, "Sectionalism and
Representation
in South Carolina,"
Am.
Am.
Arthur Schlesinger - Colonial Merchants and the American Revolution
Phila-
delphia, 1908,
Flick, A. C. , Loyalism in New York during the American Revolution
(Col. Univ. Studies, vol. xiv, no. 1). New York, 1901.
Ford, P. L. , "The Association of the First Congress," Pol. Sci. Quar. ,
vol. vi, pp. 613-624.
Ford, W. C. , "Colonial America," Col. Soc. Mass. Pubs. , vol. vi, pp.
340-370.
Frothingham, R. , The Rise of the Republic of the United States.
Boston, 1881.
Giesecke, A. A. , American Commercial Legislation before 1780 (Univ.
of Pa. Studies). Philadelphia, 1910.
Gilbert, G. A. , "The Connecticut Loyalists," Am. Hist. Rev. , vol. iv,
pp. 273-291.
Gould, C. P. , Money and Transportation in Maryland 1720-1765 (Johns
Hopkins Univ. Studies, vol. xxxiii, no. 1). Baltimore, 1915.
Greene, E. B. , Provincial America. New York, 1905.
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Haworth, P. L. , George Washington: Farmer. Indianapolis, 1915.
Hosmer, J. K. , The Life of Thomas Hutchinson. Boston, 1896.
, Samuel Adams. Boston, 1885.
Howard, G. E. , Preliminaries of the Revolution. New York, 1905.
Johnson, E. R. , and others, History of Domestic and Foreign Commerce
of the United States (Contributions to American Economic History
from the Department of Economics and Sociology of the Carnegie
Institution). 2 v. Washington, 1915.
Kimball, G. S. , Providence in Colonial Times. Boston, 1912.
Konkle, B. A. , The Life and Times of Thomas Smith (1745-1809).
Philadelphia, 1904.
Leake, I. Q. , Memoir of the Life and Times of General John Lamb.
Albany, 1857.
Leake, J. M. , The Virginia Committee System and the Revolution
(Johns Hopkins Univ. Studies, vol. xxxiv, no. l). Baltimore, 1916.
Lecky, W. E. H. , History of Englatid in the Eighteenth Century.
8 v. London, 1878-1890.
Levermore, C. H. , "The Whigs in Colonial New York," Am. Hist.
Rev. , vol. i, pp. 238-250.
Lincoln, C. H. , The Revolutionary Movement in Pennsylvania, 1760-
1776 (Univ. of Pa. Pubs. ). Philadelphia, 1901.
Lord, E. L. , Industrial Experiments in the British Colonies of North
America (Johns Hopkins Univ. Studies, extra vol. xvii). Balti-
more, 1908.
McClellan, W. S. , Smuggling in the American Colonies at the Outbreak
of the Revolution with especial Reference to the West Indies
Trade. New York, 1912.
McCrady, E. , The History of South Carolina under the Royal Gov-
ernment 1719-1776. New York, 1001.
Mason, G. C. , "The United Company of Spermaceti Chandlers 1761,"
Mag. New Engl. Hist. , vol. ii, pp. 165-169.
Morriss, M. S. , Colonial Trade of Maryland 1689-1715 (Johns Hopkins
Univ. Studies, vol. xxxii, no. 3). Baltimore, 1914.
Osgood, H. L. , The American Colonies in the Seventeenth Century.
3 v. New York, 1904-1907.
, " The American Revolution," Pol. Sci. Quar. , vol. xiii, pp. 41-59.
Phillips, H. , Historical Sketches of American Paper Currency. 2 v.
Roxbury, 1865-1866.
Root, W. T. , The Relations of Pennsylvania with the British Govern-
ment, 1696-1765 (Univ. of Pa. Pubs. ). Philadelphia, 1912.
Rowland, K. M. , Life of George Mason, 1725-1792. 2 v. New York,
1892.
Russell, E. B. , The Review of American Colonial Legislation by the
King in Council (Col. Univ. Studies, vol. Ixiv, no. 2). New York,
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Ryerson, E. , Loyalists of America and Their Times. 2 v. Toronto,
1880.
