Chapter III

First American rebellion—Independence—Traitors made heroes—
Loyalists driven away to found another colony—The responsibility
of rebelling—Treatment of the Loyalists—The several colonies—The
first Englishman in America—Receives £10—English colonization—
Virginia—Convicts—Extent of Virginia—First Governor—Virginians
not willing to rebel—Quota supplied to the rebel army—New York—
Hudson—The Dutch—New Netherlands—Price of New Amsterdam (New
York)—First Legislative Assembly—Not quick to rebel—Quota of
rebel troops—Gave many settlers to Upper Canada—New Jersey—Its
settlement—A battle ground—Gave rebel troops; also loyal troops—
Furnished settlers to Upper Canada—Massachusetts—Captain Smith—
New England Puritans—The “Mayflower”—First Governor—Cruel
treatment of Indians—Massachusetts takes the lead in rebelling—
Troops—Loyalists—New Hampshire—Troops—Delaware—Settlement—Quota
of rebel troops—Connecticut—Education—Troops—Roman Catholics—
Toleration—Rhode Island—Providence—Inconsistency of the
Puritans—Roger Williams—North Carolina—Inhabitants—South
Carolina—Many Loyalists—Pennsylvania—William Penn—Conduct toward
Indians—The people opposed to rebellion—Georgia—Oglethorpe—
Policy of New England—New England 32

CHAPTER IV.

American writers—Sabine—Loyalists had no time to waste—
Independence not sought at first—Adams—Franklin—Jay—Jefferson—
Washington—Madison—The British Government—Ingratitude of the
Colonists—Taxation—Smugglers—Crown officers—Persistence—
Superciliousness Contest between Old England and New England 41

CHAPTER V.

The signers of the Declaration of Independence—Their nativity—
Injustice of American writers for 80 years—Cast back
mis-statements—The Whigs had been U. E. Loyalists—Hancock—
Office-seekers—Malcontents stir up strife—What the fathers of
the Republic fought for—Rebel committees—Black mail—Otis, John
Adams, Warren, Washington, Henry, Franklin—What caused them to
rebel—What the American revolutionary heroes actually were—
Cruelty, during and after the war—No Freedom—The political
mistake of the rebels in alienating the loyalists—The
Consequence—Motives of the loyalists—False charges—Conscientious
Conservatives—Rebellion not warranted—Attachment to the old
flag—Loyalists driven away—_Suppressio veri_—Want of noble
spirit towards the South—Effects—Comparison between loyalists
and rebels—Education—Religion—The neutral—The professions 46