A succinct view of the origin of our colonies : with their civil state, founded by Queen Elizabeth, corroborated by succeeding princes, and confirmed by acts of Parliament : whereby the nature of the empire established in America, and the errors of various hypotheses formed thereupon, may be clearly understood : with observations on the commercial, beneficial and perpetual union of the colonies with this kingdom : being an extract from an essay lately published, entitled The freedom of speech and writing, &c.