. New England, old and new; a brief review of some historical and industrial incidents in the Puritan "New English Canaan," still the Land of promise . ical, social, and economic — would now satisfy NewEngland. On March 16, 1776, the British evacuated Boston. Thecity of John Winthrop and the English Puritans hadpassed forever from British control, almost four monthsbefore the Declaration of Independence was signed by theContinental Congress. From this time until the end of the Revolution, NewEnglands fighting was principally naval. Seamen bred inNew England manned the gun decks and the fightin
. New England, old and new; a brief review of some historical and industrial incidents in the Puritan "New English Canaan," still the Land of promise . ical, social, and economic — would now satisfy NewEngland. On March 16, 1776, the British evacuated Boston. Thecity of John Winthrop and the English Puritans hadpassed forever from British control, almost four monthsbefore the Declaration of Independence was signed by theContinental Congress. From this time until the end of the Revolution, NewEnglands fighting was principally naval. Seamen bred inNew England manned the gun decks and the fighting swarmed over the sides in many a close adlion, anddetermined the issue with cutlass and pistol. They served the guns when John, Paul Jonies, with threepoorly fitted ships, one a half-rotten hulk, boldly attackedand captured two British men-of-war, and bearded thelion in his den. With the Bonne Homme Richard sinkingunder their feet, they jumped to the deck of the Serapisand captured her. Not all the Yankee frigates were NewEngland built; but their crews were largely New Englanders. ConciliatoryOffer Evacuationof Boston Naval Warfare. A Prophecy Chapter IV<tAfter the ^B^volution URING the peace conference at Paris in 1783,which brought to an end Englands wars withFrance, Spain, Holland, and her Americancolonies, the Spanish representative. CountAranda, wrote this prophetic memorandum : The federalrepublic is born a pygniy. A day will come when it willbe a giant, even a colossus . . liberty of conscience, thefacility for establishing a new population on immense lands,as well as the advantages of the new government, will drawthither farmers and artisans of all the nations. True in the light of history, it is also true that thepoverty and feebleness of the general government menaced D New England — Old and New 41 the permanence of a united nation. Until the ratificationof the Federal Constitution — the finest specimen of con-strudtive statesmanship the world has
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