INDEX
Reading edition
Abercrombie, James, ii. 91.
Abolitionists, the, iv. 101.
Acadia, French colonies in, i. 19, 207; ii. 35;
renamed Nova Scotia, ii. 37.
Act of Congress providing for counting electoral votes, v. 182-184.
Act of Congress providing for succession to the Presidency, v. 181, 182.
Act of Oblivion, the, v. 263, 264.
Acts of Navigation, i. 222, 228, 229, 258.
Adams, Charles Francis, Minister to England, v. 69.
Adams, John:
As delegate to Congress (1774), ii. 194-196;
as commissioner from Congress, ii. 254;
as commissioner to France (1783), iii. 16-18;
his impatience with Washington, iii. 22;
his writing and speeches, iii. 89;
as Vice-President, iii. 104;
elected President, iii. 143-145;
his breach with Hamilton, iii. 158-161;
end of his administration, iii. 166.
Adams, John Quincy:
His advice to Jefferson, iii. 198, 199;
as Secretary of State, iii. 245;
his treaty with England (1818), iii. 259;
his fear of Russia, iii. 265;
elected President, iii. 269;
coalition with Clay, iii. 274-276;
his administration, iii. 278-283;
his view of Jackson’s appointments, iv. 10;
as member of the House (1831), iv. 78.
Adams, Samuel:
As leader of Assembly, ii. 160;
demands withdrawal of troops, ii. 164;
plans revolution, ii. 174, 180, 209;
his plan for Committees of Correspondence, ii. 183, 184;
member of Colonial Congress, ii. 194-196; iii. 22, 67.
Address of Returned Citizens of New York, iii. 44, 45.
Adet, M., the French Minister, iii. 145.
Age of the Stuarts, the, i. 34.
Aguinaldo, Emilio, leader of the Filipinos, v. 290-292;
President of the Philippine Republic, v. 297.
Aix-la-Chapelle, Peace of, ii. 73.
Alabama, admitted to the Union, iii. 238;
secedes, iv. 200;
readmitted to the Union (1868), v. 46.
Alabama, the, Confederate ship, v. 69.
Alabama claims, the, v. 70-72.
Alaska, fur trade of, iii. 265;
purchase of, by the United States (1867), v. 42-44.
Albany, origin of name, i. 241.
Albany Regents, the, iv. 7.
Albemarle, settlement of, i. 251, 252, 292;
government of, i. 252, 253;
rebellion in, i. 272.
Alexandria, Va., conference at, (1755), ii. 85, 87;
commissioners meet at (1785), iii. 61.
Algiers, Dey of, iii. 259.
Alien Act, the, iii. 153, 337, 338, 344, 346, 348.
Alleghanies, the, ii. 9, 43.
Allen, Ethan, ii. 226.
Allison, William B., v. 147.
Altamaha River, ii. 65.
Ambrister, Robert, iii. 257.
America:
Character of age of English settlement in, i. 1;
ideas of Columbus concerning, i. 1, 2;
early hopes of discovery in, i. 2;
character of age of discovery of, i. 2 ff.;
character of northern continent of, i. 13-16:
English and French compete for, i. 22;
the first colonizers of, i. 28;
condition of, in latter part of sixteenth century, i. 32;
first representative assembly in, i. 86-89;
Pilgrims in, i. 86-89;
Puritans in, i. 104-106;
Cavaliers in, i. 215, 216, 217;
effect of the Restoration on, i. 238;
English and French population in (1689), ii. 4;
Revolutionary War in, see War of Independence;
peace in (1782), iii. 12;
development of literature in, iii. 82, 83, 94;
alliance of, with France, iii. 205, 206, 216;
factory system of, iii. 241;
reformed penitentiary system of, iv. 76;
slavery in, iv. 76, 77, 78, 192-198;
ship-building in iv. 239, 240;
Indians in, see Indian tribes;
crisis and development in, v. 264, 265;
sends troops to China, v. 299;
her power in the East, v. 299.
American Federation of Labor, the, v. 187.
American flag, the, ii. 328.
Amherst, Jeffrey, ii. 92.
Anarchy, beginnings of, v. 186, 187.
André, John, ii. 312.
Andros, Edmund, i. 296, 298, 315, 316, 322, 324, 326, 328, 329, 348, 350.
Annapolis, i. 339; iii. 42.
Anne, Queen, ii. 28, 49.
Antietam, battle of, iv. 229.
Anti-Nebraska Men, iv. 170, 172.
Anti-Slavery Society, iv. 76, 78, 101.
Apalache Bay, i. 13.
Apalachees, the, ii. 33.
Apalachicola, iii. 296.
Appalachian Mountains, the, v. 116.
Appomattox Court-house, iv. 258.
Arbitration, court of (1872), v. 70-72.
Arbitration, treaty of (1897), v. 248.
Arbuthnot, Alexander, iii. 257.
Argall, Samuel, i. 55.
Arizona, ruins of, i. 16.
Arkansas, secedes from Union, iv. 208;
readmitted, v. 46.
Armada, the Great, i. 8, 22.
Armed Neutrality, the, iii. 4.
Army of the Potomac, the, iv. 224, 225, 229, 240, 249.
Arnold, Benedict, ii. 237, 256, 277, 311-313, 327.
Arthur, Chester A., elected Vice-President, v. 154;
becomes President, v. 156;
his character and administration, v. 162, 163, 169.
Articles of Confederation of the New England Colonies, ii. 331.
Articles of Confederation of the United States of America, ii. 357; iii. 18, 20, 71.
Ashburton, Lord, iv. 115.
Ashley River, origin of name, i. 254.
Association in Arms in Maryland, i. 339.
Atlantis, i. 7.
Audubon, John J., iv. 80.
Australia, method of balloting in, v. 195.
Ayllon, Vasques de, i. 38.
Bacon, Nathaniel, i. 266, 267, 269, 271.
Bacon’s Rebellion, i. 267, 269.
Balboa crossed the Isthmus, i. 10.
Baltimore, Lord, see Calvert.
Bancroft, George, iv. 80.
Bank of the United States, iii. 219; iv. 19, 41, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 51, 52, 53, 56, 94.
Banks, General Nathaniel P., iv. 243.
Barré, Isaac, ii. 133, 213.
Bayard, Thomas, v. 233.
Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin de, ii. 282.
Beaumont, Auguste, iv. 76.
Beauregard, General Gustave, iv. 211, 222.
Beauséjour, ii. 87, 89.
Belknap, William W., v. 95.
Bellomont, Lord, ii. 23, 24, 25, 30.
Bennett, Richard, i. 213.
Bennington, ii. 270.
Benton, Thomas H., iii. 272, 274; iv. 68.
Berkeley, Lord William, i. 183, 185, 190, 213, 214, 239, 246, 248, 252, 256, 257, 262, 264, 266, 269, 271, 272; ii. 17.
Beverly, Robert, i. 206; iii. 86.
Biddle, Nicholas, iv. 49, 50, 51.
Biloxi, French at, ii. 59.
“Black Friday” (1869), v. 65, 66.
Black Hills, the, gold discovered in, v. 102.
Blackbeard, the pirate, ii. 47.
Blaine, James G., his political record, v. 174, 175;
nominated for President, v. 174;
his opinion of reformers, v. 178.
Blair, James, i. 348-350.
Blair, John, iii. 68.
Blake, Admiral Robert, i. 227.
Bland, Richard, ii. 148, 194; iii. 89.
Bland, Richard P., v. 146, 258.
Bland silver bill, the, v. 146, 147, 205;
repeal of, v. 206.
Blockade-running in Civil War, iv. 240.
Blomaert, Samuel, i. 168.
Board of Trade and Plantations, ii. 3.
Bon Homme Richard, ship, ii. 303.
Bonaparte, Napoleon, iii. 206, 207, 216, 220, 221.
Bonnet, Stede, ii. 47.
Booth, John Wilkes, iv. 259.
Boston, England, i. 157.
Boston, Mass.:
Settled, i. 108;
small-pox in, ii. 34;
first Presbyterian church in, ii. 52;
stamp-act riot in, ii. 136;
resistance to duties in, ii. 160;
massacre in (1770), ii. 162-164;
protest against landing of tea in, ii. 167, 168;
the Boston Tea-party, ii. 185;
port of, closed (1774), ii. 187;
town meeting of, ii. 194;
military rule in, ii. 206;
British forces in, ii. 236;
British evacuate, ii. 239.
Boucher, Jonathan, iii. 93.
Bouquet, Henry, ii. 128, 131.
Bowdoin, James, iii. 58, 62.
Boycott, use of the, v. 168.
Braddock, Edward, ii. 85, 87, 88, 89.
Braddock’s defeat, ii. 87-89.
Bradford, William, i. 89, 97, 99; iii. 83.
Bradley, Justice Joseph P., v. 111.
Bradstreet, Anne, iii. 83.
Bradstreet, John, ii. 92.
Bragg, General Braxton, iv. 243, 248.
Brandywine, the, ii. 280.
Brant, Joseph, ii. 275, 292, 293.
Bread riots in New York, iv. 67.
Breckinridge, John C., iv. 174, 188.
Brethren of the Coast, ii. 21, 23.
Brewster, William, i. 83, 84, 86, 109.
British army, the, ii. 266.
Brodhead, Colonel, ii. 300.
Brooke, H., iii. 345.
Brooke, Lord, i. 147.
Brown, Benjamin Gratz, governor of Missouri, v. 84;
nominated for Vice-President, v. 84, 85.
Brown, Governor of Georgia, iv. 304.
Brown, John, his raid at Harper’s Ferry, iv. 185, 186.
Brown University, ii. 112.
Bryan, William J., nominated for President (1896), v. 258;
his campaign speeches, v. 261.
Buccaneers, ii. 15, 20, 21, 22, 23.
Buchanan, James, as Secretary of State, iv. 117;
as commissioner to Ostend, iv. 172;
elected President, iv. 174;
favors admission of Kansas iv. 180, 181;
his administration, iv. 203, 204.
Buell, General Carlos, iv. 220, 243.
Buena Vista, battle of, iv. 120.
Bull Run, battle of, iv. 211.
Bullock, Edmund, iii. 342.
Bunker Hill, battle of, ii. 229.
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands (1865), v. 17, 18;
effect in Southern States of the, v. 22, 23;
enlarged powers of (1866), v. 26, 33.
Burgesses, House of, ii. 166, 176, 181, 183, 185, 192; iii. 62.
Burgoyne, John, ii. 229, 268, 270, 278.
Burke, Edmund, i. 305; ii. 105, 106, 123, 124, 153, 211, 213, 215, 217.
Burnside, General Ambrose E., iv. 229.
Burr, Aaron, elected Vice-President, iii. 161;
his duel with Hamilton, iii. 178;
his downfall and trial for treason, iii. 203, 204;
his remarks on the Mexican War, iv. 107.
Butler, General Benjamin, at New Orleans, iv. 224.
Butler, John, ii. 292.
Butler, Walter, ii. 292.
Byrd, William, ii. 100.
Cabot, George, iii. 186, 187.
California, ceded to United States, iv. 122;
gold discovered in, iv. 135;
government formed in, iv. 136;
admitted to Union, iv. 140.
Calvert, Cecilius, Second Lord Baltimore, i. 128, 130, 131, 133, 134, 135, 136.
Calvert, Charles, Third Lord Baltimore, i. 288, 339.
Calvert, George, First Lord Baltimore, i. 128, 131.
Calvert, Leonard, i. 188.
Cambridge platform, the, i. 198.
Camden, S. C., ii. 308.
Campbell, John, iii. 342.
Canada, Fenian raid in, v. 29, 30;
fisheries of, v. 70.
Canals, iii. 243, 244, 266.
Canning, George, iii. 263.
Cape Cod, i. 86, 89.
Cape Fear, pirates at, ii. 44, 47.
Cape Henry, iv. 80.
Carleton, General Guy, ii. 256; iii. 15, 26.
Carlisle, John G., Secretary of Treasury, v. 189, 253.
Carolina:
Land grant of, i. 246;
population (1663), i. 247;
government of, i. 249-252;
new charter of, i. 250;
attacks Spanish at Florida, ii. 33.
“Carpet baggers” in the South, v. 46.
Carr, Dabney, ii. 183.
Carr, Robert, i. 226, 236.
Cartagena, attack on, ii. 71, 72.
Carteret, George, i. 239, 296, 298.
Carteret, Philip, first governor of New Jersey, i. 240, 242, 244, 295, 296, 298.
Cartier, Jacques, penetrates St. Lawrence, i. 18;
fortifies Quebec, i. 19; ii. 6.
Cartwright, George, i. 226, 236.
Cass, Lewis, iv. 128.
Cathay, Columbus seeks, i. 2, 6.
Cavaliers in Virginia, i. 215, 216, 217.
Cedar Mountain, battle of, iv. 229.
Census, first of United States (1790), iii. 125;
(1800), iii. 172;
(1820), iii. 246;
(1850), iv. 135;
(1870), v. 66, 67;
(1880), v. 166, 167;
(1890), v. 199, 212.
Centennial Exhibition (1776), v. 120, 122.
Central Pacific Railway, completion of, v. 89.
Cerro Gordo, iv. 120.
Cervera, Admiral Pascual, commanding Spanish fleet at Santiago, v. 278.
Champlain, Samuel de, ii. 6, 8, 9.
Chapultepec, iv. 120.
Charles I., i. 100, 122, 124, 128, 173, 174, 175.
Charles II., proclaimed King in Virginia and New England, i. 213, 215;
his letter to Massachusetts agents, i. 226;
sends royal commissioners to Massachusetts, i. 226;
gives New Netherlands to Duke of York, i. 229, 232.
