id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 20803 Fiske, John The War of Independence .txt text/plain 53635 3529 76 [Sidenote: The four New England colonies.] people of these commonwealths, like those of New England, had lived colonies were different alike from New England and from Virginia. long as the French were a power in America the British government felt colonies met in a congress at New York, adopted resolutions like those Congress at New York had thrown the question of American taxation into [Sidenote: Washington appointed to command the army, June 15, 1775.] the rustic army of New England men engaged in the siege of Boston. the Americans, for when Washington took command of the army at Cambridge all the other colonies to form new governments, because the king had [Sidenote: The British plan for conquering New York in 1777.] He left Sir Henry Clinton in command at New York, with 7000 men, telling from the British army were also sent by sea from New York to Virginia. ./cache/20803.txt ./txt/20803.txt