Home school of American history; embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . what gloomy piety,however, still prevailed. The Presbyterians were numerous, influential, andearnest in New Jersey. There, but especially in Pennsylviinia, were the quietand gentle Quakers. In Carolina and Georgia, ^Moravians and other GermanProtestants were settled, and Huguenot families were frequent in AHi-ginia andSouth Carolina. Everywliere, however, was found an intermixture of creeds, and conse-quentlv the need of tole
Home school of American history; embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . what gloomy piety,however, still prevailed. The Presbyterians were numerous, influential, andearnest in New Jersey. There, but especially in Pennsylviinia, were the quietand gentle Quakers. In Carolina and Georgia, ^Moravians and other GermanProtestants were settled, and Huguenot families were frequent in AHi-ginia andSouth Carolina. Everywliere, however, was found an intermixture of creeds, and conse-quentlv the need of toleration had been experienced. Laxity of moi-als and ofconduct was alleged against the communities of the Anglican Church. In themiddle of the eighteenth century a low tone of religious sentiment was revival of fervor, which was incited then by the Wesleys, was widely spreadby Whitefield in America, and Methodism was making itself felt throughout thecountrv. The Baptists were spreading in different colonies and were ncquiringinfluence by theii- earnest simplicity. They favored liberty in all forms and be-came warm partisans of the revolutionary CHAPTEE IV, THE REVOLUTION—THE WAR IN NEWENOLAND. Causes of the Revolution—The Stamp Act—The Boston Tea Party—Engkinds Unbearable Measures—The First Continental Congress—The Boston 3Iassacre—Lexington and Concord—The Second Con-tinental Congress—Battle of Bunker Hill—Assumption of Command by Washington—BritishEvacuation of Boston—Disastrous Invasion of Canada. CAUSES OF THE REVOLUTION. England was never guilty of greater folly than in the treatment of herAmerican colonies after the close of the French and Indian War. As has beensaid, she was oppressed by burdensome taxation and began seeking excuse forshifting a large portion of it upou the shoulders of her prosperous subjectsacross the sea, who had always been ready to vote money and give their sons tohelp in the wars which were almost solely
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