History of the United States of America, Volume III
From the Discovery of the Continent

A Dusty Tomes Audio BookIn Cooperation with Spoken RealmsVolume 3 of History of the United States of America: From the Discovery of the Continent by George Bancroft. A major US History Series in six volumes. “Author’s Last Revision” 1883 by D. Appleton and Company.Bancroft as US Secretary of the Navy established the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis. He was a senior American diplomat in Europe, leading diplomatic missions to Britain and Germany. His comprehensive study of the origins and development of the United States caused him to be referred to as the “Father of American history.”CONTENTS OF THE THIRD VOLUMETHE AMERICAN REVOLUTION IN FIVE EPOCHSII. BRITAIN ESTRANGES AMERICACHAPTER I. ENGLAND AS IT WAS IN 1768CHAPTER II. ENGLAND AND ITS DEPENDENCIES. IRELANDCHAPTER III. CHARLES TOWNSHEND PLEDGES THE MINISTRY OF BUTE TO TAX AMERICA BY THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT, AND RESIGNSCHAPTER IV. PONTIAC’S WAR. TRIUMVIRATE MINISTRYCHAPTER V. THE MINUTE FOR AN AMERICAN STAMP-TAX. MINISTRY OF GRENVILLECHAPTER VI. ENFORCEMENT OF THE ACTS OF NAVIGATION. GRENVILLE’S ADMINISTRATION CONTINUEDCHAPTER VII. HOW AMERICA RECEIVED THE PLAN OF A STAMP-TAX. GRENVILLE’S ADMINISTRATION CONTINUEDCHAPTER VIII. THE TWELFTH PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN PASSES THE AMERICAN STAMP-TAX. GRENVILLE’S ADMINISTRATION CONTINUEDCHAPTER IX. THE DAY-STAR OF THE AMERICAN UNIONCHAPTER X. THE BATTLE BETWEEN THE KING AND THE DUKE OF BEDFORDCHAPTER XI. AMERICA REPELS THE STAMP-TAX. ADMINISTRATION OF ROCKINGHAMCHAPTER XII. THE STAMP ACT LEADS AMERICA TO UNION. ADMINISTRATION OF ROCKHIMHAMCHAPTER XIII. HAS PARLIAMENT THE RIGHT TO TAX AMERICA? ADMINISTRATION OF ROCKINGHAMCHAPTER XIV. WILLIAM PITT INTERVENES. ROCKINGHAM’S ADMINISTRATION CONTINUESCHAPTER XV. PARLIAMENT AFFIRMS ITS RIGHT TO TAX AMERICA. ROCKINGHAM’S ADMINISTRATION CONTINUEDCHAPTER XVI. THE REPEAL OF THE STAMP ACT. ADMNISTRATION OF ROCKINGHAMCHAPTER XVII. THE CHARTER OF MASSACHUSETTS IN PERIL. THE FALL OF THE ROCKINGHAM WHIGS. THE EARL OF CHATHAMCHAPTER XVIII. CHARLES TOWNSHEND USURPS THE LEAD IN GOVERNMENT. ADMINSTRATION OF CHATHAMCHAPTER XIX. PARLIAMENT WILL HAVE AN AMERICAN ARMY AND AN AMERICAN REVENUE. ADMINISTRATION OF GRAFTONCHAPTER XX. COALITION OF THE KING AND THE ARISTOCRACYCHAPTER XXI. MASSACHUSETTS CONSULTS HER SISTER COLONIES. ADMINISTRATION OF GRAFTON. HILLSBOROUGH SECRETARY FOR THE COLONIESCHAPTER XXII. WILL MASSACHUSETTS RESCIND? ADMINISTRATION OF GRAFTON. HILLSBOROUGH SECRETARY FOR THE COLONIESCHAPTER XXIII. UNION OF BEDFORD AND THE KING. THE REGULATIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA. HILLSBOROUGH SECRETARY FOR THE COLONIESCHAPTER XXIV. THE TOWNS OF MASSACHUSETTS MEET IN CONVENTION. A COMMONWEALTH IN LOUISIANA. HILLSBOROUGH SECRETARY FOR THE COLONIESCHAPTER XXV. THE KING AND PARLIAMENT AGAINST THE TOWN OF BOSTON. HILLSBOROUGH SECRETARY FOR THE COLONIESCHAPTER XXVI. VIRGINIA COMES TO THE AID OF MASSACHUSETTS. GRAFTON’S ADMINISTRATION. HILLSBOROUGH COLONIAL MINISTERCHAPTER XXVII. GROWTH OF REPUBLICANISM IN LOUISIANA, KENTUCKY, AND MASSACHUSETTS. LORD NORTH FORMS AN ADMINISTRATIONCHAPTER XXVIII. THE BOSTON “MASSACRE.” LORD NORTH’S ADMINISTRATIONCHAPTER XXIX. THE KING VIOLATES THE CHARTER OF MASSACHUSETTSCHAPTER XXX. THE ORIGIN OF TENNESSEECHAPTER XXXI. GREAT BRITAIN CENTRES IN ITSELF POWER OVER ITS COLONIES. HILLSBOROUGH’S RETIREMENTCHAPTER XXXII. THE TOWNS OF MASSACHUSETTS HOLD CORRESPONDENCECHAPTER XXXIII VIRGINIA CONSOLIDATES UNIONCHAPTER XXXIV. THE BOSTON TEA-PARTYCHAPTER XXXV. THE KING IN COUNCIL INSULTS MASSACHUSETTS AND ITS AGENTCHAPTER XXXVI. THE CRISISDusty Tomes Audio Books are public domain books retrieved from the ravages of time. Available as never before, as an audiobook, for your pleasure and consideration.