BRITISH AMERICAN COLONIES. 17 In short, the conduct of Great Britain in her colo¬ nial management, from their first settlement to the year 1755, exhibits a lesson of wisdom to those powers who either possess, or who are disposed to plant colonies. But after that period, those who wish for the par¬ tition of great empires, will learn useful instruction by studying the history of the measures that led to the independence of the United States. vol.. i . B