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CONTENTS OF VOL. 1
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| Causes which led to the contest | 254 |
| M. Guizot's philosophical remarks | 254 |
| Policy of the English government in having ten | |
| thousand troops in America | 256 |
| Walpole's view as to taxation—Grenville's plan | 257 |
| How the news was received in America | 258 |
| Resolution of the General Court in Massachusetts | 258 |
| Instructions to the agent in England | 259 |
| Otis's bold pamphlet—Action in the other colonies | 259 |
| Reasons for delaying the passage of the stamp act | 259 |
| View of the colonists on this point | 259 |
| Excitement in regard to it; but urged forward | 260 |
| Ignorance in England of America | 260 |
| Taxation and representation inseparable | 260 |
| Townshend's inquiry—Barré's eloquent rejoinder | 261 |
| Franklin's letter to Thompson—The "quartering act" | 262 |
| Patrick Henry and the Virginia Assembly | 262 |
| Henry's speech—Colonial Congress recommended | 263 |
| Popular outbreaks in various places | 264 |
| Assembling of the Colonial Congress in New York | 265 |
| No stamps allowed to be used | 265 |
| No stamps allowed to be used | 266 |
| Riot in New York—Stamp act treated with contempt | 266 |
| "Sons of Liberty"—Parliament of 1766 | 267 |
| Pitt's great speech—Grenville's speech—Pitt's reply | 268 |
| Franklin's evidence before the House of Commons | 270 |
| Repeal of the stamp act carried | 271 |
| Camden's views—The king's assent | 272 |
| General joy in England at this result | 272 |
| Appendix to ChapterX. | |
| I Franklin's letter to W. Alexander, Esq | 273 |
| II The Stamp Act | 274 |
| II The Stamp Act | 275 |
| II The Stamp Act | 276 |
| II The Stamp Act | 277 |
| II The Stamp Act | 278 |
| CHAPTER XI. | |
| 1766-1774. | |
| PROGRESS OF THE CONTEST. | |
| Repeal of the stamp act acceptable | 279 |
| Conway's circular letter | 279 |
| Governor Bernard's offensive course | 280 |
| Change of feeling in America | 280 |
| Eminent statesmen and orators of the day | 281 |
| Pendleton, Bland, Wythe, R. H. Lee, Jefferson | 281 |
| S. Adams, Hancock, Gushing, Bowdoin, Quincy, etc | 282 |
| Rutledge, Gadsden, Laurens, Ramsay | 285 |
| Change in the English ministry | 285 |
| Townshend urged on by Grenville to tax America | 286 |
| M. Guizot's statements—"Letters of a Farmer" | 286 |
| M. Guizot's statements—"Letters of a Farmer" | 287 |
| Petition to the king | 287 |
| Bernard's course—Spirit of the Assembly | 288 |
| Bernard's course—Spirit of the Assembly | 289 |
| Case of the sloop Liberty | 289 |
| Excitement in Boston caused by impressment | 290 |
| Arrival of the troops—Indignation of the Bostonians | 291 |
| The general court refuse to act | 292 |
| Progress of the dispute with Bernard | 292 |
| Course pursued by other colonies | 293 |
| Right of taxation still maintained | 293 |
| Vacillating course of the English ministry | 294 |
| Reconciliation hardly possible | 294 |
| The "Boston massacre"—Trial of Preston, etc. | 295 |
| The "Boston massacre"—Trial of Preston, etc. | 296 |
| Noble course of Quincy and Adams | 296 |
| Lord North's proposal—Pownall's views | 297 |
| Salaries of the governor and judges to be paid by | |
| the crown | 297 |
| Very offensive to the people—Case of the Gaspé | 297 |
| Very offensive to the people—Case of the Gaspé | 298 |
| Hutchinson's letters—Excitement | 298 |
| Franklin's share in the matter | 298 |
| Action in Virginia—A crisis at hand | 299 |
| Determination that the tea should not be landed | 299 |
| The famous "Boston Tea Party" | 301 |
| Insurrection in North Carolina | 303 |
| Daniel Boone—Emigration to America | 304 |
| Daniel Boone—Emigration to America | 305 |
| Ohio Indians—Speech of Logan | 307 |
| Religious sects and influence—Colleges | 307 |
| Religious sects and influence—Colleges | 308 |
| CHAPTER XII. | |
| 1774-1775. | |
| AMERICA RESISTS AGGRESSION—THE CRISIS. | |
| Collision inevitable | 308 |
| Ignorance in England of the spirit and energy of | |
| Americans—The king's message | 309 |
| The Boston port bill—Boston to be punished | 310 |
| Bill for regulating government of Massachusetts | 310 |
| Chatham's and Burke's opposition | 311 |
| Gage, governor of Massachusetts | 311 |
| Views of a town meeting held in Boston | 312 |
| Quincy's "Observations on the Boston Port Bill" | 313 |
| Action of the Virginia House of Burgesses | 313 |
| Washington's views and course | 313 |
| A general congress recommended | 313 |
| Delegates to general congress appointed | 315 |
| Port of Boston closed on the 1st of June | 316 |
| "Solemn League and Covenant" | 316 |
| Other coercive measures put in force | 316 |
| Preparation for probable collision | 317 |
| Gage fortifies Boston Neck | 317 |
| Recent acts virtually nullified | 318 |
| Meeting of the First Continental Congress | 318 |
| Illustrious men among its members | 319 |
| Henry's and Lee's speeches—Prayers daily | 319 |
| The "Declaration of Colonial Rights" | 320 |
| Measures resolved upon by Congress | 324 |
| Ability of the papers issued by Congress | 325 |
| Preparation for war—Boston at this time | 326 |
| Proceedings of Congress generally approved | 327 |
| Lord North's course—Silly braggadocio | 328 |
| The king's feelings—Chatham's eloquent speech | 329 |
| Course pursued by Parliament | 333 |
| North's conciliatory plan—Burke's and Hartley's | 333 |
| North's conciliatory plan—Burke's and Hartley's | 334 |
| Gage's course—His force in Boston | 334 |
| His rash procedure—Battle of Lexington | 335 |
| Appendix to Chapter XII. | |
| I. An Association signed by eighty-nine mem- | |
| bers of the late House of Burgesses | 337 |
| II. Address to the People of Great Britain | 338 |
| III. Address to the Inhabitants of the Anglo-Amer- | |
| ican Colonies | 342 |
| IV. Petition to the King | 348 |
