INDEX.
Adams, John, [46], [84], [88], [89], [98], [100], [113], [149], [182].
Adams, Samuel, [53], [58], [68], [71], [72], [73], [75], [78], [82], [84], [85], [88], [107], [149].
Aix-la-Chapelle, treaty of, [6].
Albany Congress, [34], [190].
Albany Plan, [35].
Algonquins, [28]-[30], [37].
Alleghany mountains, [27].
Allen, Ethan, [87].
André John, [170], [171].
Andros, Sir Edmund, [22].
Annapolis convention, [189].
Antislavery feeling, [126].
Armada, the Invincible, [6].
Armed Neutrality, [159].
Army, continental, [88], [124];
disbanded, [183].
Arnold, Benedict, [87], [93], [94], [118], [136], [137], [143], [167]-[171], [173], [175], [177], [179].
Ashe, Samuel, [163].
Attucks, Crispus, [75].
Augusta, Ga., [163].
Bacon's rebellion, [21].
Baltimore, Congress flees to, [118].
Barons' War, [19].
Barré, Isaac, [69], [75].
Barter, [162].
Baum, Col., [134].
Bemis Heights, [143].
Bennington, [133], [134], [137], [172].
Berkeley, Sir W., [21].
Bernard, Sir F., [68], [72].
Boston, [7], [44]-[47];
"Massacre," [72]-[75];
"Tea Party," [79]-[83];
Port Bill, [83];
siege of, [87]-[94].
Braddock, Edward, [36].
Brandywine, [141].
Brant, Joseph, [108], [135], [136], [154], [155].
Breymann, Col., [134].
Briar Creek, [163].
Brooklyn Heights, [111]-[113], [128].
Bunker Hill, [91], [128].
Burgoyne, John, [90], [125]-[134], [137], [140]-[143], [148], [150], [158], [172].
Burlington, N. J., [120].
Burke, Edmund, [62], [69].
Butler, Col. John, [134], [154].
Butts Hill, [154].
Byron, Admiral, [150].
Cahokia, [156].
Calvert family, [13].
Camden, Lord, [69].
Camden, S. C., [166], [171], [173], [176].
Campbell, Col. William, [171].
Canada, invasion of, [93], [94].
Canals, [189].
Carleton, Sir Guy, [93], [94], [109], [115], [118].
Carlisle, Pa., [26].
Carr, Dabney, [79].
Castle William, [73], [75].
Caudine Fork, [144].
Cavaliers, [9].
Cavendish, Lord John, [69].
Charles II., [22], [43], [45].
Charleston, S. C., [80], [165].
Charlestown, Mass., [86]
Chase, Samuel, [84].
Cherry Valley, [154].
Choiseul, Duke de, [38].
Clark, George Rogers, [156], [188].
Cleaveland, Col., [171].
Cleveland, Grover, [1].
Clinton, Sir H., [90], [96], [140], [142], [150]-[152], [156]-[158], [164], [165], [178], [179].
Coalition ministry, [180].
Cobden, Richard, [61].
Colonial trade, [42]-[44].
Committees of correspondence, [79].
Commons, House of, [19], [58]-[61].
Concord, [85], [86].
Congress, Continental, [79], [84], [87]-[90], [100]-[103], [106], [115]-[117], [161], [162], [183], [184], [191].
Congress, Stamp Act, [56].
Connecticut, [13], [21], [23], [77], [98], [156].
Conway, Henry, [69].
Conway Cabal, [148], [149].
Cornwallis, Lord, [104], [121], [122], [165], [171]-[180].
Cowpens, [174].
Cromwell, Oliver, [9].
Crown Point, [87].
Currency, Continental, [162], [166].
Deane, Silas, [123].
Declaration of Independence, [97]-[103], [127].
Declaratory Act, [58].
Delaware, [9], [10].
Delaware river, [142].
Denmark, [159].
Desertions, [166].
D'Estaing, Count, [151]-[154], [164].
Dickinson, John, [84], [92], [98], [101], [102].
Discovery, French doctrine of, [27].
Dorchester Heights, [94], [128].
