America Declares itself independent.
Chapter 1:
America, Britain and France, in May, 1774.May, 1774.
The hour of the American Revolution was comeChap. I.} 1774. May. |
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The people of the continent with irresistible energy obeyed one general impulse, as the earth in spring listens to the command of nature, and without the appearance of effort bursts forth to life in perfect harmony.
The change which Divine wisdom ordained, and which no human policy or force could hold back, proceeded as uniformly and as majestically as the laws of being, and was as certain as the decrees of eternity.
The movement was quickened, even when it was most resisted; and its fiercest adversaries worked together effectually for its fulfilment.
The indestructible elements of freedom in the colonies asked room for expansion and growth.
Standing in manifold relations with the governments, the culture, and the experience of the past, the Americans seized
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