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England (United Kingdom) (search for this): chapter 4
consultation with the men of Annapolis, to whom the coolness of the Philadelphians seemed like insulting pity, and who promptly resolved to stop all trade with Great Britain, the inhabitants of the city and county of Baltimore advocated suspending commerce with Great Britain and the West Indies, chose deputies to a colonial conventGreat Britain and the West Indies, chose deputies to a colonial convention, recommended a continental congress, appointed a numerous committee of correspondence, and sent cheering words to their friends at Boston, as sufferers in the common cause. The Supreme Disposer of all events, said they, will terminate this severe trial of your patience in a happy confirmation of American freedom. For this spife, loved to reside in hospitable elegance on their large and productive estates. Its annual exports to the northern provinces were of small account, while to Great Britain they exceeded two millions of dollars in value. Enriched by this commerce, its people cherished a warm affection for the mother country, and delighted in send
Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
ose river side and hill-tops are now covered with stately warehouses, mansions and monuments, whose bay sparkles round the prows of the swiftest barks, whose wharfs receive to their natural resting-place the wealth of the West Indies and South America, and whose happy enterprise sends across the mountains its iron pathway of many arms to reach the valley of the Mississippi, had for a century been tenanted only by straggling cottages. But its convenient proximity to the border counties of Pennsylvania and Virginia had at length been observed by Scotch Irish Presbyterians, and other bold and industrious men; and within a few years they had created the town of Baltimore, which already was the chief emporium within the Chesapeake Bay, and promised to become one of the most opulent and populous cities of the world. When the messages from the old committee of New York, from Philadelphia, and from Chap. III.} 1774. May. Boston, reached its inhabitants, they could not see the least ground
Capitol (Utah, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
es, was distributed by express through their respective counties as a general invitation to the people. Especially Washington sent the notice to his constituents; and Mason charged his little household of sons and daughters to keep the day strictly, and attend church clad in mourning. On the morning which followed the adoption of Chap. III.} 1774. May. this measure, Dunmore dissolved the House. The burgesses immediately repaired to the Raleigh tavern, about one hundred paces from the capitol, and with Peyton Randolph, their late speaker, in the chair, voted that the attack on Massachusetts was an attack on all the colonies, to be opposed by the united wisdom of all. In conformity with this declaration, they advised for future time an annual continental congress. They named Peyton Randolph, with others, a committee of correspondence to invite a general concurrence in this design. As yet social relations were not embittered. Washington, of whom Dunmore sought information respe
New Jersey (New Jersey, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
the common cause. The Supreme Disposer of all events, said they, will terminate this severe trial of your patience in a happy confirmation of American freedom. For this spirited conduct Baltimore was applauded as the model; and its example kindled new life in New York. On the twenty-eighth, the assembly of New Hampshire, though still desiring to promote harmony with the parent land, began its organization for resisting encroachments on American rights. Three days later the people of New Jersey declared for a suspension of trade and a congress, and claimed to be fellow-sufferers with Boston in the cause of liberty. On South Carolina the restrictive laws had never pressed with severity. They had been beneficially Chap. III.} 1774. May. modified in favor of its great staple, rice; and the, character of the laborers on its soil forbade all thought of rivalling British skill in manufactures. Its wealthy inhabitants, shunning the occupations of city life, loved to reside in ho
New Hampshire (New Hampshire, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
to a colonial convention, recommended a continental congress, appointed a numerous committee of correspondence, and sent cheering words to their friends at Boston, as sufferers in the common cause. The Supreme Disposer of all events, said they, will terminate this severe trial of your patience in a happy confirmation of American freedom. For this spirited conduct Baltimore was applauded as the model; and its example kindled new life in New York. On the twenty-eighth, the assembly of New Hampshire, though still desiring to promote harmony with the parent land, began its organization for resisting encroachments on American rights. Three days later the people of New Jersey declared for a suspension of trade and a congress, and claimed to be fellow-sufferers with Boston in the cause of liberty. On South Carolina the restrictive laws had never pressed with severity. They had been beneficially Chap. III.} 1774. May. modified in favor of its great staple, rice; and the, characte
