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Abraham, Heights of, 79, 344, 345.
Acts of the English Parliament, Burning of, 84.
Adams, Samuel, 90.
Agriculture in Canada, 429.
Aix-la-Chapelle, Peace of, 73.
Alabama, The, 279;
Settlement of the Dispute, 280, 281.
Alatamaha, The, 55.
Alexander, William, Lord Stirling, 115.
Alexandria, 75, 76, 211, 212.
Almagro, 451, 458, 459, 464.
Alvarado, Pedro de, 447, 450.
America, British, The Six Colonies of, 394.
America, Discovery of, by Columbus, 13;
by the Cabots, 14.
Amsterdam, New, 48.
Anderson, Major, 206.
André, Major, 124.
Annapolis (Port Royal), 401.
Anna, Santa, Mexican Commander, 174.
Antietam, Battle of, 228.
Anti-Slavery Society, Formation of, 167.
Argall, Samuel, 337.
Argentine Confederation, The, 531.
Arkansas, 184.
Arkwright, Richard, 81, 155, 288.
Arlington Heights, 212.
Arnold, Commander of West Point, 123.
Atahualpa, Inca of Peru, 455, 460.
Atlanta, Capture of, 247.
Augustine First, Emperor of Mexico, 516.
Ayacucho, Battle of, 506.
Baptists, Persecution of, 40.
Barbadoes, 506.
Beauregard, General, 212.
Bladensburg, 148.
Blanco, Guzman, 515, 516.
Bland Silver Bill, The, 303.
Blockade of Southern Ports, 212, 231.
Board of Trade, Government of the Colonies by the, 360.
Bolivar, Don Simon, 501, 505, 514.
Booth, Murderer of Pres. Lincoln, 257.
Boston, 29, 38, 45;
Boston Common, 86, 88, 90, 91, 95, 97, 99, 101, 103, 146, 167, 209.
“Boston Massacre,” The, 89.
Braddock, General, 75, 339, 340.
Brandywine River, 115.
Brébœuf, Jean de, 326, 328, 332.
Brewster, 29, 36.
Brock, General, 369.
Broke, Captain, 146.
Brooklyn, Engagement at, 108.
Brown, The Honourable George, 395, 396.
Brunswick, Duke of, 107.
Buccaneer, Origin of the word, 489.
Buchanan, President, 200.
Buenos Ayres, 528, 529.
Buena-Vista, Battle of, 174.
Bunker Hill, fortified by the Americans, 97;
taken by the English, 99, 100.
Burgoyne, General, 97, 117.
Burke, Edmund, 72, 86, 91.
Burnside, General, 229.
Cabot, John and Sebastian, 14, 311, 440.
Cabral, Pedro Alvarez, 545.
Calhoun, John C., 161.
Cambridge, Massachusetts, 98, 99, 100.
Canada, 73;
Invasion of, 78;
ceded to England, 80;
appealed to by the States, 93;
invaded by the Americans, 145;
the Founder of, 318;
Original Extent, 321;
Climate and Animals, 322;
Early Inhabitants, 323;
a British Possession, 346;
Revenue and Exports, 349;
Progress of, 355;
Government, 359, 374;
Population, 359 n.;
the Quebec Act, 360;
Invasion of by Americans, 362;
Increase of Population, 366, 373;
Pitt’s Bill, 367;
another American Invasion, 368;
Education in Lower, 374;
in Upper, 375;
Union of the Two Provinces, 387;
Effects of Free Trade, 389;
Grand Trunk Railway, 393;
Financial Position, 393;
The Dominion, 397;
its Political Constitution, 398;
Area and Population, 426;
Commerce, 427;
the Lumber Trade, 428;
Agriculture, 429;
Fisheries, 430;
Mercantile Navy, 430;
Taxation, 430;
the Educational System, 433.
Cape Breton, taken by the English, 341, 401.
Cape Cod Bay, 31.
Carabobo, Bolivar’s Victory at, 502.
Carleton, Governor of Canada, 362.
Carolina, North, 54, 81, 96, 121.
Carolina, South, 54, 61, 81, 121, 159, 196.
Cartier, Jacques, 314, 315.
“Carting, The Inconvenient Habit of,” 84.
Carver, John, 32.
Cassamarca, a City of Peru, 460.
