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Contents
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| 139. Josiah Quincy, Jr. : The Hutchinson Riot, 1765 |
397 |
| 140. Town-Meeting of Cambridge: A Spirited Remonstrance, 1765 |
401 |
| 141. Stamp Act Congress: "Declarations of the Rights and Grievances of the Colonists," 1765 |
402 |
| 142. William Pitt, Later Earl of Chatham: An Englishman's Protest against Taxation, 1766 |
404 |
| 143. Benjamin Franklin and a Committee of the House of Commons: The State of the Colonies, 1766 |
407 |
| 144. Secretary Henry Seymour Conway: The Repeal of the Stamp Act, 1766 |
411 |
CHAPTER XXIV — THE REVENUE CONTROVERSY | |
| 145. Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford: Townshend's Revenue Scheme, 1767 |
413 |
| 146. Agent Dennis de Berdt: Complaint against the Acts of Trade, 1767 |
415 |
| 147. Reverend Charles Chauncy: Fears of Episcopacy, 1767 |
418 |
| 148. Chief Justice Thomas Hutchinson: Troops and Sons of Liberty in Boston, 1768 |
420 |
| 149. John Dickson: The Pennsylvania Farmer's Remedy, 1768 |
423 |
| 150. Judge Richard Henderson: Riot of the North Carolina Regulators, 1770 |
426 |
| 151. John Tudor: An Eye-Witness of the Boston Massacre, 1770 |
429 |
| 152. John Andrews: The Boston Tea-Party, 1773 |
431 |
CHAPTER XXV — THE ISSUES OF COERCION | |
| 153. Delegate John Adams: The First Continental Congress, 1774 |
434 |
| 154. Governor the Earl of Dunmore: Enforcement of the Association, 1774 |
439 |
| 155. Second Continental Congress: The Necessity of Self-Defence, 1775 |
442 |
| 156. Doctor Samuel Johnson: A Diatribe on the American Arguments, 1775 |
445 |
| 157. Chief Justice William Henry Drayton: The Tyranny of King George Third, 1776 |
449 |
| 158. King George Third: An Obstinate Guelph, 1777-1778 |
451 |
