CHAP. V. DISCOVERY AND SETTLEMENT. by Hudson. Hudson detained in England. Dutch trade to the CHAP. VI. FROM 1665 to 1710. Dutch, and soon after restored to the English. Androg. Don- CHAP. VII. FROM 1710 TO 1743. tion of Burnet, Montgomery, Crosby, and Clarke, . . 64 CHAP. VIII. FROM 1743 to 1760. against Louisburg. Incursions of the French and Indians. Ope- CHAP. IX. go. Campaign of 1757, and capture of Fort William Henry. CHAP. X. FROM 1760 TO 1775. Prospects of the Colony. Controversy relative to the New Hamp shire Grants. Opposition from the settlers. Stamp Act. Congress at New York. Disturbances occasioned by the Stamp Act. Stamp Act repealed. Assembly restrained. Further attempts to tax the Colonies. Controversy with the Grants becomes serious. Parties prevented from proceeding to hostilities by the controversy with Great Britain, . . . . . . , 103 CHAP. X COMMENCEMENT OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. Origin of the controversy with Great Britain. State of affairs in the colony. Convention appoint delegates to the Provincial Congress. War breaks out at Lexington. Disturbances in New York. Capture of Ticonderoga and Crown Point. Gov. Tryon arrives. Expedition against Canada. Surrender of Chambly, St Johns and Montreal. Montgomery appears before Quebec. His death. Inhabitants of Tryon county disarmed. Provincial troops enter New York. Americans evacuate Canada. Declaration of Independence, .. . . . . . . 114 CHAP. XII. THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. FROM 1776 To 1778. Disposition of British and American troops at New York. Battle on Long Island, Americans evacuate New York. Americans continue to retreat. Fort Washington taken by the British. Operations on Lake Champlain. Convention adopt the State Constitution. Commencement of the northern campaign in 1777. Invasion of Burgoyne. His capture. Enterprise of Clinton. State Government organized, . . . . . . 126 CHAP. XIII. REVOLUTIONARY WAR, CONTINUED TO ITS TERMINATION. Legislative proceedings. Revival of Controversy relative to the Grants. Treaty of Alliance with France. British army concen NEW YORK, PUBLISHED BY E. BLISS. 1828. Checked | THE NEW YORK ASTOR, LENOX ANB 1912 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, 8. BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the twentieth day of October, 1. D. 1828, in the fifty third year of the Independence of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, James Conner, of the said District, has deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit : : "A History of the State of New York, from the first discovery of the country to the present time.” In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled “ An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned;"> and also to an act, entitled, “ An act supplementary to an act, entitled an act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned; and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving and etching historical and other prints.” ) Clerk of the Southern FRED. J. BET ”) District of New York. |