"By what means and with what success did Britain seek to govern the American colonies under the early Hanoverians?" Fundamentally the success of government depends upon its ability to administer public policy and ... as a protest aimed at undermining the legitimacy of British imperial control. The implication being Britain's conservative intransigence underestimated the need for action within the colonies, affording merchants the freedom to exploit the system and the assemblies a platform against British rule. Only the threat to economic gains by smuggling awoke ... of the Navigation Acts,...

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