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CHAPTER V. 



fci V i L Po L r c Y. Trom the y^ar 1775, to 1783, 

 Political state df the people. Conventions to ^ 

 consult on the commori safety. Declaration of 

 th'€ Iridependefice of'Vermont. Proceedings of 

 New York. Resolves of Congress. Contro- 

 versy with New Hampshire. Claiijis of Adw 

 Hampshire, Neu) York^ md Massachusetts, 

 Jlppointment of Com?nissiOners, to confer iviih 

 the Inhabitants. Interpdsition of Congress, 

 Comluct of Vermont. Measures puriued by 

 Congress. Further claims of Vefmont. Pror- 

 teedings and views of the British generals and 

 ministers. JResolutions . of Congress. Pro- 

 eeedings of Vermont, New Yotk\ and J\ew 

 Hampshire. Advice of General Washington* 

 Proceedings of Vermont. Votes of Congress^ 

 Remarks on the design, and effect of those 

 votes. Indian depredations at Royalto7u 



1775. WHILE the people of America 

 Trcre thus contending with th& fleets and armies 

 of one of the most powerful kingdoms of Eu- 

 rope, and were exerting all their strength and 

 Tesotirces, to defend themselves against a foreign 

 conquest, another object of equal difficulty and 

 importance, was, to form such a system of civil 

 govemment, as should be best adapted to their 

 state of society. The sufferings they had un- 

 dergone, hi consequence of their connection 

 with the British king and monarchy, had every 

 ivhere made them averse to the monarchical 

 form of government ; and every circumstance 



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