Dunmore, Lord, [95].
"Early" American history, [5].
Edinburgh, [159].
Elkton, [140], [141].
Elmira, [155].
Eutaw Springs, [176].
Fairfield, Conn., [156].
Federal convention, [190], [191].
Ferguson, Major, [171], [172].
Five Nations, [29].
Flamborough Head, [150].
Fort Duquesne, [33];
Edward, [131], [132], [140];
Lee, [114]-[116];
Moultrie, [105];
Necessity, [33];
Niagara, [154], [155];
Stanwix, [135]-[137];
Washington, [114]-[117], [165];
Watson, [176].
Forts on the Delaware, [141].
Fox, Charles, [69], [180].
Franklin, Benjamin, [34], [54], [89], [113], [123], [182].
Franklin, William, [106].
Fraser, Gen., [131].
Frederick the Great, [150].
French power in Canada, [10], [20], [26]-[38].
Frontenac, Count, [29].
Frontier between English and French colonies, [26].
Gage, Thomas, [29], [83], [85], [91], [92].
Gansevoort, Peter, [135].
Gaspee, schooner, [77].
Gates, Horatio, [39], [90], [130], [131], [137], [143], [148], [165], [166], [168], [173].
George III., his character and schemes, [59]-[71], [146];
glee over news from Ticonderoga, [120];
tries to make an alliance with Russia, [158], [159];
his schemes overthrown, [180], [181].
Georgia, [11], [96], [163].
Germaine, Lord George, [147], [156], [166].
Germantown, [141].
Gibraltar, [158], [182].
Gladstone, W. E., [61].
Governments of the colonies, [13]-[16].
Grasse, Count de, [178].
Green Mountains, [77], [87], [131], [185].
Greene, Nathanael, [90], [115], [116], [167], [173]-[177].
Grenville, George, [41], [49], [51], [54], [124].
Gridley, Jeremiah, [46].
Guilford Court House, [175], [177].
Hackensack, [115], [116].
Hale, Nathan, [114].
Hamilton, commandant at Detroit, [155].
Hamilton, Alexander, [189], [192].
Hancock, John, [80], [87], [89].
Harlem Heights, [114], [129].
Harrison, Benjamin, [6].
Hastings, Warren, [158].
Heath, William, [90], [115].
Henry VIII., [59].
Henry, Patrick, [48], [55], [58], [84], [144].
Herkimer, Nicholas, [135], [136].
Hessian troops, [93].
Hobkirk's Hill, [176].
Holland and Great Britain, [160].
Hopkins, Stephen, [77].
Howe, Richard, Lord, [105], [106], [113], [150], [153].
Howe, Sir William, [39], [90], [94], [104], [105], [112]-[118], [125], [127], [137]-[143], [148], [150].
Hubbardton, [131].
Hudson river, [95], [115], [128], [157], [170].
Hutchinson, Thomas, [46], [56], [72], [75], [77], [78], [81], [83], [107], [185].
Hyder, Ali, [158].
Impost amendment defeated by New York, [190].
Indian tribes, [27], [28].
Iroquois, [28], [29].
Jay, John, [92], [182].
Jefferson, Thomas, [55], [89], [100], [103], [126], [127], [192].
Jeffreys, George, [17].
Johnson, Sir John, [108], [134].
Johnson, Sir William, [108].
Johnson Hall, [26], [108].
Jones, David, [133].
Jones, Paul, [159], [160].
Kalb, John, [38], [123], [165], [166].
Kaskaskia, [156].
Kentucky, [155], [171], [187].
King's friends, [64], [69], [84].
King's Mountain, [171], [172], [174].
Kirkland, Samuel, [135].
Kosciuszko, Thaddeus, [123].
Lafayette, [123], [177].
Land Bank, [20].
Lee, Arthur, [123].
Lee, Charles, [89], [105], [117]-[119], [122], [138], [140], [148], [150]-[152].
Lee, Henry, [173].
Lee, Richard Henry, [84], [97], [100].
Lee, Robert Edward, [173].
Leslie, Gen., [173].
Leuktra, [144].