Sabine, L. , Biographical Sketches of Loyalists of the American Revolu-
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Schaper, W. A.
, "Sectionalism and Representation in South Carolina,"
Am. Hist. Assn. Rep. /9oo, vol. i, pp. 237-463.
Schlesinger, A. M. , "The Uprising against the East India Company,"
Pol. Sci. Quar. , vol. xxxii, pp. 60-79.
Sears, L. , John Hancock. Boston, 1912.
Sharpless, L, A History of Quaker Government in Pennsylvania. 2 v.
Vol. i: A Quaker Experiment in Government. Vol. ii: The
Quakers in the Revolution. Philadelphia, 1898-1809.
Sikes, E. W. , Transition of North Carolina from Colony to Common-
wealth (Johns Hopkins Univ. Studies, vol. xvi, nos. 10-11). Balti-
more, 1898.
Silver, J. A. , The Provisional Government of Maryland (1774-1777)
(Johns Hopkins Univ. Studies, vol. xiii, no. 10). Baltimore, 1895.
Smith, C. S. , " The Scarcity of Salt in the Revolutionary War," / M. H.
S. Procs. , vol. xv, pp. 221-227.
Smith, W. R. , "Sectionalism in Pennsylvania during the Revolution,"
Pol. Sci. Quar. , vol. xxiv, pp. 208-235.
, South Carolina as a Royal Province 1719-1776. New York, 1903.
Sparks, J. , The Life of Gouverneur Morris, etc. 3 v. Boston, 1832.
Staples, W. R. , Rhode Island in the Continental Congress. Providence,
1870.
Stille, C. J. , The Life and Times of John Dickinson, 1732-1808 (Hist.
Soc. of Pa. Memoirs, vol. xiii). Philadelphia, 1891.
Trevelyan, G. O. , The American Revolution. 4 v. New York, 1899-
1912.
Tudor, W. , Life of James Otis; Containing Notices of Contemporary
Characters and Events, 1760-1775. Boston, 1823.
Tyler, M. C. , The Literary History of the American Revolution 1763-
1783. 2 v. New York, 1897.
Van Schaack, H. C. , The Life of Peter Van Schaack. New York, 1842.
Wallace, D. D. , The Life of Henry Laurens. New York, 1915.
Weeden, W. B. , Economic and Social History of New England. 2 v.
Boston, 1890.
, Early Rhode Island. New York, 1910.
Wells, W. V. , The Life and Public Services of Samuel Adams. 3 v.
Boston, 1865.
Winsor, J. , ed. , Narrative and Critical History of America. 8 v.
Boston, 1886-1889.
Woodburn, J. A. , Causes of the American Revolution (Johns Hopkins
Univ. Studies, vol. x, no. 12). Baltimore, 1892.
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? INDEX
Acts of trade. Vide: British colo-
nial policy.
Adams, Abigail, on high cost of
living, 589, 590.
Adams, John, on molasses as an in-
gredient of independence, 59;
affairs of, interrupted by Stamp
Act, 70-71; at meeting of Sons
of Liberty, 72; grows tired of
fighting for people's rights, 241,
254; hopes he drank smuggled
tea, 244; journey of. to Phila-
delphia, 405-407; on diversity of
interests in First Continental
Congress, 409, 411; notes of, on
First Continental Congress, 415;
part played by, in First Conti-
nental Congress, 416, 429 n. ;
favors opening of trade by Sec-
ond Continental Congress, 578-
579-
Adams, Samuel, on execution of
non-importation (1769-1770), 183;
warns against dependence on
merchants, 254, 345 n. ; tries to
keep opposition alive, 254-257;
secures establishment of Boston
Committee of Correspondence,
257-258; writes report of Boston
Committee of Correspondence,
258-259; defect of plan of, 260-
261; urges local committees in all
provinces, 261; directs anti-tea
riots in Boston, 283-289, 555;
fails to persuade Boston mer-
chants to adopt non-importation,
318; is present at town meeting
to unseat the committee of cor-
respondence, 321-322; says he
favors an interprovincial con-
gress. 394; leads radicals in First
Continental Congress, 411; mem-
ber of the Sixty-Three at Bos-
ton, 441; favors opening of trade
by Second Continental Congress,
578, 580-581.
