| 1762. | Providence Gazette established, | 180 |
| | Writs of assistance first called for, | 181 |
| 1759. | Death of Richard Partridge, | 181 |
| | Freemasonry first introduced into the Colony, | 181 |
| | Regulations concerning fires, | 181 |
| | Towns of Hopkinton and Johnston formed, | 182 |
| CHAPTER XXII. |
| RETROSPECT.—ENCROACHMENTS OF ENGLAND.—RESISTANCE TO THE REVENUE LAWS.—STAMP ACT.—SECOND CONGRESS OF COLONIES MET AT NEW YORK.—EDUCATIONAL INTEREST. |
| | Resumé of the progress of the Colony, | 183 |
| | Reason for the enactment of the laws, | 184 |
| | Rhode Island’s solution of the problem of self-government and soul-liberty, | 185 |
| | Encroachments of England on the liberties of the colonies, | 186 |
| | War had taught the colonies a much needed lesson, | 187 |
| | Harbor improvements, | 188 |
| | Parliament votes men and money for the defence of the American colonies, | 188 |
| | Restrictions of commerce, | 189 |
| 1764. | Molasses and sugar act renewed and extended, | 189 |
| | Resistance to the enforcement of the obnoxious revenue laws, | 190 |
| | Action of the colonies in regard to the stamp act, | 191 |
| | England is obliged to repeal the stamp act, | 193 |
| | Resistance to impressment, | 193 |
| 1765. | Second Colonial Congress met at New York and issued addresses to the people, Parliament, and to the King, | 194 |
| | New digest of the laws completed and printed, | 195 |
| 1766. | Free schools established at Providence, | 196 |
| | Brown University founded, | 196 |
| | Iron mine discovered, | 197 |
| CHAPTER XXIII. |
| TRANSIT OF VENUS.—A STRONG DISLIKE TO ENGLAND MORE OPENLY EXPRESSED.—NON-IMPORTATION AGREEMENT.—INTRODUCTION OF SLAVES PROHIBITED.—CAPTURE OF THE GASPEE. |
| | Collision between British officers and citizens, | 199 |
| | Dedication of liberty trees, | 199 |
| | Laws concerning domestic interests, | 199 |
| | Transit of Venus, | 200 |
| | Armed resistance to England more openly talked of, | 201 |
| | Scuttling of the sloop-of-war Liberty, | 202 |
| | Non-importation of tea agreed to, | 203 |
| | Prosperity of Newport, | 203 |
| | First Commencement at Rhode Island College, | 204 |
| 1770. | Further introduction of slaves prohibited, | 204 |
| | Governor Hutchinson advanced a claim for the command of the Rhode Island militia, | 205 |
| | Evidence of justice in Rhode Island, | 206 |
| | Capture and destruction of the schooner Gaspee, | 207 |
| CHAPTER XXIV. |
| PROPOSITION FOR THE UNION OF THE COLONIES.—ACTIVE MEASURES TAKEN LOOKING TOWARDS INDEPENDENCE.—DELEGATES ELECTED TO CONGRESS.—DESTRUCTION OF TEA AT PROVIDENCE.—TROOPS RAISED.—POSTAL SYSTEM ESTABLISHED.—DEPREDATIONS OF THE BRITISH.—“GOD SAVE THE UNITED COLONIES.” |
| 1774. | Limitation of negro slavery, | 210 |
| | Resolution recommending the union of the colonies passed at Providence town meeting, | 210 |
| 1774. | Boston port bill passed, | 211 |
| | Small-pox at Newport, | 211 |
| | Indication of popular indignation, | 212 |
| | Activity of Committees of Correspondence, | 212 |
| | Publishment of the Hutchinson letters, | 213 |
| | Franklin removed from his position as superintendent of American post-offices, | 214 |
| 1774. | General Gage entered Boston as Governor, | 215 |
| | Sympathy of Rhode Island for Boston; East Greenwich the first to open a subscription, | 215 |
| | Hopkins and Ward elected delegates to Congress, | 216 |
| 1774. | Congress met in Philadelphia; adopted a declaration of rights; recommended the formation of an American Association, | 217 |
| | Distribution of arms, | 218 |
| | Exportation of sheep stopped; manufacture of fire-arms begun, | 219 |
| | Tea burnt at Providence, | 219 |
| | Troops started for Boston, | 219 |
| | Army of Observation formed with Nathanael Greene, commander, | 220 |
| | Rhode Island troops on Jamaica Plains, | 221 |
| | Articles of war passed, | 221 |
| | Capture of a British vessel by Captain Abraham Whipple, | 221 |
| | Rhode Island Navy founded, | 222 |
| | William Goddard’s postal system went into operation, | 222 |
| | Colony put upon a war footing, | 223 |
| | Bristol bombarded and the coast of Rhode Island plundered, | 224 |
| | Part of the debt of Rhode Island assumed by Congress as a war debt, | 225 |
| | Rhode Island in the expedition against Quebec, | 226 |
| | Depredation of the British squadron, | 226 |
| | Battle on Prudence Island, | 227 |
| | Evacuation of Boston, | 228 |
| | Death of Samuel Ward, | 228 |
| | The Assembly of Rhode Island renounced their allegiance to the British Crown, | 228 |
| CHAPTER XXV. |
| RHODE ISLAND BLOCKADED.—DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE INDORSED BY THE ASSEMBLY.— NEW TROOPS RAISED.—FRENCH ALLIANCE.—UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THE BRITISH FROM RHODE ISLAND. |
| | Islands and waters of Rhode Island taken possession of by the British, | 229 |
| | Quota of Rhode Island, | 230 |
| | Inoculation introduced, | 231 |
| | Treatment of Tories, | 231 |
