Adams, Henry, on the limits of the Louisiana Purchase, 172 Adams, John, 43, 62; elected to Continental Congress, 68; advo- cates independence, 86; draws the Massachusetts Bill of Rights, 85; Peace Commissioner, 103; Vice- President, 133; President, 149; defeated by Jefferson, 155; Ad- ministration of, 151-159; end of his career, 158; death of, 159 Adams, John Quincy, and the Treaty of Ghent, 194; Secretary of State, negotiates Florida Treaty, 199; chosen President, 205; Ad- ministration of, 205–207; defeated by Jackson, 207; Member of House of Representatives, defends the Right of Petition, 236; states the effects of war on Slavery, 261-262
Adams, Samuel, 36; at the time of
the Boston Massacre, 62; estab- lishes Committees of Correspond- ence, 63; elected to the Conti- nental Congress, 68 Albany Plan of Union, 38
Alexandria Convention, 123 Alien and Sedition Acts, 152 Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Appendix V; 125; the First Ten, 133; the Eleventh, 125; the Twelfth, 157; the Thirteenth, 278 American Ideals, 160 André, John, Executed as a spy, 95; Authorities on, 341
Andrew, John A., Opinions of on Brown's execution, 253; Governor of Massachusetts, prepares for the Civil War, 264 Annapolis Convention, 123 Antietam, Battle of, 277 Anti-Federalists, Oppose Ratifica- tion of the Constitution, 132 Anti-Masonic Party, 218 Anti-Slavery Agitation, 235 Anti-Slavery Petition presented to Congress, 143
Appeal of the Independent Demo- crats, 245
Appomattox Court House, Surrender of Lee at, 291
Arnold, Benedict, 75; in Canada, 83; in the Saratoga Campaign, 92; Treason of, 95; in Virginia,
Articles of Confederation, 109, Ap- pendix III; Importance of, III; Analysis of, 112; Defects of, 112, 116, 117; Convention summoned to amend, 123 Ashburton Treaty, 226 Assistance, Writs of, 42; 57 Assumption of State Debts, 141 Atlanta Campaign, 285-286
Baltimore, Population of, in 1800, 161; in 1830, 209; in 1860, 259 Bank, First United States, 145; Second, chartered, 197; Removal of the Deposits from, 220 Barbé-Marbois, Supposed Letter from, 103
Bayonne Decree, 181 Beaumarchais, Caron de, 94 Bennington, Battle of, 91
Benton, Senator from Missouri, 239 Berlin Decree, 176
Bernard, Governor of Massachusetts and Otis, 44
Border States, The, in 1861, 266 Boston Massacre, 61-62 Boston Tea Party, 65-66 Boston Port Act, 66
Boston, Siege of, 71, 80; Evacuation of, 83; Population of, in 1800, 161; in 1830, 209; in 1860, 259 Bragg, Confederate General Braxton, in Tennessee, 279; defeated at Chattanooga, 284
Brandywine, Battle of the, 90 Bright, John, on the Civil War, 270 Brock, British General, 189 Brooklyn, Population of, 1860, 259 Brooks, Preston S., Assault of on Sumner, 248
Brown, General Jacob, 190 Brown, John, in Kansas, 249; at
Harper's Ferry, and death, 253 Brown, Senator from Mississippi, formulates demands of Slave- owners, 251
Buchanan, James, President, in the Crisis of 1860-61, 263-264 Buell, General, at Shiloh, 273; in Tennessee, 279
Bull Run, First Battle of, 269; Second, 276
Bunker Hill, Battle of, 81; criticism on, 76-77
Burgoyne, British General, 75; in the Saratoga Campaign, 91 Burnside, General, in command of Army of the Potomac, 277 Burr, Aaron, elected Vice-President,
156; kills Hamilton, 173; Con- spiracy, 173-74; Trial of, 174 Butler, Senator from South Carolina, 248-249
Calhoun, John Caldwell, 188; and
Jackson, 199; Vice-President,
204; and Nullification, 214-216; speech on compromise of 1850, 239; death of, 242 California, 236-237
Camden, Battle of, 97
Camden, Charles Pratt, Lord, ad- vises repeal of Stamp Act, 55 Canada, Invasions of, 83, 189 Canal building, 211
Canning, George, 188; and the Monroe Doctrine, 201; declines to negotiate, 206
Carolinas, Population of, 1760, 2; Claims of to Western Lands, 109 Catholics, The Roman, in the Co- lonies, 3, 4, 17