Albany, merchants of, adopt non-
importation (1765), 78; mer-
chants of, adopt non-importation
(1769), 125; merchants of, rescind
and renew agreement (1770), 215;
merchants of, rebuke New York
for abandoning agreement, 227;
committee of, protests against
rice exemption, 439.
Andrews, John, reaction of, to
public events, 434 n.
Annapolis, non-importation agree-
ment of inhabitants of (1769),
138; difficulties in, over price of
tea, 211-212; mass meeting at,
adopts non-intercourse resolu-
tions (1774), 360-361; affair of
Peggy Stewart at, 389-392; en-
forcement of non-importation in,
505.
Association. Vide: Continental As-
sociation; defense associations;
? ? loyalist association; non-consump-
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tion agreement in, 63, 64, 76;
domestic manufacturing in, 65;
Stamp Act riots in, 71-72; non-
importation agreement at, 78, 80;
petition of merchants of, (1767),
87-88; Customs Board breaks
power of smugglers in, 99, 102-
104; punishment of informer in,
100; adopts non-consumption,
107-109; domestic manufacturing
in, (1767-1770), 109-110, 121, 122-
124; conditional non-importation
agreement of merchants of,
(1768), 114-115; non-importation
agreements of merchants of,
(1768-1770), 120-121; non-con-
sumption of tea in, 121-122;
merchants of, seek to extend
agreement, 131-133; merchants
of, publish Observations, 133-
134; enforcement of non-impor-
tation in, (1769-1770), 156-183,
217; Massacre, 179-181; com-
plaints of high prices at, 212;
merchants of, boycott Rhode
Island and Portsmouth, 215-216;
merchants of, oppose rescinding
of agreement, 219, 221, 227; mer-
chants of, rescind agreement
(1770), 232-233; merchants of,
limit non-importation to dutied
articles, 233; 1mportation of dutierl
tea at, 246, 264-265, 282 n. , 299;
conservative state of public opin-
ion in. 254-255; establishment of
committee of correspondence at,
255-259, 260-261; arguments used
in, to arouse oppos1tion to ship-
ments of East India Company,
265-277; opposition to tea ship-
ments in, 264-265, 281-290; Tea
Party, 287-288; adoption of tea
non-consumption at, 300-301; pas-
sage of act for closing port of,
305; movement for non-inter-
course in, 311-323; adopts cir-
cular letter (May 13, 1774), 3i3;
problem of unemployment in, 314-
315; merchants of. adopt condi-
tional non-importation agreement,
315-316, 318; committee of cor-
respondence of. launches Solemn
League and Covenant, 319-320;
merchants of, oppose Solemn
Lcagu", 320-321, 322-323; efforts
to unseat committee of corres-
pondence of, 321-322; working-
men of, boycott Gage. 386-388;
appoints Committee of Sixty-
Three, 441; enforcement of non-
consumption in, 481-482; commit-
tee of, endorses use of certifi-
cates in coast trade, 534; high
prices in, 590; merchants of, de-
part with troops, 604.
Boston Massacre, preliminaries to,
179-180; occurrence of, 180-181;
effect of, on non-importation
? ? movement in New England, 155,
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633
effects, 19-21; act for collection
of debts (1732), 21, 36; prohibi-
tion of legal tender issues in New
England (1751), 21-22; absence
of colonial dissatisfaction with,
prior to 1760, 22; measures
against smuggling during Fourth
Intercolonial War, 45-48; Gren-
ville acts (1764), 50-54; colonial
opposition to Grenville acts, 54-
65; Stamp Act (1765), 62-63, 65-
66; incidence of Stamp Act, 66-
71; colonial opposition to Stamp
Act. 71-82; modification of Gren-
ville acts (1766), 82-84; recep-
tion of modif1cations in America,
84-90; Townshend acts (1767),
93-95; partial repeal of Town-
shend acts (1770), 212-213, 239;
reception of partial repeal in
America, 213-236, 240, 244-250;
currency act to relieve New York
(1770), 224; currency act (1773),
243-244; tea legislation (1767-
1773),. 249-251, 262-263, 270, 272;
provision for paying Massachu-
setts judges (1772), 255; appoint-
ment of royal commission to in-
vestigate Gaspee affair, 253, 261;
reception of tea act of 1773 in
America, 264-208; coercive acts
0774), 305-300; effect 9f coer-
cive acts on colonial opinion, 305-
311; colonial opposition to coer-
cive acts, 311-536; New England
Restraining Act (1775), 538;
General Restraining Act (1/75),
539; Prohibitory Act (1775), 540,
573, 579?
