Excerpt from History of the War of the Independence of the United States of America, Vol. 1 Extreme joy of the colonists on. Hearing of the repeal of the stamp act. Causes of new discontents. Deliberations of the go vernment on the subject of the Opposition of the Americans. Change of ministry. The new ministers propose to parliament, and carry, a bill imposing a duty upon tea, paper, glass, and paint ers' colours. This duty is accompanied by other measures, which sow distrust in the colonies. New disturbances and new associ ations in America. The royal troops enter Boston. Tumult, with effusion of blood, in Boston. Admirable judicial decision in the midst of so great commotion. Condescendence of the Eng lish government; it suppresses the' taxes, with the exception of that on tea. The Americans manifest no greater submission in consequence. The government adopts measures of rigour. The Americans break out on their part they form leagues of resist ance. The Bostonians throw tea overboard. The ministers adopt rigorous counsels. Violent agitations in America. Events which result from them. New confederations. All the provinces de termine to hold a general Congress at Philadelphia. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.