CHAPTER 11.
BRITAIN'S COLONIAL SYSTEM [Sidenote: England's early liberal colonial policy.] [Sidenote: England's changed colonial policy.] 103.

Early Colonial Policy .-- At the outset, England's rulers had been very kind to Englishmen who founded colonies.

They gave them great grants of land.

They gave them rights of self-government greater than any Englishmen living in England enjoyed.

They allowed them to manage their own trade and industries as they saw fit.