Charles V., his empire and power, i. 20.
Charleston, S. C., settlement of, i. 254, 293;
its social life, ii. 52, 54;
negro slaves in, ii. 54;
British troops withdraw from, iii. 15;
Genet at, iii. 131.
Charlestown, Mass., British at, ii. 233;
Ursuline convent sacked at, iv. 89.
Cherokee Indians, iv. 14, 15, 16.
Chesapeake, the American frigate, iii. 191, 192.
Cheves, Langdon, iii. 212.
Chicago, anarchist riot in (1886), v. 187.
Chichely, Henry, i. 285.
China refuses to check emigration of Chinese, v. 186;
war in, v. 299.
Chinese, act of Congress excluding the, v. 184, 185, 214;
immigration of, v. 185.
Chowan, i. 246, 249.
Church, Colonel Benjamin, ii. 35.
Churchill, John, see Marlborough.
Cibola, seven fabled cities of, i. 16.
Cincinnati, mob rule in, v. 169.
Cincinnati, Society of, iii. 17.
Civil rights bill, v. 28, 97, 98.
Civil service, v. 82;
act for reform of, v. 88;
system of appointment in, v. 158, 159;
the Pendleton bill on, v. 160, 162.
Civil Service Reform League, the National, v. 160.
Civil War, see War of Secession.
Clarendon, Earl of, i. 223, 224, 237, 238, 246, 292.
Clark, George Rogers, ii. 293, 295, 296.
Clay, Henry, member of Congress, iii. 210, 211;
nominated for President, iii. 268; iv. 35, 110;
as party leader, iii. 272, 276; iv. 2, 38, 138, 148;
as Speaker of the House, v. 132, 133.
Clayborne, W., i. 133, 134, 188, 190.
Cleveland, Grover:
His antecedents and character, v. 171;
as mayor and governor, v. 172;
elected President (1884), v. 177;
his policy and administration, v. 178, 181;
his veto of pension bill, v. 181;
his tariff message (1887), v. 191, 192, 209;
his defeat for re-election (1888), v. 194;
his second election as President (1892), v. 214;
his free-silver declaration, v. 218, 219;
his second Cabinet and administration, v. 232-234;
withdraws annexation treaty of Hawaii, v. 242;
his Venezuelan message (1896), v. 252;
end of his administration, v. 253.
Clinton, De Witt, iii. 234.
Clinton, George, iii. 200.
Clinton, Sir Henry, ii. 229, 249, 278, 297, 306; iii. 2.
Coahuila and Texas, State of, iv. 105.
Coal, used to produce steam, v. 1-6;
in Appalachian mountains, v. 116;
strikes of miners in (1894), v. 238.
Cobb, Thomas R. R., iv. 282, 284.
Colfax, Schuyler, v. 90, 134.
Colleges:
Harvard (1638), i. 181;
William and Mary (1692), i. 349, 350;
Yale (1701), ii. 28;
Princeton (1746), ii. 112;
Kings (1754), ii. 112;
Brown (1764), ii. 112.
Colonial government, i. 121, 122;
changes in (1722-1742), i. 150;
relations to King and Parliament of, ii. 150, 151;
Congress of Committees of, ii. 193, 201;
Continental Congress of, ii. 240.
Colonies:
At Jamestown, i. 37;
at Quebec, i. 69;
at Newfoundland, i. 69;
at New Plymouth, i. 69, 90, 92, 95, 98;
at Salem, i. 104;
in Virginia, i. 110, 116;
in Maryland, i. 131, 136;
in Massachusetts, i. 138;
in Connecticut, i. 138;
on Long Island, i. 138;
in North Carolina, i. 292;
in South Carolina, i. 293, 294;
in Pennsylvania, i. 304;
in Savannah, ii. 64-67;
effect of civil wars in England on, i. 171-181;
restrictions on commerce of, i. 219-222;
ship-building in, i. 221, 222;
restrictions on trade in, i. 258, 261;
government in, i. 290;
conference of 1690 in, ii. 12;
make war on New France, ii. 13;
woollen manufactures in, ii. 19;
effect of “Queen Anne’s War” on, ii. 30;
changes in 1721-1742, ii. 49-51;
Scots-Irish settle in, ii. 51;
party movements in, ii. 55, 56;
English and French views of, ii. 101, 104;
effect of Stamp Act on, ii. 134, 136, 137, 139.
Columbus, sets out to find Cathay, i. 1, 2;
annotations in handwriting of, i. 3;
seeks Asia and kingdom of Tartars, i. 4.
Commerce:
Between Southampton and Brazil, i. 32;
Dutch, i. 70;
Spanish, i. 70;
English restrictions on colonial, i. 219-222; ii. 144.
Committee of correspondence, ii. 174, 175, 176, 178, 187.
Committee of inquiry on condition of the South (1871), v. 74, 76.
Common Sense pamphlet by Paine, iii. 91.
Commonwealth, the effect of, in Virginia, i. 215.
Comptroller of the Currency, the, iv. 252.
Concord, fight at, ii. 223, 225.
Confederacy, the Southern:
Beginnings of, iv. 199, 200, 271;
States of, iv. 200, 208;
capitol of, at Richmond, iv. 210;
boundaries of, iv. 212;
population of, iv. 249;
social orders in, iv. 269, 270;
organization of government of, iv. 271;
provisional government of, iv. 272, 273;
politics of, iv. 274;
love for the Union in, iv. 276-278;
constitution of, iv. 284;
powers of President of, iv. 286;
hopes of the leaders of, iv. 288;
difference of opinions in States of, iv. 289;
resources of, iv. 289, 290;
scarcity of specie in, iv. 291, 292;
paper money of, iv. 292;
crops of, iv. 292;
food and clothing in, iv. 293, 294;
transportation in, iv. 295, 296;
arms and munitions of army of, iv. 296-298;
the army of, iv. 298-300;
government of, iv. 301-306;
conscription laws in, iv. 298, 304;
financial measures of, iv. 304, 305;
prisons of, iv. 307;
dissolution of, iv. 311, 312;
States of, after the war, v. 2-6.
Confederate privateers, iv. 240.
Congress, First, of United States, iii. 104, 106, 107, 108.
Congress of Committees, ii. 192, 193, 201.
Congress of Confederation, iii. 38, 48.
Conkling, Roscoe, v. 156, 158.
Connecticut:
First settlers in, i. 162, 163;
joins United Colonies, i. 170;
charter grant of, i. 233;
boundaries of, i. 233, 234;
charter annulled, i. 326;
charter restored, i. 341.
Connecticut River, i. 74;
settlements on, i. 144, 232.
Considerations on the propriety of imposing taxes on British colonies, iii. 88.
Constantinople, effect of capture of, i. 4.
Constitution of the United States, iii. 71, 72, 76, 311;
division of opinion concerning, iii. 79, 80, 82;
amendments to, iii. 327-333;
thirteenth amendment to, v. 7;
fourteenth amendment to, v. 28, 74;
fifteenth amendment to, v. 57, 74.
Constitutional government, ii. 211.
Constitutional Union, party of, iv. 188.
Constitutional Union Guards, the, v. 62.
Continental Congress, first, ii. 193-201;
second, ii. 221;
third, ii. 2.
Continental money, ii. 310, 316.
Convention at Annapolis (1786), ii. 62.
Conway, Henry Seymour, iii. 8.
Coode, John, i. 339.
Cooke, Jay, v. 93.
Coote, Richard, see Bellomont.
Copley, Sir Lionel, i. 346.
Corinth, Miss., siege of, iv. 222.
Cornbury, Lord, ii. 41.
Cornwallis, Earl, ii. 249, 308, 314, 328; iii. 1.
Coronado explores sources of Colorado and Rio Grande rivers, i. 16.
Corporation and Test Acts of England, iv. 76.
Corregidor Islands, v. 276.
Cortez finds ancient kingdoms in South America, i. 2.
Cotton:
Early cultivation of, iii. 124;
gin invented for, iii. 73, 240;
slave labor for, iii. 252;
value of (1829), iii. 285;
monopoly of, in Southern States, iv. 290;
value of (1860-1862), iv. 291;
blockade of, in Civil War, iv. 249;
as legal tender, iv. 306.
Cotton, John, i. 141, 142, 204, 208; iii. 85.
Council for New England, the, i. 95, 96, 104.
Council of Safety, the, ii. 254.
Coxey’s Army, v. 236-238.
Craven, Lord, i. 246.
Crawford, William, iii. 212, 245, 267, 277.
Crédit Mobilier, the, v. 89, 90-92.
Creek Indians, iv. 14, 15.
Crisp, Charles F., v. 225.
Cromwell, Oliver:
At Marston Moor and Naseby, i. 174;
leader of the Independents, i. 175, 176;
as Lord Protector, i. 195;
makes conquest of Acadia, i. 207;
demands fur trade in West Indies, i. 208;
his attitude towards America, i. 209, 229.
Crown Point, ii. 226.
Cuba:
First proposition to buy, iv. 72;
Spanish rule in, v. 248-250;
concentration camps in, v. 273;
independence of, declared, v. 274.
Culpeper, Lord, i. 285; ii. 2.
Cumberland Gap, iii. 243, 244.
Curfew, the, in Southern States, v. 20.
Currency, demand for cheap, v. 203.
Curtis, George William, as leader of Mugwumps, v. 176.
Custer, General George Armstrong, v. 102, 103.
Daiquiri, Cuba, U. S. troops landed at, v. 282.
Dakota, v. 102.
Dale, Sir Thomas, i. 52, 54, 55, 60.
Davenport, John, leads settlers to New Haven, i. 161, 162;
forms government, i. 163;
goes to Boston, i. 244.
Davis, a Maryland rebel, i. 288.
Davis, Jefferson, chosen President of Southern Confederacy, iv. 200;
calls for volunteers, iv. 210;
character of, iv. 310.
Davison, William, i. 84.
De Lancy, James, ii. 35.
Debtors, prisons, ii. 62, 63.
Decatur, Commodore Stephen, iii. 259.
Declaration of Independence, ii. 242;
original draft of, ii. 244-247;
signed by delegates, ii. 258.
Declaratory Act, the, ii. 156.
Deerfield attacked by French and Indians, ii. 35.
Delaware Indians, i. 312.
Delaware, Lord, i. 50, 52;
his Relation, i. 53.
Delaware River, i. 72, 73.
Delaware, State of, ratifies Constitution, iii. 76.
Democracy in America, De Tocqueville’s, iv. 76.
Democrats, political party of, iii. 278, 280, 289; iv. 1, 30, 64, 65, 81, 85, 102, 110, 124, 127, 159, 168, 187; v. 104-112, 170, 189, 206, 220, 256, 257.
Devonshire, her seamen, position, and people, i. 25, 26, 28.
Dewey, Commodore George, takes Manila, v. 276, 277, 292;
conference with Aguinaldo, v. 290, 292.
Dickinson, Don M., v. 233.
Dickinson, John, ii. 137, 158, 194; iii. 89.
Dieskau, Ludwig August, ii. 89, 90.
Digges, Edward, i. 213.
Dingley bill, the, v. 268.
Dinwiddie, Robert, ii. 77, 79, 84, 85.
Discovery, the ship, i. 35, 36.
Dissenters, freedom of, in New York, ii. 41.
District of Columbia, seat of government established in, iii. 164;
slavery abolished in, iv. 140.
Dixwell, John, i. 226.
Dorchester, Mass., settled, i. 108;
fortified by provincials, ii. 239.
Dougan, Thomas, i. 315, 317, 326, 333; ii. 10.
Douglas, Stephen A., iv. 165, 166, 167, 180, 188.
Downing, George, i. 219.
Draft Act, the (1863), iv. 236.
Draft riots, iv. 236.
Drake, Francis, turned buccaneer, i. 8;
first voyage around the world, i. 10.
Dred Scott case, the, iv. 176, 177.
Drummond, William, i. 239, 272.
Duane, William J., iv. 53, 54.
Dudley, Joseph, i. 322, 323, 324; ii. 41.
Dudley, Thomas, i. 106.
Duke’s Laws, the, i. 231, 241, 242.
Dulany, Daniel, his pamphlet on taxation, iii. 88.
Dunmore, Earl of, ii. 181, 192, 219, 229.
Dunning, John, iii. 7.
Duquesne, Marquis, ii. 76, 77, 99.
Durant, George, i. 247.
Dutch, the, commerce of, i. 69, 70, 71;
sea-power of, i. 72;
war of Spain with, i. 72;
East India Company of, i. 72;
emigration to England of, i. 76, 77;
on Hudson River, i. 96, 227;
on Connecticut River, i. 144, 145, 146;
power of, in America, i. 226;
Long Island Sound, i. 227;
in New York (1672), i. 294.
Dutch East India Co., i. 72, 116.
Duties on Imports, v. 118-120.
Duxbury, i. 165.
Dwight, Timothy, iii. 94.
East Florida, iii. 256, 257.
East India Co., Dutch, i. 40, 72.
East India Co., English, i. 72; ii. 167, 168, 172.
East Jersey, i. 298-299, 340; ii. 27.
Eaton, John H., iv. 10, 34.
Eaton, Mrs. John, social quarrel about, iv. 34.
Eaton, Theophilus, i. 205.
Edict of Nantes, revocation of, i. 318.
Edwards, Jonathan, iii. 85, 86.
El Caney, Cuba, capture of, v. 284.
Electoral Commission, the (1876), v. 110, 111.
Electoral votes, act for counting, v. 182-184.
Electric telegraph, the, iv. 131.
Elizabeth, Queen, i. 80, 81, 100.
Elizabethtown, settled, i. 243;
assembly at, i. 244.
