ALLEN FRENCH

PREFACE

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

CHAPTER I BEGINNINGS AND CONDITIONS

CHAPTER II WRITS OF ASSISTANCE AND THE STAMP ACT

CHAPTER III CHARLES TOWNSHEND, SAM ADAMS, AND THE MASSACRE

CHAPTER IV THE TEA-PARTY AND ITS CONSEQUENCES

CHAPTER V THE OCCUPATION OF BOSTON

CHAPTER VI THE POWDER ALARM AND THE WINTER OF 1774-1775

CHAPTER VII MILITARY PREPARATIONS

CHAPTER VIII THE NINETEENTH OF APRIL

CHAPTER IX BOSTON BELEAGUERED

CHAPTER X THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL

CHAPTER XI WASHINGTON TAKES COMMAND

CHAPTER XII EVENTS IN BOSTON FROM JUNE TO DECEMBER, 1775

CHAPTER XIII WASHINGTON'S DIFFICULTIES

CHAPTER XIV THE WINTER IN BOSTON

CHAPTER XV THE EVACUATION

THE SIEGE OF BOSTON

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