CONTENTS OF VOL. I.
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| CHAPTER XIII. | |
| 1775. | |
| THE LAST YEAR OF COLONIAL DEPENDENCE. | |
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| Spirit roused by the battle of Lexington | 352 |
| Troops raised—Boston besieged | 353 |
| Ethan Allen and Green Mountain Boys | 353 |
| Ticonderoga and Crown Point taken | 354 |
| Second Continental Congress—Difficulties, etc | 354 |
| Second Continental Congress—Difficulties, etc | 355 |
| Congress authorize $3,000,000 in paper money | 356 |
| Provincial Congress in New York | 356 |
| Appointment of a commander-in-chief | 356 |
| Washington unanimously chosen—His acceptance | 357 |
| Four major-generals and eight brigadier-generals | 357 |
| Arrival of reinforcements at Boston | 358 |
| Gage proposes active measures | 358 |
| Breed's Hill fortified by mistake | 358 |
| Battle of Bunker Hill—Royal troops routed | 359 |
| Battle of Bunker Hill—Royal troops routed | 360 |
| Battle of Bunker Hill—Royal troops routed | 361 |
| Washington finds the army sadly in want | 361 |
| Vigorous efforts to organize and discipline the army | 362 |
| Further issue of paper money by Congress | 362 |
| Efforts as respected the Indians | 363 |
| Colonel Guy Johnson's course | 365 |
| Georgia joins the other colonies | 365 |
| The Thirteen United Colonies | 365 |
| Washington's trials—Necessity of a regular army | 365 |
| Correspondence with General Gage | 366 |
| Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence | 369 |
| Expedition into Canada—Montreal taken | 370 |
| Expedition into Canada—Montreal taken | 371 |
| Expedition into Canada—Montreal taken | 372 |
| Quebec assaulted—Montgomery killed | 372 |
| Quebec assaulted—Montgomery killed | 373 |
| Americans finally driven out of Canada | 374 |
| Washington confers with Congress as to the troops | 375 |
| Outrages by English vessels | 377 |
| Congress lay the foundation of the navy | 378 |
| Appendix to Chapter XIII. | |
| I. A Declaration setting forth the causes and ne- | |
| cessity of the colonies taking up arms | 378 |
| II Second Petition to the King | 381 |
| CHAPTER XIV. | |
| 1775-1776. | |
| THE BIRTH-YEAR OF THE REPUBLIC. | |
| Course of Parliament looked to -with anxiety | 384 |
| Debates in Parliament | 385 |
| Act prohibiting trade with colonies | 385 |
| The crisis at hand—Paine's "Common Sense" | 386 |
| The crisis at hand Paine's—"Common Sense" | 387 |
| Norfolk bombarded—Conolly's Indian scheme | 389 |
| State of feeling in New York | 389 |
| Press of Rivington's Gazette destroyed | 389 |
| Lee in command in New York | 390 |
| Tory influence predominant | 390 |
| Washington and the "round jackets and rifle shirts" | 391 |
| Singular aspect of affairs | 392 |
| The alternative, submission or independence | 392 |
| Washington before Boston | 393 |
| Scarcity of provisions in the city | 393 |
| Dorchester Heights occupied | 394 |
| Thanks of Congress to Washington | 398 |
| Putnam sent on to New York—Lee goes south | 399 |
| Washington meets Congress | 399 |
| Attempt to seize Washington's person | 399 |
| Proceedings with respect to colonial governments | 400 |
| Clinton's attack on Charleston | 401 |
| Sergeant Jasper's heroic conduct | 402 |
| Declaration of Independence necessary | 402 |
| Instructions to the delegates | 403 |
| Proceedings and debates in Congress | 403 |
| The Declaration of Independence | 409 |
| Importance of the ground then taken | 409 |
| The jubilee day | 410 |
| Moral force of our fathers' position | 410 |
| Appendix to Chapter XIV. | |
| I. Draft of the Declaration of Independence and | |
| the amendments made by Congress | 410 |
| II. Extract from John Quincy Adams's Fourth of | |
| July Oration, 1831 | 416 |
| BOOK THIRD. | |
| FROM THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE TO THE TREATY OF PEACE. | |
| CHAPTER I. | |
| 1775. | |
| EVENTS OF THE WAR DURING 1776. | |
| The Declaration of Independence read to the army | 421 |
| How received in New York | 422 |
| Course pursued by Congress | 422 |
| Necessity of some articles of confederation | 423 |
| Defence of New York to be provided for | 423 |
| Arrival of the British under the Howes | 423 |
| Proclamation of the English commissioners | 423 |
| Attempt at communication with Washington | 424 |
| American operations in Canada | 425 |
| Naval battle on Lake Champlain | 426 |
| Carleton's failure to advance southwardly | 427 |
| Jealousies and quarrels—Washington's rebuke | 428 |
| Howe's force—Exploits of Captain Talbot | 429 |
| Howe's force—Exploits of Captain Talbot | 430 |
| The battle of Long Island, disastrous | 432 |
| Retreat from Brooklyn—Encampment at Harlem | 434 |
| Washington's letter to Congress | 434 |
| Depression of the Americans | 435 |
| Hale's self-sacrificing expedition—Death as a spy | 436 |
| Howe's plan of operation | 436 |
| Conduct of the militia—Washington's danger | 436 |
| Conduct of the militia—Washington's danger | 437 |
| Retreat from New York—Narrow escape | 437 |
| Sickness in the camp, desertions, etc | 438 |
| Washington's letter to Congress | 438 |
| Army to be reorganized | 438 |
| Howe's change of plan—Washington's retreat | 438 |
| Battle of White Plains—Fort Washington lost | 440 |
| Battle of White Plains—Fort Washington lost | 441 |
| Retreat through the Jerseys begun | 441 |
