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Confederation of New England, 79, 80.
Confederation of the United States, 216-
219; articles ratified, 222-223; attempts
to amend, 232.

Congress, the Albany, 119; the Stamp
Act, 146; First Continental, 162; Sec-
ond Continental, 175; of the confedera-
tion, 218; under the Constitution, 240.
Connecticut, founding of, 77, 78; charter
of, 94: claims to western lands, 220,
222; cessions of, 223; in War of 1812,
344; antislavery agitation in, 400,

402.

Constitution of the United States, for-
mation and discussion of, 236-246;
ratification of, 247, 250, 268; first ten
amendments, 250-252.

xxi

Dale, Sir Thomas, governor of Virginia,
55.

Dale's law, 55, 56.

Dartmouth College case, 351.
Davis, Jefferson, 474.
Deane, Silas, 190.

Declaration of Independence, 181-184.
Declarations of Rights, of Massachusetts,
of 1661, 93; of 1765, 146; of 1774,
163.

Declaratory Act, 149.
Delaware, Swedes in, 84; conquered by
the Dutch, 85; becomes English terri-
tory, 95; granted to Penn, 98; separates
from Pennsylvania, 98; negro slavery
in, 121.

De Monts, grant to, 50.
Dewey, Admiral, 561.
Dickinson, John, 150, 217.
Douglas, Stephen A., Kansas-Nebraska
Bill, 439, 440; "Freeport Doctrine,"
450; nominated for presidency, 467;
supports Lincoln, 486.
Draft riots (1863), 520.
Drake, Sir Francis, with Hawkins, 41;
his voyage around the world, 42; suc-
cors Ralegh colonists, 44.
Dred Scott case, 448, 449.
Dutch settlements, 82-84; conquered by
English, 95.

Early, Jubal, Confederate general, 527.
Constitution, the, and Guerrière, 339, Education in the colonies, 124-126; in
340.

1800, 307, 308; in 1830, 389.

Constitutional Convention see Federal Edwards, Jonathan, 124.

Convention.

Constitutional Union Party, 469.

Continental Congress, see Congress
Continental line, 200, 201.
Conway Cabal, 188.

Cornwallis, British general, 198, 199.
Coronado (ko-ro-nä'do), Francisco Vas-
quez, his expedition, 36.

Cortereal, de (kor-ta-rä-äl'), Gaspar, on
coast of Labrador, 32.
Cortez (kôr'tez), Hernando, conquers
Mexico, 33.

Cotton gin, influence of the, 2, 304.
Cotton manufacture, 304, 305.
Crawford. Wm. H., Secretary of the
Treasury, 365; nominated for presi-
dency, 366.

Crittenden Compromise, 472, 473-
Cuba, relations with, 1807-60, 557, 558;
misgovernment of, 1868-98, 558-561;
war with Spain to free, 561-569; free-
dom of, 571.

Elections, presidential, of 1789, 257; of
1796, 281; of 1800, 290; of 1824, 364;
of 1828, 373, 374; of 1840, 410, 411; of
1844, 420; of 1848, 429-431; of 1852,
438, 439: of 1856, 448; of 1860, 467-470;
of 1864. 528; of 1868, 544; of 1876, 550;
of 1880, 551; of 1884, 552; of 1888, 552;
of 1892, 553; of 1896, 553; of 1900, 580.
Ellsworth, Oliver, 292.
Emancipation of slaves (1785-1800), 305,
306; (1863-65), 515, 516.

Emancipation Proclamation, 515, 516.
Embargo, of 1794, 278; Jefferson's, 325-
328.

England, see Great Britain.
Era of Good Feeling, 364, 365.
Eratosthenes (ěr a tos' the-neez) on shape
of earth, 20, 21.

Ericson, Leif (life ĕr'ik-son), 19, 20.
Ericsson, John, inventor, 506, 507.
Erie Canal, 385, 386.

Erskine, British Minister, 329.

Farragut, Admiral D. G., portrait, 504; | Gage, British general, 165, 166, 172.

at New Orleans, 504.

Federal capital, site of, 268, 269.
Federal Convention, 232-236, 247.
Federal ratio, 238.

Federalist party, supremacy of the, 257-
290; fall of the, 291, 292, 308, 310; ex-
tinction of the, 347.

Fifteenth Amendment, 544, 545.
Fillmore, Millard, Vice-President, 430;
succeeds Taylor as President, 435;
nominated for presidency, 447.
Fisheries, 113, 210, 211, 343, 352.
Fletcher vs. Peck, case of, 351.
Florida, discovery of, 33: French and
Spanish in, 38-40; ceded to Great
Britain, 116; boundaries of, 117, 118;
ceded back to Spain, 209; invaded by
Jackson, 353; purchased by United
States, 354, 355; admitted to Union, 459.
Foote, Commodore, 501.

