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HISTORY
OF THE
UNITED STATES,
FROM THE
DISCOVERY OF THE AMERICAN CONTINENT.
BY
GEORGE BANCROFT.
VOL. V.
BOSTON:
LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY,
Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1852, by
GEORGE BANCROFT,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southerr District of New-York.
RIVERSIDE, CAMBRIDGE: PRINTED BY H. O. HOUGHTON AND COMPANY.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
THE CONTINENT OF EUROPE, 1763.
Protestantism ceases to be a cause of Revolutions, 3-Right of private
judgment affirmed, 4-Progress of Skepticism, 5—Prussia and its king, 6-
Russia, 8—Austria, 10—The German Empire, 11-The Netherlands, 13—
Spain, 14.
CHAPTER II.
THE CONTINENT OF EUROPE-FRANCE, 1763.
France, 19—Checks on the royal power, 20-Parliament, 21-Opinion,
21-Voltaire, 22-Montesquieu, 24-The Physiocrats, 25-Turgot, 26-Jean
Jacques Rousseau, 28-Sovereignty of the people, 30.
England, 32-Its limited Monarchy, 33-Its Church, 34-House of Lords,
36-House of Commons, 39-Its Administrative System, 43--Its Literature,
44-Its Courts of Law, 47-Its system of Education, 48-Life in towns, 50—
-Life in the country, 51-Its manufactures, 54-Its nationality, 56.
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British Dominion in the East Indies, 59—In America, 59-Ireland, 60--
Its conquest, 61-The Irish parliament, 62-The Church, 62-Colonization of
the Scotch, 64-Ireland after the Restoration, 65—After the Revolution of
1688, 65-Disfranchisement of the Catholics, 66-Their Disqualification, 67
-Laws prohibiting their education, 68-their worship, 69—their possess-
ing lands, 70-their keeping arms, 72-Restrictions on industry, 13—Rise of
the Irish patriot party, 74-Scotch Irish Presbyterians, 75.
CHAPTER V.
CHARLES TOWNSHEND PLEDGES THE MINISTRY OF BUTE TO TAX AMERICA BY THE
BRITISH PARLIAMENT, AND RESIGNS. February-April, 1763.
America after the Peace of Paris, 78-Townshend enters the Cabinet, 79-
His colleagues, 79-His policy, 81-Protest of New York, 84-An American
standing army proposed, 87-Plan of taxing America, 87-Loyalty of Ameri-
ca, 90—Grenville enforces the Navigation Acts, 91-New taxes in England,
93-Townshend resigns, 94-Bute resigns, 94-Grenville succeeds him at the
Treasury, 95-A triumvirate ministry, 97.
CHAPTER VI.
THE TRIUMVIRATE MINISTRY PURSUE THE PLAN OF TAXING AMERICA BY PAR-
LIAMENT. April-May, 1763.
Solidity of the British Constitution, 97-Grenville, 98-Jenkinson, 102-
Ministry incomplete, 103-Affair of Wilkes, 104-Whately, 105-Jackson,
106-Grenville a Protectionist, 106-His American policy, 107—Shelburne,
108
CHAPTER VII.
PONTIAC'S WAR.—THE TRIUMVIRATE MINISTRY CONTINUED. May-September,
1763.
The West, 110-Origin of Pontiac's war, 111-Pontiac, 113-Detroit,
114-Its siege, 117-The Illinois, 117-Loss of Sandusky, 118-Of Fort St.
Joseph's, 118-Fort Pitt threatened, 119-Loss of Fort Miami, 120-Of Fort
Ouatanon, 121-Of Michilimackinac, 121-Of Presqu' Isle, Le Boeuf and
Venango, 122-Indian ravages, 123-Fort Pitt summoned, 125-Detroit reliev-
ed, 126--Defeat of Dalyell, 127-Fort Pitt summoned again, 128-Bouquet's
march, 129-Battle of Bushy Run, 130-Pittsburg relieved, 131-Amherst
puts a price on Pontiac's life, 131-Ambush of the Senecas, 132—Good con-
duct of the French, 133.