Cessions, The Land, III Chancellorsville, Battle of, 281 Charleston, The tea at, 66; Attack on in 1776, 97; Captured by British, 97; Convention at, 1860, 254; Population of in 1800, 161 Chase, Salmon P., 242, 265 Chase, Samuel, Impeachment of, 167 Chatham-Grafton Ministry, 56 Chattanooga, Battle of, 284 Chesapeake, Outrage on the, 179; Capture of the, 193
Chicago, Population of in 1860,
for the Presidency, 204; secures J. Q. Adams's election, 205; and the Bank of the United States, 220; and Tyler, 226; Again defeated for the Presidency, 229- 230; Compromise of 1850, 237- 241; Death, 242 Clinton, Sir Henry, 75; captures Charleston, 97
Cochrane, British Admiral, 190 Coinage, The, 120
Cold Harbor, Battle of, 289 Colonial governments, 26-35 Colonial Policy of Great Britain, 39-41
Colonies, Prosperity of the, 73 Commissioners of the Customs at Boston, 61
Committees of Correspondence, 63, 64, 66
Compromises, The, of the Constitu-
tion, 130; as to Missouri, 202; of 1833, 219; of 1850, 239 Concord, Battle of, 70 Confederation, Articles of. See Articles
Confederation, Government of, 11I; Finances of, 116; Foreign affairs, 117; Causes of the Downfall of, 121; Dissolution of, 135 Congress, The Stamp Act, 53; First Continental, 68; Voting in, 107; The Second Continental, 82; of the Confederation, 112; of the United States, 127
Constitution, The, and the Guerrière, 191
Constitution of the United States, Appendix IV; Formation of, 122 -131
Continental Line, The Soldiers of
Cowpens, Battle of the, 98 Crawford, William H., 204 Criminals, Deportation of English, 15
Crown, Relations of the, to Colo- nists, 28
Davie, William R., 154
Davis, Jefferson, Senator from Mis- sissippi, 237; Formulates slave- owners' demands, 251; President of the Confederacy, 295 Deane, Silas, 94
Dearborn, Secretary of War, 166 Declaration of Independence, Ap-
pendix II; Adoption of the, 85; Sir Henry Maine's criticism on, 87 Declaratory Act, The, 55 D'Estaing, French Admiral, 100 De Grasse and the Capture of Corn- wallis, 101
Democratic Party, Origin of the, 213; Disruption of, 254 Deposits of Public Money with the States, 222 Dickinson, John, 86
Dodge, Col., on the Civil War, 298
Domain, The National, 109, 113 Donelson, Capture of Fort, 271 Douglas, Stephen A., and the Kansas-Nebraska Bill, 243-246; Debate with Lincoln, 250; De- clares for the Union, 266 Dred Scott Decision, 251 Dutch Immigration, 3
Dwight, President of Yale College, on the Jeffersonian Republicans, 166
East Florida, Jackson's Invasion of, 199
Education in the Colonies, 22-24 Elections, Presidential, of 1788, 133; of 1792, 147; of 1796, 149; of 1800, 155; of 1824, 204; of 1828, 207; of 1840, 225; of 1844, 229; of 1852, 242; of 1860, 254; of 1864, 291
Ellsworth, Oliver, Chief Justice of the United States, 154; Com- missioner to France, 154; Resigns, 158
Emancipation Proclamation, 277 Embargo, The, 180-83 "Era of Good Feeling," 197 Ericson, John, 275 Erie Canal, 211
Erskine, British Minister, 184 Essex, Case of the, 175 Excise, The, 144
Farragut, Admiral, takes New Or- leans, 272
Federal Convention, Summoned, 123; Powers of, 131; Members of, 124; Madison's Notes of De- bates of, 125
Federal Courts, 126, 139 Federalists, The, Favour adoption of Constitution, 132 Federalist Party, Cause of Defeat of, 160
Fillmore, Millard, President, 240; Defeated for re-nomination, 242 Florida Treaty, 200 Federalist, The, 132 Fox, Charles James, Dislikes Shel- burne, 102
France, Relations of United States with, in 1776-78, 94; in 1794- 1800, 151-155; in 1806-10, 176- 185; in 1829-35, 221 Franklin, Benjamin, 21; Albany Plan of Union, 39; on the Stamp Act, 54; in Continental Congress, 86; in France, 94; Commissioner to negotiate Treaty of 1783, 102; in Federal Convention, 124; Pre- sident of Abolition Society, 143 Fredericksburg, Battle of, 277 Freeman's Farm, Battle of, 93 Free-Willers, 16
French Alliance, The, 94; Results of, 100
French Revolution, Influence of on American Politics, 147 French spoliation claims, 155
Gage, General, his policy, 1774-75, 69; 76; at Bunker Hill, 81 Gallatin, Albert, 5; opposes Alien Act, 153; Secretary of the Trea- sury, 166; and the Smiths, 186; one of the negotiators of the Treaty of Ghent, 194; Minister to England, 206
