Our Country: A Household History of the United States for All Readers, from the Discovery of America to the Present Time, Volumen2

Benson John Lossing

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CHAPTER VI	663

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	718

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

ments 1037Sufferings of Leading Citizens 1038Boldness of Gadsden 1038Effects of	1040

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

Hamilton and Miss Schuyler 1050British Invasion of New Jersey 1051Murder of	1053

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

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

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

618Preparations 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

wallis across New Jersey 902Bad Conduct of General Lee 902His Capture 903Washing	904

British in New Jersey 912Change in Public Sentiment 912The Congress returns to Ph	913

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

dition toward Bennington 928Siege of Fort Schuyler 930Battle at Oriskany 930St	933

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

CHAPTER XXIX	961

CHAPTER XXX	973

render in France 978Treaty between France and the United States 978Franklins Reception	981

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

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 ro80Greene Pursues Stewart 1081Battle at Eutaw Springs 1081Greene Returns	1088

Various Military Movements 1091Washington adopts his Stepsons Children 1091Affairs	1094

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

Society of the Cincinnati 1105Weakness of the New Government 1105The Opinions	1110

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

with the Revolutionists 1146His Suspicions 1147Jefferson and Hamilton at Variance	1147

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

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

Relations 1200Preparations for War 1201Embargo Act 1201War against Great Britain	1204

People 1215A New Invasion of Canada Contemplated 1215Gathering of the New York	1217

CHAPTER IX	1227

Enthusiasm of the People there 1231Massacre at the River Raisin 1232Fort Meigs Built	1239

Battle on the Thames 1244Defeat of the British 1244Michigan Recovered 1245Events	1250

Events on Lake Champlain 1254Events on Lake Ontario 1255Expedition against Montreal	1256

Jackson Subdues them 1261Naval Events on the Ocean 1262Cruise of the Essex 1262	1262

deGrace 1267Norfolk Threatened 1267The British Repulsed 1268Cruelties at Hampton	1269

Attack on Oswego 1275Capture of Fort Erie 1275Battle of Chippewa	1276

Niagara Falls 1279Attack on Fort Erie 1280A Successful Sortie 1281The Americans	1283

1289Their Doings on the Penobscot	1290

Battle at Bladensburg 1293Flight of Civil Officers 1293Mrs Madison 1294Destruction	1296

Change in the Theatre of Operations	1302

Orleans 1307Defeat and Retreat of the British 1307Honors to Jackson 1308The General	1311

CHAPTER XVI	1317

Jackson in Florida 1322Doings at Pensacola 1322Florida Added to the Union 1323	1323

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Título	Our Country: A Household History of the United States for All Readers, from the Discovery of America to the Present Time, Volumen2 Our Country: A Household History of the United States for All Readers, from the Discovery of America to the Present Time, Benson John Lossing
Autor	Benson John Lossing
Editor	Johnson and Bailey, 1895
Procedencia del original	Universidad de Cornell
Digitalizado	10 Jun. 2013
Largo	2020 páginas

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