Embargo Act, the, iii. 193, 194, 198.
Emerson, R. W., iv. 80.
Emigration to the West after the Revolution, iii. 40, 41, 53.
Endecott, John, i. 104, 105, 106, 108, 109, 205.
Enforcing Act, the, iii. 197.
England:
Political position of, at time of English settlements in America, i. 1, 2;
condition of, at beginning of seventeenth century, i. 22;
effect of Reformation on, i. 23, 78;
the Renaissance in, i. 24;
competes with France for North America, i. 22;
changed condition of, in seventeenth century, i. 44;
common law of, i. 58;
Protestantism in, i. 78;
church and state in, i. 100;
Roman Catholics in, i. 127, 128;
commerce of, in 1651, i. 219, 220, 221;
war with France, ii. 2;
reign of William and Mary in, ii. 14, 15;
reign of Queen Anne in, ii. 30;
sends troops to America against the French (1711), ii. 37;
gains Hudson’s Bay, Newfoundland, and St. Christopher’s, ii. 38;
sends fleet against pirates, ii. 47;
gains Canada, ii. 96;
makes new plans for colonial government, ii. 130;
proposed taxation for colonies, ii. 131-132;
passes acts regulating colonial trade, ii. 153, 154;
claims search rights on neutral ships, iii. 4;
declares war against Dutch Republic, iii. 6;
at war with Indian princes, iii. 6;
public opinion in, at end of Revolution, iii. 6;
votes against further war in America (1782), iii. 8;
power of the crown diminished in, iii. 10;
popular feeling in, against American War, iii. 13, 14;
Corporation and Test Acts repealed in, iv. 76;
slavery abolished in, iv. 76;
boundary-lines of, iv. 115, 117;
sympathy with South in Civil War in, iv. 216, 217;
attack on Mexico, v. 40;
ship-building in, for Confederate States, v. 67-69.
English, the:
Age of settlement of, in America, i. 1;
population of, in America in 1689, ii. 4;
spreading westward of, ii. 9;
attack Spaniards in Florida, ii. 33;
driven from Bahamas, ii. 35;
victory of, at Quebec, ii. 94, 95, 96;
colonies of, contrasted with French, ii. 98-100;
view of colonial taxation by, ii. 151-153;
orders in council against neutral trade of, iii. 189, 204, 206, 208;
trading companies of, iv. 114;
government of, disputes boundary-line of British Guiana, v. 245.
English, William H., nominated for Vice-President, v. 153.
Ericsson, John, iv. 238.
Espiritu Santo Bay, i. 114.
Estaing, Count de, ii. 290, 304, 306.
Eugene, Prince, ii. 30.
Europe, state of mind of, at time of discovery of America, i. 2;
changes in politics in sixteenth century in, i. 20.
Fairfax, Lord, ii. 79.
Farmers’ Alliance, the, v. 126, 203.
Farragut, Commodore David G., takes New Orleans, iv. 224, 237;
at Mobile, iv. 257.
Federal District, the, selection of, iii. 128.
Federalist, the, iii. 96, 98.
Federalists, political party of, iii. 143, 145, 150, 153, 156, 158, 160, 161, 163, 164, 167, 169, 183, 197, 200, 227, 229.
Fendall, Josiah, i. 287.
Fenian Society, the, origin of name of, v. 291;
purpose and members of, v. 29, 30;
raid in Canada of, v. 30.
Ferguson, ii. 317, 318, 321.
Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution, v. 140.
Fillmore, Millard, elected Vice-President, iv. 129;
becomes President, iv. 140;
his cabinet, iv. 150.
Fish, Hamilton, iv. 167.
Fisheries, ii. 108;
of the Pacific, iii. 266;
American and Canadian (1872), v. 70, 196;
Bering Sea, v. 196.
Flax, manufacture of, iii. 241.
Fletcher, Benjamin, i. 346; ii. 23.
Florida:
Ceded to United States, iii. 258;
becomes a State, iv. 131;
secedes, iv. 200;
readmitted to the Union, v. 46;
Republican control in (1870-1872), v. 99-100.
Florida, the Confederate ship, v. 70.
Foote, Commodore Andrew H., iv. 281.
Foote, Samuel, iv. 23.
Foote, Solomon, iv. 167.
Foot’s resolutions, iv. 23.
Force Acts, the, v. 136.
Fort Amsterdam, i. 96, 97.
Fort Christina, i. 168.
Fort Donelson, iv. 221.
Fort Hatteras, iv. 237.
Fort Hill, i. 148.
Fort Le Bœuf, ii. 80.
Fort Nassau, i. 74, 97.
Fort Orange, renamed Albany, i. 241.
Fort Pickens, iv. 204, 237.
Fort Pillow, iv. 222.
Fort Pulaski, iv. 237.
Fort Sumter, iv. 204;
fired on by Confederates, iv. 208.
Fort Warren, iv. 217.
Fort William Henry, ii. 90.
Fortress Monroe, iv. 204, 224, 237.
Fourteenth Amendment to Constitution, v. 28;
rejected by Southern States, v. 34, 37;
supported by Republican leaders, v. 74;
altered in 1872, v. 97;
power of, v. 140.
Fox, Charles, iii. 8.
Fox, George, i. 301.
France:
Political position of, at time of English settlements in America, i. 1, 2;
attacks England, iii. 2, 4;
naval power of, broken, iii. 9;
attacks Mexico, v. 40-42.
Francis I., his policy, i. 22.
Franklin, Benjamin:
His almanacs, ii. 114;
his plan of union of colonies, ii. 114, 115;
plan of, for sustaining army, ii. 118;
protest of, in London, ii. 134;
as commissioner from Congress, ii. 254;
in Paris, ii. 282;
his plan of union (1754), ii. 342;
as peace commissioner, iii. 16, 20, 294;
as man of letters, iii. 87.
Franklin, State of, iii. 49.
Fraunce’s Tavern, iii. 42, 43.
Frederick of Prussia, ii. 84, 282.
Fredericksburg, iv. 229.
Free Banking Act, iv. 251.
Freedmen, their position after the Civil War, v. 13;
legislation in behalf of, v. 16, 17;
effect of emancipation on, v. 18-20;
Southern legislation for, v. 20, 21;
views of Northern men regarding, v. 22.
Freedom of dissenters established in New York, ii. 41.
Free-masons, iv. 35.
Free-soil party, iv. 129, 130, 156.
Frémont, John C., iv. 174.
French, the:
In North Carolina, i. 292;
population of, in America in 1689, ii. 4, 5;
settlements of, in Quebec, ii. 6;
on the great lakes, ii. 7;
advance of, in power in America, ii. 8, 9;
raids and massacres of, ii. 35;
settlements on the Mississippi, ii. 59;
on Lake Erie, ii. 77;
on the Ohio, ii. 81;
defeats of, in America, in 1758, ii. 92;
at Quebec, ii. 95;
loss of possessions of, in America, ii. 98;
their settlements in America different from those of the English, ii. 98-100;
in Senegal, iii. 4;
revolution of, iii. 129, 134.
French and English wars, raids, and massacres, ii. 35;
at Louisbourg, ii. 73;
at Great Meadows, ii. 83, 84;
at Braddock’s defeat, ii. 88, 89;
at Oswego, ii. 90;
at Quebec, ii. 94-96.
Freneau, Philip, iii. 93.
Frontenac, Count de, i. 331, 333; ii. 11, 13.
Fugitive slave law, iv. 140, 146, 147, 176, 177, 186, 192; v. 7.
Fulton, Robert, iv. 72.
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, the, i. 155.
Gadsden, Christopher, ii. 194.
Gadsden, James, iv. 172.
Gadsden Purchase, the, iv. 162.
Gage, General Thomas, ii. 189, 204, 205, 223, 237.
Gallatin, Albert, iii. 176, 243.
Galloway, Joseph, ii. 194, 196, 263, 264; iii. 93.
Gansevoort, Peter, ii. 277.
Gardiner, Lion, i. 147, 148, 154.
Gardiner, S. R., i. 206.
Gardoqui, Diego, iii. 51.
Garfield, James A., his position and character, v. 151;
elected President (1880), v. 154;
his assassination and death, v. 156;
his quarrel with Conkling, v. 158.
Garrard, James, iii. 342.
Garrison, William Lloyd, iv. 137.
Gaspee, the schooner, ii. 164, 181, 183.
Gates, Horatio, ii. 308, 314.
Gates, Sir Thomas, i. 52, 54, 55.
Genet, Edmond Charles, iii. 131, 132.
Geneva, Switzerland, court of arbitration at (1872), v. 70-72.
George III., ii. 214, 215; iii. 293.
Georgia:
Origin of name, ii. 64;
character of settlers in, ii. 65;
negro slavery forbidden in, ii. 66, 67;
growth of, iv. 80;
secession of, iv. 200.
German Protestants in Georgia, ii. 65.
Germans in North Carolina, i. 292.
Germany suspends coinage of silver, v. 144, 145.
Gerry, Elbridge, iii. 146; v. 138.
Ghent, treaty of peace at, iii. 225.
Gibraltar, siege of, iii. 9.
Gila River, the, iv. 172.
Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, i. 28, 30.
Glass, manufacture of, iii. 241.
Goffe, William, the regicide, i. 225.
Gold:
Discovery of, in California, iv. 135;
in the Black Hills, v. 102;
made standard of value in United States, v. 144;
parity between silver and, v. 217, 218, 222;
difficulty in maintaining reserve of, v. 231, 253;
the standard of, v. 254, 255.
Gosnold, Bartholomew, i. 42.
Government appointments made for political purposes, v. 79, 80.
Grafton, Duke of, ii. 212.
Grangers, v. 124, 126.
Grant, Ulysses S.:
In Mexican War, iv. 219;
volunteers in Union army (1862), iv. 219;
occupies Cairo and Paducah, iv. 220;
takes Fort Henry, iv. 221;
at Corinth, iv. 221, 222;
at Vicksburg, iv. 242;
at Chattanooga, iv. 243, 248;
at Lookout Mountain, iv. 248;
made commander-in-chief, iv. 253;
at Appomattox, iv. 258;
his powers as general of the army, v. 37;
appointed Secretary of War (1867), v. 54;
elected President (1869), v. 57;
his action against Ku Klux, etc., v. 75;
his breach with Sumner, v. 80;
re-elected President, v. 87;
end of his administration, v. 96, 97;
his refusal to send troops to Mississippi, v. 98, 99;
public estimate of his administration, v. 112;
as member of the firm of Grant & Ward, v. 167.
Grant & Ward, firm of, v. 167.
Grasse, Count de, in the Chesapeake, ii. 328;
attacks British West Indies, iii. 4;
defeated by Rodney, iii. 9.
Gray, Asa, iv. 80.
Great Meadows, battle of, ii. 83, 84.
Greeley, Horace, v. 80, 81;
his advocacy of general amnesty, v. 82;
nominated for President, v. 84;
his death, v. 87.
Greenback party, the, v. 123, 145.
Greenback-Labor party, v. 154.
Greenbacks, government, v. 143.
Greene, Nathanael, ii. 314, 322, 323, 327.
Greene, Roger, i. 246.
Grenville, George, ii. 125, 130, 131, 132, 140, 145, 152.
Gresham, Walter Q., v. 248.
Grow, Galusha A., v. 134.
Guadaloupe, Hidalgo, iv. 122.
Guam, island of, v. 292.
Guantanamo Bay, v. 288.
Guiana, British, v. 245.
Guilford, i. 163.
Guiteau, Charles J., v. 156, 159.
Habeas Corpus, suspended, iv. 236;
suspended in Southern States, v. 64;
act authorizing suspension of, v. 75.
Hakluyt, Richard, i. 33, 42.
Halfbreeds, political party of, v. 258.
Halleck, General Henry W., iv. 222.
Hamilton, Alexander:
His birth and breeding, iii. 64;
his opinion on government, iii. 72-74;
his Federalist papers, iii. 96;
as Secretary of Treasury, iii. 103;
his views on finance, iii. 108-110;
his breach with Mr. Adams, iii. 158;
as leader of the Federalists, iii. 170;
his duel with Aaron Burr, iii. 178;
his establishment of first United States bank, iv. 44.
Hamilton, Colonel, ii. 296.
Hampden, John, i. 174.
Hampton, Va., i. 52.
Hampton, Wade, v. 108.
Hampton Roads, iv. 237.
Hancock, General Winfield S., nominated for President (1880), v. 153.
Harper’s Ferry, iv. 229;
John Brown’s raid at, iv. 185;
captured by Confederates, iv. 229.
Harrison, Benjamin, elected President, v. 194;
his personality, v. 20.
Harrison, Colonel Benjamin, ii. 194.
Harrison, William H., nominated for President, iv. 62;
elected President, iv. 82;
his brief administration and death, iv. 92.
Hartford, settlement of, i. 148.
Hartford Convention, the, iii. 227.
Hartley, David, iii. 294.
Harvard College founded, i. 181.
Havana, blowing up of the Maine in harbor of, v. 270.
Haverhill, massacre at (1697), ii. 13;
sacked and burned (1708), ii. 35.
Hawaii, islands of, v. 240;
annexation treaty with United States of, v. 242;
provisional government in, v. 242;
annexed to United States, v. 292, 293.
Hawkins, John, turned buccaneer, i. 8.
Hawley, Joseph, ii. 210.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, iv. 80.
Hay, Anthony, ii. 176.
Hayes, Rutherford B., v. 104;
elected President, v. 111, 112;
vetoes silver bill, v. 147;
his character and policy, v. 149, 169;
end of his administration, v. 151;
veto of Chinese Exclusion Act, v. 186.
Hayne, Robert Y., iv. 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 37.
