's War | |
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| Crisis Compounded, 1765-1766 | |
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| Stamp Act and Quartering Act | |
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| Grenville's End | |
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| The Assemblies Vacillate | |
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| Mobs Respond | |
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| Nullification by Violence, and an Elite Effort to Reassert Control | |
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| Empire Preserved? 1766 | |
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| The Repeal of the Stamp Act | |
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| The Hollowness of Empire | |
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| Acrimonious Postlude: The Colonies after Repeal | |
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| The Future of Empire | |
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| Epilogue: Mount Vernon, June 24, 1767 | |
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| Notes | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Index | |