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Mexico in 1865, 712; and the
Venezuelan Arbitration in Cleve-
land's administration, 758 c;
and Germany and Venezuela in
Roosevelt's administration, 772-
773.

Montana, 726:
Montcalm, 182.
Mormonism, 559.
Morrill Bill, the, 677.
Morris, Gouverneur, denounces de-
mocracy in Philadelphia Conven-
tion, 338; work in Committee on
Style, 343 f; opposes Connecticut
Compromise, 344; jealousy of the
West, 349; advocates limiting
franchise, 356; on danger in Jeffer-
son's election, 426; delight at
Hartford Convention, 481.
Moten, Charles Robert, 721.
Mugwumps, 738.

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135-140; after 1690, 184, 185;
and the Revolution, 216, 220, 221.
Nebraska, 726.

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Necessary and proper

348 b, 370, 381, 512 a.
Neutrality Proclamation
Washington, 386–398.

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New England, separate colonies to
1660, 58-127; name, 58 note;
Confederation of, 128-131; from
1660 to 1690, 145-153; under
Andros, 148-151; settlement of
1691, 152, 153; varied occupa-
tions in colonial times, 206; and
the Union from 1803 to 1815,
477-483.

New England Confederation, 128-
131.

New England Council, the, 58, 74.
New England Primer, 165, 166.
New Hampshire, 120, 128, 148; royal
province, 186; referendum on first
State constitution, 265; and eman-
cipation, 602.

New Haven, 120, 128, 131, 144.
New Jersey, 132, 168, 187.
New Mexico, and Compromise of
1850, 629; statehood, 726.
New Orleans, Battle of, 475.
New South, the, 727.

New York, under the Dutch, 169;
representative government, 170,
171; a royal province, 186; and
the Revolution, 252, 253; Western
claims, 308; cession of same, 311;
expulsion of socialists from As-
sembly, 819.

Newburgh Address, Washington's,
286.

National banking system of 1863, Newspapers, colonial, 198; and the
675.

rotary press, 561.

National Republicans, 520; become Newtown, 80 note, 124, 125, 126.

Whigs, 578.

National Road, 455, 491.
Nat Turner's Rising, 610.

Naturalization, 401 note; law of

1798, 412; repeal of said law, 447.
Naval Holiday, 906. See Washing-
ton Conference.

Navigation Acts, English, 1660-1663,

Nipissing, Lake, and French settle-
ment, 16.

"No taxation without representa-
tion," affirmed in colonial Vir-
ginia, 45, 46, 47; English and
American interpretation of, 226.
Nomination, systems of, in early
Massachusetts, 92, 96, 99; in

INDEX

References are to sections

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Panics," industrial, of 1819, 509;
artificial, in 1834, 586; of 1837,
643; of 1857, 643; of 1873, 778,
780; of 1893, 756; of 1907, 834;
of 1920, 1904.

Federal government, by Congres-
sional caucus, 389, 517; by State
legislatures, 517; after Jackson's
victory, by conventions, 569, 570;
by direct primaries, 825.
“Non-Partisan League," the, 816, Paper Money, 282, 324; Civil War
817.

North Carolina, see Carolinas; and
Regulators, 231; and early Ten-
nessee, 302-304, 306; fails to ratify
Constitution, 261; accedes to the
Union, 384; educational revival,
649.

North Dakota, see Dakotas;

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Greenbacks," 673, 674; Confed-
erate, 678; from 1865 to 1878,
750-752; and the legal tender
decisions, 673, 711.

Parcel Post, 838.

Parker, Alton B., 831 note, 842.
Parker, Theodore, 608.
State Party government, 385 ff.; defined,
393; not foreseen by makers of the
Constitution, 390, 391.

elevators, etc., 817.
Northeast Boundary, 407, 598.
Northwest Ordinance (of 1787),
313.

Northwest Posts, 290. See Jay's
Treaty.

Nullification, by Massachusetts in
New England Confederation, 130,
131; threatened in Kentucky in
1798-1799, 415; and by New
England in Hartford Convention,
482, 483; attempted in South
Carolina, 579-585; accomplished
in Georgia, 586; contrasted with
“right of revolution," 417.

Oberlin College, admits women, 555.
Ohio, 316, 384; and National Road,
455.

Ohio Company, 313–316.
Oklahoma, 726.

Ordinance of 1784, 312.

Oregon, rise of question, 466-468;
England's claims, 503; America

claims all of, 503; history of con-
troversy, 503, 617, 619; and the
Progressive movement, 826.

Ostend Manifesto, 623.

Otis, James, 216, 217, 227, 233.
Owen, Robert, 558.

Pacifists, and the World War, 859,
873.

Paine, Thomas, 259, 264, 324.

Panama Canal, 774.

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Paternalism, in government,
French colonies, 16; in early Vir-
ginia, 27, 39.

Peace of Paris (1783), 287–290.
Peace Congress of 1919, 895 ff.
Penn, William, 172-175; plan for
union of colonies, 213.
Pennsylvania,

172-175, 187; and
internal improvements, 457, 496.
Pensions, Civil War, 744.
Percy, Captain George, 28.
Pershing, John J., 879.
Peters, Rev. S. A., and "Blue Law"
legend, 193.

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Petroleum, 731 and note.
Philippines, the, and Spanish-Amer-
ican War, 761-762; ceded to U. S.,
764; described, 767; 'imperial-
ism," 768; administration, 770.
Phillips, Wendell, 608.
Pickering, Thomas, and Federalist
plots in 1803, 477; and Hartford
Convention, 481.

