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year before war was
declared 247
Mr. Bancroft's imputation against the British Government, and reply to
it (in a note) 247

Mr. Bancroft represents this war as merely European; refuted by
himself; his noble representations of the Protestant character of the war
on the part of Great Britain and other Powers 248
Contests chiefly between the Colonists, the French, and the Indians,
from 1648 to 1654; English soldiers under General Braddock sent to
America in 1655; campaigns actual and devised that year;
Massachusetts active; Sir William Johnson's victory over the French
General, Dieskau 250
War formally declared by England and France in 1756; French
successes in 1755, 1756, and 1757 252
Parliament votes £115,000 sterling to compensate the Colonies for
expenses incurred by them 252
Arrival of the Earl of Loudon from England with troops, as
Commander-in-Chief 252
Capture of Forts Oswego and William Henry by the French General,
Montcalm 253
Dispute between the Earl of Loudon and the Massachusetts Court, in
regard to the Mutiny Act, and quartering the troops upon the citizens
255
Alarming situation of affairs at the close of the year 1757 255
Divided counsels and isolated resources and action of the Colonies 257
General Abercrombie arrives with more troops, and forty German
officers to drill and command regiments to be raised in America (which
gave offence to the Colonists) 257
The Governor of Virginia recommends Washington, but his services
are not recognized 257
Generals Abercrombie and Loudon at Albany hesitate and delay, while
the French generals are active and successful 258

The Earl of Loudon's arbitrary conduct in quartering his officers and
troops in Albany and New York (in a note) 258
Loudon never fought a battle in America; and in the only battle fought
by Abercrombie, he was disgracefully defeated by Montcalm, though
commanding the largest army which had ever been assembled in
America. Among the slain in this battle was the brave General, Lord
Howe, the favourite of the army and citizens 259
The Massachusetts Court appropriate £250 sterling to erect a
monument in Westminster Abbey in honour of Lord Howe 260
Abercrombie--the last of the incompetent English Generals--recalled,
and succeeded by Lord Amherst as Commander-in-Chief, assisted by
General Wolfe, when, under the Premiership of the elder Pitt, the whole
policy and fortunes of the war undergo a complete change 260
Colonel Bradstreet's brilliant achievement in taking and destroying Fort
Frontenac 261
Lord Amherst plans three expeditions, all of which were successful 261
Louisburg besieged and taken; heroism of General Wolfe; great
rejoicings 262
Admiral Boscawen returns to England; Lord Amherst's energetic
movements 262
Niagara taken; Fort du Quesne taken, and called Pittsburg; Ticonderoga
and Crown Point taken; Quebec taken 263
Attempt of the French to recover Quebec 266
Parliamentary compensation to Massachusetts (in a note) 267
Montreal besieged and taken, and all Canada surrendered to the King of
Great Britain, through Lord Amherst 267
General Amherst's address to the army (in a note) 268

The war not closed; conquests in the West Indies; troubles with the
Indians; reduction of the Cherokees 269
Treaty of Paris; general rejoicings 269
Massachusetts benefited by the war 270
Moneys provided by England for the war abstracted from England and
expended in the Colonies 270
Grateful acknowledgments and avowed loyalty to England by
Massachusetts; the language and feelings of the other Colonies the
same 271
CHAPTER IX.
RELATION OF ENGLAND AND THE COLONIES WITH EACH
OTHER AND WITH FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 273-279
I. The position of England in respect to the other European Powers after
the Peace of Paris, 1763 273
II. The position of the American Colonies, in regard to England and
other nations, after the Peace of Paris in 1763 274
III. Effects of the change of policy by the English Government in
regard to the Colonies 277
IV. First acts of the British Government which caused dissatisfaction
and alienation in the Colonies 279
CHAPTER X.
THE STAMP ACT; ITS EFFECTS IN AMERICA; VIRGINIA
LEADS THE OPPOSITION TO IT; RIOTS AND DESTRUCTION
OF PROPERTY IN BOSTON; PETITIONS AGAINST THE STAMP
ACT IN ENGLAND; REPEAL OF THE STAMP ACT; REJOICINGS
AT ITS REPEAL IN ENGLAND AND AMERICA; THE

DECLARATORY ACT. 283-293
APPENDIX "A" TO CHAPTER X.
Containing extracts of the celebrated speeches of Mr. Charles
Townsend and Colonel Barré on passing the Stamp Act 294
Remarks on the speeches of the Right Honourable Mr. Townsend and
Colonel Barré; Puritan treatment of the Indians 296
APPENDIX "B" TO CHAPTER X.
Containing the speeches of Lords Chatham and Camden on the Stamp
Act and its repeal 302
Dr. Franklin's evidence at the Bar of the House of Commons 308
CHAPTER XI.
AUTHORITY OF PARLIAMENT OVER THE BRITISH COLONIES.
317-322
CHAPTER XII.
SUMMARY OF EVENTS FROM THE REPEAL OF THE STAMP
ACT, MARCH, 1766, TO THE END OF THE YEAR. 323-328
CHAPTER XIII.
1767.--A