Hendricks, Thomas G., v. 182.
“Henricus,” i. 52.
Henry, Patrick, ii. 148, 183, 194, 210, 221, 226, 293; iii. 67, 75.
Henry VIII., his policy, i. 22;
secularizes government, i. 23;
his interest in ship-building, i. 24.
Herald, the New York, iv. 82.
Herkimer, Nicholas, ii. 277.
Hessians, the, ii. 266.
Higginson, John, i. 106.
Hill, Isaac, iv. 48, 49.
Hispaniola, ii. 21.
Holland, English in, i. 76.
Holmes, O. W., iv. 80.
Homestead plots, iv. 214.
Honolulu, v. 242.
Hooker, General Joseph, iv. 240.
Hooker, Thomas, i. 141, 142, 145, 148, 149, 155, 156, 170, 204; iii. 85.
Houston, Samuel, iv. 106, 108, 110.
Howe, William, ii. 229, 237, 239, 243, 250, 252, 254, 268.
Hudson, Henry, i. 72.
Hudson River, the Dutch settlements on, i. 72, 96;
named North River, i. 73;
English possession of, i. 232.
Huguenots, settlements of, in Florida, i. 19;
in England and America, i. 22;
expelled from France, i. 22.
Hundred Years’ War, effect of, on France, i. 2.
Hutchinson, Anne, i. 156, 157, 164, 168.
Hutchinson, Thomas, ii. 137, 156, 189, 207.
Hyde, Edward, see Clarendon.
Idaho, v. 210.
Illinois, iii. 238.
Immigration, in 1842-1845, iv. 132, 162;
of Chinese, v. 184, 185, 213;
of Hungarians, Poles, and Italians, v. 212.
Impressment of seamen, iii. 191, 213.
Income tax of 1861, iv. 215;
of 1894, v. 230.
Independent National party, the, v. 123.
Independent Treasury Act, the, iv. 70, 96.
Indian tribes:
Algonquins, ii. 7;
Apalachees, ii. 33;
Catawbas, ii. 39;
Cayugas, ii. 8;
Cherokees, ii. 39; iv. 15, 16;
Creeks, ii. 39; iv. 15, 16;
Delawares, i. 312;
Iroquois, i. 313, 333; ii. 8, 9, 38, 113, 114;
Meherrins, ii. 42;
Mohawks, i. 315;
Narragansetts, i. 153, 154;
Nottoways, ii. 42;
Oneidas, ii. 8;
Onondagas, ii. 8;
Ottawas, ii. 128;
Seminoles, iii. 256; iv. 85;
Senecas, ii. 8;
Sioux, iv. 102;
Tuscaroras, ii. 38;
Yamassees, ii. 39.
Indian Wars:
In Virginia, i. 63, 64, 264, 267;
in New England, i. 153, 154, 277, 280; ii. 3;
in North and South Carolina, ii. 38, 40, 58;
against the English, ii. 128;
in Wyoming and Dakota, v. 102, 103.
Indians:
Missionaries to, i. 277;
treaty with Penn, i. 312;
treaty with United States, iv. 14;
their rights in Georgia and Alabama, iv. 14, 15, 16-18;
their fur trade, i. 73, 74; ii. 10;
their reservations, v. 210.
Industrial Commission, the, v. 268.
Industries in the North and South after the Civil War, v. 116-120, 164;
revolution in the, v. 264, 265.
Industry, Patrons of, v. 124-126.
Ingham, Mr., Secretary of the Treasury (1829), iv. 49-51.
Ingle, Richard, i. 188.
Internal revenue bill, the first, iii. 137.
Interstate Commerce Act, the, v. 184, 185, 267.
Intimidation in the South after the Civil War, v. 59.
Inventions:
The cotton-gin, iii. 173;
steamboats, iv. 72;
railways, iv. 72;
reapers, iv. 73, 74;
screw-propellers, iv. 74;
steam-hammers, iv. 74;
electric telegraph, iv. 131;
sewing-machines, iv. 133;
rotary printing-press, iv. 133;
power-loom, iv. 133.
“Invisible Empire of the South,” the, v. 60.
Ireland, Independent Parliament of, iii. 10;
Fenians in, v. 29.
Irish in colonies, ii. 51, 60, 61, 75.
Iron, in Appalachian Mountains, v. 118;
consolidation of manufactures of, v. 265.
Iron-clad war-ships, iv. 239.
Iroquois River, iii. 295.
Island Number Ten, iv. 221.
Jackson, Andrew:
At battle of New Orleans (1815), iii. 225;
fighting Indians in Florida, iii. 256-258;
nominated for President, iii. 268;
his character, iii. 274-276;
elected President, iii. 289;
compared with Jefferson, iv. 3, 4;
his inauguration, iv. 5, 19;
his principles, iv. 7, 9, 21;
his Indian policy, iv. 16-18;
his enmity to Calhoun, iv. 33;
re-election as President, iv. 36;
his reply to Nullification Act, iv. 37;
hostility to United States Bank, iv. 41, 42, 54, 56;
opposition to paper money, iv. 59, 60;
success in diplomacy, iv. 61;
his specie circular, iv. 65, 66;
effect of his administration, iv. 82, 88;
his democracy, iv. 90;
his use of patronage, iv. 152.
Jackson, Thomas J., iv. 227, 228, 229, 240, 242.
Jackson, William, boycott of, iii. 173.
Jamaica, i. 20.
James, Duke of York, see James II.
James I., i. 45, 81, 82, 96, 100.
James II., i. 229, 231, 239, 318, 319, 320.
James River, origin of name, i. 37.
Jamestown, founding of, i. 37;
first settlers in, i. 45, 46, 49;
famine at, i. 50, 54;
burning of, i. 269;
capital removed from, i. 350.
Jay, John:
As delegate to Congress (1774), ii. 194;
commissioner to France (1783), iii. 16;
his proposal to relinquish the Mississippi to Spain (1784), iii. 49-51;
his Federalist papers, iii. 96;
made Chief-Justice, iii. 104;
his mission to England (1794), iii. 136-138;
effect in United States of his peace treaty, iii. 140.
Jefferson, Thomas:
Member of the House, ii. 183;
draws Declaration of Independence, ii. 242;
as Secretary of State, iii. 103;
protests against Hamilton’s, measures, iii. 110;
leader of Democratic-Republican party, iii. 112, 122;
withdraws from cabinet, iii. 134;
elected Vice-President, iii. 143;
his Kentucky Resolutions, iii. 156;
elected President, iii. 161;
his inauguration, iii. 166-168;
his character and influence, iii. 168-170;
his politics, iii. 173-177;
re-elected President, iii. 178;
the Louisiana Purchase, iii. 182, 183;
his opposition to war, iii. 191, 192;
end of his administration, iii. 199;
his foreign dealings, iii. 204, 205;
his death, iii. 270;
compared with Andrew Jackson, iv. 3, 4;
his birthday celebrated, iv. 32.
Johnson, Andrew:
Elected Vice-President, iv. 262;
made President, iv. 262;
character and politics, v. 9, 10;
his proclamation of amnesty, v. 12, 13, 97;
his plan of reconstruction, v. 13, 14;
vetoes Freedman’s Bureau bill, v. 26;
conflict with Congress (1865), v. 26, 27, 32;
vetoes Civil Rights bill, v. 28;
his speeches against Congress, v. 34;
his impeachment, v. 54, 55.
Johnson, John, ii. 273, 292.
Johnson, Richard M., iii. 212.
Johnson, Robert, ii. 49.
Johnson, William, ii. 87, 272, 274.
Johnston, General Albert Sidney, iv. 222, 242.
Johnston, Joseph E., iv. 211, 224, 256, 310.
Joint High Commission at Washington (1871), v. 69.
Jones, Hugh, iii. 86.
Jones, John Paul, ii. 290, 303.
Judiciary Act, the (1801), iii. 163, 174.
“Junius,” Letters of, ii. 213.
Kansas, Territory of, iv. 166, 169, 178.
Kansas-Nebraska bill, the, iv. 166, 169, 172.
Keith, George, ii. 120.
Kendall, Amos, iv. 12.
Kent, Justice James, iv. 80.
Kent’s Island, i. 133, 188.
Kentucky, early settlement of, iii. 51;
admitted to the Union, iii. 113.
Kentucky Resolutions of 1798, iii. 154, 334-342;
of 1799, iii. 346-348.
Key West, iv. 237.
Kidd, William, ii. 24.
Kieft, i. 167, 168.
King, Richard, iii. 68.
King George’s War, ii. 73.
King William’s War, i. 345; ii. 10.
King’s College founded, ii. 112.
“Kitchen Cabinet,” the, iv. 13, 49.
Knights of Labor, Noble Order of, v. 166, 186, 187.
Knights of the White Camellia, v. 62.
Know Nothings, political party of, iv. 164, 170, 171.
Knox, Henry, iii. 103.
Kosciuszko, Tadeusz, ii. 282.
“Ku Klux Klan,” its origin and purpose, v. 59, 60;
its growth and power, v. 60-63, 72;
act of Congress against, v. 74, 75.
Kublai Khan, his empire, i. 4, 5.
Labor and vagrancy laws in the South, v. 21;
in Maine, Rhode Island, and Connecticut, v. 21.
Labor Reform party, the, v. 122, 123.
Lafayette, Marquis de, ii. 328.
Lake Champlain, ii. 59;
French on, ii. 61;
battle of, iii. 223.
Lake Erie, French settlers on, ii. 77;
battle of, iii. 223.
Lake Huron, French on, ii. 6.
Lake Michigan, French on, ii. 6.
Lake of the Woods, iii. 295.
Lake Ontario, French and English settlements on, ii. 59.
Lake Superior, French on, ii. 6.
Lamar, Lucius Q. C., v. 233.
Land Bank acts, ii. 146.
Land grants:
Early terms of, i. 60, 62, 119;
on Connecticut River, i. 147;
to Duke of York, i. 229, 239;
to John Winthrop, i. 233;
of New Jersey, i. 240;
of Carolina, i. 246;
of Virginia, i. 262; iii. 46, 48;
in Pennsylvania, i. 304;
in Georgia, ii. 64, 65;
in Ohio, ii. 76;
for Union Pacific Railway, iv. 214;
for Western agricultural colleges, iv. 215;
for homestead plots iv. 214.
Lansing, John, iii. 76.
La Salle, Robert, ii. 6.
Latin Union, states of, suspend coinage of silver, v. 144, 145.
Laud, Archbishop, i. 122, 124, 128.
Lee, Arthur, ii. 183, 185, 213.
Lee, Charles, ii. 221, 258, 288.
Lee, General Robert E.:
His ancestry and breeding, iv. 225;
his services in United States army, iv. 226;
in Southern army, iv. 226;
his sentiment against secession, iv. 226;
at Chancellorsville, iv. 242;
at Gettysburg, iv. 254;
his surrender at Appomattox, iv. 258, 259.
Lee, Henry, ii. 298, 315.
Lee, Richard, i. 216; ii. 134, 176, 183, 185, 194, 241; iii. 23.
Leisler, Jacob, i. 329, 333, 335; ii. 11.
Leopard, the English cruiser, iii. 191, 192.
“Letters of a Pennsylvania Farmer,” ii. 158.
Leverett, John, i. 207.
Lewis, William B., iv. 12.
Liberal Republicans, political party of, v. 84-86, 122.
Liberty, the sloop, ii. 160.
Liberty Song, the, ii. 205.
Lieber, Francis, iv. 80.
Liliuokalani, Queen of Hawaii, proposes new constitution, v. 240, 241;
refuses general amnesty, v. 242.
Lincoln, Abraham:
His debate with Douglas, iv. 182, 183;
elected President, iv. 188;
his birth and education, iv. 206, 207;
calls for volunteers, iv. 208;
calls extra session of Congress, iv. 214;
his proclamation of blockade, iv. 216;
his policy regarding slavery, iv. 231;
his proclamation of emancipation, iv. 232, 244, 247;
his assassination, iv. 259;
his address at Gettysburg, iv. 308, 309;
his proclamation of amnesty, v. 2, 3;
his second inaugural address, v. 4, 128, 131.
Lincoln, General Benjamin, ii. 278, 308; iii. 58.
Liquor, manufacture of, iii. 241.
Literature, early American, iii. 83, 84, 85, 87.
Little Big Horn, the, v. 102.
Livingston, Edward, iv. 53.
Livingston, Robert, iii. 182.
Locke, John, i. 250.
Log Cabin, the, iv. 86.
Long Assembly, the, i. 266, 269.
Long Island, i. 74;
early settlements on, i. 160.
Longfellow, H. W., iv. 80.
Lookout Mountain, battle of, iv. 248.
Loudon, Earl of, ii. 90.
Louis XIV., plans to capture New York, i. 331, 332;
violates treaty, ii. 28;
death of, ii. 49.
Louis XVI., iii. 4.
Louisbourg, siege of, ii. 73.
Louisiana:
Ceded by France to Spain, ii. 96;
ceded by Spain to France, iii. 180;
purchased by United States, iii. 182;
made a State, iii. 238, 256;
division of slavery in, iii. 254, 255; iv. 104;
secession of, iv. 200;
readmitted to the Union, v. 46;
debt of (1868-1872), v. 48;
Republican control in, v. 99, 100;
returning board of, v. 100;
struggle between Republicans and Democrats in (1876), v. 106.
Lowell, Francis, iii. 240.
Lowell, James Russell, iv. 80.
Lowndes, William, iii. 212.
Lundy’s Lane, battle of, iii. 223.
McClellan, General George B., iv. 212;
organizes Army of the Potomac, iv. 224;
driven back by Jackson and Lee, iv. 228;
at Antietam, iv. 229.
