THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION (Complete Edition In 2 Volumes). Fiske John

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СКАЧАТЬ rel="nofollow" href="#ulink_25f7c18b-3c1d-59e1-84d1-1c7e7390eedc">Congress sends a petition to the king

       The king issues a proclamation, and tries to hire troops from Russia

       Catherine refuses

       The king hires German troops

       Indignation in Germany

       Burning of Portland, Oct 16, 1775

       Effects upon Congress

       The Americans invade Canada, Sept., 1775

       Arnold’s march through the wilderness of Maine

       Assault upon Quebec, Dec. 31, 1775

       Total failure of the attempt upon Canada

       The siege of Boston

       Washington seizes Dorchester Heights March 4, 1776

       The British troops evacuate Boston March 17, 1776

       A provisional flag

       Effect of the hiring of “myrmidons”

       “Common Sense”

       Fulminations and counter-fulminations

       The Scots in North Carolina

       Clinton sails for the Carolinas

       The fight at Moore’s Creek, Feb. 27, 1776

       North Carolina declares for independence

       Action of South Carolina and Georgia

       Virginia: Lord Dunmore’s proclamation

       Skirmish at the Great Bridge; and burning of Norfolk

       Virginia declares for independence

       Action of Rhode Island and Massachusetts

       Resolution of May 15

       Instructions from Boston

       Lee’s motion in Congress

       Debate on Lee’s motion

       Connecticut and New Hampshire

       New Jersey

       Pennsylvania and Delaware

       Maryland

       The situation in New York

       The Tryon plot, June, 1779

       Final debate on Lee’s motion

       Vote on Lee’s motion

       Thomas Jefferson

       Independence declared, July 4, 1776

       The Declaration was a deliberate expression of the sober thought of the American people

       CHAPTER V FIRST BLOW AT THE CENTRE

       Lord Cornwallis arrives upon the scene

       Battle of Fort Moultrie, June 28, 1776

       British plan for conquering the Hudson and cutting the United Colonies in twain

       Lord Howe’s futile attempt to negotiate with Washington unofficially

       The military problem at New York

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