Annapolis (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
lous cities of the world. When the messages from the old committee of New York, from Philadelphia, and from Chap. III.} 1774. May. Boston, reached its inhabitants, they could not see the least grounds for expecting relief from a petition and remonstrance. They called to mind the contempt with which for ten years their petitions had been thrust aside, and were convinced that something more sensible than supplications would best serve their purpose. After consultation with the men of Annapolis, to whom the coolness of the Philadelphians seemed like insulting pity, and who promptly resolved to stop all trade with Great Britain, the inhabitants of the city and county of Baltimore advocated suspending commerce with Great Britain and the West Indies, chose deputies to a colonial convention, recommended a continental congress, appointed a numerous committee of correspondence, and sent cheering words to their friends at Boston, as sufferers in the common cause. The Supreme Disposer o
North Carolina (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
ivil war, a domestic convention of the people for their own internal regulation, an annual congress of all Chap. III.} 1774. May. the colonies for the perpetual assertion of common rights, were the policy of Virginia. When the report of her measures reached England, the king's ministers were startled by their significance; and called to mind how often she had been the model for other colonies. Her influence continued undiminished; and her system was promptly adopted by the people of North Carolina. Lord North had no expectation that we should be thus sustained, said Samuel Adams; he trusted that Boston would be left to fall alone. But the love of liberty in America did not flash like electricity on the surface; it penetrated the mass with magnetic energy. The port-act had been received son the tenth of May; and in three weeks, less time than was taken by the unanimous British parliament for its enactment, the continent, as one great commonwealth, made the cause of Boston its
South America (search for this): chapter 4
Chapter 3: Voices from the South. May, 1774, continued. hearts glowed more warmly on the banks of the Chap. III.} 1774. May. Patapsco. That admirable site of commerce, whose river side and hill-tops are now covered with stately warehouses, mansions and monuments, whose bay sparkles round the prows of the swiftest barks, whose wharfs receive to their natural resting-place the wealth of the West Indies and South America, and whose happy enterprise sends across the mountains its iron pathway of many arms to reach the valley of the Mississippi, had for a century been tenanted only by straggling cottages. But its convenient proximity to the border counties of Pennsylvania and Virginia had at length been observed by Scotch Irish Presbyterians, and other bold and industrious men; and within a few years they had created the town of Baltimore, which already was the chief emporium within the Chesapeake Bay, and promised to become one of the most opulent and populous cities of t
Baltimore, Md. (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
to their natural resting-place the wealth of the West Indies and South America, and whose happy enterprise sends across the mountains its iron pathway of many arms to reach the valley of the Mississippi, had for a century been tenanted only by straggling cottages. But its convenient proximity to the border counties of Pennsylvania and Virginia had at length been observed by Scotch Irish Presbyterians, and other bold and industrious men; and within a few years they had created the town of Baltimore, which already was the chief emporium within the Chesapeake Bay, and promised to become one of the most opulent and populous cities of the world. When the messages from the old committee of New York, from Philadelphia, and from Chap. III.} 1774. May. Boston, reached its inhabitants, they could not see the least grounds for expecting relief from a petition and remonstrance. They called to mind the contempt with which for ten years their petitions had been thrust aside, and were convinc
Patrick Henry (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
ly seconded, in flagrant disregard of his instructions. To Lady Dunmore, who had just arrived, the assembly voted a congratulatory address, and its members joined to give her a ball. The feeling of loyalty was still predominant; the thought of revolution was not harbored; but they none the less held it their duty to resist the systematic plan of parliamentary despotism, and without waiting for an appeal from Boston, they resolved on its deliverance. First among them as an orator stood Patrick Henry, whose words had power to kindle in his hearers passions like his own. But eloquence was his least merit; he was revered as the ideal of a patriot of Rome in its austerest age. The approach of danger quickened his sagacity, and his language gained the boldness of prophecy. He was borne up by the strong support of Richard Henry Lee and Washington. It chanced that George Mason also was then at Williamsburg, a man of strong Chap. III.} 1774. May. and true affections; learned in constit
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