lled to yield. i. 360.

Their effective services to England in the English and French war; their
experience and skill thereby acquired in military affairs; their
superiority as marksmen. i. 460.

Desire to provide as aforetime for their own defence and the support of
their own local government, as is done in the provinces of the Dominion
of Canada. i. 460.

Colonist--The writer a native. i. 1.

Colonies--Three causes of irritation in 1768. i. 348.

Unjust imputations in the British Parliament and Press against their
loyalty. i. 353.

Their manly response to the imputations and assertion of British rights,
led by the General Assembly of Virginia. i. 355.

Company of Massachusetts Bay--Write to Endicot and ministers sent by them
against Church innovations. i. 49, 51.

Deny to the King and British public having made any Church innovations in
Massachusetts. i. 53.

Complaints of banished Episcopalians, persecuted Presbyterians, Baptists,
&c., to the King. i. 46, 137.

Complaints of the Massachusetts Bay Rulers--a pretext to perpetuate
sectarian rule and persecution. i. 183.

Conduct and pretensions of Massachusetts Bay Rulers condemned and exposed
by Loyalist inhabitants of Boston, Salem, Newbury, and Ipswich. i. 163.

Congregationalists--None other eligible for office, or allowed the elective
franchise at Massachusetts Bay. i. 63.

Congress (First General Congress)--
Met at Philadelphia, September, 1774. i. 409.

The word defined. i. 409.

Each day's proceedings commenced with prayer. i. 410.

Its members and their constituents throughout the Colonies thoroughly
loyal, while maintaining British constitutional rights. i. 410.

Its declaration of rights and grievances. i. 411.

Its loyal address to the King. i. 414.

Its manly and affectionate appeal to the British Nation. i. 416.

The address of its members to their constituents--a temperate and lucid
exposition of their grievances and sentiments. i. 417.

Its proceedings reach England before the adjournment for the Christmas
holidays in 1774, and produce an impression favourable to the
Colonies. i. 420.

(Second Continental) meets in Philadelphia, September, 1775; number and
character of its members. i. 442.

Its noble and affectionate petition to the King; the King denies an
audience to its agent, Mr. Penn, and answers the petition by
proclamation, declaring it "rebellion