McCormick, Cyrus H., iv. 73.
McCulloch vs. Maryland, iv. 19, 43.
Macdonough, Commodore Thomas, iii. 223.
McDowell, General Irwin, iv. 211, 228.
McEnery, Mr., v. 102.
Mackemie, Rev. Francis, ii. 41.
McKinley, William:
His tariff bill, v. 209, 210;
on the silver question, v. 257;
elected President, v. 262;
calls extra session of Congress, v. 268;
his character as leader, v. 272, 273;
his re-election (1900), v. 298.
McKinley bill, the, v. 209, 210, 228.
Mackintosh, Captain, ii. 185.
McLane, Louis, iv. 51, 52, 53.
Madison, James:
As member of Continental Congress, iii. 67;
speech on treaty with England, iii. 141;
in Federalist papers, iii. 156;
as Secretary of State, iii. 176;
elected President, iii. 199;
love of peace, iii. 204;
effect of his administration, iii. 232, 234;
drafts Virginia Resolutions, iv. 32.
Madison, Samuel, iii. 96, 110.
Magellan, Ferdinand, rounds South America, i. 10.
Maine, labor and vagrancy laws in, v. 21.
Maine, the United States battleship, v. 270.
Maine liquor law, iv. 164.
Manassas, iv. 224, 227.
Manhattan Island, i. 74, 96.
Manila, in Philippines, taken by United States, v. 276.
Manufactures:
In New England, ii. 51, 107, 108, 110;
prohibition of, in the colonies, ii. 19, 102;
of flax and hemp, iii. 124;
of cotton, iii. 173, 240;
of wool, flax, hemp, and silk, iii. 241;
of liquor, glass, and furniture, iii. 241;
of ships, iv. 239;
society for promotion of, iv. 239.
March, Colonel, ii. 35.
Marco Polo, his journeys, i. 4, 5.
Marion, Francis, ii. 320, 325.
Marlborough, Duke of, ii. 30.
Marquette, Père, ii. 6.
Marshall, John, iii. 146, 163, 166; iv. 18, 19.
Mary, Queen, i. 80.
Maryland:
Founded by Lord Baltimore, i. 128;
land grant of, i. 130;
first settled, i. 131;
origin of name, i. 133;
Act of Toleration in, i. 190, 195;
Act of Toleration repealed, i. 195;
rebellion in 1676, i. 288;
laws in, i. 289, 290;
overthrow of proprietary government in, i. 335;
made a royal province, i. 339;
Protestant revolution in, i. 339;
accepts of Articles of Confederation, iii. 18;
the conditions before accepting, iii. 48.
Mason, George, iii. 68, 76.
Mason, James M., commissioner from Confederacy to England, iv. 217.
Mason, Jeremiah, iv. 48, 49.
Mason, John G., iv. 172.
Mason and Dixon’s line, v. 199.
Massachusetts:
First settlers in, i. 69, 89-93, 98;
charter of, obtained, i. 104;
character of settlers in, i. 105, 107;
growth and development of, i. 180;
charter of, annulled, i. 284;
under James II., i. 322;
under William III., i. 341-343;
establishes Land Bank, ii. 145;
establishes college, i. 181;
drops oath of allegiance, i. 195;
government of, in 1648, i. 196-198;
attitude towards other colonies, i. 198, 199;
extends jurisdiction, i. 209;
establishes mint, i. 209;
Assembly protests (1767), ii. 160;
resists changes in government, ii. 201, 202;
independent congress of, ii. 204;
Shays’s rebellion in, iii. 56, 58;
ratifies Constitution, iii. 78;
adopts Australian ballot method, v. 195.
Massacre hand-bill, the Boston, ii. 162.
Matamoras, iv. 118.
Mather, Cotton, iii. 85.
Mathews, Samuel, i. 212, 213.
Maverick, Samuel, i. 226.
Maximilian, Archduke, sent to Mexico, v. 39, 40;
his character and death, v. 42.
Mayflower, i. 86, 92.
Meade, General George G., iv. 242, 254.
Metternich, Prince, iii. 261.
Mexican purchase, iv. 172.
Mexican War, iv. 118.
Mexico:
Independence of, iv. 105;
slavery in, iv. 105, 123;
rule of Juarez in, v. 40;
threatened by England, France, and Spain (1861), v. 40;
Maximilian established in, v. 40, 42.
Mexico, city of, iv. 120, 122.
Miles, General Nelson, v. 288.
Milford, i. 163.
Mills, Roger Q., v. 192.
Mills bill, the, v. 192.
Minorca taken by Spain, iii. 4.
Minuit, Peter, i. 97, 168.
Missionary Ridge, iv. 248.
Mississippi, iii. 238;
made State, iii. 238;
secedes, iv. 200;
taxes in, after Civil War, v. 47.
Mississippi River, De Soto at, i. 15;
navigation of, iii. 49, 50, 60.
Missouri:
Applies for admittance to Union, iv. 248;
slavery in, iii. 250;
the compromise bill, iii. 254, 255;
admitted to Union, iii. 255;
repeal of compromise bill, iv. 165;
demand for universal amnesty in, v. 84.
Missouri compromise bill (1820), iii. 254, 255;
repeal of, iv. 165.
Mobile Bay, settled by the French, ii. 59;
Spanish garrison in, iii. 256;
taken by Farragut, iv. 257.
Mohawk Indians, i. 315.
Monckton, Lieut.-Colonel, ii. 87.
Money, paper, iii. 30.
Money, the question of, in politics, v. 254, 255, 260.
Monitor, Northern iron-clad ram, iv. 239.
Monk, George, Duke of Albemarle, i. 246.
Monmouth grant, the, i. 244.
Monopolies, rise of, v. 124.
Monroe, James:
As minister to Paris, iii. 146;
in Louisiana purchase, iii. 182;
elected President, iii. 235;
his character and policy, iii. 236, 237;
his cabinet, iii. 245;
re-elected President, iii. 260;
his attitude towards European powers, iii. 263, 265;
letter to General Jackson, iv. 104.
Monroe doctrine, the, iii. 263, 265; iv. 114; v. 40, 245.
Montana, v. 210.
Montcalm, Marquis, ii. 90, 95.
Montesquieu, M., v. 132, 232.
Montgomery, Ala., first capital of Confederacy, iv. 271.
Montgomery, Richard, ii. 236, 237.
Montreal, reached by Cartier, i. 18;
French colonies at, i. 19;
English possession of, ii. 96.
More, Sir Thomas, i. 44.
Morgan, Daniel, ii. 278, 325.
Morgan, William, iv. 35.
Morris, Gouverneur, iii. 68.
Morris, Robert, iii. 30, 68, 85.
Morris, Robert Hunter, ii. 85.
Morrison, Mr., of Illinois, v. 190.
Morton, Oliver Perry, v. 49.
Moultrie, Colonel William, ii. 249.
Mount Vernon, ii. 76; iii. 43.
Moustier, Count, iii. 79.
Muce, Marquis de la, ii. 28.
“Mugwump” political party, origin of name of, v. 176;
creed and policy of, v. 177.
Napoleon Bonaparte:
His diplomacy with Jefferson, iii. 205;
his decrees against American shipping, iii. 206, 207;
his alliance with America, iii. 216, 217;
his crushing defeats, iii. 220, 221.
Napoleon III., sends Maximilian to Mexico, v. 40.
Narragansett Bay, i. 164.
Narragansett Indians, i. 153, 154.
Narvaez, Pánfilo de, at Apalache Bay, i. 13;
his march into the interior, i. 14.
Nasmyth, James, invents steam-hammer, iv. 74.
Nassau, ii. 290.
Nat Turner insurrection, the, iv. 198.
Natchez, French trading-posts at, ii. 59.
National Bankrupt Act, the, iv. 252, 253.
National Democratic party, the, v. 260.
National Farmer’s Alliance, the, v. 127.
National Republicans, the, iv. 1, 64.
National Silver party, the, v. 260.
Nationality, growth and development of, v. 129, 130.
Naturalization Act, the, iii. 153, 176.
Navigation acts, the, ii. 16;
effect of, on tobacco crops, ii. 17;
on Virginia commerce, ii. 18;
on manufactures in the colonies, ii. 101, 102.
Navy of the United States, beginnings of the, iii. 221, 222.
Nebraska, Territory of, iv. 166.
Negroes:
Proceedings against, in New York, ii. 56, 57;
insurgents in South Carolina, ii. 58;
Spotswood, a proclamation concerning, ii. 44;
Lincoln’s policy concerning, v. 5;
government charge of, after the war, v. 17-28;
effect of emancipation on, v. 18-20;
Southern legislation regarding, v. 20, 21;
constitutional convention of, at New Orleans (1866), v. 34;
as voters in Southern States, v. 44;
controlled by carpet-baggers, v. 46-47;
their dominance in the South, v. 58.
Nelson, Horatio, iii. 189.
Netherlands, revolt of the, i. 30.
Nevis, island of, ii. 21.
New Amsterdam, i. 160;
arrival of Stuyvesant at, i. 202;
royal commissioners to, i. 227;
character of settlers in, i. 231, 232;
English rule in, i. 231, 232.
New Bermuda, i. 52.
New England, contrasted with Virginia, i. 217, 218;
trade in, ii. 18;
Articles of Confederation of, ii. 331.
New English Canaan, Morton’s, i. 87.
New Hampshire Patriot, the, iv. 48.
New Haven:
Settled under Davenport, i. 162;
joins United Colonies, i. 170;
seeks redress from Dutch, i. 198, 200;
included in Connecticut charter, i. 233, 234;
settlers move to New Jersey, i. 243;
Yale College established in, ii. 28;
labor and vagrancy laws in, v. 21.
New Jersey:
Origin of name, i. 240;
land grant of, from Duke of York, i. 240;
government of, by Carteret, i. 242;
migration from Connecticut to, i. 243;
first assembly of, i. 244;
the “Concessions” of, i. 244;
proprietary government in, i. 294, 300;
division into East and West, i. 298, 299, 300;
made again a crown colony, ii. 27;
her delegates to convention (1786), iii. 62-64;
ratifies the Constitution, iii. 78.
New Madrid, iv. 221.
New Mexico, ruins of, i. 16.
New Netherlands:
Named by the Dutch, i. 73;
extent of, i. 73, 74;
land grants to patroons in, i. 116, 117, 165, 166;
trade opened to all in, i. 166;
New Netherland Company, i. 73, 74;
royal commissioners to, i. 227;
given to the Duke of York, i. 229.
New Orleans:
French settled in, ii. 59;
importance of, to United States, iii. 180, 181;
included in Louisiana purchase, iii. 182;
battle of, iii. 225;
taken by Farragut, iv. 224;
riot in (1866), v. 34;
General Butler in, v. 47.
New Providence, buccaneers at, ii. 22;
pirates at, ii. 44.
New York, city of:
Changed from New Netherlands, i. 230;
seized by Leisler, i. 329-331;
threatened by Frontenac, ii. 11;
great sickness in, ii. 34, 35;
negro plots in, ii. 40, 56;
freedom of dissenters in, ii. 41;
freedom of the press in, ii. 56;
Stamp Act riot in, ii. 139;
Congress of 1765 in, ii. 140;
evacuated by the British, iii. 36;
seat of Federal government (1785), iii. 128;
bread riots in, iv. 67;
draft riots in, (1863), iv. 236;
centre of Fenian society, v. 29.
New York, State of, ratifies the Constitution, iii. 78;
Free Banking Act of, iv. 251.
New world, theories concerning the, i. 7;
civilization of the, i. 8;
its extent, i. 11-13.
Newfoundland, early fisheries of, i. 32;
colonized by English, i. 69.
Newport, Captain, i. 42.
Newport, R. I., i. 164; v. 160.
Newspapers:
New York Herald, iv. 82;
New York Sun, iv. 82;
New York Tribune, v. 80, 81;
Weekly Journal, ii. 78.
Newtown, migration from, i. 144.
Niagara, French settle at, ii. 59;
English post at, ii. 61.
Nicholson, Francis, as deputy in New York, i. 329;
in Niagara, i. 348, 349;
seeks aid from England, ii. 36-38;
as governor of South Carolina, ii. 54, 55.
Nicolls, Richard, i. 226, 230, 231, 236, 239, 240, 315.
Nile, French fleet on the, iii. 189.
Non-Intercourse Act, the, iii. 199, 206.
North, Lord, ii. 187, 212, 286; iii. 2, 8.
North Carolina, i. 292;
Indian wars in, ii. 40;
uprising in (1771), ii. 164;
rejects Constitution, iii. 82;
admitted to the Union, iii. 112, 113;
secedes, iv. 208;
readmitted to the Union, v. 46.
North Dakota, v. 210.
Northern Pacific Railway, v. 92.
Northwest Territory, government of the (1787), iii. 301.
Notice to militia, ii. 224.
Nova Scotia, iii. 295.
Nullification, doctrine of, iv. 24, 25, 32, 36, 38.
Oglethorpe, James, ii. 62;
his plans for a new colony, ii. 63, 64;
scheme for debtors, ii. 64;
his colony at Savannah, ii. 66;
his attack on St. Augustine, ii. 70, 71;
at St. Simon’s Island, ii. 71;
Ohio Land Company, the, i. 76, 77; iii. 46, 53, 248.
Ohio, State of, iii. 238.
Oklahoma, v. 210, 211.
Old Dominion, ii. 28.
Oliver, Andrew, ii. 136.
Opecanchanough, Indian chief, i. 64.
Order of United Americans, iv. 162.
Ordinance of 1787, iii. 250; v. 7.
Oregon, iv. 113, 114, 126.