Fourteenth Amendment, 540, 541.
Fox, Charles James, 164, 205, 207.
Fox, George, founder of Society
Friends, 90-92.

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Fox, Gustavus Vasa, 483.
France, American colonies of, 50-51; colo-
nists of, conquered by British, 113-116;
treaty of alliance with, 190, 191; during
negotiations for peace, 207; influence
of, in America, 274-276; controversy
with (1798-99), 280, 283; treaty of
1800, 288, 289; spoliation claims, 289,
290; and neutral commerce, 322, 323;
settlement of claims against, 403; inter-
feres in Mexico, 543, 544.
Franchise, the, 142, 228.
Franklin, Benjamin, portrait, 206; frames
Albany Plan, 119; colonial agent, 148;
and Declaration of Independence, 181;
at Paris, 190; peace commissioner, 207;
drafts plan for confederation, 216; dele-
gate to Federal Convention, 234, 235;
president of Abolition Society, 270.
Fredericksburg, battle of, 510, 511.
Freedmen's Bureau, 539, 540.
Frémont, John C., nominated for presi-
dency (1856), 447; in Missouri, 513:
nominated for presidency (1864), 528.
Freneau, Philip, 274, 307.
Friends, Society of, see Quakers.
Fugitive slaves, 270, 436-438.

Fulton, Robert, portrait, 302; invents
steamboat, 301.

Gadsden Purchase, 457.
Gag resolutions, 400, 401.

Gallatin, Albert, portrait, 311; autograph,

342; opposes repressive legislation, 286;
Secretary of the Treasury, 311; at Ghent,

342.

Gama, da (dä gä’mä), Vasco, discovers
sea route to India, 32.

Garfield, James A., portrait, 550; Presi-
dent, 551.

Garrison, W. L., Abolition leader, 399;
portrait, 431.

Gaspee, burning of the, 158.

Gates, General Horatio, 186, 189, 198.
Genet, French agent, 276.

Georgia founded, 110; enlarged, 117, 118;
claims of, to western lands, 221, 222;
cessions of, 224; controversy as to
Indians, 370; secession of, 471.
Gerry, Elbridge, 236, 283.
Gettysburg, battle of, 518, 519.
Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, his voyages and
death, 42, 43.

Gomez (gō mess), Estevan, sails along
Atlantic coast, 34.
Gorges, Sir Ferdinando, 73.
Gorton, Samuel, 76.

Gosnold, Bartholomew, 51.
Grant, General U. S., portrait and auto-
graph, 521; secures control of the Ohio,
501; captures Forts Henry and Done!-
son, 501; at Shiloh, 505, 506; captures
Vicksburg, 516, 517; victory at Chatta-
nooga, 522; lieutenant general, 522;
Wilderness campaign, 525; besieges
Petersburg, 526; Appomattox Court
House, 529; President, 544; reëlected,
548; and the civil service, 553.
Great Britain, acknowledges independ-
ence of United States, 208; relations
with (1783-89), 228; Jay's treaty with,
276-279; and neutral trade, 321-329;
proposed treaty with (1806), 323; treaty
with (1809), 329; War of 1812 with,
331-343; negotiations with (1815-18),
352; relations with (1825-29), 369, 370;
(1829-37), 403: Ashburton Treaty with,
412; Oregon Treaty, 423-424; during
Civil War, 502, 527, 528; Alabama
arbitration with, 546, 547.

Greeley, Horace, 465, 477, 514, 515; nomi-
nated for presidency, 548.

Grenville, George, British minister, 138-

140.

Guadalupe Hidalgo, treaty of, 422.

Hale, John P., 431.

Halleck, General, 505, 506.

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Hamilton, Alexander, portrait, 267; auto- | Jackson, Andrew, portrait, 379; at New

graph, 272; intrigues against Adams,
259, 282, 290; political views, 261; Sec-
retary of the Treasury, 266, 267; finan-
cial measures, 267-269; letter to Dayton,
288; killed by Burr, 320.

Harrison, Benjamin, portrait, 556; elected
President, 552.

Harrison, Wm. H., defeats Indians at
Tippecanoe, 331; elected President,
410; death, 411.

Hartford Convention, 343-347-

Harvey, John, governor of Virginia, 58.
Hawaii, annexation of, 570.
Hawkins, John, succors Huguenot col-
ony, 40; his slave-trading voyages, 41.
Hayes, R. B., President, 548.

