History of the United States of America, from the Discovery of the Continent, Volume 3

D. Appleton, 1888

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION	1

CHAPTER XXV	3

House of commons	7

Life in towns Life in the country	13

Its conquest The Irish parliament	19

Their possessing lands	25

Shelburne	31

Of Presque Isle	46

Bernard advises coercion	222

Effect of Chathams ill health	228

ScotchIrish Presbyterians 28	232

Shelburnes candor	235

Hutchinson usurps a seat in council Dispute on billeting troops	239

CHAPTER XIX	245

Strength of the opposition	253

Rockingham negotiates with Bedford and Grenville Failure of the coalition	259

The king invites Pitt to enter the ministry Rejects his advice	53

Virginia and the West	55

CHAPTER XI	59

Navy and army assist to enforce them The seaguard	61

Washington on the Ohio	62

Grenville opposes an American civil list	68

The teaship at Charleston At Philadelphia	69

Advises the colonies to consent to the stamp act His selfsatisfaction	74

CHAPTER XXX	75

His motion	77

Otis on colonies	80

Canada as a British province	86

Of Carolina and Virginia	92

Virtual representation	119

AMERICA REPELS ITS STAMPTAX ADMINISTRATION OF ROCKINGHAM	134

Union formed Answer of the Massachusetts legislature to the governor	155

Events in New York	161

English liberty sustains America Effect of Cumberlands death	166

Union projected Spirit of the press	172

Of Conway Of Grenville	178

Grafton desires Pitt as chief minister	184

Of Mansfield	194

Reversed in the house of commons A further difference	200

The repeal resolved upon	204

Debate on the repeal The repeal is carried The Bedford protest	210

Views of the Americans	216

The Farmers Letters	265

He pensions Hutchinson	271

Massachusetts discourages importations	277

State of the question	280

The thirteenth parliament Progress of opinion in the colonies	286

CHAPTER XXIII	296

The regulators of North Carolina Husbands expelled The riot	303

THE KING AND PARLIAMENT AGAINST THE TOWN OF BOSTON	319

Its nonimportation covenant	348

It refuses supplies to the troops Agreement of the merchants not to import	350

Hutchinson as governor	357

One and the same strife in America and in England	363

Troops supplied with ammunition He capitulates with the merchants	369

The townmeeting on the sixth	375

Lord North retains the preamble and the tax on tea	381

June 1771August 1772	404

Mansfields decision on the slave taken to England	411

CHAPTER XXXII	417

His dejection and meanness More voices from the towns of Massachusetts	442

A public and a townmeeting in Boston The tea consignees refuse to resign	448

The governor refuses the teaship a pass The tea thrown overboard	456

Franklin delivers the address for the removal of Hutchinson	459

Character of Thurlow 384	466

So does John Cartwright	474

Speech of Fox New York teaship The third penal bill	480

Proceedings in parliament 385	484

Title	History of the United States of America, from the Discovery of the Continent, Volume 3 History of the United States of America, from the Discovery of the Continent, George Bancroft
Author	George Bancroft
Publisher	D. Appleton, 1888
Original from	Harvard University
Digitized	20 Jul 2006

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