"The limits of this volume are the years 1756 and 1783. This period has a unity in many ways. From the beginning of the "old French War" to the end of the Revolution the English commonwealths in America were both learning the necessity of union and growing conscious of a common destiny. It might even be said that while in one of the two conflicts they were hostile to France and in the other allied with her yet nevertheless such a connection is in itself substantive. Both illustrate phases of French history. A still stronger mark of the epoch is the continuous development in action of common exertion for the common welfare. But the strongest and most philosophical unity is in the evolution of a new theory of government during these years by the application of English principles to American conditions." - William Milligan Sloane
Contents: The English People in the Eighteenth Century, 1688-1756. Institutions of the English Colonies, 1688-1756. The English and French in North America, 1688-1756. Outbreak of the French and Indian War, 1755-1756. Successes of the French and Indians, 1756-1758. Successes of the English and Americans, 1758-1759. Niagara and Quebec, 1759. The Plains of Abraham, 1759-1760. The Peace of Paris, 1760-1763. A New Issue in Constitutional Government, 1760-1762. The Stamp Act, 1762-1766. Conflict of two Theories, 1766-1768. The Constitutional Revolution, 1770-1774. Resistance to Oppression, 1773. The Beginning of Hostilities, 1774-1775. The Battle of Bunker Hill, February-July, 1775. Overthrow of Royal Authority, 1775-1776. The Movement for Independence, January-June, 1776. Independence and Confederation, July-August, 1776. The Loss of New York City, April-December, 1776. Trenton and Princeton, December, 1776. Bennington and the Brandywine, January-September, 1777. Saratoga and the French Alliance - September-December, 1777. Recognition of American Independence, January-July, 1778. Evil Effects of the Foreign Alliance, 1778-1779. Camden and King's Mountain, 1779-1780. The Southern Invasion Repelled, 1780-1781. Yorktown, 1781. The Peace of Versailles, 1782-1783. Weakness and Strength.
Contents: The English People in the Eighteenth Century, 1688-1756. Institutions of the English Colonies, 1688-1756. The English and French in North America, 1688-1756. Outbreak of the French and Indian War, 1755-1756. Successes of the French and Indians, 1756-1758. Successes of the English and Americans, 1758-1759. Niagara and Quebec, 1759. The Plains of Abraham, 1759-1760. The Peace of Paris, 1760-1763. A New Issue in Constitutional Government, 1760-1762. The Stamp Act, 1762-1766. Conflict of two Theories, 1766-1768. The Constitutional Revolution, 1770-1774. Resistance to Oppression, 1773. The Beginning of Hostilities, 1774-1775. The Battle of Bunker Hill, February-July, 1775. Overthrow of Royal Authority, 1775-1776. The Movement for Independence, January-June, 1776. Independence and Confederation, July-August, 1776. The Loss of New York City, April-December, 1776. Trenton and Princeton, December, 1776. Bennington and the Brandywine, January-September, 1777. Saratoga and the French Alliance - September-December, 1777. Recognition of American Independence, January-July, 1778. Evil Effects of the Foreign Alliance, 1778-1779. Camden and King's Mountain, 1779-1780. The Southern Invasion Repelled, 1780-1781. Yorktown, 1781. The Peace of Versailles, 1782-1783. Weakness and Strength.