Hayne, R. Y., debate with Webster, 391-
394.

Helper, H. R., his Impending Crisis, 452.
Henry, Patrick, portrait, 136; autograph,

145; in the Parson's Cause, 136-138;
his resolutions on the Stamp Act, 144;
proposes Committees of Correspond-
ence, 159; on representation, 216; op-
poses ratification of the Constitution,
249, 251; nominated commissioner to
France, 288.

Hessians, the, 180.

Hood, Confederate general, 523, 525.
Hooker, General Joseph, 518, 522.
Hopkins, Stephen, 158, 163.
Houston, Samuel, 419.
Howe, British general, 173, 185.
Hudson, Henry, 82.

Huguenots (hu ́ge-not), colony of the, 38,
39: destroyed by Menendez, 39, 40.
Hutchinson, Anne, 75-77.

Orleans, 338; in Seminole War, 353;
candidate for presidency (1824), 366;
elected President, 373; character of,
374, 377, 378; administration of, 378-
409; and the Civil Service, 391; and
Nullification, 395; his war on the
Bank, 403-406; his specie circular, 408.
Jackson, British minister, 329.

Jackson, Confederate general, 509, 518.
Jackson, William, upholds slavery, 270.
Jamestown settled, 53.

Jay, John, in Continental Congress, 163;
negotiator of treaty of peace of 1783,
207; Chief Justice, 278; negotiates
Jay's Treaty, 278.

Jefferson, Thomas, portrait, 309; fac-
simile of manuscript, 182; on represen-
tation, 143; Colonial Committees of
Correspondence, 159; his Summary
View, 162, 181; in Continental Con-
gress, 176; drafts Declaration of Inde-
pendence, 181; minister to France,
274; political theories of, 260, 261; on
constitutionality of a national bank,
272; founds Republican party, 273,
274: author of Kentucky Resolutions,
286, 287; elected Vice-President, 282;
elected President, 291; administrations
of, 310-328; inaugural address, 310;
and the Civil Service, 311-313; the
Louisiana Purchase, 315; embargo
policy of, 325-328; on Missouri Com-
promise, 361; and Cuba, 558.
Johnson, Andrew, elected Vice-President,
528; becomes President, 530; admin-
istration of, 538-543; impeachment of,

543.

Hutchinson, Thomas, governor of Mas- Johnston, Albert Sidney, Confederate

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Lecompton convention and constitution, | Marshall, James W., 427.

444, 445.

Lee, Arthur, 190.

Lee, Charles, treason of, 192, 193.
Lee, Richard Henry, portrait, 250; reso-
lutions for independence, 181; opposes
ratification of the Constitution, 252.
Lee, R. E., Confederate general, 509,
518, 519, 525, 526, 529.

Leon, de (dã lã-on'), Ponce, discovers
Florida, 33.

Liberty, seizure of the, 152.
Lincoln, Abraham, portrait, frontispiece;
autograph, 515; early political views,
442, 443; on Kansas-Nebraska Act,
443; debate with Douglas, 449, 450;
nominated for the presidency, 470;
elected President, 470; inaugural ad-
dress, 482; cabinet, 483; proclamation
for volunteers, 484, 485: policy as to
emancipation, 513-515; letter to Gree-
ley, 515; Emancipation Proclamation,
515, 516; re-elected President, 528;
murdered, 530; on reconstruction, 537,
538.

Livingston, Robert R., 181; negotiate
Louisiana Purchase, 315.
Longstreet, Confederate general, 520,

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Macon's Bill, No. 2, 329.
Madison, James, portrait, 328; autograph,
235; and the Federal Convention, 232;
Notes of Debates in convention, 235,
236; in House of Representatives, 264;
Virginia Resolutions, 287; Secretary of
State, 311; President, 328; adminis-
tration of, 328-349; on internal im-
provements, 351.
Magalhaens, da (mä-gäl-yä'ens) Fer-
nando, discovers Magellan Strait, 32.
Maine, 82; settlement of, 52, 53; ad-
mitted to Union, 361.
Malvern Hill, battle of, 509.
Mansfield, Lord, 143.

Manufacturing, growth of, 348, 463, 464.
Maps, see Table of Contents.

Marshall, John, portrait, 312; autograph,
350; commissioner to France, 283;
Secretary of State, 289; Chief Justice,
292; Marbury vs. Madison, 313; Burr's
trial, 321; McCulloch vs. Maryland,
350; Dartmouth College case, 351.
Maryland, settlement of, 60; charter, 60-
62; boundaries, 61; Toleration Act, 62;
Coode's Rebellion, 107; slavery in, 121;
refuses to ratify confederation, 222;
ratifies, 223; conventions with Virginia,
234; in Civil War, 496; abolition of
slavery in, 516.