Census, The American, of 1860, 190;
of 1870, 275;
of 1880, 303.
Census of Canada, 1831, 378.
Champlain, Samuel de, 317-321.
Chancellorsville, Fighting at, 235.
Charles I. of England, 33.
Charles II. of England, 65.
Charles V. of Spain, 59.
Charleston, 196.
Chesapeake Bay, 127.
Chesapeake, The Frigate, 146.
Chili, 523, 524.
Cholula, Massacre at, 444.
Christian Commission, The, 268.
Civil Service Reform, 304.
Clay, Henry, 177, 184.
“Clergy Reserves,” The, 376, 391.
Clinton, General, 97, 123, 127.
Coalition Government, The Canadian, of 1864, 396.
Cochrane, Lord, 523 n.
Colombia, The Republic of, 514.
Colonial Department of English Government, 360.
Colonies, The Four United, of New England, 37.
Colonization, American, the Result of Oppression in Europe, 21.
Columbia, British, 423, 424.
Columbus, Christopher, 12, 439, 475, 479, 486, 553.
Commerce, American, Restrictions on, 85.
Compass, The Mariner’s, 12.
Concord, The Village of, 94, 95.
Confederacy, The States of the, 197.
Congress, 87, 92, 101, 105, 110, 111, 118, 122, 129, 130, 132, 138.
Connecticut, 37, 54, 96, 168.
Convention of Delegates from the Thirteen Original States, 134.
Cook, James, the Navigator, 78.
Cornwallis, Lord, 115, 127, 128.
Cortes, Hernando, 442-446, 448, 449.
Cromwell, Oliver, 33, 38, 65.
Crown Point, The Capture of, 362.
Cuba, 507-510.
Cusco, the Capital of Peru, 460, 462, 463.
Darien, The Spanish Settlement of, 440.
Davis, Jefferson, 197, 201, 202, 252, 253, 262.
Debt, The War, of the General Government and of the States, 139;
at the Close of the Federal War, 276.
Debtors and the English Law, 55.
Declaration of Independence, 72, 152.
Delaware, Lord, 26.
Delaware River, 52, 53.
Delaware State, 54, 105.
De Leon, Ponce, Expedition of, 15.
Delfthaven, 30.
De Luque, 451, 453.
De Soto, Ferdinand, Expedition of, 15-17.
Dickenson, John, 93.
Dorchester, The Heights of, 102.
Dufferin, Lord, Viceroy of Canada, 434.
Du Quesne, Fort (Pittsburg), taken, 341.
Early, General, 247.
East India Company sends Tea to America, 89;
The Tea thrown into the Sea, 91.
Ebenezer, The Town, 56.
Ecuador, 514.
Education, Progress of, in New England, 36, 82;
in Southern States, 82;
in the Union, 293-298;
in Canada, 351, 374, 375, 433.
Elgin, Lord, Governor-General of Canada, 388, 390.
Eliot, John, Apostle of the Indians, 47.
Elizabeth, Queen of England, 60.
English, Early Settlements of the, 333;
Wars with French Settlers, 338, 340;
Conquests of, 342.
Erie, Lake, Naval Fight on, 370.
Exports, American, Restrictions on, 85.
Exports of America, The, 291, 292.
Falmouth, 44.
Family Compact (Canadian), 376, 381.
Farming, American, 284.
Farragut, Admiral, 222.
Federal Army, Disbanding of the, 263.
Feudalism in Canada, 350;
Abolished, 391.
Fisheries of Canada, 430.
Florida, its Discovery, 15;
ceded to England, 80.
Fort Detroit, 145.
Fort Du Quesne, 75.
Fort Necessity, 74.
Fort Pitt, 76.
Fort Sumpter, Bombardment of, 206.
Fox, George, 42.
France, American Possessions of, 15, 73;
her Sympathy with America, 112;
her Treaty with America against England, 120;
her Aid to America, 127;
Surrender of her Possessions, 346.
Francia, Dr., Dictator of Paraguay, 526.
Franklin, Benjamin, 71, 72, 76, 84, 86, 115, 120, 134, 159.
Frederick of Prussia, 107.
Fredericksburg, Disaster at, 229.
Freedmen’s Bureau, 249.
Fremont, General, 225.
French, The, in Canada, 315, 316, 320, 321, 341, 342.
Frobisher, Martin, 312.
