act
of Parliament.... Governor Shirley arrives.... Review of transactions in
New York.

CHAPTER IX.

War with the southern Indians.... Dissatisfaction of Carolina with
the proprietors.... Rupture with Spain.... Combination to subvert the
proprietary government.... Revolution completed.... Expedition from
the Havanna against Charleston.... Peace with Spain.... The proprietors
surrender their interest to the crown.... The province divided....
Georgia settled.... Impolicy of the first regulations.... Intrigues of
the Spaniards with the slaves of South Carolina.... Insurrection of the
slaves.

CHAPTER X.

War declared against Spain.... Expedition against St. Augustine....
Georgia invaded.... Spaniards land on an island in the Alatamaha....
Appearance of a fleet from Charleston.... Spanish army re-embarks....
Hostilities with France.... Expedition against Louisbourg.... Louisbourg
surrenders.... Great plans of the belligerent powers.... Misfortunes of
the armament under the duke D'Anville.... The French fleet dispersed
by a storm.... Expedition against Nova Scotia.... Treaty of Aix la
Chapelle.... Paper money of Massachusetts redeemed.... Contests between
the French and English respecting boundaries.... Statement respecting
the discovery of the Mississippi.... Scheme for connecting Louisiana
with Canada.... Relative strength of the French and English colonies....
Defeat at the Little Meadows.... Convention at Albany.... Plan of
union.... Objected to both in America and Great Britain.

CHAPTER XI.

General Braddock arrives.... Convention of governors and plan of
the campaign.... French expelled from Nova Scotia, and inhabitants
transplanted.... Expedition against fort Du Quesne.... Battle of
Monongahela.... Defeat and death of General Braddock.... Expedition
against Crown Point.... Dieskau defeated.... Expedition against
Niagara.... Frontiers distressed by the Indians.... Meeting of the
governors at New York.... Plan for the campaign of 1756.... Lord Loudoun
arrives.... Montcalm takes Oswego.... Lord Loudoun abandons offensive
operations.... Small-pox breaks out in Albany.... Campaign of 1757
opened.... Admiral Holbourne arrives at Halifax.... Is joined by the
earl of Loudoun.... Expedition against Louisbourg relinquished.... Lord
Loudoun returns to New York.... Fort William Henry taken.... Controversy
between Lord Loudoun and the assembly of Massachusetts.

CHAPTER XII.

Preparations for the campaign of 1758....