The Eve of the Revolution; A Chronicle of the Breach with EnglandBecker, Carl L. (Carl Lotus)
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The Eve of the Revolution; A Chronicle of the Breach with England
Becker, Carl L. (Carl Lotus)
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783; United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783
La Galissonière, Marquis de, acting Governor of Canada, 32. Lamb, John,
94, 146. Lee, Arthur, 187, 242. Lee, R. H., 65-66, 212, 251. Lexington,
Battle of, 229-230. Liberty sloop riot, 124-126. Livingston, Philip,
87-90, 211, 239. Loudoun, Earl of, commander of forces in America, 2,
3, 4. Low, Isaac, N. Y. deputy to Continental Congress, 210, 215. M
M'Culloh, of North Carolina, 39. MacDougall, Alexander, 146, 147, 210.
Mansfield, Lord, 103, 107, 109. Marshall, James, 124, 125. Marshall,
Thomas, 67. Maryland, effect of non-importation agreement, 140.
Massachusetts, protests against Sugar Act and Stamp Act, 61-64; yields
to acts granting duties, 65; proposes Stamp Act Congress, 78-79;
censured for circular letter by Hillsborough, 130-131; Suffolk Resolves,
215-216; Parliament claims right to alter charter, 222-223; Provincial
Congress, 228; see also Boston. Mauduit, Jasper, Mass. agent, 24.
Mayhew, Jonathan, 85. Minerva, The (ship), 199. Molasses Act (1733),
26. Morris, Robert, 253. Morton, 253. Mutiny Act, 239. N Navigation and
Trade acts, 28-29. New Jersey declines to send delegate to Stamp Act
Congress, 79. New York, Stamp Act Congress, 79-80; stamp riots in,
87-90; Assembly refuses to abide by Quartering Act, 122; merchants agree
on non-importation, 139; effect of non-importation agreement, 140;
decay of business, 144-146; permitted to issue Bills of Credit, 148;
non-importation agreement set aside, 148; tea not to be imported,
148-149; vote for independence, 252, 253. Newfoundland fisheries
prohibited to colonies, 224. Newport Mercury, 75. Nicholas, R. C., 66,
76. Non-importation, agreements, 139; results, 140-141, 144-146; London
merchants protest, 141; discontinued, 148-149; Association of 1774,
219-220, 225-226, 241. Non-intercourse, 239. North, Lord, sought by Pitt
to replace Townshend, 121; proposes partial repeal of Townshend duties,
129; Resolution on Conciliation, 223 et seq.. North Carolina, effect of
non-importation agreement, 140. O Ohio Company, 32, 34. Oliver, Andrew,
82-84, 91, 198. Otis, James Jr., on parliamentary rights, 65; on
Virginia Resolutions, 77; and Stamp Act question, 91; Rights of the
British Colonies Asserted and Proved, 113; in 1770, 152; aids father
in soliciting chief-justiceship, 167; a leader in Boston, 175; deserts
Adams, 179. Otis, James, Sr., and chief-justiceship, 167. P Paine, R.
T., 200. Paine, Thomas, Common Sense, 247-251. Paris, Peace of, 10.
Parson's Cause, 69. Pendleton, Edmund, 66, 71, 74. Penn, Richard, 242.
Pennsylvania, effect of non-importation agreements, 140; on question
of independence, 252. Philadelphia merchants' attitude toward
non-importation, 139. Pitt, William, ministry, 5; and colonies, 30, 38,
40; refuses to succeed Granville, 101; in behalf of America, 103-104;
refers to Dulaney's pamphlet, 108 (note); becomes Earl of Chatham and
Prime Minister, 115-121; conciliation plan, 221-222. Pontiac uprising,
36. Pownall, Thomas, Administration of the Colonies, 49. Preparedness,
policy of, 31.
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