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COPYRIGHT,

BY GEORGE BANCROFT,

1858, 1860, 1876, 1884.

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CONTENTS OF THE FOURTH VOLUME.

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

IN FIVE EPOCHS.

III-AMERICA TAKES UP ARMS FOR SELF-DEFENCE AND ARRIVES AT

INDEPENDENCE.

CHAPTER I.

AMERICA SUSTAINS THE TOWN OF BOSTON.

May 1774.

The American revolution. Its necessity. Its principle

Most cherished in America. Britain should have offered independence.
Infatuation of the king and parliament. Port act received in Boston
Meeting of nine committees. The tea not to be paid for
Circular to the colonies. Boston town-meeting. Gage arrives

His character. Firmness of Newburyport, Salem, and Boston
New York Sons of Liberty propose a general congress
Formation of a conservative party

Effect of the port act in Connecticut and Providence

New York committee of fifty-one.

Baltimore, the model. New Hampshire. New Jersey

Sympathy of South Carolina for Boston. Virginia

Its burgesses appoint a fast; are dissolved; hold a meeting

Convention called in Virginia. North Carolina. Union of the country

CHAPTER II.

PREPARATIONS FOR A GENERAL CONGRESS.