Gage, General, 91, 94, 97, 98, 101.
Garfield, President James, 303-308.
Garibaldi, Defender of Monte Video, 529.
Garrison, William Lloyd, 167.
Gates, General, 118.
General Government, Powers of the, 136.
George II., 55.
George III., 87, 94, 129.
Georgia, 54, 61, 81, 92, 96, 121, 159.
Germantown, 115.
Gettysburg, Battle of, 237, 238.
Ghent, Treaty of, 150.
Gibraltar, besieged by Spain, 121.
Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, 313.
Goree, 121.
Gourlay, Robert, 377.
Granada, 121.
Grant, General, 174, 222, 232, 243, 252, 254;
President, 273, 304.
Greene, General, 127.
Grenville, Lord, 85, 86.
Guatemala, 450.
Gulf Stream, 14.
Haerlem, 109.
Halifax, Foundation of, 402.
Hamilton, Alexander, 132, 133, 139, 159.
Hampden, John, 33.
Harper’s Ferry, 187, 188, 228.
Harvard College, 36.
Hawkins, Sir John, 60.
Hayes, President R. B., 303.
Henry, Patrick, 92, 159.
Henry VII. of England, 311.
Hochelaga, 314.
Homestead Act, The, 230.
Hooker, General, 234, 236.
House of Representatives, Composition of the, 136.
Houston, General, 171.
Howard, General, 249.
Howe, General, 97, 101, 103, 107, 121.
Howe, Lord, 107, 108, 110.
Hudson Bay Company, 411-416.
Hull, General, 145, 369.
Huron Mission, The, 328-331.
Imports of America, their Value before the Revolution, 82;
Restrictions on, 82, 86, 89, 290.
Impressment, Results of, 142.
Independence, Declaration of, 105, 106.
Indians, The Huron, 318, 328, 332;
the Iroquois, 318, 331, 338;
Canadian, present Condition of, 431-433;
Central American, 467;
Mexican, 467-469;
Peruvian, 469-472.
Jackson, General, 151, 167.
Jackson, General Thomas,—“Stonewall Jackson,”—217, 234, 235.
Jamaica, 506.
James II., 65.
Jamestown founded, 23.
Jefferson, Thomas, 159.
Johnson, President, 264;
Impeachment of, 272.
Johnston, General, 233.
Juarez, Benito, 518-520.
Kentucky, 160.
Labrador, Discovery of by the Cabots, 14.
Lafayette, Marquis de, 112, 113, 153.
La Galissonnière, Compte de, 335.
La Salle, Sieur de, 334.
Las Casas, Bartholomew de, “Protector of the Indians,” 476-478.
Laud, Archbishop, 33.
Lawrence, Captain, 146.
Lawrence, The Town, 180.
Lee, General Robert E., 174, 217, 228, 234, 238, 244, 254.
Lee, Richard Henry, 92.
Lexington, Skirmish at, 94.
Lightning, Franklin’s Discovery, 72.
Lima, founded by Pizarro, 462.
Lincoln, President Abraham, 174, 193-195, 200, 201, 204, 225, 241, 250, 256.
Lok, John, 60.
Long Island, 49.
Lopez, Carlos, Dictator of Paraguay, 527.
Louisburg, taken by the English, 341, 401.
Louisiana, 73, 157.
Lovejoy, Mr., 168.
Lumber Trade, 428.
Lundy’s Lane, Battle of, 371.
Luther, Martin, 14.
Mackenzie, William Lyon, 381, 384.
Manassas, Battle at, 213, 228.
Manhattan Island, 48.
Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 67.
Maryland, 54, 184.
Massachusetts, 37, 39, 45, 47, 54, 88, 91, 130.
Mayflower, The, 31, 32, 58.
Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico, 520-522.
M’Clellan, General George B., 216, 219, 225, 228, 229, 250.
M’Dowell, General, 213.
Meade, General, 236.
“Mean Whites” of the Southern States, 180.
Mexico, 175, 176, 445, 449, 473, 516, 519, 520-522.
Milton, John, 33, 38.
Miranda, Francis, 500, 501.
Mississippi, Discovery of the, 16.
Monetary Panic of 1873, 275.
Monitor, The Turret-Ship, 221.
Monopolies in Canada, 351.
Montcalm, Marquis de, 79, 340, 342, 343.
