The “Illustrious Ninety-Two”
Statute of Henry VIII. concerning “treason committed abroad”
Samuel Adams makes up his mind, 1768
Some lessons of the “Massacre”
Assemblies convened at strange places
The North Carolina “Regulators”
The committees of correspondence in Massachusetts
Intercolonial committees of correspondence
The question of taxation revived
How Boston became the battle-ground
Arrival of the tea; meeting at the Old South
The tea-ships placed under guard
The tea thrown into the harbour
Grandeur of the Boston Tea Party
How Parliament received the news
CHAPTER III THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
Belief that the Americans would not fight
Belief that Massachusetts would not be supported by the other colonies
Massachusetts nullifies the Regulating Act
John Hancock and Joseph Warren
The Suffolk County Resolves, Sept. 6, 1774
Provincial Congress in Massachusetts
Meeting of the Continental Congress, Sept. 5, 1774
