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Manufactures?
93 Commerce? Was money plenty? Were there many books or papers? How did the people travel?
94. Tell something about the first public conveyance. Condition of morals in New England. Name some
peculiar customs. Some rigid laws. Who was entitled to the prefix Mr.? What were common people called?
Laws with regard to drinking? Using tobacco?
95. Tell something of the habits of the people in New York. What customs familiar to us are of Dutch origin?
How did the style of living at the south differ from that at the north?
96. Describe a southern plantation. What is said of Mount Vernon flour? Of the luxurious living? State of
education in New England? Tell something of the support given to schools.
97. Of the founding of Yale College. Of their town meetings. Of the state of education in the middle colonies.
How were the ministers' salaries met?
98. What was the state of education in the southern colonies? Provision made for public worship? Give some
idea of the early Virginia laws concerning worship.
THIRD EPOCH.
101. How did England treat the colonies? Give some illustrations.
102. What was the tendency of this course of conduct? What was the direct cause of war? What were Writs of
Assistance? The Stamp Act? Tell the story of Patrick Henry.
103 What efforts were made to resist the law? What effect did they have on the English government? Was this
permanent? What was the Mutiny Act? Why was it passed?
104. How was it received by the colonists? Tell about the Boston Massacre. When? The Boston Tea Party.
Why was the tea thrown overboard? For what is Faneuil Hall noted? What did the English now do?
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106, 107. What parties were formed? What action did the colonists take? When and where was the "First
Continental Congress" held? What action did it take? When and where was the first blood spilled? Describe
how the battle of Lexington occurred.
108,109. Effects of this battle. Tell how the battle of Bunker Hill occurred. Describe it. Tell something of
"Old Put."
110. Effect of the battle. Describe the death of General Warren. Give some account of Ethan Alien. Why were
the New Hampshire Grants so called? Describe the capture of Ticonderoga.
111. Meeting of Second Continental Congress. Its action. What was the condition of the army? What
expedition was undertaken against Canada?
112. Describe the attack upon Quebec. Its end. How were the British forced to leave Boston?
113. How had they treated the Boston people? The Boston boys? Describe the attack on Fort Moultrie. Its
effect. Tell the story of Sergeant Jasper.
114. When was the Declaration of Independence adopted? How many colonies voted for it? Tell the story of
the old "liberty bell," How did the campaign near New York occur? Describe the battle of Long Island.
115. What decided it in favor of the English? By what providential circumstance did the Americans escape?
What were the prison ships? Who were the Hessians? Tell the story of Nathan Hale.
116, 117. What battles occurred while Washington was falling back? Describe his retreat through New Jersey.
How did he escape? What general was captured by the enemy? What was the condition of the country?
Describe the battle of Trenton. Tell the story of Rall.
118. The effect of this battle. Name the battles of 1776 in order. Describe the battle of Princeton. What
providential circumstance favored the attack?
119. How did the battle of Brandywine occur? Describe it. What decided it in favor of the English? What
previous battle did it resemble? Give some account of La Fayette.
120, 121. Describe the battle of Germantown. Why did the Americans fail? How did the campaign in
Pennsylvania close? What disastrous attempt was made by the British at the north? Describe the burning of
Danbury, the capture of General Prescott, and the murder of Jane McCrea. What events attended General
Burgoyne's march south? What measures were taken to check his advance?
122. Who succeeded General Schuyler? What was Schuyler's conduct? What events deranged Burgoyne's
plans? How was the siege of Fort Schuyler (Stanwix) raised? Tell something of Kosciusko.
123. Of the battle of Bennington. For what incident is it noted?
124 Describe the first battle of Saratoga. The second battle. Who was the hero of the fight? How did General
Fraser die? Tell some incidents of the campaign.
125. Effect of these fights? Name the battles of 1777 in order. Describe the sufferings at Valley Forge.
126. How could the soldiers endure such misery? What news came in the spring? Story told of Washington by
Mr. Potts? Tell something of the Conway cabal. What story is told of General Reed?
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127. What caused the battle of Monmouth to happen? Describe its prominent incident. Tell the history of
Benjamin Franklin.
128. Tell the story of Mary Pitcher. What became of General Lee? What campaign was now planned by the
aid of the French? How did it turn out? Describe the Wyoming massacre. What poem has been written upon
this event? _Ans._ Campbell's Gertrude of Wyoming. Name the battles of 1778 in order.
129. Why was the war now transferred to the south? How did the campaign open? Describe the attack on
Savannah. Who were killed? Tell something of Count Pulaski. Was the French aid of great value?
130. What characterized the campaign at the north? Tell the story of General Putnam. Describe the capture of
Stony Point.
131. General Sullivan's expedition. What do you say of the naval successes?
132. Describe the contest between the Bon Homme Richard and the Serapis. What colony was conquered by
the British during this year? Name the principal battles of 1779 in order.
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