xxii, 409 pp. 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--1773-1774; 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; Appendix; Index; List of Maps.
