_The arts and sciences only of late encouraged._
_The militia and internal strength of the province._
_Of its societies formed for mutual support and relief._
_Of its merchants and trade._
_Of its planters and agriculture._
_An interruption of the harmony between Britain and her colonies, and
the causes of it._
_The new regulations made in the trade of the colonies give great
offence._
_A vote passed for charging stamp-duties on the Americans._
_Upon which the people of New England discover their disaffection to
government._
_An opportunity given the colonies to offer a compensation for the
stamp-duty._
_The stamp-act passes in parliament._
_Violent measures taken to prevent its execution._
_The assembly of Carolina study ways and means of eluding the act._
_Their resolutions respecting the obedience due to the British
parliament._
_The people become more violent in opposition to government._
_The merchants and manufacturers in England join in petitioning for
relief._
_The stamp-act repealed._
_Which proves fatal to the jurisdiction of the British parliament in
America._
_And gives occasion of triumph to the colonies._