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Narrative and Critical History of America, Vol. 6 (of 8) The United States of North America, Part I

Name: Narrative and Critical History of America, Vol. 6 (of 8) The United States of North America, Part I
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The text of Narrative and Critical History of America, Vol. 6 (of 8) The United States of North America, Part I comes from Project Gutenberg e-text #51789. It is public domain in the United States. Edited by Justin Winsor. Project Gutenberg’s header and license text are removed, and RedLectern sets the text out for reading on screen; no words of the book are rewritten or summarized. More formats (EPUB, Kindle) · How RedLectern is built

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Contents (22)

Opening about 1 min
Chapter I about 1 min
Chapter II about 2 min
Chapter III under 1 min
Chapter IV about 1 min
Chapter V about 1 min
Chapter VI about 1 min
Chapter VII under 1 min
Chapter VIII under 1 min
Chapter IX under 1 min
I. THE REVOLUTION IMPENDING about 2 h 7 min
II. THE CONFLICT PRECIPITATED about 1 h 13 min
Part II about 38 min
III. THE SENTIMENT OF INDEPENDENCE, ITS GROWTH AND CONSUMMATION about 1 h 1 min
IV. THE STRUGGLE FOR THE HUDSON about 1 h 53 min
Chapter V about 1 h 44 min
VI. THE WAR IN THE SOUTHERN DEPARTMENT about 2 h 10 min
VII. THE NAVAL HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION about 1 h 9 min
VIII. THE INDIANS AND THE BORDER WARFARE OF THE REVOLUTION about 2 h 24 min
Chapter IX (part 1 of 3) about 5 h 32 min
Chapter IX (part 2 of 3) about 6 h 33 min
Chapter IX (part 3 of 3) about 2 h 22 min

The opening of Chapter I

THE REVOLUTION IMPENDING. Mellen Chamberlain 1
ILLUSTRATIONS: George III., 20; Lord North, with Autograph, 21; Rockingham, 31; Fac-simile of Glorious News, May 16, 1766, 33; John Adams, 36; Fac-simile of Adams's Writing, 37; Samuel Adams, with Autograph, 40; Samuel Adams, 41; Revere's Plan of State Street at the time of the Boston Massacre, 48; Autographs of the Court for the Trial following the Boston Massacre,—Benjamin Lynde, John Cushing, Peter Oliver, Edmund Trowbridge, Jonathan Sewall, Samuel Winthrop, 50; of the Counsel,—Robert Treat Paine, Samuel Quincy, John Adams, Josiah Quincy, Jr., and Sampson S. Blowers, 51; Joseph Warren, 54; Fac-simile of Broadside, June 22, 1773, 55; A Contemporary Print, 59; Broadside, June 17, 1774, 61.
CRITICAL ESSAY 62
EDITORIAL NOTES 68
ILLUSTRATIONS: Statue of James Otis, 69; Jonathan Mayhew, 71; Autograph of Charles Chauncey, 71; George III., 76; Fac-simile of Handbill, Faneuil Hall Meeting, Oct.

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