al.... He is succeeded by General Gage.... Measures to enforce the
act concerning duties.... Ferment in America.... The tea thrown into
the sea at Boston.... Measures of Parliament.... General enthusiasm in
America.... A general congress proposed.... General Gage arrives....
Troops stationed on Boston neck.... New counsellors and judges....
Obliged to resign.... Boston neck fortified.... Military stores seized
by General Gage.... Preparations for defence.... King's speech....
Proceedings of Parliament.... Battle of Lexington.... Massachusetts
raises men.... Meeting of Congress.... Proceedings of that body....
Transactions in Virginia.... Provincial congress of South Carolina....
Battle of Breed's hill.

NOTES

Footnotes

ILLUSTRATIONS

General Washington
Ruins of the Old Brick Church Built at Jamestown In 1639
Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1622
Penn Seeking Freedom for Imprisoned Friends
Great Meadows and the Site of Fort Necessity
General Braddock's Grave
The Death of Wolfe on the Plains Of Abraham
The Boston Tea Party

LIFE OF WASHINGTON, Volume II.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I.

Birth of Mr. Washington.... His mission to the French on the Ohio....
Appointed Lieutenant Colonel of a regiment of regular troops....
Surprises Monsieur Jumonville.... Capitulation of fort Necessity.... Is
appointed aid-de-camp to General Braddock.... Defeat and death of
that general.... Is appointed to the command of a regiment.... Extreme
distress of the frontiers, and exertions of Colonel Washington to
augment the regular forces of the colony.... Expedition against fort
Du Quesne.... Defeat of Major Grant.... Fort Du Quesne evacuated by
the French, and taken possession of by the English.... Resignation of
Colonel Washington.... His marriage.

CHAPTER II.

Colonel Washington appointed commander-in-chief of the American
forces.... Arrives at Cambridge.... Strength and disposition of the
two armies.... Deficiency of the Americans in arms and ammunitions....
Falmouth burnt.... Success of the American cruisers.... Distress of
the British from the want of fresh provisions.... Measures to form a
continental army.... Difficulty of re-enlisting the troops.... Plan for
attacking Boston.... General Lee detached to New York.... Possession
taken of the heights of Dorchester.... Boston evacuated....
Correspondence respecting prisoners.

CHAPTER III.

Invasion of Canada meditated.... Siege of St