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CHAP. VII-Operations of 1773...Virginia Resolves... Proceed-
ings of the Massachusetts Assembly...Discovery of a secret
correspondence.....Proceedings thereupon....Speech of Mr.
Wedderburn...The King refuses to remove Governour Hutch-
-inson...East India Company send over their Tea... The Ame-
ricans refuse to have it landed...Burning of the Tea at Bos-
ton.
CHAP. VIII-Events of 1774..Parliamentary proceedings..Bos-
ton Port Bill...Subversion of the Charter...Recall of Govern-
our Hutchinson...General Gage succeeds him...Proceedings of
Virginia on the Boston Port Bill...Governour Dunmore dis-
solves the House of Burgesses...Proceedings of the other Co-
lonies...Massachusetts General Court meet at Salem...1st of
June observed as a day of fasting and prayer...Secret pro-
ceedings of the General Court at Salem...Their resolve to-
call a General Congress...Adoption of that measure by the
other Colonies, and appointment of Deputies.
CHAP. IX.-Events of 1774 continued...Conduct of General
Gage...Meeting of the people of Suffolk...Governour's Ca-
dets disband themselves...Meeting of the Congress...Sundry
resolutions thereof... Their letter to General Gage... Declara-
tion of Rights...Articles of Association...Addresses to the
King and People...General Gage calls a meeting of the Ge-
neral Court....Countermands the order...The members as-
semble to form a Provincial Congress... Their proceedings...
Conduct of the other Colonies.
CHAP. X-Events of 1775...Proceedings of the British Parlia-
ment...Speech of Lord Chatham....Lord North's Fishery
Bill...his conciliatory propositions...extraordinary confes-
sions of some Noble Lords...People of New Hampshire seize
the powder at the Fort...Movement of Colonel Leslie...Quar-
rel in New York...Affair of Lexington and Concord...Exploit
of the Reverend Mr. Payson...Seizure of the powder in Vir-
ginia...Conduct of Patrick Henry...Lord North's conciliato-
ry proposals received...Affair of Ticonderoga...Conduct of
General Gage to the people of Boston....Massachusetts Con- .
gress meet...appoint Generals... Adams and Hancock declar.
ed outlaws... Continental Congress meet...their proceedings...
Hancock appointed President... Washington appointed Com-
mander in Chief...Battle of Breed's Hill...its consequences, 227
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the strange mixture in his administration...Mr. Townsend
made Chancellor of the Exchequer....Mr. Pitt accepts the title
and dignities of Earl of Chatham...Mr. Grenville's Prohibito-
ry Act against New York...its effects upon the other Colo-
nies... Arrival of British troops in Boston...consequences
thereof...Mr. Townsend's plan for taxing the Colonies...Ef-
fects of his measures upon the Americans...Death of Mr.
Townsend, and appointment of Lord North...Lord Chatham
resigns, and is succeeded by the Earl of Bristol...Lord Hills-
borough made Secretary of State for the Colonies...Resolu-
tions of Boston town meetings...Circular Letter of the Mas-
sachusetts Assembly... The Farmer's Letters...Governour
Bernard dissolves the Legislature...effects of this violence...
Seizure of Mr. Hancock's sloop...riot in consequence there-
of...Board of Trade remove from Boston...Meeting at Faneuil
Hall... Arrival of a British squadron and two regiments at
Boston... The Governour quarters them in Faneuil Hall...Re-
solutions of the merchants... Letter of the Philadelphia mer-
chants to their agents in London... Revival of the Statute of
Henry VIII...Resolutions of the Virginia House of Burgess-
es... The Governour dissolves them...Other Assemblies also
dissolved...Conduct of Governour Bernard...his recall...and
character...Different conduct of Governour Bottetourt...Lord
Hillsborough's Circular...Sentiments of the Philadelphia
merchants on his conciliatory proposition.
CHAP. VI.-State of affairs in England...Ineffectual opposition
of the friends of America to the Ministry... Lord North suc-
ceeds the Duke of Grafton as First Lord of the Treasury...
His motion for the partial repeal of the Port Duties...Debates
thereon...Riot at Boston between the soldiers and ropema-
kers... Several of the people killed by the soldiers...Mr. Hutch-
inson refuses to remove the troops from Boston...Funeral
pomp at the burial of those killed...Liberty poles erected in
New York...Assembly of Massachusetts convened at Cam-
bridge...Their remonstrances on account of it...Trial of Cap-
tain Preston and his soldiers...Honourable conduct of Mr.
Adams and Mr. Quincey...Mr. Hutchinson made Govern-
our and Captain General...Affair of the Gaspee at Rhode Is-
land...Instructions of the town of Petersham to their consti-
tuents...General feeling of the people on the first measures of
Lord North's administration.
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CHAP. VII-Operations of 1773...Virginia Resolves...Proceed-
correspondence....Proceedings thereupon.....Speech of Mr.