Lexington, [86], [183].
Lincoln, Abraham, [126].
Lincoln, Benjamin, [131], [134], [143], [163]-[165], [167], [187].
Livingston, Robert, [84], [98].
Long House, [28], [29].
Long Island, battle of, [112].
Lords proprietary, [13].
Louis XV., [31].
Macaulay, Lord, [49].
McCrea, Jane, [132], [133].
McDowell, Col., [171].
McNeil, Mrs., [132], [133].
Madison, James, [192].
Mahratta war, [158].
Majuba Hill, [172].
Manchester, Vt., [133].
Marion, Francis, [165], [174].
Marshall, John, [192].
Martha's Vineyard, [156].
Martin, Josiah, [96].
Maryland, [8], [99], [140], [188].
Massachusetts, [21], [22], [68], [71], [72], [83], [97], [107].
Mecklenburg county, N. C., [95], [171], [173].
Minden, [147].
Minisink, [155].
Minorca, [158], [182].
Mississippi valley, [182], [187].
Mobilians, [27].
Molasses Act, [49]-[51], [67].
Monk, Gen., [169].
Monmouth, [151], [152].
Montgomery, Richard, [90], [93], [94].
Morgan, Daniel, [93], [94], [137], [143], [167], [173], [174].
Morris, Robert, [102], [120].
Morristown, [119], [122], [123].
Moultrie, William, [105].
New England colonies, [6]-[8].
New Hampshire, [76], [98].
New Haven, [156].
New Jersey, [11], [99].
New Whigs, [60]-[62], [69].
New York, [9], [66], [76], [80], [100], [108], [125], [143], [190].
Newburgh, [180], [183].
Norfolk, Va., [95].
North, Lord, [66], [76], [144]-[147], [180].
North Carolina, [11], [77], [96], [171]-[175].
Northcastle, [115].
Northwestern Territory, [188].
Nullification of the Regulating Act, [85].
Norwalk, [156].
Ohio, [189].
Ohio Company, [32].
Old Sarum, [59].
Old South church, [53], [72], [82].
Old Whigs, [59]-[64], [69].
Otis, James, [45]-[47], [62], [72], [74], [144].
Paper money, [20], [162], [186].
Parker, Sir Peter, [96], [104].
Parsons' Cause, [47], [48].
Paxton, Charles, [44].
Pendleton, Edmund, [84].
Penn family, [14].
Pennsylvania, [11], [13], [77], [99], [102].
Pensacola, [158].
Periods in history, [4].
Petersburg, Va., [177].
Petition (last) to the king, [92].
Petty William (Earl of Shelburne), [61], [69], [180], [182].
Philadelphia, [80], [84], [138]-[142], [151], [168], [183].
Pigott, Sir Robert, [153].
Pitt, William (Earl of Chatham), [57], [61], [62], [64], [66], [69], [71], [84], [145], [146].
Pitt, William, the younger, [61], [181].
Pontiac's war, [38], [41].
Pownall, Thomas, [14].
Preston, Capt., [74].
Prevost, Gen., [163], [164].
Princeton, [120], [121].
Proprietary government, [13].
Protectionist legislation, [43], [50].
Pulaski, Casimir, [123], [164].
Putnam, Israel, [39], [87], [90], [112], [115].
Rawdon, Lord, [176].
Reform, parliamentary, [61]-[63].
Regulating Act, [83], [85];
repealed, [144].
Representation in England, [58]-[61].
Requisitions, [31], [54], [161].
Retaliatory acts, [83];
repealed, [144].
Revere, Paul, [4], [86].
Rhode Island, [18], [21], [23], [70], [77], [96], [153], [154], [164], [166], [186].
Riedesel, Gen., [131].
Riots in Boston, [56].
Rochambeau, Count, [166], [178].
Rockingham, Lord, [57], [64], [180].
Rodney, Cæsar, [102].
Rodney, George, [160].
Rotten boroughs, [59], [62].
Royal governors, [14]-[18].
Russell, Lord John, [61].
Russell, Lord William, [17].
Russia, [159].
Rutledge, Edward, [113].