Brown. William and John, mer-
chants of Norfolk, violate non-
importation (1770), 199; violate
non-importation (1775), 511, 515.
Charleston, important as trading
centre, 34; attitude of people of,
toward Stamp Act, 73-74; non-
importation in, (1765), 82; non-
importation movement in, (1769-
1770), 140-146, 202-208; mass
meeting in. boycotts Georgia and
New York, 209, 229 n. ; mass
meeting in, abandons non-impor-
tation. 235-236; importation of
duticd tea at, 245, 246, 295; argu-
ments used to arouse opposition
to shipments of East India Com-
pany, 265; opposition to tea ship-
ments, 295-298; formation of
Chamber of Commerce of, 296-
297; activity of Chamber of Com-
merce of, in public affairs, 375,
377; non-intercourse movement
1n, (1774), 374-379; appointment
of General Committee, 378; en-
forcement of non-importation in,
525-527,529; enforcement of non-
exportat1on in, 574.
? ? Coercive acts. Vide: Boston Port
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coercive acts upon merchants of,
306-311, 359; combination of
workingmen of, against Gage,
386-388; instructions in, concern-
ing non-intercourse, 308; efforts
to regulate prices in, 585-589.
Committees of correspondence, sys-
tem of, origin of, in Massachu-
setts towns (1/72), 255-261; ap-
pointment of Virginia legislative
committee (1773) and extension
of plan elsewhere, 261-262; estab-
lishment of local committees
in Rhode Island, 304; legislated
against by Parliament, 306; estab-
lishment of local committees in
Connecticut, 326; in New York,
331-332; in Pennsylvania, 347; in
New Jersey, 357; in Maryland,
361. Vide also: colonies and
towns by name.
Connecticut, trade of, 26; non-con-
sumption movement in, (1767-
1768), 112; non-importation move-
ment in, (1769-1770), 150-152,
196; meetings in, boycott New
York, 228-229; Assembly disap-
proves of Solemn League and
Covenant, 325; towns of, endorse
Boston circular letter, 326; com-
mittee of correspondence elects
delegates to First Continental
Congress, 327: ratification of
Continental Association and estab-
lishment of committees in, 444-
447; workings of Continental
Association in, 486-488; adoption
of defense association in, 542;
Assembly lays embargo, 559-560;
resolutions 1n, against exporta-
tion of flaxseed, 571-572; regula-
tion of prices in, 486-487, 588.
Continental Association, similarity
of. to Virginia Association, 368-
370, 424; evolution of, in First
Continental Congress, 412-421;
passage of, 421-423; analysis of.
423-429; greeted by storm of
protest, 435-439; ratification of, I
and establishment of committees
in separate provinces: Massa-
chusetts, 440-442; New Hamp-
shire, 442-444; Rhode Island,
444; Connecticut, 444-447; New
York, 447-45,; New Jersey, 455;
Pennsylvania, 456-460; Delaware,
460; Maryland, 461; Virginia,
461-462; North Carolina. 462-
464; South Carolina, 464-469;
failure of Georgia to accept, 469-
472; vast importations in antici-
pation of, 473-475; change in
character of, with outbreak of
war, 475-476, 541; generalizations
as to operation of, 476; workings
of, in separate colonies: Massa-
chusetts, 476-483; New Hamp-
shire, 483-485; Rhode Island,
? ? 485-486; Connecticut, 486-488;
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delphia, 1908,
Flick, A. C. , Loyalism in New York during the American Revolution
(Col. Univ. Studies, vol. xiv, no. 1). New York, 1901.
