Excerpt from France and the American Revolution, 1763-1778: A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of Cornell University for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, June, 1895 At the very time when England was adjusting her nu stable peace with France, the British Ministry were pre paring measures that could not fail to embroil them with the American Colonies and give France an opportunity for mischief. Seven months after the ratification of the treaty of 1763, the proper commissioners were instructed to pre pare a bill imposing a stamp duty on the Colonists. This bill was laid aside for a year, but in the meantime laws were passed to extend the Navigation Acts and modify American imposts.2 The news of these measures roused in tense excitement in the Provinces. Tidings of the discon tent reached France, and Choiseul promptly sent his first secret agent to America. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.