A History of the United States FROM THE DISCOVERY OF THE AMERICAN CONTINENT. BY GEORGE BANCROFT. Vols. I. to VI. 8vo. THE publishers invite the attention of the readers of the present vol- CHAPTER I. Early Voyages. French Settlements. II. Spaniards in the United States. XVI. The People called Quakers in the United States. 2 CHAP. XIX. The Absolute Power of Parliament. XX. France and the Valley of the Mississippi. XXI. France contends for the Fisheries and the Great West. XXII. The Aborigines east of the Mississippi. XXIII. The Colonies of France and England encroach more and more on the II. The Royal Governor of New York appeals to the Paramount Power of Great Britain. - Pelham's Administration continued. 1748-1749. III. The Exploration of Ohio. — Pelham's Administration continued. IV. America refuses to be ruled by arbitrary instructions. - Pelham's Admin- istration continued. 1751-1753. V. Franklin plans union for the American People. -Pelham's Administra- VI. The Old Thirteen Colonies. - Newcastle's Administration. 1754. VII. The Ministers are advised to tax America by Act of Parliament. castle's Administration. 1754-1755. VIII. England and France contend for the Ohio Valley and for Acadia. X. The Whig Aristocracy cannot govern England. - Newcastle's Adminis- XI. The Whig Aristocracy cannot conquer Canada. - Anarchy in the Admin- XII. The new Protestant powers against the Catholic powers of the Middle XIII. Conquest of the Valley of the West. William Pitt's ministry continued, XIV. The Conquest of Canada. - Pitt's Ministry continued. 1759. XV. Invasion of the Valley of the Tennessee. - Pitt's Administration con- XVI. Possession taken of Michigan and the Country on the Lake. - Pitt's Administration continued. 1760. XVII. The King and the Aristocracy against the Great Commoner. - George The King drives out the Newcastle Whigs. The dawn of the New XX. England, grasping at the Colonies of France and Spain, risks her own. Bute's Ministry. 1762-1763. III. England and its Dependencies. 1763. IV. England and its Dependencies continued. 1763. V. Charles Townshend pledges the Ministry of Bute to tax America by the VI. The Triumvirate Ministry pursue the plan of taxing America by Parlia- VII. Pontiac's War.. The Triumvirate Ministry continued. May-Septem- VIII. The Treasury enter a minute for an American Stamp Tax. Ministry of IX. Enforcement of the Acts of Navigation. - Grenville's Administration con- X. How America received the plan of a Stamp Act. Grenville's Administration continued. April-December, 1764. XI. The Twelfth Parliament of Great Britain passes the Stamp Act. Grenville's Administration continued. January-April, 1765. XII. The Ministry offend the King as well as the Colonies. ministration continued. April-May, 1765. Grenville's Ad XIII. The Day-star of the American Union. April-May, 1765. XIV. South Carolina founds the American Union. June-July, 1765. XV. The Duke of Cumberland forms a Ministry. -- The Rockingham Whigs. June-July, 1765. XVI. How the Stamp-officers were handled in America. ministration. August-September, 1765. Rockingham's Ad XVII. America reasons against the Stamp Act. - Rockingham's Administration continued. September, 1765. XVIII. The Colonies meet in Congress.- Rockingham's Administration. October, 1765. XIX. America annuls the Stamp Act. -Rockingham's Administration continued. October-December, 1765. XX. Parliament learns that America has resisted. — Rockingham's Administration continued. December, 1765-January, 1766. XXI. Has Parliament the Right to tax America? — Rockingham's Administration continued. January, 1766. XXII. Parliament affirms its Right to Tax America. — Rockingham's Administration continued. February, 1766. XXIII. The Repeal of the Stamp Act. - Rockingham's Administration continued. 1766. XXIV. The House of Lords give way with Protests. - Rockingham's Administration continued. February-May, 1766. CONTENTS OF VOLUME VI. CHAP. XXV. The Charter of Massachusetts Bay in peril. - The Fall of the Rockingham Administration. May-July, 1766. XXVI. Coalition of the King and the Great Commoner against the Aristocracy.- 4 XXVII. Charles Townshend usurps the Lead in Government. Chatham's Admin istration continued. October, 1766-January, 1767. XXVIII. The British Aristocracy reduce their own Taxes. — Defeat of Chatham's Administration by the Mosaic opposition. January-March, 1767. XXIX. Parliament will have an American Army and an American Revenue. Charles Townshend's Supremacy in the Administration. March July, 1767. XXX. How Townshend's American Taxes were received by France and America. Coalition of the King and the Aristocracy. July-Nov., 1767. XXXI. Massachusetts consults her Sister Colonies. - Hillsborough's Administration of the Colonies. November, 1767 — February, 1768. XXXII. An American Empire is in the Divine Decrees. Hillsborough's Administration of the Colonies continued. February-March, 1768. XXXIII. An Army and a Fleet for Boston. - Hillsborough's Administration of the Colonies continued. April-June, 1768. XXXIV. Does Massachusetts rescind? - Hillsborough's Administration continued. June-July, 1768. XXXV. The Regulators of North Carolina. - Hillsborough's Administration of the Colonies continued. July-September, 1768. XXXVI. The Towns of Massachusetts meet in Convention. Hillsborough's Administration of the Colonies continued. September, 1768. XXXVII. The Celtic American Republic on the Banks of the Mississippi. September-October, 1768. XXXVIII. The King and the British Parliament against the Town of Boston. Hillsborough's Administration of the Colonies continued. October December, 1768. XXXIX. A Way to take off the Incendiaries. -- Hillsborough's Administration of the Colonies continued. December, 1768 - February, 1769. XL. Virginia comes to the aid of Massachusetts. Hillsborough's Administration of the Colonies continued. March-May, 1769. XLI. Republicanism in the East and the West.- Hillsborough's Administration of the Colonies continued. May-August, 1769. XLII. The Non-Importation Agreement enforced. The new Tory Party installed in Power. August, 1769-January, 1770. XLIII. The Boston Massacre. Hillsborough's Administration of the Colonies continued. January - March, 1770. XLIV. The Non-Importation Agreements fail. - Hillsborough's Administration of the Colonies continued. March — July, 1770. XLV. Martial Law introduced into Massachusetts. - Hillsborough's Administration of the Colonies continued. July-October, 1770. XLVI. The Origin of Tennessee. — Hillsborough's Administration of the Colonies, continued. October, 1770-June, 1771. XLVII. Great Britain centres in itself Power over its Colonies. Hillsborough's Administration of the Colonies continued. June, 1771-August, 1772. XLVIII. The Towns of Massachusetts hold Correspondence. August, 1772-Jan uary, 1773. XLIX. Virginia consolidates Union. January-July, 1773. L. The Boston Tea Party. August - December, 1773. LI. The King in Council insults the Great American Plebeian. December, 1773 — February, 1774. LII. The Crisis. February-May, 1774. |