Volume I Part 56 (1/2)

Newark (now Niagara)--Seat of Government of Upper Canada first established there. ii. 308.

Burned by the Americans. ii. 423.

New England--Two distinct emigrations to. i. 1.

Two separate Governments in for seventy years, and characteristics of each. i. 1.

New Plymouth--Original name of--first Sabbath in. i. 7.

First mild winter and early vegetation at. i. 8.

First ”Harvest-home.” i. 9.

Their government, toleration, oath of allegiance, loyalty. i. 15.

Their answers to the King's Commissioners. i. 18.

The melancholy end of their government. i. 22.

The loyalty and enterprise of their descendants. i. 23.

Ancestors of English Peers. i. 23.

New York--First Act of Parliament against. i. 329.

New York Legislature, which had not endorsed the first continental Congress, in 1774, now pet.i.tions Parliament on the subject of Colonial grievances; but its pet.i.tion, presented by Mr. Burke, defended by Mr. Fox and others, is refused to be received, on motion of Lord North, by a majority of 186 to 67, and the Lords reject the same pet.i.tion. i. 434-440.

Niagara (Newark) taken from the French by the English. i. 263.

Nineteen years' evasion by the Ma.s.sachusetts Bay Rulers of the conditions on which King Charles II. promised to perpetuate their Charter. i. 193.

North (Lord)--His Bill to repeal the Colonial Revenue Acts, except the duty on tea. i. 368.

His agreement with the East India Company rouses and intensifies opposition in America. i. 371.

Combined opposition to it by English merchants and the Colonists. i. 372.

Explains his American policy. i. 394.

His resolution for address to the King, 1775, endorsing the coercive policy, and denouncing Colonial complaints as ”rebellion;” debates on it. i. 426-429.

Second great debate in the Commons on his warlike resolution. i. 430.

His address made the joint address of both Houses of Parliament; the King's reply. i. 431.

Lord North's proposed resignation and preparations for it. ii. 8.

Defeat of his Administration. ii. 51.