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Mrs。 Otis？ What is said of the marriage of the elder daughter？ What of the younger daughter？
When was the second period in James Otis's life？ What is said of him as a rising man？ What is said of his scholastic and literary pursuits； etc。？ What works did he compose？ What did James Otis say about the bad literary tastes of the boys of his time？
Of what is every man the joint product？ What were the conditions under which the colonial settlements were formed？ What were the feelings of the colonists towards England？
What specific conditions in the development of the colonies may be noted？ What were the immediate and forceful causes towards revolution？ What is said of the Navigation Act？ of the Importation Act？ What kind of a question was that at issue？ Why？
What is said of the seaboard towns？ of the traffic with the West Indies？ What period did the epoch of evasion cover？ What is said of the iron and steel industry？ of ship building？
What did Hutchinson say of his own Appointment？ What were some of the personal forces at work？ What is said of Hutchinson and others？ What slander of James Otis was current？ In what language was the case regarding the Writs of Assistance made up？ What is said of the trial of the case？ Who was one of the eminent spectators？ What was the relation of Otis to it？
What did Chief Justice Hutchinson advise in the case of the Writs of Assistance？ What is the story narrated of Otis regarding his want of self…control？
What is said of the controversy between Hutchinson and Otis？ What resolution did Otis offer in 1762？ What is said of his pamphlet on 〃The Vindication of the Conduct of the House of Representatives；〃 etc。？ What is said of the Treaty of Paris？ What of the feelings of Americans towards the mother country？ What of the utterances of Otis？
What did the Americans claim？ What was the reply of Parliament？ What is said of the Sugar Act？ What of Otis' relations to Lieut。…Governor Hutchinson？ Of his relations to the Sugar Act and Stamp Act？ Of his relation to an Intercolonial conference？ What was Franklin's opinion of this conference？ What is the substance of Mr。 Otis' letter to the provincial agent？ Of Lord Mansfield's view of it？
SUBJECTS FOR SPECIAL STUDY。 1。 The French and Indian War。 2。 James Otis as an Orator。 3。 The English Colonies in America。 4。 The Influence of College Men in Public Life。 5。 How the American Colonies Grew Together。 6。 The Commercial Causes of the Revolution。 7。 The Political Causes of the Revolution。 8。 Otis Compared with Samuel Adams。 9。 The Repeal of the Stamp Act。
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE IN THE LIFE OF JAMES OTIS。
1725 Born in West Barnstable； Massachusetts； Feb。 5。 1739 Entered Harvard College； June。 1743 Was graduated from Harvard。 1745 Begins the study of law。 1748 Begins the practice of law at Plymouth； Massachusetts。 1750 Removes to Boston。 1755 Marries Miss Ruth Cunningham。 1760 Publishes 〃Rudiments of Latin Prosody。〃 1761 Opposes the 〃Writs of Assistance。〃 1762 Publishes 〃The Rights of the Colonies Vindicated。〃 1765 Moves resolution for Congress of Delegates to consider 〃The Stamp Act；〃 June。 Attends the Congress called to consider 〃The Stamp Act〃 in New York； and appointed on the committee to prepare address to Parliament； October。 1767 Elected Speaker of the Massachusetts Assembly。 1769 Attacked and severely injured by Robinson。 1771 Elected to the legislature of Massachusetts。 1775 Participates in the Battle of Bunker Hill； June 17。 1778 Pleads case before court in Boston 1783 Killed by stroke of lightning at Andover； Mass。； May 23。
BIBLIOGRAPHY。
For those who wish to read extensively； the following works are especially commended：
Library of American Biography。 Jared Sparks。 Vol。 2。 Boston Charles C。 Little and James Brown。 1846。
Life of James Otis。 By William Tudor。
Orators of the American Revolution。 E。 L。 Magoon。
〃Otis Papers。〃 In Collection of Massachusetts Historical Society； Boston； 1897。
〃Life of James Otis。〃 By Francis Bowen； in Sparks' American Biography。 Vol。 XII Boston。 1846。
Cyclopedia of American Biography。 D。 Appleton & Co。 New York。
American Law Register。 Vol。 3； page 641。
North American Review。 Vol。 16； page 337。 J。 C。 Gray。
〃The Old South Leaflets；〃 prepared by Edwin D。 Mead。 D。 C。 Heath & Co。； Boston； Publishers。
DeToqueville's Democracy in America。 Works of John Fiske。
Ridpath's History of the United States。 Ellis' History of the United States。
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