INDEX

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References are to sections

teenth, 839; eighteenth, 830; nine- | Annapolis Convention, 334, 335.

American Fur Company, 435; and Appalachians, effect on early settle-
War of 1812, 473.

American party, see Know-nothing Appeals from colonial courts, to

Berkeley, Sir William, 47, 49, 156 ff.; Brooke, Lord, on religious freedom,

119.

on schools, 198.
Bessemer Steel and modern build- Brown, John, 642.

ing, 728 and note.
Bicameral legislatures, demanded in
Maryland, 54; evolution in Mas-
sachusetts, 102; in Revolutionary
State constitutions, 266, 272; aris-
tocracy and democracy, 272.
"Big Business," 729-733; as a mo-
nopoly, 788. See Trust, Money

power.

Bill of Rights, in First Virginia con-
stitution, 262; in other Revolu-
tionary State constitutions, 266;
in Northwest Ordinance, 313;
want in the Federal Constitution,
355 and note; supplied by first
ten amendments, 371.

Birney, James G., free speech and
slavery, 611; leader of political
abolitionists, 614; campaign of
1844, 618.

"Black Friday" in 1869, 750.
Blaine, James G., 718, 738, 740, 758.
Blockade, discussed, 400 a and b; in
the Civil War, 668. See Sub-
marine.

Blue Laws, 192, 193..
Body of Liberties, the, 101.
Bonaparte, Napoleon, and Louisi-
ana Purchase, 460, 465; and

Brown University, 198 note.

Bryan, William J., in 1896, 757; in
1900, 769; in 1908, 838; treaties
to promote peace," 775; and
Baltimore Convention in 1912,
842; and the " cooling off" treat-
ies, 775; and pacifism, 872.
Bryant, William Cullen, 556.
Bryce (Lord), James, on the West,
244; on amendment by judicial
construction, 347 note.

Buchanan, James, as Secretary of
State to Polk, demands all of
Mexico," 622; Ostend Manifesto,
623; President, 636; attitude
toward secession, 658; and Sum-
ter, 663; loyalty to Lincoln, 664.
Bull Run, Battle of, 667.
Burgoyne's Invasion, 283.
Burke, Edmund, on England's right
to tax America, 228; on union be-
tween colonies and England, ib.
Burke, William, on return of Canada
to France, 214 note.

Burr, Aaron, 419, 423, 424; duel
with Hamilton, 477 note.

Butler, Benjamin F., and "contra-
band," 680.

de-By-products, utilization of, 730.
on American commerce, Byrd, Colonel William, and "graft"
in public lands in colonial Vir-
ginia, 165; on degrading influence
of slavery on free labor, 203.

Boone, Daniel, 299, 301.

Boss," in politics, 571, 572; and

Big Business," 802.

Boston, founded, 80 note; first Cabinet, the, 370, 385, 395; new
town school, 199; massacre,

departments, 370.

240; tea party," 247; Port Cabot, George, on democracy, 425.

bill, and consequence, 248.

Cahokia, 288, 292.

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Calhoun, John C., a "Warhawk," | Charles I, 45, 84 ff.

46

473; a Nationalist in 1816, 507,
508; abandons nationalist posi-
tions, 575; Exposition" of nulli-
fication, 579; and slavery, 606;
and Texas, 617; and new terri-
tory, 625 (squatter sovereignty);
and Compromise of 1850, 630.
California, acquired, 620, 622; "free"
State, 1848-1850, 626, 628; and
gold, 628; admission, 629; and
progressive politics, 823, 827, 829.
Calvert, Cecilius (Second Lord Bal-
timore), 50 ff.

Calvert, George (First Lord Balti-
more), 50.

Calvin, John, political teacher of the
Puritans: denounces democracy,
89.

Cambridge Agreement, the, 78.
Campaign funds, and assessment of
office-holders, 735, 786; and Big
Business, 801 note; legislation to
check abuses in, ib.

Canada, see France in America;
English conquest, 182; and Amer-
ican Revolution, 214; Quebec
Act, 248 note.

Canal building, era of, 495-497.

Charles II, 49; and first colonial
department, 133, 134; and Massa-
chusetts, 141–142.

Charter colonies, value of distinc-
tion, 188.

Charters, royal: character, 19; Gil-
bert's and Raleigh's, 20, 25; First
Virginia, 22, 25; Virginia of 1609
and 1612, 32; to Baltimore for
Maryland, 51; to New England
Council, 58; to Company for
Massachusetts, 75; which be-
comes charter of corporation "on
the place," 78, 79; Rhode Island
and Connecticut, 143, 144; Prov-
ince of Massachusetts, 152, 153;
to Penn for Pennsylvania, 171,
172. From proprietors to settlers,
see colonies by name.

Chase, Salmon P., abolitionist why,
614; Secretary of Treasury, 673-
675; Chief Justice, on Legal
Tender Act, 711.

