The king and Samuel Adams. The new league and covenant

The legislature at Salem. Proceedings of the council. The house

More troops arrive

Firmness of the people

Massachusetts appoints time and place for the continental congress

Gage dissolves its assembly

John Adams in Boston town-meeting

Promptness of Rhode Island and of Maryland

Generous conduct of Marblehead and Salem. Intrigues of Gage

Boston town-meeting approve their committee of correspondence

Address to Hutchinson. Gage's proclamation

Threats of arrest not executed

Hutchinson reaches England. His interview with the king

The king confident. Boston ministered to by the Carolinas

Connecticut. Quebec. Delaware. Maryland

And by Virginia .

Public spirit in New York. State of parties

Character of John Jay. New York delegates to congress

Opposition to the nomination in the New York committee

South Carolina elects its deputies. Timidity of Dickinson

Pennsylvania chooses its deputies.

Compromise between the parties in New York

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New Jersey. New Hampshire

Virginia convention. Paper by Jefferson. The slave-trade forbidden .

Opinions of Washington

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France leans to the colonies. Gage receives the regulating act. Its character.

Two other acts against Massachusetts. Boston consults the country towns

Answer from Pepperell

Spirit of resistance. Thomas Gardner. Number of the militia. Putnam
Charles Lee. Opinions of Hawley. Courts of New Hampshire broken up
Mandamus councillors. Ruggles. Timothy Paine. Murray
Willard resigns. Watson. Massachusetts delegates in Connecticut
They reach the Hudson. New York disinclined to war.

Suffolk county convention. Convention of three counties in Boston

Court at Springfield interrupted. Supreme court in Boston.
Middlesex convention at Concord.

CHAPTER IV.

THE FIRST AMERICAN CONGRESS.

September-October 1774.

Gage seizes the powder of the province. The people rise

More councillors resign. Good conduct of the people. Opinions of Fox

Rising of the people. Courage of Putnam. Consequences of the rising

Gage requires more troops. Wishes to raise Canadians and Indians

England seeks Indian alliances

Gage fortifies Boston. The court at Worcester interrupted

The Suffolk convention. Its resolutions

Formation of regiments. Fearlessness of Warren

Massachusetts wishes to revive its old charter. The congress organized

The method of voting. Speech of Patrick Henry

The vote by colonies conceded. Congress is opened with prayer

The psalm for the day. The foundation and extent of colonial rights

Influence of Samuel Adams. Congress approve the Suffolk resolutions

Dissolution of parliament. Uncertainty of Gage.

Gage avoids meeting the Massachusetts assembly

The general congress find their grievances to be innovations

Congress accept the acts of navigation. Plan of Galloway

His defeat. Pennsylvania elects Dickinson to congress

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Sympathy of congress for Boston. Maryland punishes the importers of tea
A letter from Washington. The resistance of Massachusetts approved
Sentence passed upon cleven acts of parliament

Congress threaten to stop British imports and exports

The slave-trade discontinued. Congress address the British people
Congress petition the king

Independence not yet desired

Preparations for war which Henry predicts

CHAPTER V.

HOW BRITAIN BEGAN CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION, AND HOW VIRGINIA NULLI-

Their address to the Canadians. Virginia opposes the Quebec act

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Restoration of the French system of law. Canadian nobility conciliated
Establishment of the Catholic worship.

Congress get the better of their bigotry against Catholics

Dunmore's rapacity

He occupies Pittsburg and its dependencies. The backwoodsmen
They take revenge for murders by Indians

October 1774-January 20, 1775.

Hopefulness of Warren. Venality of seats in parliament
Westminster elects tories; Burke succeeds in Bristol
Gage reports the state of America

Opinions of the king, the lords, the commons; of Franklin

Confidence of the ministry

Fortitude of Massachusetts. Seizures in Rhode Island; in New Hampshire. 94

Condition of Massachusetts. Its clergy. Magnanimity of Boston

The king receives the petition of congress

Britain unequal to the war.

Jamaica offers its mediation. Views of the French ministry

Chatham's position. His interview with Franklin

Chatham and Rockingham differ.

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Lord Howe in vain negotiates with Franklin

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The king's anger at Chatham. The debate in the house of lords
Good effects of Chatham's speech

CHAPTER VII.

THE KING DECLARES MASSACHUSETTS IN REBELLION.

January-February 1775.

Firm union of the continent. The policy of Georgia

The conduct of Pennsylvania and New Jersey

The old New York assembly sends no delegates to the next congress

The press of New York. Pamphlets of Alexander Hamilton

Parliament unrelenting. Instructions to Gage to act offensively.

Chatham interposes with a plan for reconcilement

It is scouted at in the house of lords

Chatham extols Franklin and inveighs against the ministers

The house of commons declare Massachusetts in rebellion

Interview with Franklin. Renewed debate in the house of commons

Violent debate in the house of lords

Parliament promise on their lives and honor to suppress the rebellion.

CHAPTER VIII.

THE SPIRIT OF NEW ENGLAND.

February-March 1775.

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Lord North consults Franklin on sending commissioners to America

His plan hateful to the house of commons. Appointment of Howe as general 128

Of Lord Howe as admiral and commissioner; of Clinton and Burgoyne

Holland rudely menaced

Opinions on Lord North's proposal. Spirit of the Dutch Americans

Of western Virginia. Of South Carolina. Of Boston.

Confidence of the king

Expedition to Salem.

Oration of Warren on the fifth of March

Irritation of the army in Boston

CHAPTER IX.

THE KING AWAITS NEWS OF SUCCESS.

March-May 1775.

Character of Samuel Johnson

Wesley for the court

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Camden speaks for the Americans. Sandwich calls them cowards
Franklin's interview with the French minister; with Edmund Burke

He sails for America. His frank sincerity

Edmund Burke vainly proposes his plan of conciliation.

Vermont

Delaware. Conservative character of Virginia

Its second convention. Henry proposes measures of defence

His plan, after debate, is adopted.

Dunmore carries off gunpowder from the magazine of the colony

The people threaten to rise; Dunmore to free and arm the slaves.

Moderating advice prevails in Virginia .

Vigorous measures in New York.

Massachusetts soothes the Indians and prepares for war

Fresh orders to Gage to act on the offensive. Dalrymple's pamphlet

How far Lord North was false. The king confident. Europe on the watch. 151

The city of London intercedes for America. Confidence of Hutchinson

The king sure of New York.

CHAPTER X.

TO LEXINGTON AND CONCORD, AND BACK TO BOSTON.

April 19, 1775.

Gage sends an expedition to Concord .

Revere's ride. The news reaches Concord and Acton

The militia and alarm-men of Lexington turn out.

The conflict at Lexington

The village martyrs

Prophecy of Samuel Adams. The people of Concord rally
The British enter Concord. Isaac Davis and the men of Acton
The British begin the destruction of stores

The beginning of the revolution

The siege of Boston. Import of the nineteenth of April 1775

CHAPTER XI.

The British officers put to shame. How Percy forgot himself

Wrongs of the people of Boston

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The voice of Connecticut

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Want of military stores. Proposed expedition against Quebec

Want of money. Massachusetts needs a government of its own

Formation of an American army

Character of Greene of Rhode Island

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