Book excerpt: Excerpt from Economic and Social History of New England, 1620-1789, Vol. 2 of 2 The con ict in America was inevitable Economic growth and the new opportunities for leaders 667, 668 Insular arrogance could not appreciate the colonies 668, 669. 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."