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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-

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.

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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

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.
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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.
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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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