XL. 1775. June 17. On the other hand, Ward, in a general order, ex- CHAP. pressed thanks to "the officers and soldiers who behaved so gallantly at the late action in Charlestown;" and in words which expressed the conviction of the American camp, he added, "we shall finally come off victorious, and triumph over the enemies of freedom and America." Washington, as he heard the narrative of the events of the day, was confirmed in his habitual belief that the liberties of America would be preserved. "Americans will fight," wrote Franklin on the occasion, to his English friends; "England has lost her colonies for ever." END OF VOL. VII. A History of the Unite States, FROM THE DISCOVERY OF THE AMERICAN CONTINENT. BY GEORGE BANCROFT. Vols. I. to VI. 8vo. PUBLISHED BY LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY, 112 Washington Street, Boston. THE publishers invite the attention of the readers of the present volume of Mr. Bancroft's History of the United States to the first six volumes of the work, "the distinguished merits of which have been gratefully acknowledged by his countrymen." A glance at the following Table of Contents will indicate the special topics treated in these volumes; and as to the manner of treatment, the readers of the new volume will not need any recommendation to induce them to peruse the others, if they have not already done so. CONTENTS OF VOLUME I. CHAPTER I. Early Voyages.-French Settlements. III. England takes possession of the United States. V. Slavery. - Dissolution of the London Company. VII. Colonization of Maryland. VIII. The Pilgrims. XVI. The People called Quakers in the United States. XVII. James II. consolidates the Northern Colonies. 2 CONTENTS OF VOLUME III. CHAP. XIX. The Absolute Power of Parliament. XX. France and the Valley of the Mississippi. XXI. France contends for the Fisheries and the Great West. XXII. The Aborigines east of the Mississippi. XXIII. The Colonies of France and England encroach more and more on the Red Men. XXIV. English Encroachments on the Colonial Monopoly of Spain, prepare CONTENTS OF VOLUME IV. CHAPTER I. America claims Legislative Independence of England. - Pelham's Administration. 1748. II. The Royal Governor of New York appeals to the Paramount Power of III. The Exploration of Ohio. - Pelham's Administration continued. IV. America refuses to be ruled by arbitrary instructions. — Pelham's Administration continued. 1751-1753. V. Franklin plans union for the American People. - Pelham's Administra- VI. The Old Thirteen Colonies. - Newcastle's Administration. 1754. New. VIII. England and France contend for the Ohio Valley and for Acadia. - Newcastle's Administration continued. 1755. IX. Great Britain unites America under military rule. - Newcastle's Administration continued. 1755-1756. X. The Whig Aristocracy cannot govern England. tration continued. 1755-1756. Newcastle's Adminis XI. The Whig Aristocracy cannot conquer Canada. - Anarchy in the Admin istration. 1757. XII. The new Protestant powers against the Catholic powers of the Middle XIII. Conquest of the Valley of the West. William Pitt's ministry continued. XIV. The Conquest of Canada. - Pitt's Ministry continued. 1759. XV. Invasion of the Valley of the Tennessee. - Pitt's Administration con- XVI. Possession taken of Michigan and the Country on the Lake. -Pitt's XVII. The King and the Aristocracy against the Great Commoner. — George XVIII. The Acts of Trade provoke Revolution. nial Governments. 1761-1762. 1760-1761. The Remodelling of the Colo XIX. The King drives out the Newcastle Whigs. The dawn of the New Republic. 1762. XX. England, grasping at the Colonies of France and Spain, risks her own. Bute's Ministry. 1762-1763. CHAPTER I. 3 CONTENTS OF VOLUME V. The Continent of Europe. 1763. II. The Continent of Europe. France. 1763. III. England and its Dependencies. 1763. IV. England and its Dependencies continued. 1763. V. Charles Townshend pledges the Ministry of Bute to tax America by the VI. The Triumvirate Ministry pursue the plan of taxing America by Parlia- VII. Pontiac's War. The Triumvirate Ministry continued. May-Septem ber, 1763. VIII. The Treasury enter a minute for an American Stamp Tax. Grenville and Bedford. May-September, 1763. Ministry of IX. Enforcement of the Acts of Navigation. - Grenville's Administration continued. October, 1763 - April, 1764. X. How America received the plan of a Stamp Act. - Grenville's Administration continued. April-December, 1764. XI. The Twelfth Parliament of Great Britain passes the Stamp Act. - Grenville's Administration continued. January-April, 1765. XII. The Ministry offend the King as well as the Colonies. - Grenville's Administration continued. April-May, 1765. XIII. The Day-star of the American Union. April-May, 1765. XIV. South Carolina founds the American Union. June-July, 1765. XV. The Duke of Cumberland forms a Ministry.—The Rockingham Whigs. June-July, 1765. XVI. How the Stamp-officers were handled in America. ministration. August-September, 1765. XVII. America reasons against the Stamp Act. continued. September, 1765. Rockingham's Ad Rockingham's Administration XVIII. The Colonics meet in Congress. — Rockingham's Administration. Octo ber, 1765. XIX. America annuls the Stamp Act. - Rockingham's Administration continued. October - December, 1765. XX. Parliament learns that America has resisted. - Rockingham's Administration continued. December, 1765-January, 1766. XXI. Has Parliament the Right to tax America? - Rockingham's Administration continued. January, 1766. XXII. Parliament affirms its Right to Tax America. tration continued. February, 1766. Rockingham's Adminis XXIII. The Repeal of the Stamp Act. - Rockingham's Administration con tinued. 1766. XXIV. The House of Lords give way with Protests.-Rockingham's Administration continued. February-May, 1766. CONTENTS OF VOLUME VI. CHAP. XXV. The Charter of Massachusetts Bay in peril. - The Fall of the Rockingham Administration. May-July, 1766. XXVI. Coalition of the King and the Great Commoner against the Aristocracy.- |