OF THE UNITED STATES, FROM THE DISCOVERY OF THE AMERICAN CONTINENT. BY GEORGE BANCROFT. VOL. IV. TWENTY-THIRD EDITION. BOSTON: LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY. 1874. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1852, by GEORGE BANCROFT, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New York. Cambridge: Presswork by John Wilson and Son. CONTENTS. The approach of Revolution, 3-The unity of the human race, 5-Its progress, 8-History records that progress, 9-The American Revolution, 12 -Its character and extent, 12-Relation of the Thirteen Colonies to the Metropolis, 15-The Duke of Newcastle as Colonial Minister, 18-He retires, THE ROYAL GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK APPEALS TO THE PARAMOUNT POWER OF Congress at Albany in 1748, 24-Plans of Clinton and Colden, 25—The |