PART I

CONSTITUTIONAL AND CIVIC PROGRESS

CHAPTER

I THE EXODUS--“THE OLD ORDER CHANGETH, GIVING PLACE TO NEW.” II THE INTERREGNUM--MILITARY RULE. III THE TREATY OF PARIS--NEW CIVIL GOVERNMENT. IV CITY GOVERNMENT UNDER JUSTICES OF THE PEACE. V PRELIMINARY STRUGGLES FOR AN ASSEMBLY--THE CASE FOR THE MERCHANTS. VI THE QUEBEC ACT--1774. THE CASE FOR THE NOBLESSE. VII REVOLUTIONARY WAR OF 1775. VIII MONTREAL BESIEGED. IX MONTREAL AN AMERICAN CITY. X THE ASSEMBLY AT LAST. 1791. XI THE FUR TRADERS. XII FRENCH REVOLUTIONARY DESIGNS. XIII THE INVASION OF 1812-1813. XIV ANNALS AND SIDELIGHTS. XV BUREAUCRACY AND DEMOCRACY. XVI MURMURS OF REVOLUTION. XVII IN THE THROES OF CIVIL WAR. XVIII PROCLAMATION OF UNION--RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT. XIX UNDER THE UNION. XX THE MUNICIPALITY OF MONTREAL. XXI ANNALS AND SIDELIGHTS. XXII UNDER CONFEDERATION. XXIII ANNALS AND SIDELIGHTS.

HISTORY OF MONTREAL