MASSACHUSETTS AND OTHER COLONIES DURING THE SECOND WAR BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND FRANCE, FROM THE PEACE OF AIX-LA-CHAPELLE, 1748, TO THE PEACE OF PARIS, 1763.

242-279 Places taken during the war between France and England mutually restored at the Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle; Louisburg and Cape Breton restored to France, in return for Madras restored to England 242 Boundaries in America between France and England to be defined by a joint Commission, which could not agree 242 Encroachments of the French on the British Colonies from 1748 to 1756; complaints of the Colonial Governors to England; orders to them to defend their territories; conflicts between the Colonies, French and Indians 243 England's best if not only means of protecting the Colonies, to prevent the French from transporting soldiers and war material to Canada; naval preparations 244 Evasive answers and disclaimers of the French Government, with naval and military preparations 245 Braddock's unfortunate expedition; capture of French vessels, soldiers, &c., (in a note) 247 The King's speech to Parliament on French encroachments; convention of Colonies at Albany, and its representatives, a year before war was declared 247 Mr.Bancroft's imputation against the British Government, and reply to it (in a note) 247 Mr.Bancroft represents this war as merely _European_; refuted by himself; his noble representations of the Protestant character of the war on the part of Great Britain and other Powers 248 Contests chiefly between the Colonists, the French, and the Indians, from 1648 to 1654; English soldiers under General Braddock sent to America in 1655; campaigns actual and devised that year; Massachusetts active; Sir William Johnson's victory over the French General, Dieskau 250 War formally declared by England and France in 1756; French successes in 1755, 1756, and 1757 252 Parliament votes L115,000 sterling to compensate the Colonies for expenses incurred by them 252 Arrival of the Earl of Loudon from England with troops, as Commander-in-Chief 252 Capture of Forts Oswego and William Henry by the French General, Montcalm 253 Dispute between the Earl of Loudon and the Massachusetts Court, in regard to the Mutiny Act, and quartering the troops upon the citizens 255 Alarming situation of affairs at the close of the year 1757 255 Divided counsels and isolated resources and action of the Colonies 257 General Abercrombie arrives with more troops, and forty German officers to drill and command regiments to be raised in America (which gave offence to the Colonists) 257 The Governor of Virginia recommends Washington, but his services are not recognized 257 Generals Abercrombie and Loudon at Albany hesitate and delay, while the French generals are active and successful 258 The Earl of Loudon's arbitrary conduct in quartering his officers and troops in Albany and New York (in a note) 258 Loudon never fought a battle in America; and in the only battle fought by Abercrombie, he was disgracefully defeated by Montcalm, though commanding the largest army which had ever been assembled in America.

Among the slain in this battle was the brave General, Lord Howe, the favourite of the army and citizens 259 The Massachusetts Court appropriate L250 sterling to erect a monument in Westminster Abbey in honour of Lord Howe 260 Abercrombie--the last of the incompetent English Generals--recalled, and succeeded by Lord Amherst as Commander-in-Chief, assisted by General Wolfe, when, under the Premiership of the elder Pitt, the whole policy and fortunes of the war undergo a complete change 260 Colonel Bradstreet's brilliant achievement in taking and destroying Fort Frontenac 261 Lord Amherst plans three expeditions, all of which were successful 261 Louisburg besieged and taken; heroism of General Wolfe; great rejoicings 262 Admiral Boscawen returns to England; Lord Amherst's energetic movements 262 Niagara taken; Fort du Quesne taken, and called Pittsburg; Ticonderoga and Crown Point taken; Quebec taken 263 Attempt of the French to recover Quebec 266 Parliamentary compensation to Massachusetts (in a note) 267 Montreal besieged and taken, and all Canada surrendered to the King of Great Britain, through Lord Amherst 267 General Amherst's address to the army (in a note) 268 The war not closed; conquests in the West Indies; troubles with the Indians; reduction of the Cherokees 269 Treaty of Paris; general rejoicings 269 Massachusetts benefited by the war 270 Moneys provided by England for the war abstracted from England and expended in the Colonies 270 Grateful acknowledgments and avowed loyalty to England by Massachusetts; the language and feelings of the other Colonies the same 271.