Mason and Dixon's line, 98, 99, 271.
Mason, Captain John, 77.
Massachusetts, charters of, 69, 109; settle-
ment and early history of, 71-82, 90-94,
104, 105; in 1760-75, 134, 152, 155-158,
161, 164, 165; claims of, to western
lands, 219; cession, 223; in War of
1812, 344.

McClellan, General George B., 499;
Peninsular campaign, 507, 508; An-
tietam, 510; nominated for presidency,
528.

McCormick, Cyrus H., portrait and auto-
graph, 426; his reaper, 426, 427.
McCulloch vs. Maryland, 350.
McDonough, Commodore, 337.
McDowell, General Irvin, 498.
McKinley, William, portrait of, 581; Pres-
ident, 553, 580; death of, 581.
Meade, General George G., at Gettys-
burg, 518; in later campaign, 525.
Menendez de Aviles (mâ-nen'deth dâ
ä-vee'lès), Pedro, founds St. Augus-
tine and destroys Huguenot colony,

39, 40.

Merrimac (Virginia), 506.
Mexican War, 421-423.
Miles, General, 566.
Missouri, in Civil War, 486, 487; abolition
of slavery in, 516.
Missouri Compromise, 360-363, 400.
Monitor and Merrimac, 506, 507.
Monmouth, battle of, 192, 193.
Monroe, James, portrait, 350; autograph,
323; minister to France, 280, 281; signs
treaty for Louisiana Purchase, 316;
negotiates treaty with England, 323;
President, 349; administrations of, 349-
364; and Cuba, 558.
Monroe Doctrine, 356-359-
Montgomery, General Richard, 175.

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Narvaez, de (dá nar-vä'ěth), Panfilo, his | Philadelphia, population, in 1800, 299;

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in 1830, 382; in 1900, 574.
Philippines, acquisition of, 569, 571.
Phillips, Wendell, portrait, 470; auto-

graph, 402; Faneuil Hall speech, 402;
on Lincoln, 470; on secession, 477, 478.
Pierce, Franklin, elected President, 438.
Pilgrim Compact, 65, 67.

Pilgrims, in England and the Netherlands,
63, 65.

Pinckney, Charles C., in Federal Con-
vention, 236; minister to France, 281,
283; nominated for vice-presidency, 290.
Pinckney, Thomas, minister to Spain, 280;
nominated for vice-presidency, 282.

New Netherland, settlement of, 82-84; Pinckney, William, minister to England,
conquest of, 95, 96.

New Orleans, founding of, 114; battle of,
338; captured by Farragut, 503, 504.
New York, colonial history of, 95, 96, 108,
121; claims to western lands, 219, 220;
cessions, 223.

New York City, population in 1800, 300;
in 1830, 382; in 1860, 460; in 1900,

573.

North Carolina, land cessions, 223, 224;
ratification of Constitution, 268.

North, Lord, 191, 192, 205.

323.

Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, see
Chatham.

Pitt, William, the younger, 322.
Plymouth, colonial history, 67-69.
Polk, James K., elected President, 420.
Pope, General John, 501, 509, 510.
Popham Colony, 52, 53.
Population, in 1760, 120; in 1775, 170;
in 1800, 296-297; in 1830, 380; in 1860,
456-459; in 1900, 571.

Porto Rico, acquisition of, 568, 571.

Northeastern boundary dispute, 412-413. President, functions of the, 246, 476, 477;

Northmen, voyages of, 19.

Nullification episode, 395, 397.

Nuñez (noon'yěth), Vasco, discovers
Pacific, 30.

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change in mode of election of, 319.
President and Little Belt, 330.
Pring, Martin, 51.

Protection, arguments for and against,
348, 349, 364.

Providence, founding of, 74, 75.
Puritans, in England, 63; in Maryland,62.

Quakers, in New England, 90-92; in New
York, 92; in New Jersey, 96; in Penn-
sylvania, 97.

Railroads, 386, 461, 574–577.
Rainfall, 7, 8.

Ralegh colonists, 43, 44.

Reconstruction, 536-545.

Religion and toleration, 123, 124, 227, 228,
300.

Representation in America and in Eng-
land, 143, 144.

Revolution, campaigns of, 172, 173, 184-
188, 192, 195-200.

Rhode Island, colonial history of, 74-77;
charter, 94, 95.

Ribault (re'bō), Jean, leads Huguenots
to America, 38, 39; conflict with Me-
nendez, 40.

Rochambeau, French general, 198, 199.

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