Excerpt from The History of the British Plantations in America, Vol. 1 Kingdom or State had 'accefs to the Means of increafing in Riches, Strength and Power, according to the Fertility of the Soil, the Advantage of the Situation, and the Number and Induftry of the People; and wheiefoever thefe hap pened to be direeted and improved to the belt Account, by the Wifdom and Care of a good Magif'tracy, that Nation was fure to hold the Ballanceb of Power amongf't its Neigh bours, until it came to be enervated with Luxury and Vice, or out-done by fome other State in the Purity of its Laws, and in a refolute and uniform Adherence to the fure Maxims of an honef't, virtuous, and good Government. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.