Volume Ii Part 1 (2/2)

England Recedes.

Her Side of the Question.

Lord Mansfield's Argument.

Pitt's.

Const.i.tutional and Historical Considerations not Sufficient.

George III.'s Case Better Legally than Practically.

Natural Rights.

Townshend's Duties.

Ma.s.sachusetts's Opposition.

Samuel Adams.

Committees of Correspondence.

The Billeting Act.

Boston Ma.s.sacre.

Statement of Grievances.

The Tea.

Coercion Resolved upon.

First Continental Congress.

Drifting into War.

CHAPTER III. INDEPENDENCE AND THE NEW STATES

Slow Growth of Desire for Independence.

Why.

Early Schemes of Union.

New York Convention of 1690.

Albany Convention of 1754.

Franklin's Plan for a Confederation of Colonies.

Even in 1774 no Hint of Independence.

Hardly in 1775.

Swift Change at Last.

All the Colonies Turn to the New Idea.

Causes.

d.i.c.kinson and Harrison.

The King's Barbarity.

The Gaspe Affair.

Capture of Fort William and Mary.

Paine's ”Common Sense.”

Declaration of Independence Mooted.

Debated.

Drafted.

Pa.s.sed and Signed.

Jefferson.

How far he Followed Earlier Utterances.

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