A look at the militia and provincial troops that were the backbone of preserving British rule in the North American colonies. This is the first part of a three part title.

Introduction -- Chronology -- Royal Troops in North America : New York -- Virginia -- Massachusetts -- Nova Scotia & Newfoundland -- South Carolina -- Royal Regiments raised or organized in North America : Philips' 40th Regiment, 1717- -- Oglethorpe's 42nd Regiment, 1737-48 -- Gooch's 61st (American) Regiment, 1740-46 -- Shirley's & Pepperell's Regiments - 65th & 66th, 1745-48 ; 50th & 51st, 1755-1757 -- 60th (Royal Americans) Regiment, 1755- -- Gage's 80th (Light Armed) Regiment, 1758-63 -- Burton's 95th Regiment, 1761-63 -- Colonial Militias : Organization -- Enlistment -- Equipment -- provinical troops : Early experiments -- The 1740s : the Louisbourg expedition -- The French-Indian War, 1755-63 -- Organization & conditions of service -- Militias & Provincial Troops of individual colonies : Virginia -- New Netherlands -- New Sweden -- The plates -- The index.