Chase, Samuel, Justice of Supreme
Court, on Declaration of Independ-
ence, 319; on manhood suffrage,
449; and sedition trials, 449;
attempt to impeach, 450.

Canning, George, and England and Chattanooga, Battle of, 669.

Monroe Doctrine, 504.

Cannon, Joseph, 837.

Capitalist system, 534, 536, 537.
Carolinas, the, 132, 187.

Carpetbaggers, 707.
Carranza, 847.

Carver, John, 65, 69.
Cass, Lewis, 627.

Caucus, Nominating, origin of, 390;
congressional, for Presidential can-
didates, 389; in election of 1824,
517; gives way to convention
system, 569.

Cavaliers, the, in Virginia, 154-156.
Champlain, Samuel de, 12, 14, 15.
Channing, Edward, quoted, 18, 140,
471.

Channing, William Ellery, and labor

movement, 543; and abolition
movement, 609.

Château-Thierry, 882.

Checks and balances," in the
Constitution, 354.

Chicago, beginnings, 523.

Child labor, in 1830, 539, 540; in the
New South after 1880, 727; law to
check, in 1916, 813 b, 847.
Children's Bureau, 813 b.
China, and the American Open-

Door policy, 771; and World War,
873; and Washington Conference,
907.

Chisholm v. Georgia, 373.

City government, degradation after
Civil War, 798-800.

City growth, see Population.

Civil Service, defined, 448 note; and
Washington and Adams, 448; and
Jefferson, 448; and Jackson (Spoils
system), 568; and Crawford's

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Labor.

Colorado, 726.

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four-year bill, 568; and Lincoln, Colonial industries, 204-209. See
662 note; 1865-1880, 734; and
Garfield, 735; reforms and Civil
Service Act of 1883, 737; and
Cleveland, 738; and Harrison,
742; and Roosevelt, ib.
Civil War, the, 655 ff.; Border
States saved, 666; Bull Run, 667;
Northern strategy, 667 ff.; block-
ade, 668; campaigns, 669; forces,
670; prison camps, 671; draft,
672; finance, 673-676; and slav-
ery, 680-684; and England, 685-
691; cost, 692-694; results, 693.
Clark, Champ, 842.

Clark, George Rogers, 288, 300;
and Spain, 306.

Clark, Captain William, 467, 468.
Clarkson, the Headsman," 742.
Clay, Henry, a Warhawk," 473,
474; protectionist, 507, 508; and
"the American system," 510; cam-
paign of 1824, 517, 518; Secretary
of State, 518; duel with Randolph,
518 note; characterized, 575;
and the Bank, 576 ff.; and Com-
promise of 1833, 584; and preëmp-
tion law, 592; and Compromise of
1850, 629, 630.

Clayton Anti-trust Act, 845.
Clemenceau, 879, 896.
Clermont, the, 459.

Cleveland, Grover, President, 738;
defeat in 1888, 741: reëlected in
1892, 745; vetoes, 744; and silver,
757; and the radicals, 757 note;
and Hawaii, 758 b; and Venezuela
arbitration, 758 c; and forfeiture
of railway land grants, 778 note;
and railway strike of 1894, 809.
Clinton, De Witt, 495.
Clinton, George, 366, 388.

Closed shop," 817.

Coal, anthracite, used for power and

for smelting iron, 561.
Coal strike of 1902, 810.
Collective bargaining, 815.

Colonial Assemblies (see colonies
by name), gains in eighteenth
century, 190.

Columbia River, prophesied by Jef-
ferson, 466; discovered, 467.
Columbus, Christopher, 9.
Commerce, colonial, 8, 58, 66, 68, 73,
83, 163, 205-208; and navigation
acts, which see; and European
wars of 1792-1815, 399-400, 470;
beginnings of Oriental, 435; in
1860, 634, 635; recent, 743, 749,
771.

Commerce Court, 786 note.
Committees of Correspondence,

Revolutionary, 243, 244.

Common Law, English becomes
American, 100, 191; expressly
adopted in Revolutionary State
constitutions, 266; and labor
movement,
544; and women,

560.

Common Sense, 259.
Commonwealth, the English, ex-
plained, 48; and Virginia, 48, 49.
Communication, colonial, 4, 5, 8;
in 1800, 434; in 1850, 643, 644,
645. See Steamboat, Roads, Rail-
roads.

Compromises, the Great, in the
Constitution, 344-346, 350, 361;
between North and South, of 1820,
515; of 1833, 584; of 1850, 629,
633.

Conant, Roger, 73, 74.
Concord, Battle of, 255.
Confederate States of America, see
Civil War.
Confederation
128-131.
Confederations, two types of, 332-
333.

of New

England,

Congresses, Stamp Act, 235; First
Continental, 249-251; not a gov-
ernment, 251; Second Continen-
tal, 255-256; weakness, 278, 281,
282; and Treaty of Peace, 288;
weakness after 1781, 318, 323, 324;
and Shays' Rebellion, 328; ex-
pires, 363.