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Adams, Henry, as author, 292, 331, 346. Admiralty courts, recommended by Ran-
Adams, James T., as author, 37.

dolph, 84; established, 87; number
increased, 121.

Advertiser, Boston newspaper, comment
on Hartford Convention, 329 f.
Africa, coast explored, 3.
Age of discovery, 3.
Agriculture, dominant industry of colo-
nies, 91 n.; chief resource in War of
1812, 313; depression of, about 1820,
381.

Adams, John, defends British soldiers,
128, 130 n.; dines with Hancock, 129;
on committee to draft Declaration of
Independence, 145 n.; peace com-
missioner, 161 f.; minister to England,
178; Vice-President, 225; advice on
official etiquette, 228; reëlected Vice-
President, 1792, 240; character, and
views, 240 f.; dislike of Hamilton,
241; presidential candidate, 1796, | Aix-la-Chapelle, treaty of, 107.
254 f.; early mistakes as President, Alabama, state of, admitted, 353.
255; sends X Y Z commission to Albany Congress, 1754, 95.
France, 259; X Y Z message, 259 f.;
"affair of the major-generals," 260 f.;
peace efforts, 260 f.; breach with cabi- | Albemarle Sound, settlements on, 43.
net, 261, 266 f.; action under Alien Algonkins. See Indians.
and Sedition laws, 263; nominated for
second term, 267; loses support of
Hamilton faction, 267; satisfaction
over appointment of Marshall, 342;
as presidential elector, 1820, 391.
Adams, John Quincy, on purchase of
Louisiana, 286; member of peace
commission at Ghent, 326 f.; dis-
agrees with Clay, 328; upholds Jack-Amelia Island, occupied, 358.
son, 1818, 359; negotiates Spanish
treaty, 359; influence on Monroe
Doctrine, 364; Latin-American policy
(Panama Congress), 366 f.; appointed
Secretary of State by Monroe, 391;
presidential candidate, 392 f.; elected,
394; program, 395; candidate for
reëlection, 396 f.; sketch, 397; elec-
toral vote in 1828, 398.
Adams, Randolph G., as author, 270.
Adams, Samuel, drafts Massachusetts
Circular Letter, 130 and n.; use made
of Boston Massacre, 130; urges com-
mittees of correspondence, 130; mem-

Albany Plan of Union, 95; discussion,
207 n.

Alien and Sedition Acts, 261 f.; effect
on Federalist party, 266.
Allen, Ethan, in Revolution, 143.
Alliance with France, 153; question of
good faith of U. S., 162; cabinet dis-
cussion, 1793, 247; abrogated by Con-
gress, 260; abrogation agreed to, 261.
Alvord, Clarence W., as author, 55, 119.

Amendments, suggested by ratifying
conventions, 219 f.; adoption of first
ten, 221; eleventh, 342; twelfth, 225,
269; suggestions of Hartford Con-
vention, 330.

America, in fifteenth century, 1; dis-
covery by Columbus, 4.

American Colonization Society, 372.
American Fur Company, 353.
"American System," 386.

Amherst, Jeffrey, in French and Indian
War, III.

Amiens, peace of, 283; prospect of rup-
ture, 283; rupture, 293.

Anderson, Frank M., as author, 270.
Andrews, Charles M., as author, 37, 55,
81, 97.

Andros, Sir Edmund, governor of the
"Dominion of New England," 85;
downfall, 86.

Anglican Church, establishment of, 21;
alliance with James I, 22; disestab-
lishment in Virginia, 130.
Annapolis Convention, 204.
Antifederalists, origin of name, 218;
composition of party, 218; objections
to Constitution, 219; demand amend-
ments, 221; in First Congress, 224.
Antislavery. See Slavery.
Appalachian Mountains, a barrier to
English expansion, 100; divert migra-
tion to southwest, 117; movement
through passes of, 117 f.

Asia, in fifteenth century, 1; visited
by Europeans, 3.
Asiento Contract, 106.
Association, the, 137.

Assumption of state debts, 230 f.;
connection with location of capital,
231; opposed by planters, 237.
Astor, John Jacob, founds Astoria, 355;
operations of American Fur Company,
353, 355.

Astoria, 355.

Attorney-General, office of, created, 226.
Aurora, the, quoted, 267 f.
Austria, in Holy Alliance, 362.
Aztecs. See Indians.

Babcock, K. C., as author, 331, 346, 367.
Bacon, Nathaniel, leader of rebellion, 43.
Bacon's Rebellion, 1676, 43.

Aranda, Count de, prophecy concerning Baltimore, Md., importance of, 69;

United States, 165.