Ostend Manifesto, the, iv. 172, 174.
Oswego, English settle at, ii. 59.
Otis, James, ii. 143, 156; iii. 89.
Pacific Ocean, Balboa at, i. 10;
northwest passage to, i. 13.
Packenham, English general, iii. 223.
Paine, Thomas, ii. 258; iii. 91.
“Pale Faces,” v. 62.
Pamlico, i. 292.
Panic, of 1837, iv. 66, 67, 71, 72;
of 1873-4, v. 93;
of 1884, v. 167;
of 1893, v. 226.
Paper blockades, iii. 6, 189.
Paper money, iii. 30, 60; iv. 58, 59;
of Southern Confederacy, iv. 292;
United States government issue of 1862, v. 143;
States forbidden issue of, v. 143, 144.
Papers, daily, in 1790, iii. 125.
Paris, treaty of (1782), iii. 16, 18.
Parke, Colonel, ii. 30.
Parker, Peter, ii. 249.
Parliament in 1774, ii. 211;
Whig party in, ii. 212.
“Parson’s case,” ii. 146, 148.
Party leaders, iv. 153, 154; v. 79.
Pate, a Maryland rebel, i. 288.
Patrons of Industry, the, v. 124, 126.
Patroons in New Netherlands, i. 116, 117.
Paulus Hook, ii. 298.
Peace commissioners, iii. 16, 18.
Peace of Paris (1763), ii. 96;
(1898), v. 292.
Pendleton, Edmund, ii. 148, 194.
Pendleton bill, the, v. 160, 162.
Penn, Sir William, i. 302, 303.
Penn, William, i. 302;
his plan for a colony, i. 303, 305;
the growth of his colony, i. 306, 307;
his return to England, i. 308, 310;
his treaty with the Indians, i. 311, 312;
reforms his colony, ii. 26;
his plan for union of colonies, ii. 32, 340.
Pennsylvania:
Origin of name, i. 304;
settlement of, i. 305, 306, 307;
population of, in 1684, i. 308;
government of, i. 304, 305, 310;
ratifies Constitution, iii. 78.
Pensacola, taken by Spanish, iii. 4;
seized by Andrew Jackson, iii. 257;
restored to Spain, iii. 258.
Pepperrell, William, ii. 73.
Pequots, i. 153, 154.
“Perquimans” region, i. 247, 249.
Perry, Oliver Hazard, iii. 223.
Perryville, iv. 243.
Pet banks, the, iv. 58, 59.
Peyton, Yelverton, ii. 71.
Philadelphia:
Origin of name, i. 308;
Stamp Act riots in, ii. 139;
Colonial Congress at, ii. 172;
Continental Congress at, iii. 66, 69;
seat of Federal government at (1787), iii. 128;
government removed from, iii. 163;
Anti-Slavery Society formed at, iv. 76;
centennial exhibition at (1876), v. 120, 122.
Philip, chief of the Wampanoags, i. 279, 283.
Philippines, the:
Manila taken, v. 276;
Aguinaldo in, v. 290;
independent republic of, v. 297;
their resistance to United States government, v. 297.
Phips, Sir William, i. 343, 344, 345, 346; ii. 11, 12, 13.
Pierce, Franklin:
Elected president, iv. 157;
his administration, iv. 165;
opinion of Kansas-Nebraska Act, iv. 167;
appointed commissioner on acquisition of Cuba, iv. 72.
Pilgrims, the:
Reasons of, for leaving England, i. 74, 76, 78;
in Holland, i. 83, 84;
plan of, to emigrate to America, i. 84, 86;
landing at Plymouth, i. 89, 91;
difficulties of settlers, i. 94, 95;
trouble with Dutch colonies, i. 96, 97.
Pinckney, Charles C., iii. 146, 161.
Piracy, of the southern seas, ii. 20;
on Carolina coast, ii. 24;
at Cape Fear and New Providence, ii. 44.
Pitt, William, ii. 91, 92, 116, 117, 118, 123, 153, 213.
Pitt, young, iii. 8.
Pizarro finds ancient kingdoms in South America, i. 2.
Platt, Thomas C., v. 156.
Platte country, the, iv. 166.
Plymouth, i. 90, 92, 95, 98, 165, 234, 341.
Plymouth Company, the, i. 86, 88.
Pocasset, i. 164.
Poe, Edgar Allan, iv. 80.
Political contentions, iv. 153, 154.
Polk, James K.:
Elected President, iv. 112;
responsibility for Mexican War, iv. 117, 118;
as Speaker of the House, iv. 169.
Ponce de Leon discovers Florida, i. 13.
Pontiac, Indian chief, ii. 128, 129.
“Poor Richard’s” Almanacs, ii. 114, 117.
Pope, General John, iv. 220, 221, 228.
Population:
In Virginia (1654), i. 185;
(1670), i. 215;
in Carolina (1663), i. 247;
of English and French in America (1689), ii. 4;
of the colonies (1714), ii. 51;
of America (1763), ii. 98, 99.
Population of principal cities (1790), iii. 124;
of the United States (1790), iii. 125;
(1800), iii. 172;
(1820), iii. 246;
(1850), iv. 131;
of the Southern Confederacy (1863), iv. 249.
Populists, political party, v. 216, 260, 267.
Port Royal, S. C., ii. 35, 36; iv. 237.
Porter, Peter Buel, iii. 212.
Porto Bello, ii. 70.
Porto Rico, v. 276, 289.
Portuguese, i. 72.
Potomac Company, the, iii. 61, 62.
Potomac River, the, i. 131, 133.
Powhatan, i. 64.
Presbyterian church, first in Boston, ii. 52.
Prescott, W. H., iv. 80.
Presidency, act providing for succession in the, v. 181, 182.
Presidents of the United States:
Washington, iii. 98, 100;
Adams, John, iii. 143;
Jefferson, iii. 161, 178;
Madison, iii. 199, 234;
Monroe, iii. 235, 260;
Adams, J. Q., iii. 269;
Jackson, iii. 270; iv. 36;
Van Buren, iv. 62;
Harrison, W. H., iv. 86;
Tyler, iv. 92;
Polk, iv. 112;
Taylor, iv. 130;
Fillmore, iv. 140;
Pierce, iv. 157;
Buchanan, iv. 174;
Lincoln, iv. 188, 259;
Johnson, iv. 262;
Grant, v. 57, 87;
Hayes, v. 111, 112;
Garfield, v. 154;
Arthur, v. 156;
Cleveland, v. 177, 214;
Harrison, B., v. 194;
McKinley, v. 262, 298.
Presque Isle, ii. 77.
Prigg vs. Pennsylvania, case of, iv. 147.
Prince, Thomas, iii. 86.
Princeton, college founded at, ii. 112;
battle of, ii. 262.
Privateers, ii. 288, 289.
Proceedings against negroes in New York, ii. 56, 57.
Proclamation of emancipation, iv. 232, 244, 247;
effect of, on Northern people, iv. 233;
effect of, on Southern negroes, iv. 250.
Protective tariff, the, iii. 242;
on metals, wool, and hemp, iii. 266.
Providence, R. I., i. 164.
Providence Plantations, iii. 294.
Public lands, sale of, iv. 60.
Pulaski, Tenn., Ku Klux Klan organized at, v. 59, 60.
Puritan Parliament, i. 218.
Puritans, i. 80, 100;
in New England, i. 104, 108, 140, 178;
in Maryland; i. 190, 218;
in Virginia, i. 190;
at Elizabethtown, i. 244.
Pym, John, i. 174.
Quakers:
In Carolina, i. 247, 248, 292;
in New Jersey, i. 300;
in Pennsylvania, i. 303, 304, 310, 312;
their opposition to war, ii. 221, 285;
opposition to slavery, iv. 77, 78.
Quartering Act, the, ii. 145, 154.
Quebec:
Fortified by Carteret, i. 19;
French colonies in, i. 19, 69;
settled by Champlain (1608), ii. 6;
fortified against the English, ii. 38;
taken by Wolfe, ii. 94-96;
extension of boundaries of, ii. 209.
Queen Anne’s War, ii. 24, 30, 38.
Quincy, Josiah, iii. 193, 233.
Railways:
In 1830, iv. 72;
increase in 1835, iv. 72;
the Union Pacific, iv. 214; v. 89;
subsidized in the South after Civil War, v. 49;
Central Pacific, v. 89;
increase in 1873, v. 92, 93;
Northern Pacific, v. 92;
increased powers of, v. 124, 126;
strikes on (1877), v. 140, 141;
speculation in stock of, v. 166;
immense increase of (1880), v. 167, 264;
Interstate Commerce Act on (1887), v. 184, 185.
Raleigh, Sir Walter, his discoveries and colonies, i. 28, 30.
Randall, Samuel J., v. 189.
Randolph, Edmund, iii. 68, 76.
Randolph, Edward, i. 283; ii. 23, 24.
Randolph, John, iii. 274.
Rappahannock River, i. 215.
Rathburne, Captain, ii. 290.
Reagan, Senator John H., v. 184.
Reapers, invention of, iv. 72.
Reconstruction Act, v. 35-37;
motives for its adoption, v. 38;
its effect, v. 46-52.
Reconstruction in the South, v. 6.
Reconstruction of Southern States, committee on, v. 23, 24;
its conflict with the President, v. 25, 27, 28;
its appeal to the country, v. 33.
Reed, Joseph, ii. 235.
Reformation, effect of the, in Germany, i. 22;
in England, i. 23, 78.
Reformation, the ship, i. 188.
Reformed penitentiary system, the, iv. 76.
Regicides, the, their flight to America, i. 225, 226.
Republican party, the, iii. 200-202, 245; iv. 174, 182, 188, 190; v. 97, 100, 169, 198, 204, 217, 256, 257.
Republican’s, National, iii. 278.
Restoration, the, i. 217-220;
proclaimed in Massachusetts, i. 225;
its effect on settlements in America, i. 225.
Returning Board of Louisiana, v. 100, 106.
Revival of learning, effects of, on mind of Europe, i. 2.
Revolution, the, beginnings of, i. 328; ii. 72, 208, 209;
leading men of, iii. 22;
literature of, iii. 87;
War of, see War of Independence.
Revolutionary War, see War of Independence.
Rhett, Colonel, ii. 33, 47, 54.
Rhode Island, i. 164;
secures charter, i. 172;
new charter of, i. 234;
burning of the Gaspee in, ii. 164;
rejects Constitution, iii. 82;
enlarged suffrage in, iv. 130;
labor and vagrancy laws in, v. 21.
Rice, cultivation of, in the South, iv. 290-291.
Richmond, Duke of, iii. 8.
Richmond, Va., convention at (1775), ii. 221;
made capital of the Confederacy, iv. 210.
Rio Grande del Norte, iii. 251; iv. 117.
Roanoke Island colonized by Raleigh, i. 30.
Robertson, James, iii. 49.
Robinson, John, i. 83, 86.
Rochambeau, Count de, lands French forces at Newport, ii. 306;
with Washington at Yorktown, ii. 329;
in Virginia, iii. 12.
Rockingham, Lord, ii. 140, 152; iii. 8, 10.
Rodney, Sir George, iii. 9.
Rogers, Robert, ii. 90.
Rogue’s Harbor, i. 250.
Rolfe, John, introduces cultivation of tobacco, i. 62.
Roman Catholic Church, iv. 88, 89, 90.
Rosecrans, General William S., iv. 243, 248.
Roses, War of, effect of the, on England, i. 2.
Roxbury settled, i. 108.
Royal commissioners to Massachusetts, i. 224, 225, 234;
to Connecticut, i. 232-234.
Rum, manufacture of, ii. 104.
Rush, Richard, iii. 263.
Russia, claims Alaska, iii. 265;
land claims of, in America, iv. 114;
sells Alaska to United States (1867), v. 42-44.
Russia or Muscovy Company, i. 40.
Rutledge, Edward, ii. 254.
Rutledge, John, ii. 194, 198; iii. 68.
Ryswick, treaty of, ii. 20, 32.
St. Augustine, settled by Spaniards, i. 19;
attacked by Oglethorpe, ii. 70, 71.
St. Clair, General Arthur, ii. 270.
St. Christopher, island of, ii. 21.
St. Croix River, iii. 295.
St. Lawrence River, explored by Cartier, i. 18;
French colonies on, i. 19, 69.
St. Leger, Colonel Barry, ii. 268, 272.
St. Marks, iii. 257, 258.
St. Mary’s, i. 134, 136, 339.
St. Simon’s Island, ii. 71.
Salaries of officers of the crown in colonies, ii. 107.
Salary Grab Act, the, v. 92.
Salem, witches in, i. 345, 346.
Salisbury, Lord, v. 245, 247, 248.
Sampson, Rear Admiral William T., v. 280, 287.
San Francisco, on Chinese question, v. 186.
San Jacinto, battle of, iv. 106, 107.
San Juan, capture of, v. 284.
Sandys, Edwin, i. 56, 58, 84, 85.
Sandys, Samuel, i. 85.
Santa Anna, iv. 105, 120.
Santiago de Cuba, v. 279.
Santo Domingo, i. 38; v. 80.
Sarah Constant, the ship, i. 35, 36.
Saratoga, ii. 270, 280.
Savannah, settlement of, ii. 64-67;
British troops withdrawn from, iii. 15.
Say and Sele, Lord, i. 147.
Saybrook, Conn., fort at, i. 154;
synod at, ii. 40, 41.
Sayle, William, i. 254.
Schenectady, massacre at, ii. 13.
Schley, Commodore Winfield S., v. 280, 287.
School-teachers in the South after Civil War, v. 63, 64.
Schurz, Carl, senator from Missouri, v. 84;
leader of the Mugwumps, v. 176.