Ford, P. L. , "The Association of the First Congress," Pol. Sci. Quar. ,
vol. vi, pp. 613-624.
Ford, W. C. , "Colonial America," Col. Soc. Mass. Pubs. , vol. vi, pp.
340-370.
Frothingham, R. , The Rise of the Republic of the United States.
Boston, 1881.
Giesecke, A. A. , American Commercial Legislation before 1780 (Univ.
of Pa. Studies). Philadelphia, 1910.
Gilbert, G. A. , "The Connecticut Loyalists," Am. Hist. Rev. , vol. iv,
pp. 273-291.
Gould, C. P. , Money and Transportation in Maryland 1720-1765 (Johns
Hopkins Univ. Studies, vol. xxxiii, no. 1). Baltimore, 1915.
Greene, E. B. , Provincial America. New York, 1905.
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Haworth, P. L. , George Washington: Farmer. Indianapolis, 1915.
Hosmer, J. K. , The Life of Thomas Hutchinson. Boston, 1896.
, Samuel Adams. Boston, 1885.
Howard, G. E. , Preliminaries of the Revolution. New York, 1905.
Johnson, E. R. , and others, History of Domestic and Foreign Commerce
of the United States (Contributions to American Economic History
from the Department of Economics and Sociology of the Carnegie
Institution). 2 v. Washington, 1915.
Kimball, G. S. , Providence in Colonial Times. Boston, 1912.
Konkle, B. A. , The Life and Times of Thomas Smith (1745-1809).
Philadelphia, 1904.
Leake, I. Q. , Memoir of the Life and Times of General John Lamb.
Albany, 1857.
Leake, J. M. , The Virginia Committee System and the Revolution
(Johns Hopkins Univ. Studies, vol. xxxiv, no. l). Baltimore, 1916.
Lecky, W. E. H. , History of Englatid in the Eighteenth Century.
8 v. London, 1878-1890.
Levermore, C. H. , "The Whigs in Colonial New York," Am. Hist.
Rev. , vol. i, pp. 238-250.
Lincoln, C. H. , The Revolutionary Movement in Pennsylvania, 1760-
1776 (Univ. of Pa. Pubs. ). Philadelphia, 1901.
Lord, E. L. , Industrial Experiments in the British Colonies of North
America (Johns Hopkins Univ. Studies, extra vol. xvii). Balti-
more, 1908.
McClellan, W. S. , Smuggling in the American Colonies at the Outbreak
of the Revolution with especial Reference to the West Indies
Trade. New York, 1912.
McCrady, E. , The History of South Carolina under the Royal Gov-
ernment 1719-1776. New York, 1001.
Mason, G. C. , "The United Company of Spermaceti Chandlers 1761,"
Mag. New Engl. Hist. , vol. ii, pp. 165-169.
Morriss, M. S. , Colonial Trade of Maryland 1689-1715 (Johns Hopkins
Univ. Studies, vol. xxxii, no. 3). Baltimore, 1914.
Osgood, H. L. , The American Colonies in the Seventeenth Century.
3 v. New York, 1904-1907.
, " The American Revolution," Pol. Sci. Quar. , vol. xiii, pp. 41-59.
Phillips, H. , Historical Sketches of American Paper Currency. 2 v.
Roxbury, 1865-1866.
Root, W. T. , The Relations of Pennsylvania with the British Govern-
ment, 1696-1765 (Univ. of Pa. Pubs. ). Philadelphia, 1912.
Rowland, K. M. , Life of George Mason, 1725-1792. 2 v. New York,
1892.
Russell, E. B. , The Review of American Colonial Legislation by the
King in Council (Col. Univ. Studies, vol. Ixiv, no. 2). New York,
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Ryerson, E. , Loyalists of America and Their Times. 2 v. Toronto,
1880.
