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

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Washingtons Mission to Fort Le Bœuf 69 The First Fort at Pittsburg
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Measures of the Colonies 73 Plans for Taxes by Parliament 73 Washing
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THE OLD THIRTEEN COLONIES NEWCASTLES ADMINISTRATION 1754
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Georgia 84 South Carolina 85 North Carolina 86Virginia 86 Mary
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New England 96Its Traditions 101Its Creed
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to the Lords 106State of the Whig Party 107 Policy towards New York
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He visits Pitt 458The Silk Weavers become Riotous 458 Bedfords
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Shirleys Plans 112 Franklins Opinions of them 112 Shirley on Franklin
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Plan for 1755 p 119 Howe captures the Alcide and the Lys 120
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The Defeat 125Death of Braddock 125General Consternation 126 Peace
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They are disarmed 129 The English take Beau Séjour 130 The Removal
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Shirley fails to reach Niagara 141 His Opinion on Indepen
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Houses 156Capture of Oswego by Montcalm 157 Loudoun uses his Army
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CHAPTER XII
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Powers 182 Frederic of Prussia 182State of France 183 The New Alli
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CHAPTER XIII
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Massachusetts 192 Sufferings of the Canadians 192 Amherst and Wolfe
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CHAPTER XIV
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Amherst reaches Crown Point 215Wolfe and Saunders in the St Lawrence
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calm 225Surrender of Quebec
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provokes a War 228The Legislature oppose 229A Council with
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CHAPTER XVI
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Franklin rejoins 244Prophecy of American Independence 246 Plans
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268Pitt proposes to declare War against Spain 269 Is outvoted in the Cabi
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Acts of Trade resisted in Boston 274Speech of James Otis on Writs
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CHAPTER XIX
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after the Peace 290 No more Judges but at the Kings Will 291 The King
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CHAPTER V
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American Standing Army proposed 364Plan of taxing America 364
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Ministry Incomplete 372Affair of Wilkes 372Whately 373Jackson
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Josephs 379Fort Pitt threatened 379Loss of Fort Miami 380Of Fort
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The King rejects Pitts Advice 391 Retreat of Bute 391 Bedford joins
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CHAPTER X
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Boston Instructions 420Excitement at New York 420 The Legislature
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tion of the New Provinces 429Canada 429 Vermont 431Spirit of
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of Authority 440His Interview with Franklin 440Soame Jenyns on
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tions against it 449The Stamp Act passes 451Receives the Royal Assent
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of Lords 455Cumberland charged with forming a New Administration
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THE DAYSTAR OF THE AMERICAN UNION AprilMay 1765
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Action of Virginia 468Patrick Henry 468Meeting of the Massachusetts
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tions on Industry 477Retaliation 478 The Bible for Freedom 478
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Measures of the New Ministry 490
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Master forced to resign 493Riot at Boston 494 General Resignation of
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Adams 501Argument of Dulany 503The Plan of a Congress prevails
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Union 510The English take possession of Illinois 510Colonization
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First of November 519The Press 520Events in New York 521
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bate in the House of Lords 529In the Commons 531Progress of American
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joinder 544Grafton and Conway desire to see Pitt at the Head of the Gov
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vises to enforce the Stamp Act 559 The Division 560Mansfield and Rous
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House of Lords 567It is reversed in the House of Commons 568
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The Repeal resolved upon 574Opinions of Scotland
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cries for Freedom and Equality 578 Bland of Virginia finds a Remedy
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Page 359 - Britain; and that the King's Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal and Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled, had, hath and of right ought to have, full power and authority to make laws and statutes of sufficient force and validity to bind the colonies and people of America, subjects of the Crown of Great Britain in all cases whatsoever.
Page 547 - At the same time let the sovereign authority of this country over the colonies be asserted in as strong terms as can be devised, and be made to extend to every point of legislation, that we may bind their trade, confine their manufactures, and exercise every power whatsoever, except that of taking their money out of their pockets without their consent.
Page 425 - The hand that rounded Peter's dome And groined the aisles of Christian Rome Wrought in a sad sincerity; Himself from God he could not free; He builded better than he knew; The conscious stone to beauty grew.
Page 103 - Whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation. And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and he doeth according to his will in the armies of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth...
Page 439 - I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scene and design in Providence for the illumination of the ignorant, and the emancipation of the slavish part of mankind all over the earth.
Page 222 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Page 547 - Upon the whole, I will beg leave to tell the House what is really my opinion. It is that the Stamp Act be repealed absolutely, totally, and immediately; that the reason for the repeal be assigned, because it was founded upon an erroneous principle.
Page 296 - ... at plough. Secondly, These laws also ought to be designed for no other end ultimately, but the good of the people. Thirdly, They must not raise taxes on the property of the people, without the consent of the people, given by themselves or their deputies.
Page 309 - tis rough and narrow, And winds with short turns down the precipice ; And in its depth there is a mighty rock, Which has, from unimaginable years, Sustained itself with terror and with toil Over a gulf, and with the agony With which it clings seems slowly coming down...
Page 546 - I was at pains to collect, to digest, to consider them ; and I will be bold to affirm, that the profits to Great Britain from the trade of the colonies, through all its branches, is two millions a year. This is the fund that carried you triumphantly through the last war, The estates that were rented at two thousand pounds a year, threescore years ago, are at three thousand pounds at present. Those estates sold then from fifteen to eighteen years purchase; the same may now be sold for thirty.

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