attending the conquest of forests, and swamps, and
scattered towns; to the assistance of the French nation; and, above
all, to the superintending providence of God, who designed to rescue
the sons of the Pilgrims from foreign oppression, and, in spite of
their many faults, to make them a great and glorious nation, in which
religious and civil liberty should be perpetuated, and all men left
free to pursue their own means of happiness, and develop the
inexhaustible resources of a great and boundless empire.

[Sidenote: Resignation of Lord North.]

The English nation acquiesced in an event which all felt to be
inevitable; but Lord North was compelled to resign, and a change of
measures was pursued. It is now time to contemplate English affairs,
until the French Revolution.

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REFERENCES.--The books written on the American Revolution
are very numerous, an index to which may be seen in Botta's
History, as well as in the writings of those who have
treated of this great event. Sparks's Life and
Correspondence of Washington is doubtless the most valuable
work which has yet appeared since Marshall wrote the Life of
Washington. Guizot's Essay on Washington is exceedingly
able; nor do I know any author who has so profoundly
analyzed the character and greatness of the American hero.
Botta's History of the Revolution is a popular but
superficial and overlauded book. Mr. Hale's History of the
United States is admirably adapted to the purpose for which
it is designed, and is the best compendium of American
history. Stedman is the standard authority in England.
Belsham, in his History of George III., has written candidly
and with spirit. Smyth, in his lectures on Modern History,
has discussed the Revolution with great ability. See also
the works of Ramsay, Winterbotham, Allen, and Gordon. The
lives of the prominent American generals, statesmen, and
orators, should also be read in connection; especially of
Lee, Greene, Franklin, Adams, and Henry, which are best
described in Sparks's American Biography.

CHAPTER XXIX.

ADMINISTRATION OF WILLIAM PITT.

[Sidenote: William Pitt.]

We come now to consider the most eventful administration, in many
important respects, in British annals. The greatness of military
operations, the magnitude of reforms, and the great number of
i