Architecture, at end of colonial era, 62,
67, 69.

Armed Neutrality League, 159.
Armstrong, John, in France, 304; Sec-

retary of War, 319; dismissed, 322.
Army, a British, in colonies, 120 f.;
under Washington, 148; at Valley
Forge, 153; character of, in South,
157; Jefferson's policy towards, 275;
condition on eve of War of 1812, 316 f.;
peace footing, 333.

Arnold, Benedict, in early campaigns
of Revolution, 143; turns back Eng-
lish on Hudson, 150; treason, 158;
mentioned, 199.

Articles of Confederation, Franklin's
draft, 170; Lee's resolution, 170;
committee appointed to draft, 172;
Dickinson's draft, 172; debate in
Congress, 172; ratification delayed
by Maryland, 173, 187; in effect, 173;
analysis, 173 f.; inadequacy of, 175,
178; commerce amendment, 179; five
per cent amendment, 201; general
revenue amendment, 201; critics of,
203; criticisms of Hamilton, Madison,
and Washington, 209; of G. Morris, 210.
Ashe, Samuel A., as author, 56.
Ashley, General William H., founds
Rocky Mountain Fur Company, 353;
explorations of, 354.

attacked by British, 322; desire for
internal trade, 382.

Baltimore, Lord. See Calvert.
Bancroft, George, as author, 19, 223;
quoted and criticized, 206.

Bank of North America, chartered, 183;
history, 183 and n.

Bank of the United States, First, rec-
ommended by Hamilton, 232; cabi-
net discussion, 233, 237 f.; Second,
chartered, 335; constitutionality up-
held, 343.

Banks, state, during War of 1812, 333 f.
Baptists, in West, 349.
Barbary States, 278 f.
"Bargain and corruption charge," origin
of, 395; issue in campaign of 1828,
395 f.
Barré, Col. Isaac, coins phrase, "Sons
of Liberty," 124.

Barrett, J. A., as author, 202.
Barron, James, captain of the "Chesa-
peake," 295 f.

Bassett, John Spencer, as author, 241,
270, 399.

Bayard, James A., on peace commission
at Ghent, 326 f.
Bayonne Decree, 300.

Beard, Charles A., views on Federal Con-
vention stated and criticized, 206 n.;
as author, 223, 241.
Becker, Carl, as author, 166.

Beer, George L., as author, 20, 97.

Bell, H. C., as author, 81.
Bennington, battle of, 150.

Berkeley, G. C., British admiral, 296.
Berkeley, Lord John, grantee of New
Jersey, 49.

Berkeley, William, governor of Virginia,
in Bacon's Rebellion, 43.

Berlin Decree, 298; pretended revoca-
tion, 304; revocation, 310.
Beveridge, Albert J., as author, 346.
Bidgood, Lee, as author, 55.
Billeting Act of 1765, passed, 121; colo-
nial interpretation, 123; renewed, 133.
Biloxi, founded, 101.

Bishop of St. Asaph, on Massachusetts

Government Act, 133.

Blackstone, William, Commentaries, 88.
Bladensburg, battle of, 322.
"The Bladensburg races," 322.
Blainville, Céleron de, expedition of, 107.
Blauvelt, Mary T., as author, 97.
Blennerhassett Island, 288.
Blockade, British vs. American view of,
250; "Fox's Order," 294; "Conti-
nental System," 298; Berlin Decree,
298; Orders in Council, 298; U. S.
demands at Ghent, 326.

Board of Commissioners for Trade and
Plantations, established, 87; func-
tions, 93.

Board of Customs Commissioners, cre-
ated, 125.

shops and streets, 62; homes, 63;
business habits, 63 f.; amusements,
64 f.; life of workingmen, 65; serv-
ants, 66; poverty, 66; churches and
religion, 66 f.; Harvard College, 67;
public library, 68; literature, 68;
newspapers, 68; schools, 68 f.; pop-
ulation, 69; evacuation by British,
143; interest in Pacific trade, 180.
Boston Centinel, on Hartford Convention,
330; calls Monroe's Presidency "era
of good feelings," 391.
"Boston Massacre," 128.

| Boston Port Bill, 133; in effect, 135.
"Boston Tea Party," 132; Franklin's
opinion of, 132.

Boundaries, by Treaty of Versailles,
163; later disputes, 163 f.; treaty with
Spain, 1795, 243; commission on
northeast, 252; dispute with Spain
over West Florida, 290 f.; England
desires readjustment in Ghent negotia-
tions, 327; treaty provides for joint
commissions on, 328; agreement of
1818 with England, 355; Russian
agreement, 1824, 355; Spanish treaty
of 1819, 356, 360; Louisiana Purchase
boundary, 360.

