His plan of Union. The plan condemned by Provincials and Britons Results of the Congress of Albany The New York Congress of 1765. The manner of issuing the call for it and the answer to the call Its authority and object Its importance shown by the condition of the country 72 73 74 75 temporarily The work accomplished The Congress dissolved. The Congress of 1774. Its object and the call for it Its meeting, the variety in the manner of appointment of its members The organization, president and secretary The first trouble in regard to the manner of voting Congress opened by prayer Committees appointed to draft a Bill of Rights and to report on the statues of commerce The delegates from Massachusetts on their journey and in the Congress Opinions of various members about their rights The great end of the Congress attained Joseph Galloway's plan defeated The character of the Bill of Rights given by Chatham. The agreement of non-importation, non-exportation, and non-consumption, and opinions regarding it Congress dissolved having accomplished its object The labor to be done and the difficulties to be encoun tered 90 All their deliberations bring them nearer independence 91 91 92 cils. Division of opinion concerning the opening of the ports 93 Disputes about this question. Rhode Island's proposition to build a navy adopted after much delay Measures for the encouragement of manufactures, agriculture, the arts and sciences passed Congress petitions the King for the last time It assumes full powers and denies the royal proclamation Resolutions of non-assistance to British officers passed A resolution for the institution of State Governments in- The Preamble added giving the grounds of the resolve The Colonies authorize their delegates to vote for inde- 100 Discussions of the Resolutions of independency and the appointment of a committee to prepare the declaration 100 A Committee apointed to prepare a form of Confederation and one to plan treaties with foreign powers The discussion of the 1st of July The Resolution of independence passed July 2d Its reception by the people of the colonies and of the world 101 101 101 101 LECTURE IV. CONGRESS AND THE STATE GOVERNMENTS OF THE REVOLUTION. Recapitulation of Lecture III. Appearance of unanimity in the councils of Congress 104 105 105 Greatness and weaknesses often joined in the same mind 106 Committees apointed 107 The difficulty of obtaining a true estimate of the Confed eration 107 Various alliances and confederations 108 The difference of the relations of citizen and state in ancient and modern times 109 The theory of the source of authority and the idea of office as shown by the Italian Republics 109 Importance of this principle and the errors of the Confederation from disregarding it 110 The course of Congress from the Declaration to the acceptance of the Confederation by the states 111 Congress criticised by the people and not entirely acquitted by History Washington occupies the place in popular affection formerly held by Congress. Congress driven from place to place It loses some of its best members The place it is entitled to in our esteem The King the source of authority in all the various forms Another principle checking the King. The rights of These rights characterized and specified The result of these rights - a free government Division of powers long familiar to the colonists Outlines of the English Constitution preserved in all the The results of these facts after the separation form of government New constitutions adopted in several states Defects in the constitutions remedied The authority of the constitutions derived from the peo- Nearly all preserve two houses of the legislature Property restrictions of suffrage 111 113 114 114 115 115 116 117 117 118 119 119 120 121 121 122 122 123 123 124 General Greene compelled to advise the legislature again 129 Contents of his letter Its unfavorable reception by the Governor and Assembly 128 129 The Governor offers an insult to Congress through its A strong central power required by the law of society 135 The history of the Civil government of the Revolution the history of a struggle against this principle . . 135 LECTURE V. FINANCES OF THE REVOLUTION. Early history of traffic in America. Buying wives with Introduction Difficulty of attaining the proper standard of historical judgments The undeveloped state of political science at the time of the Revolution Our more enlightened state Our fathers prevented by present perplexities from seeing future difficulties tobacco 137 138 . 139 140 141 A pernicious principle, the power of the government to regulate prices 142 effects The issue of bills of credit by Massachusetts, and its evil time take the place of money Continental money issued by Congress Probable course of the debate which preceded this step Difficulty of their position, the accusation of rashness refuted Discussion as to the responsibility of the bills A committee appointed to attend to the engraving and The scarcity of paper and engravers 143 150 Paul Revere one of the engravers 150 151 152 Declaration of Independence The money soon gone - fresh issues The war protracted-twenty millions gone before the Depreciation begins—a loan resolved upon 152 153 154 The loan insufficient -a lottery voted 154 The immorality of lotteries not recognized at this time. 155 The lottery unsuccessful Expedients to revive national credit tried in vain John Jay appointed to make an appeal to the states. He states the resolve of Congress not to exceed in issues two hundred million dollars 161 He gives the three causes of depreciation 161 His argument proving the inclination of Congress to redeem its issues 162 His closing appeal The trouble complicated by State debts and paper money Agriculture and commerce crippled - speculation active 165 1781 arrives bringing French and Spanish gold The Confederation accepted. Robert Morris appointed financier and Congress votes to return to a specie basis Another blow at paper money in Pennsylvania. Robert Morris' fitness for his position - he establishes a The history of American finances after this less interest ing though as important Measures of Morris he is blamed; but unjustly A parting glance Errors of Congress and of the people, and their conse 166 167 168 169 Importance of the French alliance Franklin, his character, studies, and ambitions France deeply wounded by the Treaty of Paris and long 173 173 174 176 177 French emissaries in the Colonies their vigilance and their reports to Versailles 178 De Kalb one of the emissaries -his activity and farsightedness 179 Choiseul's projects and the suggestions of his agents 180 181 |