Sabine, L. , Biographical Sketches of Loyalists of the American Revolu-
tion. 2 v. Boston, 1864.
Schaper, W. A.
, "Sectionalism and Representation in South Carolina,"
Am. Hist. Assn. Rep. /9oo, vol. i, pp. 237-463.
Schlesinger, A. M. , "The Uprising against the East India Company,"
Pol. Sci. Quar. , vol. xxxii, pp. 60-79.
Sears, L. , John Hancock. Boston, 1912.
Sharpless, L, A History of Quaker Government in Pennsylvania. 2 v.
Vol. i: A Quaker Experiment in Government. Vol. ii: The
Quakers in the Revolution. Philadelphia, 1898-1809.
Sikes, E. W. , Transition of North Carolina from Colony to Common-
wealth (Johns Hopkins Univ. Studies, vol. xvi, nos. 10-11). Balti-
more, 1898.
Silver, J. A. , The Provisional Government of Maryland (1774-1777)
(Johns Hopkins Univ. Studies, vol. xiii, no. 10). Baltimore, 1895.
Smith, C. S. , " The Scarcity of Salt in the Revolutionary War," / M. H.
S. Procs. , vol. xv, pp. 221-227.
Smith, W. R. , "Sectionalism in Pennsylvania during the Revolution,"
Pol. Sci. Quar. , vol. xxiv, pp. 208-235.
, South Carolina as a Royal Province 1719-1776. New York, 1903.
Sparks, J. , The Life of Gouverneur Morris, etc. 3 v. Boston, 1832.
Staples, W. R. , Rhode Island in the Continental Congress. Providence,
1870.
Stille, C. J. , The Life and Times of John Dickinson, 1732-1808 (Hist.
Soc. of Pa. Memoirs, vol. xiii). Philadelphia, 1891.
Trevelyan, G. O. , The American Revolution. 4 v. New York, 1899-
1912.
Tudor, W. , Life of James Otis; Containing Notices of Contemporary
Characters and Events, 1760-1775. Boston, 1823.
Tyler, M. C. , The Literary History of the American Revolution 1763-
1783. 2 v. New York, 1897.
Van Schaack, H. C. , The Life of Peter Van Schaack. New York, 1842.
Wallace, D. D. , The Life of Henry Laurens. New York, 1915.
Weeden, W. B. , Economic and Social History of New England. 2 v.
Boston, 1890.
, Early Rhode Island. New York, 1910.
Wells, W. V. , The Life and Public Services of Samuel Adams. 3 v.
Boston, 1865.
Winsor, J. , ed. , Narrative and Critical History of America. 8 v.
Boston, 1886-1889.
Woodburn, J. A. , Causes of the American Revolution (Johns Hopkins
Univ. Studies, vol. x, no. 12). Baltimore, 1892.
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Acts of trade. Vide: British colo-
nial policy.
Adams, Abigail, on high cost of
living, 589, 590.
Adams, John, on molasses as an in-
gredient of independence, 59;
affairs of, interrupted by Stamp
Act, 70-71; at meeting of Sons
of Liberty, 72; grows tired of
fighting for people's rights, 241,
254; hopes he drank smuggled
tea, 244; journey of. to Phila-
delphia, 405-407; on diversity of
interests in First Continental
Congress, 409, 411; notes of, on
First Continental Congress, 415;
part played by, in First Conti-
nental Congress, 416, 429 n. ;
favors opening of trade by Sec-
ond Continental Congress, 578-
579-
Adams, Samuel, on execution of
non-importation (1769-1770), 183;
warns against dependence on
merchants, 254, 345 n. ; tries to
keep opposition alive, 254-257;
secures establishment of Boston
Committee of Correspondence,
257-258; writes report of Boston
Committee of Correspondence,
258-259; defect of plan of, 260-
261; urges local committees in all
provinces, 261; directs anti-tea
riots in Boston, 283-289, 555;
fails to persuade Boston mer-
chants to adopt non-importation,
318; is present at town meeting
to unseat the committee of cor-
respondence, 321-322; says he
favors an interprovincial con-
gress. 394; leads radicals in First
Continental Congress, 411; mem-
ber of the Sixty-Three at Bos-
ton, 441; favors opening of trade
by Second Continental Congress,
578, 580-581.