Bourne, Edward G., quoted, 8; as
author, 20.

Bowdoin, James, governor of Massachu-
setts, suppresses Shays' Rebellion,
185.

"Board of Trade." See Board of Com-Boycott, against Grenville's policy,

missioners for Trade and Plantations.
Bogart, Ernest L., as author, 331.
Bolivar, Simon, Venezuelan revolution-

ist, 361; in Panama Congress, 366.
Bonaparte, plans to revive French
colonial empire, 281; obtains Loui-
siana, 281; attempts to reconquer
Santo Domingo, 281; decides to sell
Louisiana to U. S., 283 f. See Napo-
leon.

123; against Townshend Act, 127;
lax enforcement against tea, 129 f.
See Association; Non-importation.
Braddock, General Edward, campaign
against Fort Duquesne, 109.
Braddock's trail, 186.
Breckenridge, John, introduces Ken-
tucky Resolutions, 264.

Brewster, Elder, agent of Pilgrims, 22.
Brigham, Albert P., as author, 367.

"Bonus Bill," 338; Calhoun on, 339; British East India Company, as model

vote on, 341.

Boone, Daniel, type of pioneer, 118;
agent of Transylvania Company, 155;
in Missouri, 352.
Boonesboro, settled, 155.

Boston, Mass., description of, at close of
colonial era, 62 f.; waterfront, 62;

for London and Plymouth Companies,
12; tea trade of, 131.

British Royal African Company, 78.
Brock, Isaac, British general, beats
Hull, 318 f.

Brodhead, John R., as author, 55 f.
"Broken voyage," held legal, 253.

Brougham, Lord, opinion of American | Cambridge Agreement, 26.
navy, 325; comment on American Camden, battle of, 157.
manufactures, 336.

Brown, Jacob, officer in War of 1812,
320; wins victory at Lundy's Lane,
321.

Bruce, H. A., as author, 119.
Bruce, Philip A., as author, 20, 55.
Bryant, William Cullen, 345.
Bullock, Charles J., as author, 202.
Bunker Hill, battle of, 142.
Burgoyne, General John, campaign of
1777, 150; surrender, 151; signifi-
cance of surrender, 151.
Burke, Edmund, denounces

British

policy, 132; on First Continental
Congress, 137; ready to concede
American independence, 154; on use
of Indians, 156 f.; in ministry, 1781,
160.

Burr, Aaron, mentioned, 199; vice-

presidential candidate, 1796, 254;
complaint of lack of support, 255;
exposes Federalist divisions, 1800, 267;
vice-presidential candidate, 1800, 267;
supported by Federalists in House
election, 1801, 268; duel with Hamil-
ton, 269, 287; connection with Feder-
alist secession plot, 287; western
adventures, 287 f.; trial, 288.
Byrd, William, II, 76.

Cabinet, origin of, 227.
Cabot, George, president of Hartford
Convention, 330 n.

Cabot, John, explorations of, 9.
Cahokia, mission, founded, 103.
Calhoun, John C., enters Congress, 306;
reports bill for Second U. S. Bank,
335; advocates protective tariff, 337;
reports "Bonus Bill," 338; speech on
tariff of 1816, 339; speech on "Bonus
Bill," 339; proposes punishment of
Jackson, 359; report on internal im-
provements, 384; abandons national-
ism, 388; leadership against tariff,
388 f.; Exposition of 1828, 389; ap-
pointed Secretary of War by Monroe,
391; vice-presidential candidate, 1824,
393; reëlected, 1828, 398.

Calvert, Cecil, second Lord Baltimore,
founder of Maryland, 38.

Camden, Lord, on taxation of Amer-
ica, 124.

Canada, French explorations and settle-
ments in, 99; dispersion of popula-
tion, 100; work of missionaries, 101;
government, 102 f.; land system,
103; conquest by English, 111;
cession, 112; Province of Quebec
organized, 114; American desire to
conquer, 312; objective in War of
1812, 313.

Canals. See Internal Improvements.
Canning, George, British Foreign Sec-
retary, 295; attitude on "Leopard-
Chesapeake" affair, 296 f.; on em-
bargo, 301; attitude towards non-inter-
course act, 303; recalls Erskine, 303;
proposes joint declaration against
intervention in Spanish-America,
363 f.; comment on Monroe Doc-
trine, 366.

Carolina, patent, 50; early settlers,
50; geographic influences on settle-
ment, 50 f.; likeness to Virginia, 52;
settlement of Piedmont, 60; planta-
tion system, 78; commerce, 79; be-
comes two royal provinces, 93 and n.
See North Carolina; South Carolina.
Carpenters' Hall, 135.