| | Declaration of Independence indorsed by the Assembly, | 232 |
| | Rhode Island’s part in the Continental Navy, | 232 |
| | Convention of Eastern States to form a concerted plan of action, | 233 |
| | Financial troubles, | 234 |
| | Regiment of negroes raised, | 234 |
| 1778. | Tidings of the French alliance received, | 235 |
| | Expedition against Bristol and Warren, | 235 |
| | Attempt to drive the British from Rhode Island rendered unsuccessful by a terrible storm, and jealousy among the officers of the French fleet, | 236 |
| CHAPTER XXVI. |
| ACTS OF THE BRITISH TROOPS.—DISTRESS IN RHODE ISLAND.—EVACUATION OF NEWPORT.—REPUDIATION.—END OF THE WAR. |
| | Disappointment of the Americans, | 241 |
| | Wanton destruction of life and property by the British, | 241 |
| | Pigot galley captured by Talbot, | 242 |
| | Scarcity of food in Rhode Island, | 242 |
| | Steuben’s tactics introduced into the army, | 244 |
| | Difficulty in raising money, | 244 |
| | British left Newport, | 245 |
| | Town records carried off by the British, | 246 |
| | Repudiation of debt, | 247 |
| | Rhode Island’s quota, | 248 |
| | Preparations for quartering and feeding the troops, | 249 |
| | An English fleet of sixteen ships menaced the Rhode Island coast, | 250 |
| | Assembly met at Newport; the first time in four years, | 250 |
| 1781. | End of the war, | 251 |
| | The federation completed, | 251 |
| CHAPTER XXVII. |
| ARTS OF PEACE RESUMED.—DOCTRINE OF STATE RIGHTS. |
| | Name of King’s County changed to Washington, | 252 |
| | New census taken, | 253 |
| | Question of State Rights raised, | 253 |
| 1782. | Nicholas Cooke died, | 254 |
| | Armed resistance to the collection of taxes, | 254 |
| | Troubles arising from financial embarrassment, | 255 |
| 1783. | Acts of the Assembly, | 256 |
| CHAPTER XXVIII. |
| DEPRECIATION OF THE CURRENCY.—INTRODUCTION OF THE SPINNING-JENNY.—BITTER OPPOSITION TO THE FEDERAL UNION.—RHODE ISLAND FINALLY ACCEPTS THE CONSTITUTION. |
| | Desperate attempt to float a new issue of paper money, | 257 |
| | Forcing acts declared unconstitutional, | 258 |
| | First spinning-jenny made in the United States, | 259 |
| | Bill passed to pay five shillings in the pound for paper money, | 260 |
| | Refusal of Rhode Island to send delegates to the Federal Convention, | 261 |
| | Proposed United States Constitution printed, | 261 |
| | Acceptance of the Constitution by various states, | 261 |
| | State of manufactures, | 262 |
| 1790. | Rhode Island declared her adhesion to the Union, | 264 |
| CHAPTER XXIX. |
| MODE OF LIFE IN OUR FOREFATHERS’ DAYS. |
| | Early condition of the land, | 265 |
| | Agriculture the principal pursuit of the early settlers, | 266 |
| | Early traveling, | 267 |
| | Early means of education, | 267 |
| | Amusements, | 268 |
| CHAPTER XXX. |
| COMMERCIAL GROWTH AND PROSPERITY OF RHODE ISLAND. |
| | Rhode Island wiser on account of her previous struggles for self-government, | 270 |
| | Commercial condition of Rhode Island, | 271 |
| | Trade with East Indies commenced, | 271 |
| 1790. | First cotton factory went into operation, | 273 |
| 1799. | Free school system established, | 273 |
| 1819. | Providence Institution for Savings founded, | 274 |
| | Canal from the Providence River to the north line of the state projected and failed, | 274 |
| 1801. | Great fire in Providence, | 274 |
| | Visit of Washington to Rhode Island, | 275 |
| 1832. | Providence made a city, | 275 |
| | Rhode Island in the War of 1812, | 276 |
| CHAPTER XXXI. |
| THE DORR REBELLION. |
| | The Right of Suffrage becomes the question of Rhode Island’s politics, | 277 |
| | Inequality of representation, | 278 |
| | No relief obtainable from the Assembly, | 278 |
| | Formation of Suffrage Associations, | 279 |
| | Peoples’ Constitution, so called, voted for, | 279 |
| 1842. | Thomas Wilson Dorr elected Governor under it, | 280 |
| | Conflict between the old and new government, | 280 |
| | Attempt of the Dorr government to organize and seize the arsenal both failures, | 281 |
| | End of the War, | 281 |
| | Dorr tried for treason and sentenced to imprisonment for life; afterwards restored to his political and civil rights, | 281 |
| | New Constitution adopted, | 282 |
| | Freedom of thought and speech the foundation of Rhode Island’s prosperity, | 282 |
| CHAPTER XXXII. |
| LIFE UNDER THE CONSTITUTION.—THE WAR OF THE REBELLION.—THE CENTENARY. |
| | Life under the Constitution, | 283 |
| | The War of the Rebellion, | 283 |
| | Rhode Island’s quota, | 284 |
| | The Centennial Exposition, | 285 |
| APPENDIX. |
| | King Charles’ Charter, | 291 |
| | Present State Constitution, | 301 |
| | Copy of the Dorr Constitution, | 317 |
| | State seal, | 333 |
| | Governors of Rhode Island, | 334 |
| | Deputy-Governors of Rhode Island, | 337 |
| | Members of the Continental Congress, | 339 |
| | Towns, date of incorporation, &c., | 340 |
| | Population from 1708 to 1875, | 345 |
| | State valuation, | 348 |
| | The Corliss Engine at the Centennial Exposition, | 349 |
