The negotiation with Brunswick

With the landgrave of Hesse

Embarkation of the troops corruptly delayed

Further negotiations. Debate in the house of commons

The employment of Bonvouloir as a French agent

Beaumarchais has an interview with Arthur Lee

Congress appoints a committee of foreign correspondence

Of Turgot. Sartine favors war with England. Grimaldi

France and Spain send aid to America. Unhappy condition of France.

Prediction of a revolution by Leibnitz. By Wesley

The age of skepticism.

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Great rising in North Carolina

Georgia ready for independence and self-government

CHAPTER XXV.

HOW SOUTH CAROLINA ADVANCED TO INDEPENDENCE.

February-July 1776.

The convention of South Carolina

South Carolina establishes its own constitution

John Rutledge is chosen and inaugurated president. His address

Speech of the chief justice on opening the court

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The British fleet enter Cape Fear river.

Burning of Hooper's house. First expedition of Cornwallis

Rutledge in Charleston prepares to meet the British

Arrival and opinions of General Lee

He proposes the evacuation of Sullivan's Island

The British army lands on Long Island

Preparations of each side for battle

Description of Fort Moultrie

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The British begin the attack

The advance party of the Americans receive no damage

British vessels of war ground. Heroism of Jasper and Macdaniel

Effect of the American fire on the British flag-ship

VIRGINIA PROCLAIMS THE RIGHTS OF MAN AND PROPOSES INDEPENDENCE.

May-June 1776.

The constituent convention of Virginia

The people of Virginia unanimous

Edmund Pendleton chosen president of the convention

They resolve on independence and a confederation

George Mason drafts the declaration of rights. Madison's amendment

The irresolution of the assembly of Pennsylvania

Richard Henry Lee offers the resolution for independence

He is supported by John Adams

The desire of the court of Vienna.

Committees to prepare a declaration of independence

To digest the form of a confederation.

American independence the choice of the whole people

Virginia becomes a republic.

Connecticut. Delaware. New Hampshire

Massachusetts. The wise conduct of New York insures its unanimity

The British foment a deadly conspiracy against Washington.

New Jersey frames its constitution and government

The counties of Pennsylvania frame a government

Questions of internal reform and of religious liberty

The constituent convention of the people of Maryland

Character of Thomas Jefferson

He drafts the declaration of independence

Criticisms on his paper.

Principles of the declaration

The king has striven to govern the colonies absolutely

Parliament has enacted unconstitutional laws

The king has waged war against the colonies

The British people have been appealed to in vain

The colonies become free and independent states

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The principles of the declaration addressed to all nations

Its relation to other forms of government

Why America became a republic.

The declaration established a people and a government

The declaration not signed on the fourth

THE

AMERICAN REVOLUTION

IN FIVE EPOCHS.

EPOCH THIRD.

AMERICA TAKES UP ARMS FOR SELF-DEFENCE AND ARRIVES AT INDEPENDENCE.

FROM 1774 TO 1776.

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