History of the United States of America, Volume III: From the Discovery of the Continent

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Volume 3 of History of the United States of America: From the Discovery of the Continent by George Bancroft. A major US History Series in six volumes. “Author’s Last Revision” 1883 by D. Appleton and Company.

Bancroft as US Secretary of the Navy established the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis. He was a senior American diplomat in Europe, leading diplomatic missions to Britain and Germany. His comprehensive study of the origins and development of the United States caused him to be referred to as the “Father of American history.”

CONTENTS OF THE THIRD VOLUME

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION IN FIVE EPOCHS II. BRITAIN ESTRANGES AMERICA CHAPTER I. ENGLAND AS IT WAS IN 1768 CHAPTER II. ENGLAND AND ITS DEPENDENCIES. IRELAND CHAPTER III. CHARLES TOWNSHEND PLEDGES THE MINISTRY OF BUTE TO TAX AMERICA BY THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT, AND RESIGNS CHAPTER IV. PONTIAC’S WAR. TRIUMVIRATE MINISTRY CHAPTER V. THE MINUTE FOR AN AMERICAN STAMP-TAX. MINISTRY OF GRENVILLE CHAPTER VI. ENFORCEMENT OF THE ACTS OF NAVIGATION. GRENVILLE’S ADMINISTRATION CONTINUED CHAPTER VII. HOW AMERICA RECEIVED THE PLAN OF A STAMP-TAX. GRENVILLE’S ADMINISTRATION CONTINUED CHAPTER VIII. THE TWELFTH PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN PASSES THE AMERICAN STAMP-TAX. GRENVILLE’S ADMINISTRATION CONTINUED CHAPTER IX. THE DAY-STAR OF THE AMERICAN UNION CHAPTER X. THE BATTLE BETWEEN THE KING AND THE DUKE OF BEDFORD CHAPTER XI. AMERICA REPELS THE STAMP-TAX. ADMINISTRATION OF ROCKINGHAM CHAPTER XII. THE STAMP ACT LEADS AMERICA TO UNION. ADMINISTRATION OF ROCKHIMHAM CHAPTER XIII. HAS PARLIAMENT THE RIGHT TO TAX AMERICA? ADMINISTRATION OF ROCKINGHAM CHAPTER XIV. WILLIAM PITT INTERVENES. ROCKINGHAM’S ADMINISTRATION CONTINUES CHAPTER XV. PARLIAMENT AFFIRMS ITS RIGHT TO TAX AMERICA. ROCKINGHAM’S ADMINISTRATION CONTINUED CHAPTER XVI. THE REPEAL OF THE STAMP ACT. ADMNISTRATION OF ROCKINGHAM CHAPTER XVII. THE CHARTER OF MASSACHUSETTS IN PERIL. THE FALL OF THE ROCKINGHAM WHIGS. THE EARL OF CHATHAM CHAPTER XVIII. CHARLES TOWNSHEND USURPS THE LEAD IN GOVERNMENT. ADMINSTRATION OF CHATHAM CHAPTER XIX. PARLIAMENT WILL HAVE AN AMERICAN ARMY AND AN AMERICAN REVENUE. ADMINISTRATION OF GRAFTON CHAPTER XX. COALITION OF THE KING AND THE ARISTOCRACY CHAPTER XXI. MASSACHUSETTS CONSULTS HER SISTER COLONIES. ADMINISTRATION OF GRAFTON. HILLSBOROUGH SECRETARY FOR THE COLONIES CHAPTER XXII. WILL MASSACHUSETTS RESCIND? ADMINISTRATION OF GRAFTON. HILLSBOROUGH SECRETARY FOR THE COLONIES CHAPTER XXIII. UNION OF BEDFORD AND THE KING. THE REGULATIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA. HILLSBOROUGH SECRETARY FOR THE COLONIES CHAPTER XXIV. THE TOWNS OF MASSACHUSETTS MEET IN CONVENTION. A COMMONWEALTH IN LOUISIANA. HILLSBOROUGH SECRETARY FOR THE COLONIES CHAPTER XXV. THE KING AND PARLIAMENT AGAINST THE TOWN OF BOSTON. HILLSBOROUGH SECRETARY FOR THE COLONIES CHAPTER XXVI. VIRGINIA COMES TO THE AID OF MASSACHUSETTS. GRAFTON’S ADMINISTRATION. HILLSBOROUGH COLONIAL MINISTER CHAPTER XXVII. GROWTH OF REPUBLICANISM IN LOUISIANA, KENTUCKY, AND MASSACHUSETTS. LORD NORTH FORMS AN ADMINISTRATION CHAPTER XXVIII. THE BOSTON “MASSACRE.” LORD NORTH’S ADMINISTRATION CHAPTER XXIX. THE KING VIOLATES THE CHARTER OF MASSACHUSETTS CHAPTER XXX. THE ORIGIN OF TENNESSEE CHAPTER XXXI. GREAT BRITAIN CENTRES IN ITSELF POWER OVER ITS COLONIES. HILLSBOROUGH’S RETIREMENT CHAPTER XXXII. THE TOWNS OF MASSACHUSETTS HOLD CORRESPONDENCE CHAPTER XXXIII VIRGINIA CONSOLIDATES UNION CHAPTER XXXIV. THE BOSTON TEA-PARTY CHAPTER XXXV. THE KING IN COUNCIL INSULTS MASSACHUSETTS AND ITS AGENT CHAPTER XXXVI. THE CRISIS

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