History of the United States of America, from the Discovery of the Continent, Volumen5

D. Appleton, 1891

CHAPTER	3

FRANCE AND THE UNITED STATES	18

THE RETREAT FROM LONG ISLAND	24

Strength of his army	25

Exertions of Connecticut The defences of New York city and Brooklyn	26

CHAPTER III	39

Arrest of André on his return to New York	48

CHAPTER V	65

DEstaing and the French fleet	372

The spoliation of South Carolina	378

Congress sends Gates to the southern command His relation to congress	384

Rout of Sumter	390

Cornwallis sequesters even debts due to patriots	395

Retreat of Cornwallis The victories and clemency of Marion	401

Antagonism of Virginia and New England	407

Slavery in South Carolina and Georgia In Massachusetts	413

CHAPTER VIII	100

CHAPTER IX	111

Two houses except in Pennsylvania and Georgia How elected	116

Virginia disestablishes the Anglican church The rule in New Jersey	123

Overbearing policy of England toward the United Provinces	132

THE OPENING OF THE CAMPAIGN OF 1777	145

The Howes at variance with Germain	146

Breymanns camp taken Death and burial of Fraser	147

CHAPTER XIV	156

Burgoyne sends German regiments to the East	171

Howe resigns Gates and congress fail in duty	197

The distribution of quotas New Jersey on regulation of commerce	203

His second advance He still fears to attack Returns to Philadelphia	210

Conduct of Washington His enemies shrink back from their purpose	216

Burgoynes troops detained Gist Heroism of Biddle	222

Switzerland The republic of the Netherlands	228

Charles Augustus of SaxeWeimar and his ministers	234

Maurepas Vergennes Necker	266

Characters of the British commissioners Philadelphia evacuated	272

CHAPTER XIX	279

The constitution of South Carolina Plan to conquer the southern states	289

Count Montmorin Florida Blanca abhors American independence	301

Emigration flows westward Fort on the Mississippi Capture of Natchez	315

Pillaging expedition of Tryon into Connecticut	326

Expedition against the Senecas under Sullivan	332

Stormont inquires where to strike the Dutch with profit	363

THE WAR IN THE SOUTH CLINTON AND LINCOLN	366

Decision of its supreme judicial court	419

Clinton gives up offensive operations	425

A convention of states at Boston propose to invest congress with more	447

For unions sake Virginia surrenders lands to congress	453

THE PEOPLE of AMERICA TAKE THEIR EQUAL STATION AMONG	459

Congress yields to France its instructions for peace	463

Rockingham and his friends accept power 553	469

CHAPTER II	476

Masterly retreat before Cornwallis	490

Importunity of Charles Lee Attempts to negotiate with Washington	491

He occupies Hobkirks Hill near Camden	498

The British retreat to Charleston	504

Cornwallis sends out two expeditions	510

March of the joint army to the southward	516

Cornwallis surrenders his army as prisoners of war	522

The Dutch republic recognises American independence	528

Franklin initiates a negotiation for peace	534

Franklin persuades Shelburne and the king to let Oswald negotiate with him	540

William Pitt enters the ministry War of Fox on Shelburne	546

Opinion of John Adams Jays cavils with the commission	552

An officer invites Washington to become king His answer	558

Jay refuses the offer	564

Jay capitulates and attempts to negotiate directly with Shelburne	567

Progress of the peace negotiation	573

John Adams claims the right of fishing near the coast	579

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Título	History of the United States of America, from the Discovery of the Continent, Volumen5 History of the United States of America, from the Discovery of the Continent, George Bancroft
Autor	George Bancroft
Editor	D. Appleton, 1891
Procedencia del original	Universidad de California
Digitalizado	27 Feb. 2009

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