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Contents
| 124. Secretary the Earl of Holdernesse: Royal Orders to Resist the French, 1753 |
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| 125. Chief Justice Stephen Hopkins: The Albany Plan of Union, 1754 |
357 |
| 126. Colonel John Winslow: Deportation of the Acadians, 1755 |
360 |
| 127. Anonymous: A French Account of Braddock's Defeat, 1755 |
365 |
| 128. Secretary William Pitt: "The Empire is no more," 1757 |
367 |
| 129. Captain John Knox: The Fall of Quebec, 1759 |
369 |
PART VI CAUSES OF THE REVOLUTION | |
CHAPTER XXI — NEW CONDITIONS OF ENGLISH CONTROL | |
| 130. James Earl of Waldegrave: The Character of George Third, 1758 |
373 |
| 131. James Otis: Arguments on Writs of Assistance, 1761 |
374 |
| 132. John Wilkes: Opposition to Arbitrary Power, 1763 |
378 |
| 133. Commissioner Benjamin Franklin: Grenville's Scheme of Taxation, 1763-1764 |
381 |
CHAPTER XXII — THE WEST | |
| 134. John Filson: "The Adventures of Col. Daniel Boon," 1769-1775 |
383 |
| 135. Governor the Earl of Dunmore: Cold Water on an Ohio Colony, 1770 |
386 |
| 136. Reverend Joseph Doddridge: The Settlement of the Western Country, 1772-1774 |
387 |
| 137. François Jean, Marquis de Chastellux: How the Frontiers were Settled, 1780 |
392 |
CHAPTER XXIII — THE STAMP ACT CONTROVERSY | |
| 138. Martin Howard: A Colonist's Defence of Taxation, 1765 |
394 |
