A pictorial school history of the United States; to which are added the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States . * Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston, in 1706. He died in Philadelphia, in 1790. VI. Questions.—24. What was Congress doing in the mean time ? 25. Eecitethe resolution which was offered by Lee. 26. When did he offer it? VII. 27. What is said of the discussion that followed? 28. What committee wasappointed? 29. What became of Lees resolution? 30. Give the further history ofthe Declaration. 0* 130 AMERICAN DE. FRANKLIN. Thomas Jefferson,
A pictorial school history of the United States; to which are added the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States . * Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston, in 1706. He died in Philadelphia, in 1790. VI. Questions.—24. What was Congress doing in the mean time ? 25. Eecitethe resolution which was offered by Lee. 26. When did he offer it? VII. 27. What is said of the discussion that followed? 28. What committee wasappointed? 29. What became of Lees resolution? 30. Give the further history ofthe Declaration. 0* 130 AMERICAN DE. FRANKLIN. Thomas Jefferson, the chairman ofthe committee, was unanimouslyadopted on the 4th of July, iTVe.*Everywhere the action of Con-gress was heartily approved bythe people, and the Declarationwas received iu assemblies, cities,and among the troops, with de-monstrations of joy. VIII. In the beginning of July,General Howe arrived from Hali-fax, and took possession of Staten(stat-in) Island, at the entrance of New York Bay. Thishe made the rendezvous for a powerful army intended to actagainst New York. He was soon joined by his brother,Admiral Lord Howe, from England, and by Clinton from theSouth : these, with other arrivals, including a body of Ger-mans, or Hessians (JiesJi-ans), as they were generally called,gave him an army of thirty-five thousand men. IX. The design of the British was to seize the city of NewYork and the country along the Hudson River, establish acommunication with Canada, separate the New England fromthe other States, and overrun the populous portions of th
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