Albany, merchants of, adopt non-
importation (1765), 78; mer-
chants of, adopt non-importation
(1769), 125; merchants of, rescind
and renew agreement (1770), 215;
merchants of, rebuke New York
for abandoning agreement, 227;
committee of, protests against
rice exemption, 439.
Andrews, John, reaction of, to
public events, 434 n.
Annapolis, non-importation agree-
ment of inhabitants of (1769),
138; difficulties in, over price of
tea, 211-212; mass meeting at,
adopts non-intercourse resolu-
tions (1774), 360-361; affair of
Peggy Stewart at, 389-392; en-
forcement of non-importation in,
505.
Association. Vide: Continental As-
sociation; defense associations;
? ? loyalist association; non-consump-
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tion agreement in, 63, 64, 76;
domestic manufacturing in, 65;
Stamp Act riots in, 71-72; non-
importation agreement at, 78, 80;
petition of merchants of, (1767),
87-88; Customs Board breaks
power of smugglers in, 99, 102-
104; punishment of informer in,
100; adopts non-consumption,
107-109; domestic manufacturing
in, (1767-1770), 109-110, 121, 122-
124; conditional non-importation
agreement of merchants of,
(1768), 114-115; non-importation
agreements of merchants of,
(1768-1770), 120-121; non-con-
sumption of tea in, 121-122;
merchants of, seek to extend
agreement, 131-133; merchants
of, publish Observations, 133-
134; enforcement of non-impor-
tation in, (1769-1770), 156-183,
217; Massacre, 179-181; com-
plaints of high prices at, 212;
merchants of, boycott Rhode
Island and Portsmouth, 215-216;
merchants of, oppose rescinding
of agreement, 219, 221, 227; mer-
chants of, rescind agreement
(1770), 232-233; merchants of,
limit non-importation to dutied
articles, 233; 1mportation of dutierl
tea at, 246, 264-265, 282 n. , 299;
conservative state of public opin-
ion in. 254-255; establishment of
committee of correspondence at,
255-259, 260-261; arguments used
in, to arouse oppos1tion to ship-
ments of East India Company,
265-277; opposition to tea ship-
ments in, 264-265, 281-290; Tea
Party, 287-288; adoption of tea
non-consumption at, 300-301; pas-
sage of act for closing port of,
305; movement for non-inter-
course in, 311-323; adopts cir-
cular letter (May 13, 1774), 3i3;
problem of unemployment in, 314-
315; merchants of. adopt condi-
tional non-importation agreement,
315-316, 318; committee of cor-
respondence of. launches Solemn
League and Covenant, 319-320;
merchants of, oppose Solemn
Lcagu", 320-321, 322-323; efforts
to unseat committee of corres-
pondence of, 321-322; working-
men of, boycott Gage. 386-388;
appoints Committee of Sixty-
Three, 441; enforcement of non-
consumption in, 481-482; commit-
tee of, endorses use of certifi-
cates in coast trade, 534; high
prices in, 590; merchants of, de-
part with troops, 604.
Boston Massacre, preliminaries to,
179-180; occurrence of, 180-181;
effect of, on non-importation
? ? movement in New England, 155,
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633
effects, 19-21; act for collection
of debts (1732), 21, 36; prohibi-
tion of legal tender issues in New
England (1751), 21-22; absence
of colonial dissatisfaction with,
prior to 1760, 22; measures
against smuggling during Fourth
Intercolonial War, 45-48; Gren-
ville acts (1764), 50-54; colonial
opposition to Grenville acts, 54-
65; Stamp Act (1765), 62-63, 65-
66; incidence of Stamp Act, 66-
71; colonial opposition to Stamp
Act. 71-82; modification of Gren-
ville acts (1766), 82-84; recep-
tion of modif1cations in America,
84-90; Townshend acts (1767),
93-95; partial repeal of Town-
shend acts (1770), 212-213, 239;
reception of partial repeal in
America, 213-236, 240, 244-250;
currency act to relieve New York
(1770), 224; currency act (1773),
243-244; tea legislation (1767-
1773),. 249-251, 262-263, 270, 272;
provision for paying Massachu-
setts judges (1772), 255; appoint-
ment of royal commission to in-
vestigate Gaspee affair, 253, 261;
reception of tea act of 1773 in
America, 264-208; coercive acts
0774), 305-300; effect 9f coer-
cive acts on colonial opinion, 305-
311; colonial opposition to coer-
cive acts, 311-536; New England
Restraining Act (1775), 538;
General Restraining Act (1/75),
539; Prohibitory Act (1775), 540,
573, 579?
