A history of the United States, from the discovery of the American continent .. . completes the History of the Col-onization of the United States. In the arrange-ment of my subject, the great drama of theirIndependence opens with the attempts of Franceand England to carry the peace of Aix la Chapelleinto effect. Should the propriety of the point oftime selected for the division be questioned, I willask, for the present, a suspension of judgment. If my labors thus far are accepted by mycountry, no higher reward can be hoped for,than to hear, from the favoring opinion of thepeople, the summons t
A history of the United States, from the discovery of the American continent .. . completes the History of the Col-onization of the United States. In the arrange-ment of my subject, the great drama of theirIndependence opens with the attempts of Franceand England to carry the peace of Aix la Chapelleinto effect. Should the propriety of the point oftime selected for the division be questioned, I willask, for the present, a suspension of judgment. If my labors thus far are accepted by mycountry, no higher reward can be hoped for,than to hear, from the favoring opinion of thepeople, the summons to go forward, and writethe History of the American Revolution, achievedby our fathers, not for themselves and their pos-terity only, but for the world. George Bancroft. Boston, November 20, 1840. i ^y R. Srowo 3ookb|ndir «)30 South 18th SL If. HISTORY UNITED STATES FROM THEDISCOVERY OF THE AMERICAN CONTINENT. BY GEORGE III. FOURTH EDITION. BOSTON: CHARLES C. LITTLE AND JAMES ^\^^\.> J^ HISTORY COLONIZATION UNITED STATES. BY GEORGE III. FOURTH EDITION. BOSTON: CHARLES C. LITTLE AND JAMES Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1840, By George BAi-vcROFT, In the Clerks Office of the District Court of Massachusetts. STEREOTYPED AT THESOSTON TYPE AND STEREOTYPE FOUNDRY. CONTENTS. CHAPTER XIX. THE ABSOLUTE POWER OF PARLIAMENT. The Fortunes of the Stuarts, p. 1—The Aristocratic Revolution of Eng-land, 2—Character of William of Orange, 3—Sketch of Somers, 4—TheRevolution vindicates English Liberties—Freedom of Mind, 5—Right ofResistance, 6—Power of Parliament, 7—Influence of the Commercial Class-es, 8—Theory of the Revolution, 9—Power of Opinion, 10—Free Press, 11 —Character of the Revolution, 12—Parties in South Carolina, 13—Abrogationof
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