The Rockingham Ministry and the Stamp Act
Repeal of the Stamp Act and passage of the Declaratory Act
Colonial grievances remaining after the repeal of the Stamp Act
The Chatham Ministry and its inherited colonial problems
The Townshend Act Duties of 1767
Protests, non-importation agreements, and Hillsborough's provocative letters
The American Customs Board and the Liberty riot
The treason resolution : proposed revision of the Townshend Act
Revision of the Townshend Act and dilution of non-importation
British troops at Boston and the "Boston Massacre"
The Gaspee affair and the judges' salary controversy
Colonial opposition to the Tea Act and the Boston Tea Party
The Boston Port Act and British troops to Boston
Proposals for a tighter rein on Massachusetts
The Massachusetts Petition of 1773 and its consequences
The Massachusetts Regulating and Administration of Justice Acts
Calls for a general congress and instructions to the delegates
Unifying and divisive elements in the Congress
The Continental Congress : first steps
Statement of grievances and approval of the Suffolk Resolves
The association and the memorial to the colonists
Petition to the king and other state papers of the Congress
Developments in Massachusetts : May-September, 1774
The British government and the colonies : June, 1774-April, 1775
The colonial response to the Congress
Massachusetts prepares for war : October, 1774-April, 1775
Gage's military activities while awaiting orders from England
Dartmouth's letter galvanizes Gage into action
The day of Lexington and Concord : April 19, 1775.
Appendixes: Irritants before 1765
Colonial Tories and Whigs
George III and establishment of the Rockingham Ministry
The Act of 1696 and the Declaratory Act of 1766
The Act of 1663 and colonial admiralty courts
The Free Port Act of 1766
General writs of assistance
Project for Anglican bishops in the colonies
The admiralty court at Halifax and its successors
Uneven observance of the non-importation agreemtns
Impressment and the case of Michael Corbet
Clashes between civilians and British troops in New York
The refund of duty on tea
Was the Dartmouth ordered to enter port?
Election of delegates from Pennsylvania
New York politics and the New York delegation to the congress
Members of the First Continental Congress
Samuel Adams' conduct as collector of taxes
Grievances again the Crown
The Suffolk County resolves
The solemn league and covenant
Who furnished the information about proceedings of the Congress?
Peace negotiations of Benjamin Franklin
New York and the Continantal Congress : 1775
Colonial Whigs and Negro slavery : 1765-1775
April 19th : the conflict of evidence.