Carter, C. E., as author, 119.
Carteret, Sir George, grantee of New
Jersey, 49.

Cartier, Jacques, explores St. Lawrence,

9.

Catholics, support Mary of Scotland,
II; persecution by Elizabeth, 21;
leniency of James I, 22; in Maryland,
39.

Caucus, congressional, as nominating
device, 254, 267; discredited, 392.
Chadwick, French E., as author, 367.
Champlain, Lake, battle of, 321.
Champlain, Samuel de, founds Quebec,
99; discovers Lake Champlain, 100;
conflict with Iroquois, 100.

Channing, Edward, as author, 19, 37,
56, 97, 140, 176, 202, 241, 270, 292,
305, 398; quoted, 291 n.
Charles I, contest with Parliament, 24;
attempt at personal rule, 25; dis-

satisfaction with Massachusetts, 1634,
31; failure of policy, 31; Civil War,
32; defeat and execution, 32.
Charles II, restoration to throne, 45;
character, 45; relations with mer-
cantilists, 83; demands on Massa-
chusetts, 84.

Charleston, S. C., founded, 50; de-
scription of, 69 f.; attacked by Brit-
ish, 143; captured, 157; interest in
railroads, 383.

Charters, attempt to set aside, 92.
Chase, Samuel, federal judge, impeached,
278.

Chatham, Lord, on the Declaration of

Rights, 137; motion to withdraw
troops from Boston, 137. See Pitt.
Chattahoochee River, in treaty of Ver-
sailles, 163.

Cherokees, 199. See Indians.

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retention of war tax, 333; supports
Second U. S. Bank, 335; on internal
improvements, 340; demands recog-
nition of South-American republics,
362; Latin-American policy, 366;
speech on tariff of 1824, 386; ex-
pounds American System," 386 f.;
opposition to Monroe's administra-
tion, 391; presidential candidate,
1824, 392 f.; "king-maker" in House
election, 394 f.; appointed Secretary
of State, 394; bargain charge, 395.
Clinton, De Witt, peace candidate, 1812,
315.

Clinton, George, vice-presidential can-
didate, 1792, 240; daughter marries
Genêt, 249; jealousy of Virginia, 267;
vice-presidential candidate, 1804, 293;
repudiates vice-presidential nomina-
tion, 1808, 302.

"Chesapeake," beaten by the "Shan- Clinton, Sir Henry, at Battle of Mon-

non," 325.

Chesapeake Bay, campaign in, 321 f.
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, project of,
382.

Cheves, Langdon, a "Young Republi-

can," 306; advocates naval prepara-
tions, 309.

Cheyney, E. P., as author, 19.

Chickasaws, 199. See Indians.

mouth, 154; in campaigns in South,
157; in New York, 157, 159.
Coercive Acts, 132 f.

Coin, scarcity of, in U. S., 180; decimal
system of coinage, 182; use of foreign,
182.

Colby, C. W., as author, 118.

College of New Jersey. See Prince-
ton College.

Chillicothe, Ohio, capital of the North- Colonial Agent, functions, 94; Franklin

west Territory, 197.

China, in fifteenth century, 1; Ameri-

can trade with, 179.
Chippewa, battle of, 321.
Chisholm vs. Georgia, 341.
Choctaws, 199. See Indians.
Cincinnati, Ohio, beginnings of, 195;
capital of Northwest Territory, 197.
Civil War in England, 32.
Clark, George Rogers, campaign in

Northwest, 156 f.; correspondence
with Genêt, 248; Jefferson suggests
exploration of West by, 289.
Clark, William, in Lewis and Clark
expedition, 289; member of Missouri
Fur Company, 353-

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as agent, 94; agents protest against
Stamp Act, 121.

Colonial policy, British, 82 f.; 90 f.
Columbia River, entered by Gray, 289.
Columbia University, 70.

Columbus, Christopher, early life, 4;
purpose in sailing west, 4; voyage of

1492, 4.

Coman, Katharine, as author, 367.
Commerce, of colonies, 77 f.; in Con-
federation period, 177 f.; hope of
treaty with England, 177; negotia-
tions, 178; commerce with France
and Spain, 179; treaties with Prussia,
etc., 179; increase of exports, 179;
beginnings of China trade, 179; trade
on northwest coast, 180; prosperity,
180; interstate tariff wars, 180;
carrying trade during European wars,
250, 293; Jay's treaty, 252; statistics,
253, 293; jealousy on part of British,

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