Our Country: A Household History of the United States for All Readers, from the Discovery of America to the Present Time, 3. cilt

James A. Bailey, 1895 - 2107 sayfa

CHAPTER X	715

of Liberty Active 716Gage in Boston 716Doings of a TownMeeting 717Action of	727

Opened with Religious Services 734Personal Sketches of the Members 734Hospitalities	737

CHAPTER XII	743

Preparations for Civil Government and War 745The Country and Events West of	753

the Congress in England 758Franklin a Missionary 758Lord Chatham and Franklin	759

the House of Lords 761Lord Chathams Great Speech on American Affairs 761Anger	766

Americans not Reovlutionists 771Treatment of Battles 771England and Her Colonies	778

New York 886The United States and France 886Beaumarchais in England 887Com	890

Fort Washington 894Prisonships and their Victims	896

wallis across New Jersey 902Bad Conduct of General Lee 902His Capture 903Washing	904

British in New Jersey 912Change in Public Sentiment 912The Congress returns to Ph	913

The Ministerial Plan 915Aggressive Movements 915State of Public Affairs 918Schuyler	921

dition toward Bennington 928Siege of Fort Schuyler 930Battle at Oriskany 930St	933

goyne 935Battle on Bemiss Heights 936Bad Conduct of Gates and Bravery of Arnold	945

Clintons Stratagem 949Capture of Forts in the Hudson Highlands 949Marauding Expe	953

CHAPTER XV	783

ful March for Boston 788Fight at West Cambridge 788Panic at Charlestown 788	788

Account of the Affair published in England 789New England in Arms 789Uprising	794

Continental Congress 800Declarations of their Views and Intentions SooPetitions	804

CHAPTER XVII	810

Canada to be Invaded 812Exploits on Lake Champlain 813Instructions to General	821

Insubordination 827Events near Boston 827A Continental Navy 828A Changing	833

Destruction of Norfolk 839Events in North Carolina in 1775 840Battle at Moores Creek	844

in Canada 848Temper of the Canadians 849Commissioners of Congress in Canada 849	849

CHAPTER XXI	860

Paine and His Common Sense 864Independence in Congress and Elsewhere 865Silas	866

CHAPTER XXII	872

Arrival of British Forces before New York 874Peace Commissioners Foiled 875Lord	880

CHAPTER XXIX	961

CHAPTER XXX	973

render in France 978Treaty between France and the United States 978Franklins Reception	981

The Mischianza p 985The British Evacuate Philadelphia 987Distress of the Tories	987

The American Army 987Oath of Allegiance 988Lafayette outgenerals the British Com	993

Major Clarke 1001British Forays 1002The British Invade Georgia 1003Relative Position	1004

CHAPTER XXXIII	1010

Savannah 1012Battle at Stono Ferry 1012Character of the Invasion 1012British Maraud	1019

around Ireland 1025Doings on the American Coast 1026Loss of British Vessels 1026	1026

off the Coast of Scotland 1028His Rewards 1032The King and Parliament 1032Ireland	1035

ments 1037Sufferings of Leading Citizens 1038Boldness of Gadsden 1038Effects of	1040

DeKalb 1041Gates in Command 1041Exploits of Sumter and Marion and other Parti	1046

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Başlık	Our Country: A Household History of the United States for All Readers, from the Discovery of America to the Present Time, 3. cilt Our Country: A Household History of the United States for All Readers, from the Discovery of America to the Present Time, Benson John Lossing
Yazar	Benson John Lossing
Yayıncı	James A. Bailey, 1895
Orijinalin kaynağı:	New York Halk Kütüphanesi
Dijital ortama aktarılmış	5 Oca 2008
Uzunluk	2107 sayfa

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