- inson...East India Company send over their Tea... The Ame-
ceedings of the General Court at Salem..Their resolve to-
call a General Congress... Adoption of that measure by the
dets disband themselves...Meeting of the Congress....Sundry
resolutions thereof... Their letter to General Gage...Declara-
tion of Rights...Articles of Association... Addresses to the
semble to form a Provincial Congress...Their proceedings...
sions of some Noble Lords... People of New Hampshire seize
of the Reverend Mr. Payson... Seizure of the powder in Vir-
ry proposals received...Affair of Ticonderoga... Conduct of
General Gage to the people of Boston...Massachusetts Con- .
gress meet...appoint Generals...Adams and Hancock declar
Hancock appointed President... Washington appointed Com.
mander in Chief... Battle of Breed's Hill.its consequences. 227
CHAP. XI.-Events of 1775 continued...Proceedings of Con-
gress...declaration, showing the cause of taking up arms...Pe-
tition to the King...the answer of Lord Dartmouth...Proceed-
ings of the Congress...Dr. Franklin made Post Master Gene-
ral...Colonial convention...Lord Dunmore's conduct...Design
of Connolly frustrated...Lord Dunmore, on board the Fowey,
requires the attendance of the Virginia Burgesses...they re-
fuse to attend... They appoint Patrick Henry Commander in
Chief of the Colonial force...Dunmore declares freedom to the
Slaves... Battle of the Great Bridge...Rivington's Press de-
stroyed in New York...Destruction of several towns in New
England...Expedition to Canada...Siege of Quebec...Colonel
Allen made prisoner...Death of Montgomery...parallel drawn
between Montgomery and Wolfe...Arnold wounded...his gal-
lant conduct and laborious march...Licentious conduct of the
British in Boston. 268
CHAP. XII.-Events of 1776...Reasons for the invasion of Cana-
da...Distresses of Arnold...Dunmore burns the town of Nor-
folk... Proceedings of the British Parliament...Duke of Graf-
ton resigns...Mr. Penn examined before the House...Several
conciliatory propositions rejected...Lord North's Prohibitory
Bill...Motion of Mr. Fox...Mr. Hartley's motions...His Majes-
ty's Hessian treaties...Americans alter their flag...Heights of
Dorchester taken possession of by the Americans... General
Howe abandons Boston... Washington enters it in triumph...
Arnold retires from before Quebec...General Frazer is re-
pulsed from Three Rivers...Affair at the Cedars...Arnold re-
treats from Montreal..Retreat of General Sullivan from Cana-
da...Lee arrives at New York...Pursues Clinton...Affair of
Moore's Creek Bridge...Attack on Sullivan's Island...Brave
defence of Fort Moultrie...Operations of Commodore Hop-
kins...Commissioners sent to Canada... Lee gives notice in
Congress of his intended motion for independence....Pro-
ceedings of the Colonies thereon....Secret proceedings on
Lee's motion...Independence declared. 308
CHAP. XII.-Effect of the Declaration... Vigorous preparations
of the British Ministry...Letters of Washington....Resolutions
of Congress...Miscellaneous Summary...Inquiry into the cap-
ture of the Cedars...Commencement of the system of retalia-
tion...Reflections on its policy...Letters...Orders...Miscellane-
ous Reflections...Admiral and General Howe arrive as Com-
missioners...Etiquette observed in their intercourse with
Washington...Crown Point abandoned....State of prepara-
tions... British vessels pass up the North River..Remarks.
CHAP. XIV. Events of 1776 continued...Necessities of the A-
merican army...Backwardness of their supplies...State of pre-
paration... Orders, letters, remarks...Attempt to entice the fo-
reigners from the British service...Enterprise against the ene-
my's vessels in the North River...Battle on Long Island; re-
treat of the Americans...Reflections.
CHAP. XV. Effect of the Defeat on Long Island...State of the
Army...Negociations with Lord Howe...Preparations of the
enemy for cutting off the communication between the main
army and the Eastern States... Shameful flight at Kipp's Bay...
Evacuation of New York...Reflections...Arrangement of Con-
gress for a rigorous prosecution of the war...Spirited conduct
of the troops who had lately fled at the approach of an ene-
my... Retreat to the White Plains... Loss of Fort Washington...
Evacuation of Fort Lee...Melancholy prospect of the Ame-
ricans...Reflections.
CHAP. XVI-Interesting remarks on the state of the army...De-
feat of Arnold on the Lakes...State of preparations at Ti-
conderoga...Advantages gained by the British in the cam-
paign...Heroick determination of Washington..His retreat
through the Jerseys...Desperate situation of American af-
fairs...Capture of General Lee...Issue of the campaign...
Measures of Congress... Brilliant affair at Trenton; at Prince-
ton... Their effects on the publick mind...Skirmishing..Treat-
ment of Prisoners.
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