Rutledge, John, [84].
St. Clair, Arthur, [131], [167].
St. Eustatius, [160].
St. Leger, Harry, [125], [126], [135]-[137].
Salaries, [15]-[18], [65]-[68].
Savannah, [163], [164].
Savile, Sir George, [69].
Schuyler, Philip, [90], [109], [119], [129]-[133], [136].
Secession, threats of, [187].
Senegambia, [158].
Sevier, John, [155], [171].
Shays rebellion, [186].
Shelburne, Lord, [61], [69], [180], [182].
Shelby, Isaac, [171].
Shirley, William, [52].
Sidney, Algernon, [17].
Silver bank, [20].
Six Nations, [29], [34], [93], [125].
Snyder, Christopher, [74].
Sons of Liberty, [57].
South Carolina, [96], [102], [104], [105], [127], [173]-[177].
Spain declares war with Great Britain, [158].
Spanish possessions in North America, [37], [158], [182].
Spotswood, Alexander, [14].
Stamp Act, [4], [41], [52], [58], [124].
Stark, John, [39], [87], [134].
Staten Island, [109], [117], [122], [139], [178].
Steuben, Baron, [123], [150], [173], [177].
Stillwater, [132].
Stirling, William Alexander, called Lord, [112].
Stony Point, [156], [157], [163].
Strachey, Sir Henry, [151].
Stuart Kings, [17], [60].
Suffolk resolves, [85].
Sullivan, John, [90], [112], [153]-[155].
Sumter, Thomas, [165].
Sunbury, [163].
Supreme court, [191].
Sweden, [159].
Tarleton, Banastre, [165], [174].
Taxation, [16]-[20], [31], [52]-[54], [62].
Tea Party, Boston, [4], [79]-[83].
Tennessee, [155], [171], [187].
Throg's Neck, [114].
Ticonderoga, [87], [118], [125], [127], [128], [131], [134], [143].
Tories, [12], [60], [93], [126], [154], [155], [163], [184].
Town meetings, [7], [53].
Townshend Acts, [64]-[68], [76], [78];
repealed, [144].
Treaty of peace, [182].
Tuscaroras, [29].
Union, want of, [34], [77], [161], [162], [182]-[191].
Valcour, Island, [118].
Venango, [33].
Vincennes, [156].
Virginia, [8], [21], [24], [47], [48], [76], [79], [96], [97], [173].
Walpole, Sir Robert, [31].
War expenses, [30]-[32], [36], [40], [41].
Ward, Artemas, [90], [117].
Warner, Seth, [87], [131], [134].
Warren, Joseph, [85], [86].
Washington, George, [1], [4], [5], [30], [55];
his mission to Venango, [33];
surrenders Fort Necessity, [33];
in Virginia legislature, [76];
in the Continental Congress, [84];
appointed to command the army, [88];
not yet in favour of independence, [89];
takes command at Cambridge, [92];
takes Boston, [94];
addressed by Lord Howe, [106];
his character as general and statesman, [110], [111];
withdraws his army from Brooklyn Heights, [113];
masterly campaign in New York and New Jersey, [114]-[122];
endeavours to secure an efficient regular army, [123]-[125];
campaign of June, 1777, in New Jersey, [139];
Brandywine and Germantown, [141], [142];
intrigues of his enemies, [148], [149];
Monmouth, [151], [152];
sends a force against the Iroquois, [154], [155];
Stony Point, [156], [157];
his favourite generals often ill used by Congress, [167];
his superb march and capture of Yorktown, [178]-[180];
scheme for making him king, [183];
elected first president of the United States, [193].
Washington, William, [173].
Wayne, Anthony, [157], [177].
Webster, Daniel, [101].
West Point, [115], [117], [157], [170].
Western frontier posts, [185].
White Plains, [115], [129].
Wildcat banks, [20].
William III., [45].
Williams, James, [171].
Wilson, James, [98].
Winchester, Va., [26].
Winnsborough, S. C., [172].
Wright, Sir James, [164].
Writs of assistance, [4], [47].
Wyoming, [77], [154]. [186].