title: Access to History Britain and the American Colonies 1740-89
author:  Alan Farmer 
description: Alan Farmer is a widely published academic on modern American, European and British history. He taught history to students of all ages for all his working life. He was Head of History at the University of Cumbria until retiring in 2006.
zlib_text: Britain and the 
  American Colonies
  1740–89
  access to history
  
  Britain and the 
  American Colonies
  1740–89
  Alan Farmer
  access to history
  AN HACHETTE UK COMPANY
  
  Study guides written in 2008, by Sally Waller (AQA) and Angela Leonard (Edexcel).
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