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O'Mohandro Institute.

Welcome to Ben Franklin's World,

Podcasts About Early American History with Liz Covert.

The study of history is key to understanding who we are and how we can

affect the better future. Van Franklin's world will introduce you to historical people

and events that have impacted and shaped our present day world. And now, and of Ben Franklin's World, the podcast dedicated to helping you, learn more about how the people

and events of our early American past have shaped the present day world we live in.

As a result of Great Britain's victory in the Seven Years War, British North America grew so that it stretched from the Atlantic coast west to the Mississippi River and from Hudson Bay in the Gulf of St Lawrence south to Florida.

Plus, it also included islands in the Caribbean. the Gulf of St. Lawrence south to Florida.

Plus, it also included islands in the Caribbean.

So how exactly what Great Britain centered on a small little island

manage and govern such a vast expansive territory, which was located over 3,000 miles away.

This is essentially what King George III and his Privy Council asked the Board of Trade

after they signed the Treaty of Paris in 1763.

So what kind of Imperial Management Plan did the Board of Trade develop for Great Britain's

North American colonies?

And what role did this plan play in the development of the British Empire in North America after 1763? To answer these questions, we need to turn to Max Edelson, because the Board of Trades ideas and solutions for the better management of British

North America are the subject of his book, The New Map of Empire, how Britain imagined America

before independence.

Now as we explore the Board of Trade's plan for British North America, we'll discover details

about the size of the British Empire after the Seven Years' War. King George III's order to the Board of Trade

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