Garrison, William Lloyd, 235, 236, 256
Gaspee, Destruction of the, 64 Gaspee Commission of Inquiry, 64 Gates, General Horatio, 75; at Sara- toga, 93; at Camden, 97 Genet, French Minister, 147 Georgia, Population of, 3; claims to Western lands, 109
George III., and the Tea Duty, 60 Germaine, Lord George, 76 German Immigrants, 2, 3 Germantown, Battle of, 91 Gerry, Elbridge, Commissioner to France, 151; on Nationality, 259 Gerrymander, The, 186 Gettysburg, Battle of, 282 Ghent, Treaty of, 194
Gladstone, W. E., on the Civil War, 270; on the Constitution, 125 Goodrich, Removal of, 166 Governments, Colonial, 26-34 Grant, Ulysses S., Early career, 267; captures Forts Henry and Donel- son, 271; at Shiloh, 273; cap- tures Vicksburg, 280; at Chattan- ooga, 284; in command of all the Union armies, 285; in the Wilder- ness Campaign, 289; captures Lee's Army, 292
Great Britain, Treaty of 1783 with, 104; Relations with, 1783-89, 117-118; Jay's Treaty with, 148; Relations with, 1783-1804, 174; 1806-1812, 177-181, 184-188; War of 1812, 188-196; Treaties of 1815 and 1818 with, 198; 1829-36, 206, 221; Ashburton Treaty, 226; Oregon Treaty, 232
-234; attitude during the Civil War, 269
Greene, General Nathanael, 74; Presides at André Trial, 96; in the South, 98
Grenville, George, 35; and the Stamp Act, 48, 55
Guerrière and Constitution, 191 Guadalupe Hidalgo, Treaty of, 231 Guilford Court House, Battle of, 99
Halifax Plan of Union, 39 Halleck, General, 273; his Inter- national Law, 96 Hamilton, Alexander, Principal author of the Federalist, 132; Intrigues against John Adams, 133, 150, 155; Secretary of the Treasury, 137; Political Opinions, 137-138; Restores credit, 140- 143; the Bank of the United States, 145; Opposed to French ideas, 147; in command of the Army, 152; Letter to Dayton, 154; Death, 173 Hancock, John, 36
Harrison, William Henry, at Tippe- canoe, 188; Elected President, 225; Death, 225 Hartford Convention, 195 Hayne on Nullification, 215 Helper's Impending Crisis, 252 Henry, Patrick, The Parson's Cause,
46; Resolutions condemning the Stamp Act, 50; Committees of Correspondence, 64; a Nation- alist, 107; Opposes ratification of Constitution, 132; appointed Commissioner to France, 154 Hessians, 87
Hood, Confederate General, 286, 288
Hooker, General Joseph, in com- mand of Army of Potomac, 277; at Chancellorsville, 281; Lookout Mt., 284
Hooker, Richard, his Ecclesiastical Polity, Influence of, 87 Hopkins, Stephen, 64
Houston, Samuel, 229
Howe, British General, 75, 76; at Bunker Hill, 81; in Campaign of 1776, 89
Huguenots in the Colonies, 2, 3 Hutchinson, Thomas, Writs of As- sistance, 42; the Boston Massacre, 62; reopens the contest, 63
Impeachment of Justices of the Su- preme Court, 126
Impressment controversy, 178 Independence, Declaration of, 86; Appendix II; Growth of the idea of, 83
Indented Servants, 15 Inter-colonial communication, 24 Inter-state conflicts, 1783-88, 121
Jackson, Andrew, defends New Orleans, 191; Invades Florida, 199; Defeated for the Presidency, 205; Elected President, 207–208; and Nullification, 216-219; Re- elected President, 218; Removal of the Deposits, 220; Censured by the Senate, 221; The Specie Circular, 223; and the Annexation of Texas, 229
Jackson, British Minister to the United States, 184
Jackson, Confederate General, in the Shenandoah Valley, 274; killed at Chancellorsville, 282; as a soldier, 297
Jay, John, one of the negotiators of the Treaty of 1783, 103; writes part of the Federalist, 132; Chief Justice, 136; Negotiates Treaty of 1794, 148
Jefferson, Thomas, his Summary View, 27, 67; Committees of Correspondence, 64; in Second Continental Congress, 82; the Virginia Constitution, 85; Writes Declaration of Independence, 86; Report on a Monetary System, 120; and Alexandria Convention, 123; Minister to France, 136;
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