Monte Video, 529.
Montezuma, King of Mexico, 443, 446.
Montgomery, The City of, 216.
Montreal, Capture of, by the Americans, 362;
Evacuation of, 363;
Attempt by the Americans to seize, 369, 370;
Progress of, 379;
Political Disturbances at, 383;
ceases to be the Seat of Government, 388.
Mount Vernon, 131.
Navy, The Mercantile, of Canada, 430.
Neck, Boston, 97;
Charlestown, 97, 99.
New Brunswick, Progress and Resources of, 404;
Settlement of the Boundary, 405.
New England States, Early Government of, 65;
Commerce of, 81;
Educational System of, 82;
Riots in, 86;
Muster of Men at Boston, 96;
wrested from England, 103;
invaded by a British Army, 117.
Newfoundland, 311, 321;
taken Possession of by England, 406, 407;
Area and Population of, 407;
the Natives of, 408;
Resources of, 408.
New Granada, 514.
New Hampshire, 54.
New Haven, 37.
New Jersey, its Acquisition, 50, 54.
New Orleans, 150, 222.
New Plymouth founded, 31.
New World, The, 312, 313, 333.
New York, 48, 50, 53, 54, 66, 81, 87, 89, 107, 109, 121, 150.
North, Lord, 91.
Nova Scotia (Acadie), a Possession of France, 321, 400;
a Possession of England, 338, 401;
Progress and Resources of, 402, 403.
Oglethorpe, James, 54
Ohio, Valley of the, 73.
Ontario, Lake, 365.
Ordinance of the Convention of South Carolina, dissolving the Union, 196.
Ottawa, 389.
Pacific Ocean, Discovery of, 441.
Paez, General, 515.
Paine, Thomas, 105.
Pakenham, Sir Edward, 150.
Papineau, Louis Joseph, 383.
Paraguay, 526-528.
Paris, Mr., 44.
Paul Jones, 121.
Paul le Jeune, Father, 326.
Pea Ridge, Battle of, 222.
Peninsula, The, 219.
Pennsylvania, 54, 66, 81, 105, 130.
Penn, William, 51, 52, 66.
Penobscot Bay, 337.
Perrot, Nicholas, 334.
Peru, 455, 524-526.
Petersburg, Siege of, 245.
Philadelphia, 52, 53, 71, 89, 92, 110, 115, 121, 133, 168.
Pilgrim Fathers, their leaving England, 29;
Settlement in Holland, 29;
Removal to New England, 31;
their Hardships after landing, 32;
their Political Constitution, 32;
their Reinforcements from England, 34;
their Peculiarities, 35;
their Virtues, 35.
Pitcairn, Major, 94.
Pittsburg, 76.
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 78, 82, 87, 88, 91, 92.
Pizarro, Fernando, 462, 464.
Pizarro, Juan, 463.
Pizarro, Gonzalo, 464, 465.
Pizarro, Francisco, the Discoverer of Peru, 441, 451, 464.
Plymouth, 37.
Pocahontas, 24.
Polk, President, 173.
Pope, General, 228.
Port Hudson, Reduction of, 232.
Port Royal, Capture of, 222.
Potomac, 71.
Prescott, Colonel, 98.
President, Election and Powers of, 137.
Princeton, 111.
Protective Tariff, 289.
Providence, The City of, 39.
Puerto Rico, 507.
Putnam, Israel, 96, 98, 99, 108.
Quakers, Persecution of, 40, 41;
Beliefs and Character, 42;
Loyalty of, 105.
Quebec, 78-80;
First Occupants of, 315;
the French Capital, 318;
taken by England, 320;
regained by France, 321;
held by Montcalm, 342;
besieged by Wolfe, 343;
surrendered to the English, 346;
Population of, 349;
Siege of, by the Americans, 363;
Progress of, 379;
Meeting of Delegates at, 396.
Railway, The Atlantic and Pacific, 285.
Raleigh, Sir Walter, 22.
Rapidan, Crossing of the, 244.
Rappahannock, The Heights of the, 229.
Reciprocity Treaty, The, 390.
Red River, The Settlement at, 414, 416, 418-420.
Rhode Island, State of, founded, 39, 54.
Richmond, City of, 217, 219, 253.
Riel, Louis, 416, 417, 421.
