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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 7, 4th edition., Chapter 3 : (search)
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 7, 4th edition., Chapter 6 : (search)
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 7, 4th edition., Chapter 11 : (search)
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 7, 4th edition., Chapter 12 : (search)
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 7, 4th edition., Chapter 13 : (search)
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 7, 4th edition., Chapter 14 : (search)
Chapter 14:
How Catholic emancipation began.
October, 1774.
the congress of 1774 contained statesmen of the
Chap. XIV.} 1774. Oct. highest order of wisdom.
For eloquence Patrick Henry was unrivalled; next to him, the elder Rutledge of South Carolina was the ablest in debate; but if you speak of solid information and sound judgment, said Patrick Henry, Washington is unquestionably the greatest man of them all.
While the delegates of the twelve colonies were in session in PhiladPatrick Henry, Washington is unquestionably the greatest man of them all.
While the delegates of the twelve colonies were in session in Philadelphia, ninety of the members just elected to the Massachusetts assembly appeared on Wednesday the fifth of October at the court house in Salem.
After waiting two days for the governor, they passed judgment on his unconstitutional proclamation against their meeting, and resolving themselves into a provincial congress, they adjourned to Concord.
There, on Tuesday the eleventh, about two hundred and sixty members took their seats, and elected John Hancock their president.
On the fourteenth the
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 7, 4th edition., Chapter 25 : (search)
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 7, 4th edition., Chapter 31 : (search)
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 7, 4th edition., Chapter 34 : (search)
Chapter 34:
The second continental congress.
May, 1775.
few hours after the surrender of Ticonderoga,
Chap. XXXIV} 1775. May 10. the second continental congress met at Philadelphia.
There among the delegates, appeared Franklin and Samuel Adams; John Adams, and Washington, and Richard Henry Lee; soon joined by Patrick Henry, and by George Clinton, Jay, and Jay's college friend, the younger Robert R. Livingston, of New York.
Whom did they represent?
and what were their functions?
They were committees from twelve colonies, deputed to consult on measures of conciliation, with no means of resistance to oppression beyond a voluntary agreement for the suspension of importations from Great Britain.
They formed no confederacy; they were not an executive government; they were not even a legislative body.
They owed the use of a hall for their sessions to the courtesy of the carpenters of the city; there was not a foot of land on which they had the right to execute their dec
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 7, 4th edition., Chapter 37 : (search)