Scots-Irish in colonies, ii. 51, 60, 75.
Scott, Winfield, in Mexican War, iv. 120;
as presidential candidate, iv. 157.
Screw-propellers, invention of, iv. 72.
Scrooby, England, Separatists in, i. 82.
Seabury, Samuel, iii. 93.
Secession of Southern States, iv. 190;
purpose of, iv. 208;
effect of, on North and South, iv. 209;
reasons for, iv. 271;
War of, see War of Secession.
Sedgwick, Robert, i. 207.
Sedition Act, the, iii. 153.
Seminole Indians, iii. 256; iv. 85.
Senegal, French in, iii. 4.
Separatists, the, i. 81, 82, 108.
Serapis, her fight with the Bon Homme Richard, ii. 303.
Seven Years’ War, the, ii. 84.
Sevier, John, iii. 49.
Seward, William H., as Whig senator, iv. 145;
opinion of, on slavery, iv. 146;
his suggestion after secession, iv. 209;
his treaty with Russia for Alaska, v. 42.
Sewing-machines, invention of, iv. 133.
Seymour, Horatio, nominated for President (1869), v. 55-57.
Shackamaxon, i. 312.
Shafter, General William R., v. 280, 286, 288.
Sharpe, Horatio, ii. 85.
Shays, Daniel, iii. 56, 58.
Shays’s rebellion, iii. 56-58.
Shelburne, Lord, iii. 11.
Shelby, Evan, ii. 300.
Shenandoah, the Confederate ship, v. 70.
Sheridan, General Philip H., iv. 248.
Sherman, General William T., at Missionary Ridge, iv. 248;
in command at the West, iv. 253;
his march through Georgia, iv. 256, 257.
Sherman, John, v. 207.
Sherman, Roger, ii. 194; iii. 68.
Sherman Act, the, v. 206, 207, 222, 225;
repeal of, v. 226, 227.
Shiloh, battle of, iv. 222.
Ship Island, United States troops at, iv. 224.
Ship-building, in colonies, i. 221, 222; ii. 108, 109;
in United States, iii. 217;
of iron-clad war-vessels, iv. 239;
in England, for Confederate States, v. 67.
Shirley, William, ii. 85, 87.
“Shoe-string district,” the, v. 138, 139.
Siboney, Cuba, United States troops landed at, v. 282.
Silver, depreciation of (1876), v. 144, 145;
act for coinage of, v. 206;
free coinage of, v. 216, 224, 256;
gold and silver standards, v. 254, 255.
Silver dollar, the, v. 146, 147.
Sioux Indians, v. 102.
Sitting Bull, Sioux chief, v. 102.
Slater, Samuel, iii. 173.
Slavery:
First in Virginia, i. 62;
slaves taken by British, iii. 140;
in Missouri, iii. 248, 254;
extension of, iii. 251; iv. 124;
establishment of, in Southern States, iii. 251, 252;
in Mexico, iv. 105, 135;
Democratic policy regarding, iv. 127;
Southern sentiments regarding, iv. 138;
compromise measures regarding, iv. 140;
Seward’s opinion of, iv. 146;
Free Soilers’ declaration on, iv. 156;
party division on, iv. 159;
effect of Uncle Tom’s Cabin on, iv. 160;
in Kansas and Nebraska, iv. 169, 170;
growth and development of, iv. 192-197;
recognized in Confederate constitution, iv. 284;
proclamation of emancipation, iv. 232, 244-247;
Amendment to Constitution regarding, v. 7.
Slidell, John, commissioner from Confederacy to France, iv. 217.
Smith, Captain John, iii. 84.
Smith, Gould, Martin & Co., brokers, v. 65.
Smith, John, i. 46-48;
his True Relation, i. 67;
his Generall Historie, i. 67;
his Description of New England, i. 71.
Social order of the South, iv. 269, 270.
Society for supporting the Bill of Rights, the, ii. 213.
Sons of Liberty, the, ii. 243.
Sothel, Seth, i. 292.
Soto, Hernandez de, at Espiritu Santo, i. 14;
reaches the Mississippi, i. 15;
his death, i. 16.
Soulé, Pierre, iv. 172.
South America, first difference between, and North America, i. 2, 10;
Spain seeks aid to regain colonies in, iii. 261, 262;
independence of republics of, iii. 263;
importance of English and American trade with, iii. 263.
South American states, relations of, to United States, v. 45, 247.
South Carolina:
Settlement of, i. 254;
slavery introduced in, i. 254;
Indian wars in, ii. 40;
destroys piracy in, ii. 47, 48;
mixed population of, ii. 52;
political parties in, ii. 54;
negro outbreaks in, ii. 58;
adopts Ordinance of Nullification, iv. 36;
secession of, iv. 199, 200;
readmitted to the Union, v. 46;
taxes in, after the Civil War, v. 47;
debt of (1868-1872), v. 48;
Republican control in (1870-1872), v. 99, 100;
riots in (1876), v. 109.
South Carolina Exposition, the, iii. 288.
South Dakota, v. 210.
Southern States, the, iii. 283-287.
Spain:
Political position of, at time of English settlements in America, i. 1, 2;
her place in discoveries, i. 20;
decline of power of, i. 21;
takes possession of Central and South America, ii. 20;
attacks England, iii. 2, 4;
takes Pensacola and Minorca, iii. 4;
her control of Mississippi River, iii. 49, 50;
cedes Florida to United States, iii. 258;
attacks Mexico, v. 40;
her rule in Cuba, v. 248-250;
war with United States, v. 270-292;
her colonial government, v. 295.
Spaniards, at Jamestown, i. 37;
in West Indies, i. 37;
attack on Carolina by the, ii. 33;
confederacy of, with Indians, ii. 39, 40;
take possession of Minorca and Pensacola, iii. 4.
“Specie circular,” the, iv. 66.
Spotswood, Alexander, ii. 42;
explores Alleghanies, ii. 43;
his excellent government, ii. 44;
his views on taxation, ii. 120;
as postmaster general, ii. 121, 122.
Stalwarts, political party of, v. 157, 158.
Stamp Act, the, ii. 132, 135;
effect of, in America, ii. 134, 135, 137, 139;
repeal of, ii. 140, 142;
defiance of, in Virginia, ii. 148, 150;
effect of, ii. 152.
Standish, Myles, i. 89, 165, 205.
Stanton, Edwin M., as Secretary of War, v. 53;
his resignation demanded, v. 54;
his resignation, v. 55.
Stanwix, Fort, ii. 277.
State rights, the doctrine of, iv. 137, 138, 200, 201, 203, 278.
Steamboats, iv. 72.
Steel, manufacture of, v. 265.
Stephens, Alexander H., iv. 200, 282.
Stephens, Samuel, i. 249.
Steuben, Baron de, drills American army, ii. 284, 315.
Stevens, Thaddeus, his plan of reconstruction, v. 9;
adopted by Congress, v. 24;
his plan of “Thorough,” v. 44;
effect of his plan in southern States, v. 49, 50;
as leader, v. 131.
Stewart, John, iii. 345.
“Stonewall” Jackson, see Jackson, General Thomas J.
Story, Justice Joseph, iv. 80.
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, iv. 160.
Strikes, in 1877, v. 140, 141;
of coal-miners (1894), v. 238;
of Pullman car employees, v. 239, 240;
in all manufacturing centres, v. 266.
Stuyvesant, Peter:
As governor of the New Netherlands, i. 202;
puts an end to Swedish power, i. 204;
surrenders to British commissioners, i. 229.
Succession of secretaries, the, iv. 1.
Suffrage, laws regulating (1790), iii. 120, 121, 271;
changes in, iv. 4, 5, 6;
in southern States after the Civil War, v. 24, 25, 74, 82;
Reconstruction Act on, v. 36.
Sugar, monopoly of, by English, i. 220.
Sugar Act, the, ii. 207.
Sullivan, General, ii. 300.
Sullivan’s Island, ii. 249.
Sullivan’s raid, ii. 300.
Sumner, Charles:
His opposition to slavery, iv. 167;
his speech in advocacy of granting the suffrage to colored men, v. 25;
his interview with Andrew Johnson, v. 32;
his breach with Grant, v. 80;
his Civil Rights bill, v. 97, 98.
Sun, the New York newspaper, iv. 82.
Supreme Court, the, iii. 106;
its decision on legal tender, v. 205.
Susquehanna River, i. 133.
Susquehannocks, slaughter of, i. 269.
Swedish settlements in America, i. 168, 204.
Swiss in North Carolina, i. 292.
Talbot, Richard, Duke of Tyrconnel, i. 337.
Talleyrand, iii. 146, 149.
Tampa, Florida, United States troops at, v. 280.
Taney, Roger B., iv. 54, 176, 178.
Tarleton, Banastré, ii. 217, 319.
Tariff:
A protective, ii. 281, 282, 283;
an issue between North and South, iv. 23, 34;
Whig Act on, iv. 97;
reduction in (1887), iv. 176;
for Civil War, iv. 214;
in Confederate Constitution, iv. 284;
accumulation of duties (1880), v. 163;
reduction of, v. 164;
effect of, v. 189;
the Cleveland message on, v. 191, 192;
Reform bill of (1894), v. 227, 228.
“Tariff of Abominations,” the, iii. 283.
Taunton, i. 165.
Taxation without representation, ii. 150, 151, 152.
Taxes, on tea, ii. 161, 162, 167, 185;
on distilled spirits, iii. 137;
war, iv. 251;
in southern States after the war, v. 47, 48.
Taylor, Zachary:
In Mexican War, iv. 117, 118, 120;
elected President, iv. 129, 130;
advice to California and New Mexico, iv. 136;
death of, iv. 140.
Tennessee, admitted to the Union, iii. 112;
secedes, iv. 208;
readmitted, v. 28, 29.
Tenure of Office Act, the, v. 52, 53, 181;
repeal of, v. 195.
Terry, General Alfred, v. 102.
Texas:
United-States relinquish rights in, iii. 258;
treaty of annexation with, iv. 102;
becomes ember of Mexican Union, iv. 105;
independence of, iv. 105, 106;
overtures for annexation to United States, iv. 108-110;
admitted to Union, iv. 112;
boundaries of, iv. 117, 122, 123;
secedes, iv. 200.
Thatch, Edward, the pirate, ii. 47, 48.
Thirteen original States, the, iii. 294, 295.
Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution, iii. 331;
adopted by Congress, v. 7;
power of, v. 140.
Thirty Years’ War, causes of, i. 22;
effect of, i. 100.
Thomas, General George H., iv. 220, 248.
Thompson, Colonel Benjamin, ii. 249.
Thomson, Charles, iii. 100.
“Thorough,” plan of, v. 35, 36, 44, 56, 77.
Ticonderoga, defeat of English at, ii. 90;
victory of Montcalm at, ii. 91, 92;
taken by Ethan Allen, ii. 226.
Tilden, Samuel J., nominated for President, v. 104.
Tippecanoe, iv. 86.
Tobacco, as currency, i. 58, 258;
first cultivation of, i. 62;
monopoly of, by British, i. 220, 261; ii. 17;
destruction of, in Virginia, i. 286;
value of, for southern States, iv. 290, 291.
Tocqueville, Alexis de, iii. 114; iv. 76.
Todkill, Amos, i. 48.
Tooke, Horne, ii. 213.
Tortugas, island of, ii. 21.
Tory refugees from United States (1782), iii. 24-28.
Town meetings, i. 119-121; iii. 117.
Townshend, Charles, ii. 154, 158.
Trade:
English, French, and Dutch fur, ii. 10;
with French West Indies, ii. 15;
English monopoly of colonial, ii. 16-18;
with Indians, ii. 76;
restrictions in colonies of, ii. 102-104;
in tobacco, ii. 109;
with England, ii. 142;
effect of writs of assistance on, ii. 143, 144;
effect of Revolution on, ii. 143, 144;
with West Indies, ii. 155, 207; iii. 259, 280;
effect of Embargo Act on, iii. 194, 196, 198;
the Russian fur, iii. 265;
in the West, iv. 114.
Trade and Plantations commissions, i. 3, 126.
Trade dollar, the, v. 93, 94.
Trafalgar, iii. 189.
Treasury, the Independent, iv. 124.
Treasury, the United States, iv. 90.
Treasury Act, the, iv. 70.
Treaty of peace at Ghent (1814), iii. 225.
Treaty of peace at Paris (1783), iii. 16-18, 293.
Treaty of Westminster, i. 295.
Trent, English ship, iv. 217.
Trenton, ii. 263.
Tribune, New York, v. 80, 81.
Tripolitan War, the, iii. 192.
Trott, Nicholas, ii. 54.
True Sons of Liberty, the, ii. 162.
Trumbull, John, iii. 93.
Trusts, the, v. 261.
Tryon, William, ii. 164.
Tucker, Samuel, ii. 264.
Tuscarora Indians, their treachery in South Carolina, ii. 38;
driven from the State, ii. 39.
Tyler, John, elected Vice President, iv. 86;
becomes President, iv. 92;
his policy, iv. 94-96;
his treaty with Texas, iv. 102;
brings Texas into the Union, iv. 110-112.
Tyrconnel, Duke of, see Talbot.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin, iv. 160.
Union Pacific Railway, charter granted for, iv. 214;
completion of, v. 89;
its importance to the country, v. 90.
United Colonies of New England, the, i. 170, 172.
