The “Illustrious Ninety-Two” 48 Impressment of citizens 49 Affair of the sloop Liberty 49-51 Statute of Henry VIII. concerning “treason committed abroad” 52 Samuel Adams makes up his mind (1768) 53-56 Arrival of troops in Boston 56, 57 Letters of “Vindex” 58 Debate in Parliament 59, 60 All the Townshend acts, except the one imposing a duty upon tea, to be repealed 61 Recall of Governor Bernard 61 Character of Thomas Hutchinson 62 Resolutions of Virginia concerning the Townshend acts 63 Conduct of the troops in Boston 64 Assault on James Otis 64 The “Boston Massacre” 65-68 Some of its lessons 69-72 Lord North becomes prime minister 72 Action of the New York merchants 73 Assemblies convened in strange places 74 Taxes in Maryland 74 The “Regulators” in North Carolina 74 Affair of the schooner Gaspee 75, 76 The salaries of the Massachusetts judges 76 Jonathan Mayhew’s suggestion (1766) 77 The committees of correspondence in Massachusetts 78 Intercolonial committees of correspondence 79 Revival of the question of taxation 80 The king’s ingenious scheme for tricking the Americans into buying the East India Company’s tea 81 How Boston became the battle-ground 82 Advice solemnly sought and given by the Massachusetts towns 82-84 Arrival of the tea; meeting at the Old South 84, 85 The tea-ships placed under guard 85 Rotch’s dilatory manœuvres 86 Great town meeting at the Old South 87, 88 The tea thrown into the harbour 88, 89 Moral grandeur of the scene 90, 91 How Parliament received the news 91-93 The Boston Port Bill 93 The Regulating Act 93-95 Act relating to the shooting of citizens 96 The quartering of troops in towns 96 The Quebec Act 96 General Gage sent to Boston 97, 98 CHAPTER III THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS Protest of the Whig Lords 99 Belief that the Americans would not fight 100 Belief that Massachusetts would not be supported by the other colonies 101 News of the Port Bill 101, 102 Samuel Adams at Salem 103, 104 Massachusetts nullifies the Regulating Act 105 John Hancock and Joseph Warren 106, 107 The Suffolk County Resolves 108 Provincial Congress in Massachusetts 109 First meeting of the Continental Congress (September 5, 1774) 110, 111 Debates in Parliament 112, 113 William Howe appointed commander-in-chief of the forces in America 113 Richard, Lord Howe, appointed admiral of the fleet 114 Franklin returns to America 115 State of feeling in the middle colonies 116 Lord North’s mistaken hopes of securing New York 117 Affairs in Massachusetts 101 Dr. Warren’s oration at the Old South 119 Attempt to corrupt Samuel Adams 120 Orders to arrest Adams and Hancock 121 Paul Revere’s ride 122, 123 Pitcairn fires upon the yeomanry at Lexington 124, 125 The troops repulsed at Concord; their dangerous situation 126, 127 The retreating troops rescued by Lord Percy 128 Retreat continued from Lexington to Charlestown 129 Rising of the country; the British besieged in Boston 130 Effects of the news in England and in America 130-133