▁him ▁as ▁respond ing ▁to ▁one ▁such ▁critic : ▁"... but ▁is ▁it ▁the ▁function ▁of ▁an ▁historian ▁to ▁make ▁history ▁interesting ?" ▁Al ong ▁with ▁Charles ▁Mc Le an ▁Andrew s , ▁George ▁Louis ▁Be er ▁( who ▁was ▁Os good ' s ▁student ▁at ▁Columbia ), ▁and ▁other ▁Imperial ▁School ▁histor ians , ▁he ▁took ▁a ▁view ▁of ▁the ▁colonial ▁period ▁that ▁focused ▁on ▁its ▁imperial ▁t ies ▁with ▁Great ▁Britain , ▁which ▁he ▁first ▁set ▁forth ▁in ▁an ▁early ▁article ▁(" Eng land ▁and ▁the ▁Col on ies ") ▁in ▁Political ▁Science ▁Qu arter ly ▁( Se pt . ▁ 1 8 8 7 ) ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁was ▁critical ▁of ▁the ▁part is ans hip ▁that ▁had ▁character ized ▁so ▁many ▁studies ▁of ▁that ▁era , ▁where ▁the ▁colon ists ▁had ▁been ▁port rayed ▁as ▁hero ic ▁and ▁virt uous ▁while ▁the ▁British ▁were ▁the ▁forces ▁of ▁evil . ▁Os good ▁also ▁contributed ▁an ▁early ▁article ▁on ▁the ▁topic ▁in ▁the ▁Ann ual ▁Report ▁of ▁the ▁American ▁Historical ▁Association ▁for ▁the ▁Year ▁ 1 8 9 8 , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁in ▁an ▁article ▁on ▁early ▁American ▁history ▁in ▁the ▁famous ▁ 1 1 th ▁edition ▁of ▁the ▁Encyclop ædia ▁Britannica . ▁ ▁With ▁the ▁help ▁of ▁students ▁and ▁some ▁research ▁leaves ▁from ▁Columbia , ▁Os good ▁visited ▁the ▁arch ives ▁in ▁the ▁various ▁states ▁and ▁in ▁Britain ▁to ▁examine ▁the ▁original ▁documents . ▁The ▁first ▁series ▁that ▁came ▁from ▁this ▁work ▁was ▁the ▁three - volume ▁The ▁American