Our Country: A Household History for All Readers, from the Discovery of America to the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, Volumen2

Benson John Lossing

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CONTENTS	597

against the American Charters 601Writs of Assistance Denounced by Otis 602His Influ	605

Townshends Schemes 608Grenville Proposes a Stamp Tax 609John Huske 609Samuel	612

Thompson 616The Act and Barres Speech in America 616Patrick Henry and His Resolu	622

can Affairs in Parliament 627Pitts Great Speech 628Repeal of the Stamp Act 629The	636

The Issue 641Hillsboroughs Instructions 641Temper of the other Colonies 642A	647

Patriots and Legislatures 650The Colonies an Unit 650Hopes of the French 652Num	657

CHAPTER VI	663

CHAPTER XXV	911

The Ministerial Plan 915Aggressive Movements 915State of Public Affairs 918Schuyler	921

CHAPTER XXVII	935

goyne 935Battle on Bemiss Heights 936Bad Conduct of Gates and Bravery of Arnold	945

Clintons Stratagem 949Capture of Forts in the Hudson Highlands 949Marauding Expe	953

CHAPTER XXIX	961

CHAPTER XXX	973

chais and the Americans 977A Serious Misunderstanding 977Effects of Burgoynes Sur	981

Landing of Troops there 663Firmness of the Council and Selectmen 664Public Feeling	672

Americans 676James Otis Disabled 677Troops in Boston 678Interference with Popular	687

Tryon and the Regulators 690A Battle on the Alamance 691Cruelty of the Governor 691	691

Crownofficers in America made Independent of the Assemblies 693Obnoxious Letters	699

706The Boston Port Bill 706Opposition of Burke and others 707Charles James Fox	706

Adopted 709Apprehensions of the Ministry 710The Petition for the Removal of Hutchin	714

Liberty Active 716Gage in Boston 716Doings of a TownMeeting 717Action of the Vir	718

People 720Preparations for a General Congress 721Doings in New York 722Minute	728

with Religious Services 734Personal Sketches of the Members 734Hospitalities of Phila	738

Destruction of Tea at Annapolis 743Provincial Congress of Massachusetts Formed 744	744

Preparations for Civil Government and War 745The Country and Events West of the Alle	750

CHAPTER XIII	757

North and the Cabinet 759Policy toward the Americans 760Franklin admitted to	766

Americans not Revolutionists 771Treatment of Battles 771England and Her Colonies	772

774Military Expedition to Concord 775Skirmish at Lexington	778

March for Boston 788Fight at West Cambridge 788Panic at Charlestown 788Account	789

Rule Abolished 793Mecklenberg Declaration of Independence 794Call for Troops	795

tinental Congress 800Declarations of their Views and Intentions 800Petitions and	806

Boston 811Disposition of the Opposing Armies 811Dealings with the Canadians 812	812

818Preparations to Besiege Quebec	821

General Hospital 826The Army Before Boston 826Committee of Congress 826Insub	828

CHAPTER XIX	834

Provinces in 1775 837Exciting Scenes in Virginia 838Battle at Great Bridge 838Destruc	844

in Canada 848Temper of the Canadians 849Commissioners of Congress in Canada 849	849

Clinton in North Carolina 853Battle in Charleston Harbor	856

Washington in New York 860Action of the Continental Congress 861Schuyler and	863

CHAPTER XXII	872

Arrival of British Forces before New York 874Peace Commissioners Foiled 875Lord	880

New York 886The United States and France 886Beaumarchais in England 887Com	890

Fort Washington 894Prisonships and their Victims	896

904The British Army in New Jersey 904Capture of Hessians at Trenton 905Effects of	904

The Mischianza p 985The British Evacuate Philadelphia 987Distress of the Tories	987

The American Army 987Oath of Allegiance 988Lafayette outgenerals the British Com	993

Major Clarke 1001British Forays 1002The British Invade Georgia 1003Relative Position	1004

CHAPTER XXXIII	1010

Savannah 1012Battle at Stono Ferry 1012Character of the Invasion 1012British Maraud	1019

around Ireland 1025Doings on the American Coast 1026Loss of British Vessels 1026	1026

off the Coast of Scotland 1028His Rewards 1032The King and Parliament 1032Ireland	1035

DeKalb 1041Gates in Command 1041Exploits of Sumter and Marion and other Parti	1046

Hamilton and Miss Schuyler 1050British Invasion of New Jersey 1051Murder of	1052

Progress of his Treason 1053Interview between Arnold and André 1054Capture	1059

Laurens and a French Loan 1064Articles of Confederation 1065A Bank Established	1065

Greene Chased by Cornwallis 1068Battle at Guilford Courthouse 1070Fox and Pitt	1072

Augusta 1078Siege of Fort Ninetysix 1078Greene Raises the Siege and Pursues Rawdon	1079

Hayne 1080Greene Pursues Stewart 1081Battle at Eutaw Springs 1081Greene Returns	1088

Philadelphia 1089Scenes in Parliament 1089Negotiations for a Treaty of Peace begun Ic91	1094

Peace 1098Washingtons Farewell Addresses 1099The Two Armies 1099Evacuation	1100

and the Result 1021	1101

Society of the Cincinnati 1105Weakness of the New Government 1105The Opinions	1113

CHAPTER I	1119

Visits His Mother 1121His Journey to New York 1121Reception at Philadelphia Trenton	1128

Official Etiquette 1134Ceremonies at the Opening of Congress 1136Hamiltons Report	1137

CHAPTER III	1145

Citizen Genet and the Republicans 1147Proclamation of Neutrality 1147The Whisky	1155

roe in France 1159Refusal to receive an American Minister 1159A Savage Decree 1159	1159

Bonaparte in the East 1163New Envoys to France 1163A Conspiracy 1164Bonaparte	1169

1173Condition of the Government 1175Affairs Abroad 1175Difficulties with the Barbary	1173

Powers 1175Our Navy 1176War with the Barbary Powers 1176Growth of the Republic	1180

cably Settled	1184

Embargo Act 1189Tribute to Great Britain Demanded 1189Opposition to the Embargo	1190

Napoleon 1192President and Little Belt 1192The Two Navies 1193Trouble with	1197

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Título	Our Country: A Household History for All Readers, from the Discovery of America to the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, Volumen2 Volumen2 de Our Country: A Household History Fo All Readers, Benson John Lossing Our Country: A Household History for All Readers, from the Discovery of America to the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, Benson John Lossing Volumen2 de Our Country: A Household History for All Readers, from the Discovery of America to the Present Time, Benson John Lossing Volumen2 de Our country, Benson John Lossing
Autor	Benson John Lossing
Editor	Johnson, Wilson & Company, 1877
Procedencia del original	Universidad de Illinois en Urbana-Champaign
Digitalizado	19 Jun. 2015
Largo	1866 páginas

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