Rio de Janeiro, 546.
Rivadavia, President-General, 528.
Robinson, 29, 30.
Rosas, General, 529, and note.
Ross, General, 148.
Routledge, John, 92.
Russell, Lord John, and Canada, 385, 386.
Sacramento, The, 176.
Salem, 39, 44.
Sanitary Commission, 267.
San Miguel, 453.
Santa Anna, President of Mexico, 517.
Saratoga, The Surrender at, 117.
Savannah, The River, 55;
the Town of, 56, 57;
Capture of, 247.
Scott, General, 174.
Scrooby, The Town of, 28.
Selkirk, Lord, his Colony, 414.
Senate, Composition of the, 136.
Senegal, 121.
Seward, William H., 205, 257.
Shakamaxon, 53.
Shannon, The War-Ship, 146.
Shenandoah, Valley of the, 247.
Sheridan, General, 247, 252.
Sherman, General, 246, 252.
Sierra Leone, 60.
Slaves, English, sold in Virginia, 26.
Slave Law, The Fugitive, 178.
Slavery, forbidden in Georgia, but afterwards allowed, 57;
the first great Contest regarding, 165;
the second, 171;
the third, 180;
War in Defence of, 198;
Abolition of, 225, 226, 248, 249.
Slaves, Negro, First landing of, in America, 58;
Importation of, begun by Spain, 59;
carried on by Portugal, 60;
by England, 60;
Provision of the American Constitution regarding, 61;
English Legislation, regarding the Trade in, 62;
Declaration of English Bishops and Crown Lawyers regarding the holding of, 63;
the sufferings of, 62;
Enactment of Congress regarding the Importation of, 61;
the Rights of, 265;
the Education of, 294.
Smith, John, 23.
Southern States recognized as a belligerent Power by England, 279.
Spain, Dominions of, in the West, 465, 488, 489, 495, 496, 499.
Spain, her Treaty with America against England, 120.
Springfield, Burial-place of President Lincoln, 258.
Stamp Act, The, 72, 86, 87.
Staten Island, 108.
States, The Secession, 197, 208.
St. Domingo, 60, 507.
Stephens, Alexander H, 202.
St. John, Island of, 341.
St. Lawrence, Discovery of the, 314.
Stuart, George H., 268.
Stuyvesant, Petrus, 49.
St. Vincent, Island of, 121.
Subjects, English and American, The Law relating to, 142.
Sumner, Charles, 191.
Taxation, American, 284, and note.
Taxation in Canada, 430.
Taxes imposed on the Americans by the English Parliament, 85, 88.
Taylor, General, 174.
Tiascalans, Overthrow of the, 444.
Ticonderoga, Capture of, 362.
Tobacco, 26, 190.
Townshend, Charles, 88.
Trent, British Mail-Steamer, boarded by the Americans, 279.
Trenton, 110.
Tripoli, Expedition against, 140.
Union Bill, The Canadian, 387.
United States, The, 54, 81, 133, 137, 152, 182, 273.
Valley Forge, 116.
Vasco Nuñez de Balboa, 440.
Venezuela, the Confederation of, 500;
the State of, 514, 515.
Verazzani, John, 313.
Vicksburg, Reduction of, 232, 233.
Virginia, 54, 65, 74, 81, 96, 127, 160, 184, 212, 251, 337.
Virginia, Iron-clad Frigate, 220.
Wall Street, 49.
Walpole, Sir Robert, 54, 85.
Washington, Capital of the Union, capture of, by the British, 149;
threatened by the Confederates, 211, 228.
Washington, George, 68-70, 74, 75, 92, 93, 100, 101, 102, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 116, 121, 122, 125, 128, 130, 131, 134, 138, 140, 159.
Watt, James, 155.
Wesley, Charles, 56.
Wesley, John, 56.
West Point, 123.
Whitefield, George, 57.
Whitney, Eli, Inventor of Cotton-Gin, 155.
Wilderness, Federal Disaster in the, 234.
William, Prince of Orange, 30.
Williams, Roger, 38;
his Views on Religious Toleration, 39;
President of Rhode Island, 40.
Winnipeg Valley, 421, 422.
Wolfe, General, 78, 343-346.
Wolseley, Sir Garnet, Expedition to the Red River, 418.
York, Duke of, 66.
Yorktown, 127, 219.