c.1 Provincial characteristics and sectional tendencies in the era preceding the American crisis : Great Britain and Ireland.- c.2 The Southern plantations.- c.3 The Northern plantations.- c.4 North America, south of the Great Lakes region, 1748-1754.- c.5 The Great Lakes frontier, Canada, the West Indies India, 1748-1754 : The Great War for the Empire.- c.6 The years of defeat, 1754-1757.- c.7 The Victorious years, 1758-1760.- c.8 The Culmination, 1760-1763 : The Triumphant empire.- c.9 New responsibilities within the enlarged empire, 1763-1766.- c.10 The triumphant empire : thunderclouds gather in the west, 1763-1766.- c.11 The rumbling of the coming, 1766-1770.- c.12 Britain sails into the storm 1770-1779.- c.13 The triumphant empire : the empire beyond the storm, 1770-1776 : a summary of the series ; historiography.- c.14 A bibliographical guide to the history of the British Empire, 1748-1776.- c.15 A guide to manuscripts relating to the history of the British Empire, 1748-1776.