United States:
Treaty with France (1763), ii. 286;
boundaries of (1783), iii. 18;
Articles of Confederation of, iii. 20;
powers of first Congress of, iii. 20, 21, 38;
state of, after the Revolution, iii. 24;
difficulties in forming government of, iii. 53, 54;
hostility between States of, iii. 60;
first census of, iii. 125;
attitude towards French revolution, iii. 130;
first internal revenue bill of, iii. 137;
first treaty of commerce with England, iii. 138, 142;
treaty with France, iii. 146, 150;
war with France, iii. 148;
population of (1800), iii. 172;
effect of embargo bill on, iii. 194;
war with England (1812), see War of 1812;
navy of (1812-1814), iii. 222, 223;
population of (1820), iii. 246;
exports of (1829), iii. 285;
its treaty of peace with France, iii. 293;
thirteen original States of, iii. 294, 295;
fisheries of, iii. 296, 297;
Constitution of, iii. 311;
executive power of, iii. 318;
election of President of, iii. 319, 320, 329, 330;
judicial power of, iii. 322;
inter-State laws of, iii. 323;
admission of new States to, iii. 323;
Amendments to Constitution of, iii. 327;
reformed penitentiary system of, iv. 76;
slavery in, iv. 76, 77, 78;
boundary dispute of, with England, iv. 85;
its war with Mexico, see War with Mexico;
boundary-lines of, iv. 114, 115, 117, 122;
increase of territory of, on Pacific slope, iv. 122;
Mexican purchase of, iv. 122;
population of (1850), iv. 131;
immigration in, iv. 132;
secession of southern States of, iv. 190;
relation of Confederate States after the war to, v. 2-26;
changes in frontier of, v. 199-203;
war of, with Spain, see War with Spain;
secures Porto Rico, Philippine Islands, and Guam, v. 292;
great development of power of, v. 294-296.
Utrecht, treaty of, ii. 38.
Valley Forge, ii. 282.
Van Buren, Martin:
Influence of, on Jackson, iv. 6, 9;
as Secretary of State, iv. 10;
elected Vice President, iv. 35;
elected President, iv. 62;
his character and policy, iv. 63-65, 67;
his treasury bill, iv. 70;
dissatisfaction with his administration, iv. 82-85;
nominated again for President, iv. 129.
Van Dorn, General Earl, iv. 243.
Van Rensselaer, Kilian, i. 117.
Van Twiller, Wouter, i. 146, 167.
Vane, Harry, chosen governor of Massachusetts, i. 159;
as commissioner of plantations, i. 172;
sent to the scaffold, i. 226.
Venezuela, dispute over boundary-line of, v. 245.
Vera Cruz, iv. 120.
Vergennes, Count de, iii. 16.
Vermont admitted to the Union, iii. 113.
Vernon, Admiral Edward, ii. 70, 71.
Vespucius, Americus, his charts, i. 7.
Vicksburg, iv. 242.
Vilas, William F., v. 233.
Vincennes, ii. 296.
Virginia:
Origin of name, i. 38;
first charter of, i. 56;
first assembly of, i. 58;
increase of colony in (1619-1621), i. 60;
first slaves in, i. 62;
Indian massacres in, i. 64;
church in, i. 110-112;
population of (1654), i. 185;
effect of wars in England on, i. 181-187;
Church and State in, i. 212-213;
second charter of, i. 185;
House of Burgesses in, i. 213;
government of, during the Commonwealth, i. 215;
population (1670), i. 215;
grant of, to Arlington and Culpeper, i. 262;
Indian wars in, i. 264, 266, 267;
Bacon’s rebellion in, i. 267;
changes in government of, i. 274-277;
again a royal province, i. 284;
tobacco riot in, i. 286;
cavaliers in, i. 215-217;
after the Restoration, i. 218;
restrictions on trade in, i. 220, 258, 261, 348;
William and Mary College founded in, i. 349;
Huguenots settle in, ii. 28;
defies Stamp Act, ii. 148, 150;
declares against, taxation, ii. 160, 161, 166;
prepares for war, ii. 219;
second Revolutionary convention in, ii. 221;
rising of patriots in, ii. 224, 226;
last assembly of Burgesses in, ii. 229;
extent of land grants of, iii. 46, 48;
ratifies Constitution, iii. 78;
secedes, iv. 208.
Virginia, a southern iron-clad ship, iv. 237, 238.
Virginia Company, the, i. 38, 40, 42, 56, 64, 66, 86, 114, 130.
Virginia Resolutions, the, iii. 155, 343.
“Virginian dynasty,” the, iv. 1.
Voting, laws of, in the colonies, iii. 120;
rights of citizens regarding, iii. 332;
methods used preventing negroes from, v. 136, 137.
Wade, Benjamin, iv. 167; v. 11, 49.
Waldenses in Virginia, ii. 28.
Walker, Hovenden, ii. 37.
Wall Street, v. 168.
Walpole, Horace, ii. 308.
Walpole, Robert, ii. 120.
Wampum, i. 97.
War of the Austrian Succession, the, ii. 73.
War of the Spanish Succession, the, ii. 30.
War of Independence:
Leaders in the revolt, ii. 235;
fight at Concord, ii. 223;
at Ticonderoga, ii. 226;
at Bunker Hill, ii. 229;
character of colonial army, ii. 242, 243;
British attack on Charleston, ii. 249;
colonial army evacuates Manhattan Island, ii. 256;
demoralized army, ii. 258, 310;
battle of Trenton, ii. 262;
battle of Princeton, ii. 262;
battle of Saratoga, ii. 280;
battle of Brandywine, ii. 280, 281;
French and Spanish aid in, ii. 282;
treaty of alliance with France, ii. 286;
Indian warfare in, ii. 292;
battle of Wyoming Valley, ii. 293;
battle of Cherry Valley, ii. 293;
battle of Savannah, ii. 298;
battle of Stony Point, ii. 298;
Sullivan’s raid, ii. 300;
sea-fight of Bon Homme Richard and Serapis, ii. 303;
year of disaster (1780), ii. 308;
defeat at Camden, ii. 308;
battle of Cowpens, ii. 326;
surrender at Yorktown, ii. 329;
end of war, iii. 13-16;
treaty of peace, iii. 18;
cost of, iii. 32;
disbanding of troops, iii. 36;
demoralization of army of, iii. 34;
debt of, iii. 126-128.
War of 1812:
Beginnings of, iii. 208-210;
army of, iii. 218, 219;
British take Washington, iii. 220;
battle of Lake Erie, iii. 223;
battle of Lake Champlain, iii. 223;
battle of Lundy’s Lane, iii. 223;
battle of New Orleans, iii. 225;
treaty of peace at Ghent, iii. 225;
effect of the war, iii. 228, 229.
War with Mexico:
Beginnings of the, iv. 117, 118;
battle of Palo Alto, iv. 118;
battle of Monterey, iv. 118, 119;
siege of Vera Cruz, Cerro Gordo, and Chapultepec, iv. 120;
capture of Mexico, iv. 122;
treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo, iv. 122;
effect of the war, iv. 123, 124.
War of Secession:
Fort Sumter fired on, iv. 208;
battle of Bull Run, iv. 211;
foreign sympathy with the South in the, iv. 216;
seizure of Mason and Slidell, iv. 217;
battle of Shiloh, iv. 222;
siege of Corinth, iv. 222;
Farragut takes New Orleans, iv. 224;
battle of Fair Oaks, iv. 225;
battle of Cedar Mountain, iv. 229;
battle of Antietam, iv. 229;
proclamation of emancipation, iv. 232, 244-247;
fight of Monitor and Virginia, iv. 238, 239;
battle of Chancellorsville, iv. 240;
battle of Gettysburg, iv. 242;
siege of Vicksburg, iv. 242;
battle of Murfreesboro, iv. 243;
battle of Chickamauga, iv. 243;
battle of Lookout Mountain, iv. 248;
blockade of southern ports, iv. 249;
different conditions in North and South, iv. 251;
battle of the Wilderness, iv. 254;
battle of Cold Harbor, iv. 254;
siege of Petersburg, iv. 256;
Sherman’s march to the sea, iv. 256, 257;
surrender at Appomattox, iv. 258;
cost of the war, iv. 265, 267;
northern and southern armies of the, iv. 267, 268;
disbanding of armies of the, iv. 268;
effect on wealth and resources of the North, iv. 306;
death of soldiers in northern and southern prisons, iv. 307;
end of the, iv. 311, 312.
War with Spain:
Causes of, v. 270-274;
United States army in, v. 275;
United States navy in, v. 276;
capture of Manila, v. 276;
capture of San Juan and El Caney, v. 284;
battle of Santiago, v. 286-288;
Porto Rico taken, v. 289;
peace declared, v. 290.
War taxes, iv. 251.
Warren, Admiral, ii. 73.
Washington, Augustus, ii. 76, 79.
Washington, George:
As messenger to the French in Ohio, ii. 79-81;
skirmish with the French, ii. 83;
with Braddock, ii. 88, 89;
his measures against English trade, ii. 161, 176, 178, 194;
his appearance at the Continental Congress, ii. 221, 227;
chosen commander-in-chief of American forces, ii. 229, 233, 235, 236;
fortifies Dorchester, ii. 238, 242;
headquarters at New York, ii. 248;
on Brooklyn Heights, ii. 250, 252;
evacuates New York, ii. 256;
his demoralized army, ii. 258, 260;
crosses the Delaware, ii. 260, 261;
takes Trenton, ii. 262, 266;
and Princeton, ii. 262;
at Valley Forge, ii. 282, 283;
at Monmouth, ii. 288;
at Yorktown, ii. 329;
his anxieties after Yorktown, iii. 12, 13;
his refusal to be king, iii. 36;
his farewell to the army, iii. 42;
his plans for opening the West, iii. 46;
his interest in the Potomac Company, iii. 61;
at the Continental Congress, iii. 69, 70, 71;
elected first President of the United States, iii. 98, 100;
his second administration, iii. 116, 126;
salary as President, iii. 122;
opinion as to French Revolution, iii. 130, 134;
crushes first rebellion (1794), iii. 137;
farewell address, iii. 143;
his death, iii. 155.
Washington, John, i. 216.
Washington, Henry, i. 216.
Washington, William, ii. 315, 317.
Washington, city of, founded, iii. 164;
taken by the British (1814), iii. 220.
Washington, State of, v. 210.
Waterloo, iii. 238.
Wayne, Anthony, ii. 298.
Webster, Daniel, his debate with Hayne, iv. 23-28;
nominated for President, iv. 62;
as Secretary of State, iv. 96;
on the Constitution, iv. 138;
his loss of influence, iv. 148;
his death, iv. 150.
Wellington, Duke of, iii. 238.
Wentworth, ii. 71.
Wesley, Charles, ii. 67.
Wesley, John, ii. 67.
West, emigration to the, iii. 40, 41, 51, 53.
West, Joseph, i. 254.
West Florida, iii. 255.
West India Company, i. 72, 73, 74, 96, 116.
West Jersey, i. 299, 300, 303, 340, 341; ii. 27.
West Virginia admitted to the Union, iv. 234.
“Westchester Farmer,” the, iii. 93.
Western lands, ceded to the government, iii. 48, 49;
sale of, iv. 23, 25.
Westmoreland Association, ii. 176.
Wethersfield, i. 147.
Weyler, Don Valeriano, governor of Cuba, v. 250, 261.
Whale fishing, ii. 49, 108, 109.
Whalley, Edward, the regicide, i. 225.
Wheaton, Henry, iv. 80.
Whig party in Parliament, ii. 212.
Whigs, political party of, in United States, iv. 64, 65, 83, 85, 91, 94, 98, 102, 154, 155, 162.
Whiskey ring, the (1875), v. 95.
White, Hugh L., iv. 62.
White Brotherhood, the, v. 62.
White House, building of the, iii. 164.
Whitefield, George, ii. 67, 68.
Whitehaven England, ii. 290.
Whitney, Eli, iii. 173, 252; iv. 194.
Wigglesworth, Michael, iii. 85.
Wilkes, John, ii. 213.
William and Mary College, i. 349; ii. 27, 28.
William III.:
Called to the throne of England, i. 320;
proclaimed in Maryland, i. 339;
effect of his reign in the colonies, i. 341;
his war with France, i. 345;
his colonial policy, ii. 2-4;
his death, ii. 28.
Williams, Roger:
His birth and education, i. 149-152;
his friendship with Indians, i. 153, 154;
his settlement at Providence, i. 164;
secures charter for Rhode Island, i. 172;
conference with Cromwell, i. 208, 209;
his mission, iii. 85.
Williamsburg, i. 350; ii. 28, 226.
Wilmot, David, iv. 123.
Wilmot Proviso, the, iv. 124.
Wilson, Henry, v. 90.
Wilson, James, iii. 68.
Winslow, Edward, i. 89.
Winthrop, John, i. 106, 108, 122, 124, 125, 141, 146, 204; iii. 83.
Winthrop, John, the younger, i. 147, 233, 234.
Wisconsin, iv. 131.
Witherspoon, John, iii. 94.
Wolfe, James, ii. 94, 95, 96.
Woodbury, Levi, iv. 48, 49.
Wool, manufacture of, iii. 241.
Wright, Silas, iv. 68.
Writs of assistance, ii. 143, 154.
Wyoming, v. 102, 210.
Wythe, George, ii. 148; iii. 68.
Yale, Elihu, ii. 28.
Yale College, founded, ii. 28;
in 1786, iii. 7.
Yamacraw Bluff, ii. 64.
Yamassee Indians attack South Carolina, ii. 58.
Yancey, William L., iv. 279-282.
Yates, Robert, iii. 76.
Yeamans, John, i. 254.
Yeardley, George, i. 55, 56, 60, 62, 85.
Yellowstone, the, Sitting Bull at, v. 102.
York River, i. 215.
Yorktown, British surrender at, ii. 328, 329;
taken by McClellan, iv. 224.
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