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CHAPTER XVII.-REIGNS OF WILLIAM III. AND ANNE.
Coronation of William III................................... 190 | The Duke of Marlborough............... 195
Rebellion in Ireland.
190 Lord Godolphin
195
CHAPTER XIX.-REIGNS OF GEORGE I. AND GEORGE II.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER XXI.-THE COLONIAL WARS BETWEEN ENGLAND AND FRANCE.
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English colonies in America
French settlements
Mutual jealousies...
Growth of the colonies
Their political education
Great men produced
French fortifications
George Washington....
Fall of Louisburg
Fall of Quebec
Family of Frederic
Frederic William
CHAPTER XXII.-FREDERIC THE GREAT AND THE SEVEN YEARS' WAR.
CHAPTER XXIII.-MARIA THERESA AND CATHARINE II.
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Rise of Mohammedan power
CHAPTER XXV-THE DECLINE OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE.
Letters of Junius
Outlawry of Wilkes.
Expulsion from the House..........................
Lord Mayor of London
His death
Scheme for taxing America
Views of the Colonists
Passing of the Stamp Act
Repeal of the Stamp Act
Elevation of Lord Chatham
Fresh taxation of America
Lord North's Ministry
Disturbances in the Colonies
Leading patriots
Dr. Franklin in London
Destruction of tea at Boston
The port closed.....
Movements in America
Discussions in England
Speech of Mr. Burke
Lords Chatham and Camden
Battle of Bunker's Hill
Invasion of Canada
Death of Montgomery
Evacuation of Boston
Declaration of Independence
Greatness of Washington
La Fayette.......
Surrender of Burgoyne
306 The East India Company
306 Lord Cornwallis
298 The Lord George Gordon Riots
298 Ministry of William Pitt
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Accumulated evils in France............ 326 | Writings of the Philosophers
Causes of the Revolution ............... 326 Materialism of Helvetius
327