Passage: Rashin irin wannan babban yanki na Birtaniya Amurka, a lokacin da Birtaniya ta fi yawan jama'a a ƙasashen waje, wasu masana tarihi sun gani a matsayin abin da ya faru wanda ya bayyana sauyi tsakanin "na farko" da "na biyu" na mulkin mallaka, wanda Birtaniya ta mayar da hankalinta daga Amurka zuwa Asiya, Pacific da kuma Afrika. Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations, wanda aka wallafa a 1776, ya yi jayayya cewa mallaka sun kasance marasa amfani, kuma cewa cinikayya kyauta ya kamata ya maye gurbin tsohuwar manufofin kasuwanci wanda ya nuna halin da ake ciki na farko na mulkin mallaka, baya ga kariya na Spain da Portugal Wars.
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