A History of the United States , from the Discovery of the American Continent. [1st Ed.]., Volume 6

Little, Brown, 1854

CHAPTER XXV	3

Act 3Weakness of the Ministry 4Views of Americans 5Events in Mas	16

18Displeasure of Rockingham 22Character of his Administration	23

CHAPTER XXVII	30

nois 32The West 33North Carolina 34The Regulators 35Progress	49

51Shelburnes Colonial policy 52Opposed by the king 55by factions	51

hams Administration	61

the House of Lords 65Choiseul sends De Kalb to America 66The Brit	84

CHAPTER XLI	283

nard with the Legislature 285He removes it to Cambridge 287It refuses	290

OReilly and his Army 293Arrests 294Trials and executions 295Cen	298

Hutchinson as Governor 303New York enforces nonimportation	308

317All parts of the British Empire have a common cause 318Voluntary	317

Assemblies in England 319A free Press 320Debates on the popular dis	325

chants 329Troops supplied with ammunition 330Conflict with	346

retains the Preamble and the tax on Tea 352By a small majority 353	353

ville 89Failure of the Coalition 92Policy of Choiseul 94Discontent	100

CHAPTER XXXI	107

nial Secretary 109His Colonial Policy 110His interview with Johnson	125

discourages Importations 129Du Chatelet goes to England as Ambassador	140

approves the measures of Massachusetts 146The Thirteenth Parliament	147

chusetts 150Ships and Regiments ordered to Boston	153

The Commissioners of the Revenue withdraw from Boston 157Boston	160

refuses to rescind 163Is dissolved 165Progress of Opinion 166Choi	170

THE TOWNS OF MASSACHUSETTS MEET IN CONVENTION HILLSBOROUGHS	173

British Cabinet towards America 176Boston celebrates the Fourteenth	183

The coming of troops announced 195Boston Town Meeting	196

troops within the Town 201Meeting of the Convention 202Firmness	205

tering them 209Return of the Commissioners 211Shelburne dismissed	213

advocates reform 216Affairs at New Orleans 217The people expel	219

Stuart negotiates a boundary with the Cherokees 225Treaty with the	234

Character of Boston	240

ness of Boston 247New Election in New York 248Letters of Bernard	252

Debate in the House of Commons 253Speculations of the Statesmen	259

wish its independence 262Contrast of England and Spain 265Firmness	276

Character of Thurlow 358Hutchinson meets the Assembly at Cambridge	359

NonImportation Agreements	365

diers 374Election of Franklin as Agent	374

on the Watauga 381The Regulators of North Carolina 381Husbands	384

dismissed 388Grenvilles friends join the British Ministry 389Grievances	398

Samuel Adams plans Correspondence and Union 407Conduct of Hutchin	420

with New England 425Samuel Adams proposes Committees of Correspond	435

Towns of Massachusetts meet and correspond 437Case of the Gaspee	441

445The Towns continue to meet 446South Carolina 447Answer	445

the Council of Massachusetts 448Of the House 448The Commissioners	454

the Massachusetts Assembly to discuss the Supreme Power of Parliament	459

Effect of the proposition 456The King in favor of Coercion 457Leave	463

prepares resistance 465He plans a Congress 466Secret Circular 469	469

Of the people of Illinois 471The Public Meeting in Boston 473Town	487

between Temple and Whately 492State of feeling in England 492in	494

the Lords of Council 499Debate in the House of Lords 500Franklin	501

of March 509Unanimous Address to the King 510Penal measures against	514

ton Port Bill in the House of Lords 518Debate on repealing the Duty	527

Title	A History of the United States , from the Discovery of the American Continent. [1st Ed.]., Volume 6 A History of the United States , from the Discovery of the American Continent. [1st Ed.], George Bancroft
Author	George Bancroft
Publisher	Little, Brown, 1854
Original from	the University of California
Digitized	9 Oct 2009

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