119
June, 1773. Affairs of E. India Company. North's
regulating act 121
May. Clive's acquittal 122
The king's political predominance 123

CHAPTER VII.

THE QUARREL WITH AMERICA.

1772-73. Resistance to law in America 124
16 Dec., 1773. The Boston tea-riot 126
29 Jan., 1774. Franklin before the privy council 126
The penal acts 128
The Quebec act 129
5 Sept. First meeting of a continental congress 132
The American loyalists 134
The general election of 1774 135
Opinion in England on the American crisis 136
Feb.-Mar., 1775. Bills and resolutions for conciliation 138
The Americans prepare for war 139
19 April. Fighting at Lexington and Concord 140

CHAPTER VIII.

THE COLONIAL REBELLION.

April, 1775. The American army at Cambridge 143
May. Americans seize Ticonderoga and Crown Point 144
English opinion on the outbreak of war 144
15 June. Washington appointed American commander-in-chief 146
17. The battle of Bunker hill 147
The invasion of Canada 151
31 Dec. Defeat of the Americans at Quebec 152
The king hires German troops 153
17. The evacuation of Boston 155
May-June, 1776. The Americans chased out of Canada 155
Spread of the idea of separation 156
28 June. Unsuccessful attempt on Charleston 157
4 July. Declaration of American independence 158
1775. The war generally popular in Great Britain 158
The opposition in parliament 159
The state of the navy 161