. The story of the greatest nations; a comprehensive history, extending from the earliest times to the present, founded on the most modern authorities, and including chronological summaries and pronouncing vocabularies for each nation; and the world's famous events, told in a series of brief sketches forming a single continuous story of history and illumined by a complete series of notable illustrations from the great historic paintings of all lands. The Boston Tea-party Chapter XITHE REVOLUTION—INDEPENDENCE AND SUFFERING ^Authorities: Winsor, Handbook of the Revolution ; Ludlow, War of Americ
. The story of the greatest nations; a comprehensive history, extending from the earliest times to the present, founded on the most modern authorities, and including chronological summaries and pronouncing vocabularies for each nation; and the world's famous events, told in a series of brief sketches forming a single continuous story of history and illumined by a complete series of notable illustrations from the great historic paintings of all lands. The Boston Tea-party Chapter XITHE REVOLUTION—INDEPENDENCE AND SUFFERING ^Authorities: Winsor, Handbook of the Revolution ; Ludlow, War of American Independ-ence ; Lossing, Fieldbook of the Revolution ; Carrington, Battles of the Revolution ; Irving, Washington ; Lodge, Washington ; Goodloe, Birth of the Republic ; Lossing, The TwoSpies; Burgoynes Narrative of His Campaign; Baroness Riedesel, Memoirs.] ORE than a year elapsed after the battle of Lexingtonbefore the Continental Congress took the decisivestep of declaring our independence. Most Ameri-cans did not desire a separation from England,They loved and admired their mighty mother country,and only sought to be admitted to the Britishunion as equals, instead of as submissive after Lexington, a majority of the colonists prob-ably hoped that England would relent, and that some com-promise could be arranged. It was only as the quarrel warpersisted in step by step, that the necessity for independenciwas recognized. Some
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