Active Quote by Albert Bushnell Hart

The old charters of Massachusetts, Virginia, and the Carolinas had given title to strips of territory extending from the Atlantic westward to the Pacific.

— Albert Bushnell Hart

In 1763 the English were the most powerful nation in the world.

— Albert Bushnell Hart

England and France were rivals, not only on the continent, but in the West Indies, in India, and in Europe.

— Albert Bushnell Hart

More emphasis was thus thrown upon the local governments than in England.

— Albert Bushnell Hart

Taxation is the price which civilized communities pay for the opportunity of remaining civilized.

— Albert Bushnell Hart

In appearance the labor system of all the colonies was the same.

— Albert Bushnell Hart

'Good wine needs no bush', and if there were need to urge the reading of history it would be proof that history is too…

— Albert Bushnell Hart

Many attempts had been made by colonial legislatures to cut off or to tax the importation of slaves.

— Albert Bushnell Hart

The residence of the Plymouth settlers in the Netherlands, and the later conquest of the Dutch colonies, had brought the Americans into contact with…

— Albert Bushnell Hart

As often happens during a war, some parts of the country prospered, notwithstanding the constant loss.

— Albert Bushnell Hart

Each colony became accustomed to planting new settlements and to claiming new boundaries.

— Albert Bushnell Hart

In comparison with other men of their time, the Americans were distinguished by the possession of new political and social ideas, which were destined…

— Albert Bushnell Hart