261

Lord Amherst plans three expeditions, all of which
were successful 261

Louisburg besieged and taken; heroism of General Wolfe;
great rejoicings 262

Admiral Boscawen returns to England; Lord Amherst's
energetic movements 262

Niagara taken; Fort du Quesne taken, and called Pittsburg;
Ticonderoga and Crown Point taken; Quebec taken 263

Attempt of the French to recover Quebec 266

Parliamentary compensation to Massachusetts (in a note) 267

Montreal besieged and taken, and all Canada surrendered
to the King of Great Britain, through Lord Amherst 267

General Amherst's address to the army (in a note) 268

The war not closed; conquests in the West Indies;
troubles with the Indians; reduction of the Cherokees 269

Treaty of Paris; general rejoicings 269

Massachusetts benefited by the war 270

Moneys provided by England for the war abstracted
from England and expended in the Colonies 270

Grateful acknowledgments and avowed loyalty to England
by Massachusetts; the language and feelings of the other
Colonies the same 271

CHAPTER IX.

RELATION OF ENGLAND AND THE COLONIES WITH EACH OTHER
AND WITH FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 273-279

I. The position of England in respect to the other
European Powers after the Peace of Paris, 1763 273

II. The position of the American Colonies, in regard
to England and other nations, after the Peace of Paris
in 1763 274

III. Effects of the change of policy by the English
Government in regard to the Colonies 277

IV. First acts of the British Government which caused
dissatisfaction and alienation in the Colonies 279

CHAPTER X.

THE STAMP ACT; ITS EFFECTS IN AMERICA; VIRGINIA LEADS
THE OPPOSITION TO IT; RIOTS AND DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY IN
BOSTON; PETITIONS AGAINST THE STAMP ACT IN ENGLAND; REPEAL
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