A.

Acquisition, national spirit of, reflections on, II. [312].

Adams, John, delegate to first Continental Congress, I. [13]. On Washington's appointment as commander-in-chief, [42]. One of the committee to prepare Declaration of Independence, [50]. His account of the Declaration, [82]. First minister to Great Britain, [257]. Answer to his complaints about the treaty, [257]. Instructed to negotiate treaty with the Netherlands, [280]. One of the commissioners to procure commercial treaties, [287]. Views of, respecting taxation of slaves, II. [159]. Practice of, respecting cabinet, [409].

Adams, Samuel, delegate to first Continental Congress, I. [13]. Reserve of, respecting Constitution, II. [533]. Disapproves of Constitution, [533]. Character of, [534]. Position of, in convention of Massachusetts, [534]. In favor of Hancock's amendments to Constitution, [538].

Adams, captain in the Revolutionary naval force, I. [74].

Address of the Colonies to the people of Great Britain, I. [23].

Admiralty Jurisdiction, criminal, II. [330]. Of courts of United States, [445]. Under Confederation, [445].

Adoption of Constitution, mode of, recommended, II. [372].

Albany, convention of Colonies at, in 1753-54, I. [8].

Alexandria, meeting of commissioners at, from Virginia and Maryland, I. [341].

Alexandria Commissioners, visit General Washington, I. [425]. Report of, received in Virginia legislature, [426].

Aliens, rights to be conceded to, in certain treaties, I. [280]. See Foreigners.

Allegiance of people of the Colonies, transferred, I. [52].

Alliance. See Treaty of Alliance.

Ambassadors, proposed appointment of, by Senate, II. [223], [410]; by President, [234]. Received by President, [415]. To be nominated by President, 418. Jurisdiction of cases affecting, [444].

Amendment of Constitution, II. [84]. Provision for, adopted without debate, [177]. And revolution, distinction between, [473].

Amendments of Constitution, when to be proposed by Congress, II. [268]. How to be proposed and adopted, [473]. How ratified, [477]. Power to make, limited, [477]. States at liberty to propose, [486]. Proposed by Hancock, [537]; by Massachusetts, classified, [539]; by South Carolina, [548]; by Patrick Henry, [580]; by Virginia, [581]; by New York, [587], [588]; by North Carolina, [597]. Refused in Maryland convention, [543]. Proposed, not made conditions of adoption, [551].

Amendments of Articles of Confederation, how made, II. [84], [473], [481].

America, natural advantages of, for commercial pursuits, II. [309]. Variety of climate and products of, [309].

American Constitutions, character of, I. [261].

American Feeling, Washington's efforts to create, I. [110].

American People perceive the insufficiency of State governments, I. [114]. Early familiarity of, with the principles of government, [117]. Perceive the necessity of a union, [121]. See People of America.

American Revolution, commencement of, I. [3]. Attempt to alter charter governments, a principal cause of, [6]. Found local legislatures in all the Colonies, [7]. Fundamental principle established by, [379]. Object and effects of, II. [196]. Policy which led to, real cause of, [238]. Effect of, on views of people of United States, relating to government, [238].

Annapolis, general commercial convention at, I. [326], [340], [350]. Recommends general convention to revise the federal system, [349]. Recommendation, how received, [351]. See Hamilton and Madison.

Annapolis Commissioners, report of, acted upon in Congress, I. [355].

Anti-Federalists, plan of, to postpone action of Virginia on Constitution, II. [568]. See Federalists.

Appropriation Bills, provision concerning, objected to, II. [147]. See Money Bills and Revenue Bills.

Arms of the United States, when adopted, I. [151].

Armstrong, John, wrote the Newburgh Addresses, I. [168].

Army, power of Congress to raise and support, II. [333]. Appropriation of money for support of, [333]. Power of Congress to make rules for, [334]. Standing, repugnant to American feelings, [336]. Not to be kept by States in time of peace, [371]. President commander-in-chief of, [413]. Power of President to employ, [413].

Army of the Revolution, first suggested, I. [31]. How first raised, [32]. State of, when Washington arrived at Cambridge, [55]. How constituted, [58]. Short enlistments in, how accounted for, [60]. Committee of Congress sent to examine, [60]. Discontents in, [79], [158], [186]. History of, after the evacuation of Boston, [91]. Reorganized, [91], [92]. Defects in organization of, [93]. Officers of, how appointed, [93]; how treated in 1776, [94]. Bad construction of, [94], [96]. Third effort of Washington to reorganize, [109]. Embarrassments and difficulties attending, [110]. State of, in April, 1777, [111]; in May, 1782, [158].

Arrest, privilege from, II. [263].

Arsenals, authority of Congress over, II. [340].

Articles of Confederation, I. [509]. Reported in Congress, and recommended to the States, [53], [104], [113]. Adoption of, by the States, [124]. Amendments to, proposed by the States, [128]; by New Jersey, for regulation of commerce, [129]. Chief obstacle to the completion of, [131]. States urged to accede to, [134]. Ratified by New Jersey, [135]; by Delaware, [135]; by Maryland, [136]. Completion of, announced, [137]. Established by patriotic sacrifices, [139]. Outline of, [142]. Construction of third article of, [265]. Circular letter of Congress, recommending adoption of, [491]. Representation of New Jersey respecting, [493]. Act of New Jersey accepting, [497]. Resolves of Delaware respecting, [498]. Action of Maryland on, [501]; of New York on, [505]. Amendment of, at first contemplated, II. [16]. How altered, [84], [180], [481]. Citizenship under, [206]. Effort to include in, power over Western Territory, [341]. Admission of new States under, [345]. On what terms ratified by smaller States, [346]. Restraints imposed on States by, [363]. Inter-state privileges under, [447].

Assemblies in Provincial governments, how constituted, I. [4].

Assembling, one of the common law rights, I. [23].

Association, drawn up by House of Burgesses in Virginia, I. [12]. For non-importation, &c., how carried out by colonists, [24].

Attainder, Bills of, defined, II. [360]. Congress prohibited to pass, [360]. States prohibited to pass, [368].

Attestation to Constitution, form of, II. [485].