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American Colonies, government of the, i. 178, 186; taxation of the, i. 184; Grenville's proposals for taxing, i. 221; Lord Shelburne's settlement of the affairs of the, i. 302; Lord Shelburne's memorandum on the affairs of, i. 315; taxation of, i. 365; Charles Townshend's taxes, i. 365; meeting at Boston to protest against them, i. 365; Dickenson's Farmer's Letters on, i. 365; memorial of the Assembly of Massachusetts against the new taxation, i. 366; the riots in Boston, i. 386, 405; troops sent from England, i. 386; remission of taxes on the, i. 404, 412; Lord Hillsborough's circular thereon, to the Colonial Governors, i. 404, 412; fleet in Boston harbour, i. 412; the Boston tea-ships, i. 465, 467; debate on the, in the House of Lords, i. 468; the Port Bill, i. 472, 473, 475; first meeting of the General Congress, i. 475; Lord Chatham and Lord North's proposals for the government of the, i. 478; Washington appointed commander of the army, i. 479; Lord Shelburne on the General Congress, i. 479; Congress appoints a committee on Foreign Affairs, i. 483; the Declaration of Independence, i. 483; their alliance with France, i. 485; Lord Chatham on the war, i. 486; Lord Shelburne on the war, ii. 1; and France, ii. 2; subscriptions for enlisting troops for the war against, ii. 10; Treaty with France, ii. 12, 14; the state of the army in 1779, ii. 20; Lord Shelburne's speech on the affairs of, ii. 80; surrender of the British Army at York Town, ii. 82; the bill for concluding a peace with, ii. 87; loss of, to England, ii. 111; France and the, ii. 114; Congress and M. Gerard, ii. 116; the commissioners of Congress, ii. 117; Lord Shelburne's letter to General Carleton and Admiral Digby on the proposed peace, ii. 135, 168; Lord Shelburne on the independence of the, ii. 163; Franklin's outline of conditions of the treaty of peace, ii. 165; Lord Shelburne's instructions to Oswald thereon, ii. 169; proposed Treaty relating to Independence, Boundaries and Fisheries, ii. 184; the boundaries of the