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, de-
fends the Right of Petition, 236;
states the effects of war on Slav-
ery, 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; Gov-
ernor 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, Surren-
der of Lee at, 291

Arnold, Benedict, 75; in Canada,
83; in the Saratoga Campaign,
92; Treason of, 95; in Virginia,

100

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 Brax-

ton, 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; Sec-
ond, 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, 174; Trial of, 174
Butler, Senator from South Caro-
lina, 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 Colo-
nies, 3, 4, 17

Cessions, The Land, 111
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,
259

Chickamauga, Battle of, 283
Church of England in the Colonies,
18-20

Cincinnati, Population of, in 1830,
209; in 1860, 259
Circuit Court Judges, 126.
Civil Service, Jefferson and the,

166; Tenure of Office Act, 204;
J. Q. Adams and the, 206; Jack-
son establishes the Spoils System,
213

Civil War, The, Causes of, 258-262;
Expectations of the Southern
leaders, 262; Theatre of opera-
tions, 267, 271; Consideration
of, 292-298
Clay, Henry, 188; Treaty of Ghent,
195; and Jackson, 199; defeated

for the Presidency, 204; secures
J. Q. Adams's election, 205; and
the Bank of the United States,
220; and Tyler, 226; again de-
feated 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 Consti-

tution, 130; as to Missouri, 202;
of 1833, 219; of 1850, 239
Concord, Battle of, 70
Confederation, Articles of. See
Articles.

Confederation, Government of, III;

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 Guerri-
ère, 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, IOI

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; Re-
signs, 158

Emancipation Proclamation, 277
Embargo, The, 180-183
"Era of Good Feeling," 197
Ericsson, 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
Fœderalist, 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; Pres-
ident 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

Fugitive Slave Act, 241

345

Gage, General, his policy, 1774-75,
69, 76; at Bunker Hill, 81
Gallatin, Albert, 5; opposes Alien
Act, 153; Secretary of the Treas-
ury, 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; captures
Vicksburg, 280; at Chattanooga,
284; in command of all the Union
armies, 285; in the Wilderness
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-