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HISTORY

OF THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

FROM THE DISCOVERY OF THE CONTINENT.

BY

GEORGE BANCROFT.

The Author's Last Revision.

VOLUME IV.

NEW YORK:

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY.

1884.

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CONTENTS OF THE FOURTH VOLUME.

The American revolution. Its necessity. Its principle

Most cherished in America. Britain should have offered independence.
Infatuation of the king and parliament. Port act received in Boston
Meeting of nine committees. The tea not to be paid for
Circular to the colonies. Boston town-meeting. Gage arrives

His character. Firmness of Newburyport, Salem, and Boston
New York Sons of Liberty propose a general congress
Formation of a conservative party

Effect of the port act in Connecticut and Providence

New York committee of fifty-one.

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Baltimore, the model. New Hampshire. New Jersey

New York and Connecticut plan a congress

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June-August 1774.

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