Panic of 1785, [30]-[31].
Patterson, William, against plan of centralized government, [114].
Pelisipia, [69].
Pennsylvania, invited to form commercial policy with other States, [100]; ratification of Constitution, [148]-[149].
Philadelphia, enthusiasm for Constitution in, [148]-[149].
Philadelphia Convention, see Federal Convention.
Pilgrim Fathers, Mayflower Compact, [40].
Pinckney, Charles, [114], [126].
Pinckney, General C. C, [114].
Political parties, [146]-[147]; see also names of parties.
Polypotamia, [69].
Pontiac’s Conspiracy, effect on settlement, [56].
Potomac River, agreement between Virginia and Maryland regarding, [100].
President, creation of office, [133]-[134]; President modeled after State governorships, [134]; election of, [136]-[137]; third term, [137]-[138]; powers, [138]; Washington chosen as first, [138]-[139].
Princeton, Congress flees to, [84].
Proclamation of 1763, [56], [57].
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Randolph, Edmund, [112], [124]; quoted [134].
Read, W. T., Life and Correspondence of George Read, quoted, [113] [(note)].
“Revolution of 1789,” [144].
Revolutionary War, effect on American people, [22]; economic conditions after, [23] et seq.
Rhode Island, State government, [44]; and question of western land ownership, [57]; rejects tariff provision (1782), [86]; currency trouble (1786), [89]-[90]; attitude toward Shays’ Rebellion, [95]; recognition of bad trade conditions, [96]; and Federal Convention, [106]; ratification of Constitution, [158], [159].
Roads, see Transportation.
Rousseau, J. J., Contrat Social, [39]-[40].
Russia, trade with, [28].
Rutledge, John, [114], [124], [125].
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St. Clair, General Arthur, Cutler endorses for governorship of New York, [74].
Saratoga, [69].
Scioto Associates, [74].
Shays, Daniel, [94].
Shays’ Rebellion (1786), [91]-[96].
Sherman, Roger, [115].
Slavery, Ordinance of 1784 on, [70]; Ordinance of 1787 on, [76]-[77]; counting of slaves in enumerating population, [121]-[122]; attitude of Federal Convention delegates toward, [130].
Slave trade, compromise concerning, [129]-[130].
South, system of land grant, [65]; need for slaves, [129].
South Carolina, class control in, [45]; ratification of constitution, [154].
Spain, France and, [7]-[8]; and United States, [8]; possessions in America, [8]; Jay sent to, [11]; excludes United States shipping, [26].
Stamp Act Congress (1765), [49].
Stark, J. H., quoted, [18]-[19].
State governments, establishment of, [38]; constitutions, [41]-[43]; identical with colonial, [44]; aristocratic tendencies, [44]-[45], [47]-[48]; democratic tendencies, [46]-[47], [48].
Steiner, B. C., Connecticut’s Ratification of the State Constitution, quoted, [159]-[160].
Suffrage, [36]-[37], [45].
Supreme Court established, [131]; see also Judiciary.
Sylvania, [69].
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Thieriot, Saxon Commissioner of Commerce to America, quoted, [3], [4]-[5].
Tory party, [146].
Transportation, 29-30; see also, Commerce.
Treaty of Peace (1783), [1] et seq.; ratified, [21]; determines boundaries, [12]-[13], [56]; bibliography of diplomatic history connected with, [56].
Trevett vs. Weeden (1786), [90]-[91].
Tuckerman, Henry, America and her Commentators, cited, [33] [(note)].
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United Empire Loyalists, [19].
United States, named, [1]; status as new republic, [1]-[5]; population, [2]-[3], [35], [55]-[56]; boundaries, [12]-[13], [56]; economic conditions after Revolution, [23] et seq.; commercial treaties, [26]; aristocratic control in, [36], [44]-[45]; suffrage after the Revolution, [36]-[37]; political genius in, [37]-[38]; see also names of States, States governments.