1770.[Two parties in the opposition][106]
[The struggle in parliament][107]
April.[The Grenville controverted elections act][108]
5 Mar.[The "Boston massacre"][109]
[Chatham and his city friends demand a dissolution][110]
[They are foiled by the king][111]
[Dispute with Spain concerning the Falkland islands][112]
[England's foreign policy][114]
1770-71.[Changes in the ministry][115]
[The law of libel][116]
[The house of commons and the printers][117]
1772.[Religious toleration][118]
[The royal marriage act and C. J. Fox][119]
June, 1773.[Affairs of E. India Company. North's regulating act][121]
May.[Clive's acquittal][122]
[The king's political predominance][123]

[CHAPTER VII.]

The Quarrel with America.

1772-73.[Resistance to law in America][124]
16 Dec., 1773.[The Boston tea-riot][126]
29 Jan., 1774.[Franklin before the privy council][126]
[The penal acts][128]
[The Quebec act][129]
5 Sept.[First meeting of a continental congress][132]
[The American loyalists][134]
[The general election of 1774][135]
[Opinion in England on the American crisis][136]
Feb.-Mar., 1775.[Bills and resolutions for conciliation][138]
[The Americans prepare for war][139]
19 April.[Fighting at Lexington and Concord][140]

[CHAPTER VIII.]

The Colonial Rebellion.

April, 1775.[The American army at Cambridge][143]
May.[Americans seize Ticonderoga and Crown Point][144]
[English opinion on the outbreak of war][144]
15 June.[Washington appointed American commander-in-chief][146]
17.[The battle of Bunker hill][147]
[The invasion of Canada][151]
31 Dec.[Defeat of the Americans at Quebec][152]
[The king hires German troops][153]
17.[The evacuation of Boston][155]
May-June, 1776.[The Americans chased out of Canada][155]
[Spread of the idea of separation][156]
28 June.[Unsuccessful attempt on Charleston][157]
4 July.[Declaration of American independence][158]
1775.[The war generally popular in Great Britain][158]
[The opposition in parliament][159]
[The state of the navy][161]
Nov.[North's prohibitory bill][162]

[CHAPTER IX.]

Saratoga.

27 Aug., 1776.[The battle of Long Island][164]
15 Sept.[British take New York][165]
11, 13 Oct.[Carleton's victory on Lake Champlain][166]
8 Dec.[Washington retreats across the Delaware][167]
26.[The surprise of Trenton][168]
[Partial secession of whigs from parliament][169]
[Impressment for the navy][170]
1777.[Arrears of the civil list][171]
[Plan for co-operation between Howe and Burgoyne][172]
June-Nov.[Howe's campaign. Battle of the Brandywine, Sept. 11][173]
[American camp at Valley Forge][175]
6 July.[Burgoyne captures Ticonderoga][176]
[His difficulties, distress, and failure][177]
17 Oct.[The convention of Saratoga][179]
[Responsibility for the disaster][179]
6 Jan., 1778.[Alliance between France and the Americans][181]
[Why England had not yet subdued the Americans][183]