The Present State of Great Britain and North America

Excerpt from The Present State of Great Britain and North America: With Regard to Agriculture, Population, Trade, and Manufactures, Impartially Considered
Necessity of colonies in North America to Great Britain; the British colonies there make but three different countries; their dimensions; foil and climate; products; staple commodities; corn and grass; agriculture; manufactures; number of people; state of health; interest of Great Britain; the Northern colonies will produce nothing for Britain; the middle are worn out; the Southern are as barren, as unhealthful; necessity of extending their settlements; proper territories for that purpose; Canada; Nova Scotia; Georgia; East and West Florida; territories of the Ohio and Mississippi; only three parts of North America fit to produce any thing for Britain; proper settlement of the colonies; ways of securing them; of rendering them a benefit to the nation; of preserving their dependence; improvements in agriculture wanted; obstacles to these improvements; proper commodities for them; their trade, &c.