An American history . e restoration of union and harmonybetween Great Britain and the colonies, most ardently desiredby all good men. All the colonies except Georgia were repre-sented, and among that remarkable group of about half a hun-dred men were the leaders of the ten years struggle against theBritish Parliament, — John and Samuel Adams of Massachu-setts, Patrick Henry of Virginia, Stephen Hopkins of RhodeIsland, John Dickinson of Pennsylvania, Roger Sherman of Con-necticut, John Rutledge of South Carolina. They respectfullypetitioned the king to put an end to their grievances, specifying
An American history . e restoration of union and harmonybetween Great Britain and the colonies, most ardently desiredby all good men. All the colonies except Georgia were repre-sented, and among that remarkable group of about half a hun-dred men were the leaders of the ten years struggle against theBritish Parliament, — John and Samuel Adams of Massachu-setts, Patrick Henry of Virginia, Stephen Hopkins of RhodeIsland, John Dickinson of Pennsylvania, Roger Sherman of Con-necticut, John Rutledge of South Carolina. They respectfullypetitioned the king to put an end to their grievances, specifyingthirteen acts of Parliament which they deemed infringementsand violations of their rights. They urged on all the coloniesthe adoption of the American Association for the boycott ofBritish trade, both import and export, and after a six weekssession adjourned, calling a new congress for the tenth of thefollowing May, unless the obnoxious legislation of Parliamentwere repealed before that day. British Rule in Amaii 123. Commemorative of the Battle on Lexington Green 1. Statue of a minuteman, by H. H. Kitson 2. Bowlder marking the line of Captain Parkers troops 3. Major Pitcaims pistols 4. The oldest Revolutionary monument in America, 1799 But before the second Continental Congress convened the 151. ArmedBritish regulars and the rustic militia of Massachusetts had met Massachuon the field of battle. General Gage, who succeeded Hutchinson **^as governor of Massachusetts in the summer of 1774, tried toprevent the colonial legislature from meeting. But in spite of his 124 Separation of the Colonies from England 152. Thebattle of Lex-ington, April19, 1775 prohibition they assembled at Salem and later at Cambridge andConcord. They appointed a Committee of Safety, began to col-lect powder and military stores, and assumed the government ofthe province outside the limits of Boston, where Gage had hisregiments intrenched. Early in 1775 came news that Parliament,in spite of the pleadings o
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