CONTENTS
OF
VOLUME FIRST.
BOOK I.
THE CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, FROM THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE REVOLUTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION.
CHAPTER I.
1774-1775.
Organization of the First Continental Congress.—Origin of the Union.—Situation of the Colonies before the Revolution.
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| Political Organizations of the Colonies | [3] |
| Provincial Governments | [4] |
| Proprietary Governments | [5] |
| Charter Governments | [5] |
| Causes of the Revolution | [6] |
| Local Legislatures | [7] |
| Power of the Colonies to unite, asserted by the Revolution | [8] |
| Reasons why they were enabled to effect the Union | [8] |
| A General Congress | [10] |
| First Step towards it | [11] |
| Assembling of the Congress | [13] |
| Delegates | [14] |
| Method of Voting | [15] |
| Rights of the Colonies | [16] |
| Separation from Great Britain not contemplated | [18] |
| Relations of the Congress to the Country | [19] |
| Authority of Parliament | [20] |
| Declaration of Rights | [22] |
| Cessation of Exports and Imports | [23] |
| Another Congress proposed | [25] |
| Royal Government terminated in Massachusetts | [25] |
| Provincial Congress of Massachusetts | [26] |
| Battle of Lexington | [27] |
CHAPTER II.
1775-1776.