Brown. William and John, mer-
chants of Norfolk, violate non-
importation (1770), 199; violate
non-importation (1775), 511, 515.
Charleston, important as trading
centre, 34; attitude of people of,
toward Stamp Act, 73-74; non-
importation in, (1765), 82; non-
importation movement in, (1769-
1770), 140-146, 202-208; mass
meeting in. boycotts Georgia and
New York, 209, 229 n. ; mass
meeting in, abandons non-impor-
tation. 235-236; importation of
duticd tea at, 245, 246, 295; argu-
ments used to arouse opposition
to shipments of East India Com-
pany, 265; opposition to tea ship-
ments, 295-298; formation of
Chamber of Commerce of, 296-
297; activity of Chamber of Com-
merce of, in public affairs, 375,
377; non-intercourse movement
1n, (1774), 374-379; appointment
of General Committee, 378; en-
forcement of non-importation in,
525-527,529; enforcement of non-
exportat1on in, 574.
? ? Coercive acts. Vide: Boston Port
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coercive acts upon merchants of,
306-311, 359; combination of
workingmen of, against Gage,
386-388; instructions in, concern-
ing non-intercourse, 308; efforts
to regulate prices in, 585-589.
Committees of correspondence, sys-
tem of, origin of, in Massachu-
setts towns (1/72), 255-261; ap-
pointment of Virginia legislative
committee (1773) and extension
of plan elsewhere, 261-262; estab-
lishment of local committees
in Rhode Island, 304; legislated
against by Parliament, 306; estab-
lishment of local committees in
Connecticut, 326; in New York,
331-332; in Pennsylvania, 347; in
New Jersey, 357; in Maryland,
361. Vide also: colonies and
towns by name.
Connecticut, trade of, 26; non-con-
sumption movement in, (1767-
1768), 112; non-importation move-
ment in, (1769-1770), 150-152,
196; meetings in, boycott New
York, 228-229; Assembly disap-
proves of Solemn League and
Covenant, 325; towns of, endorse
Boston circular letter, 326; com-
mittee of correspondence elects
delegates to First Continental
Congress, 327: ratification of
Continental Association and estab-
lishment of committees in, 444-
447; workings of Continental
Association in, 486-488; adoption
of defense association in, 542;
Assembly lays embargo, 559-560;
resolutions 1n, against exporta-
tion of flaxseed, 571-572; regula-
tion of prices in, 486-487, 588.
Continental Association, similarity
of. to Virginia Association, 368-
370, 424; evolution of, in First
Continental Congress, 412-421;
passage of, 421-423; analysis of.
423-429; greeted by storm of
protest, 435-439; ratification of, I
and establishment of committees
in separate provinces: Massa-
chusetts, 440-442; New Hamp-
shire, 442-444; Rhode Island,
444; Connecticut, 444-447; New
York, 447-45,; New Jersey, 455;
Pennsylvania, 456-460; Delaware,
460; Maryland, 461; Virginia,
461-462; North Carolina. 462-
464; South Carolina, 464-469;
failure of Georgia to accept, 469-
472; vast importations in antici-
pation of, 473-475; change in
character of, with outbreak of
war, 475-476, 541; generalizations
as to operation of, 476; workings
of, in separate colonies: Massa-
chusetts, 476-483; New Hamp-
shire, 483-485; Rhode Island,
? ? 485-486; Connecticut, 486-488;
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