The Siege of Boston

by Allen French

CONTENTS

• CHAPTER
• [I.] Beginnings and Conditions
• [II.] Writs of Assistance and the Stamp Act
• [III.] Charles Townshend, Sam Adams, and the Massacre
• [IV.] The Tea-Party and its Consequences
• [V.] The Occupation of Boston
• [VI.] The Powder Alarm and the Winter of 1774-1775
• [VII.] Military Preparations
• [VIII.] The Nineteenth of April
• [IX.] Boston Beleaguered
• [X.] The Battle of Bunker Hill
• [XI.] Washington takes Command
• [XII.] Events in Boston from June to December, 1775
• [XIII.] Washington's Difficulties
• [XIV.] The Winter in Boston
• [XV.] The Evacuation

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ILLUSTRATIONS

• [Old State House] Frontispiece
• [The Hutchinson House]
• [Faneuil Hall]
• [Samuel Adams]
• [The Investment of Boston]
• [Revere's Picture of Boston in 1768]
• [The Old North Church]
• [The Battle of Lexington]
• [Plan of the Siege]
• [The Minute Man]
• [The Old North Bridge]
• [Washington's Headquarters]
• [Dorchester Tower]
• [Gold Medal commemorating Washington's Victory]

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THE SIEGE OF BOSTON

CHAPTER I