CHAPTER IV

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THE REVOLUTION--THE WAR IN NEW ENGLAND.

Causes of the Revolution--The Stamp Act--The Boston Tea Party--England's Unbearable Measures--The First Continental Congress--The Boston Massacre--Lexington and Concord--The Second Continental Congress--Battle of Bunker Hill--Assumption of Command by Washington--British Evacuation of Boston--Disastrous Invasion of Canada 89

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