Pierce, Franklin, 633.
Pike, Zebulon, explorations of, 469.
Pilgrims, the, see Puritans, 60; in
Holland, 61; reasons for coming
to America, 62; charter from
London Company, 63; negotia-
tions with London merchants for
funds, 63; terms of partnership,
ib.; labor in common, 63; set-
tlement at Plymouth, which see.

Pan-American Congress of 1889, 758. Pinchot, Gifford, 832, 836.

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Plaistowe, Josias, deprived of the Progressive Party, organized, 844,

title "Mr.," 94.

Plank roads, 496.

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in election of 1912, 845; in 1916,
862.

Protection " in tariffs, in 1789,
374; after 1815, 507. See Tariffs.
Public Domain, the, acquired by
State cessions, 308-311; (for ex-
tensions, see Territorial Growth);
see Survey Ordinance of 1785; na-
tional policy in, in 1800, 458;
in 1820, 489; and labor, 541; and
Foote's Resolution, 580; Pre-
emption law, 592; and earlier

Plantation, the Southern, in colonial Prohibition, 833.
times, 163, 209.
Plymouth, place named by Smith,
58; settlement of Pilgrims at, 64;
expectations of wealth, 66; early
history, 64 ff.; Mayflower Com-
pact, 65; hardships, 67; failure
of industry in common, 68; settle-
ment with London partners, 68,
71; political development, 69;
place in history, 72; absorbed
in Massachusetts, 148, 153.
Plymouth Council, see New England
Council.

Pocahontas, 41.

Poe, Edgar Allan, 556.

Polk, James K., President, 617-
618; and Oregon, 619; and Texas,
620 ff.; and Mexican War, 621-
623; and Cuba, 623.
Pontiac's War, 219.

Population, in Virginia in 1616, 33;
in 1619, 35; in 1624, 40; in Mas-
sachusetts in 1629-1640, 80; in
1660-1690, 132; in Virginia, 1660-
1690, 154; in colonies, 1690-1760,
132, 179; in 1775, 200; in 1800,
432; in 1830, 498, 523; in 1840-
1850, 624; in 1860, 643, 646, 647;
after 1865, 724-726.
Populists, the, 755.
Porto Rico, 764.

Preëmption Law, the, demanded
by labor, in 1830, 541; enacted,
592.
Presidency, electoral college, 353,
390; Twelfth amendment, 424;

two term principle," 452; gain

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settlers' associations," 593;
Homestead law, 541, 641, 677;
waste and looting after 1865, 732;
and railroads, 715, 778 and note.
Public Service Corporations, defined,
562; and "water," 779; and
political corruption, 798-802.
Railroads, Special Privilege.
Pullman Strike, the, 809; and "gov-
ernment by injunction," 811.
Puritanism, becomes factor in colo-
nization, 58, 77; described, 59;
parties in, 59; see Plymouth and
other New England colonies by
name; decay after 1690, 194, 195;
and education, 199.

Quakers, and Rh. I., 123; perse-
cuted in Massachusetts, 141. See
Pennsylvania.

Quay, Matthew, 741.

Quebec, 12; Wolfe's victory at, 182.
Quebec Act, 248 note.
Quincy, Josiah, 479.

Railways, history to 1850, 562;
1850-1860, 643; Union Pacific

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and other land grants after 1850,
715; development after 1865,
728; consolidation, 729; Over-
capitalization and water," 778;
pooling, 780; rates, 781; dis-
criminations, ib.; granger laws,
782, 783; Interstate Commerce
Commission, 784; and the Courts,
785; and Hepburn Act, 786; free
passes and rebates, ib.; commu-
nity of interest," 786, 787; seized
by President Wilson for govern-
ment operation, 787, 871.
Raleigh, Sir Walter, 17; charter, 20;
colonization, 20-22.

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Randolph, Edmund, in Federal Con-
vention, 337; distrusts democ-
racy, 338; presents Virginia
Plan, 342; refuses to sign Con-
stitution but advocates ratifica-
tion, 343; champions the West,
347; Attorney General, 370.
Randolph, John, on Adams and the
judiciary, 421; on protection
and the people, 507; on tariff of
1828, 511; opposes extension of
Virginia franchise, 564.

Recall, the, 302, 827.

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sylvania, 175; in Virginia Bill
of Rights, 262 and note; state and
church in some Revolutionary
State constitutions, 269; and

first amendment to Federal Con-
stitution, 371.

Representative government (colo-
nial), appears in Virginia as a gift,
37, 38; saved by the settlers
against designs of James, 45; en-
larged under the Commonwealth,
48, 49; established in Maryland
by royal charter, 51; develop-
ment in Maryland, 52-54; recog-
nized in Gorges charter, 51; slow
in appearing in Plymouth, 69;
development in Massachusetts,
89-92; see Connecticut; "real"
and "virtual " in England and
in America in 1770, 225, 226.
Republican party of Jefferson (1792),
387; and sympathy for revolu-
tionary France, 395; and Ken-
tucky Resolutions, 415; victory
in 1800, 447; divides into National
Republicans (Whigs) and Demo-
cratic Republicans (Democrats),
520.

Reciprocity," and the tariff, 743, Republican party, the, organized

747.

"Reconstruction,"

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695 ff.; Lin-
coln's plan, 698-699; and John-
son, 700-701; congressional, 702-
709; and judiciary, 710; closed"
in 1776, 718.

Redemptioners," 201. See

ants."

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out of the Anti-Nebraska men,
636; defies Supreme Court, 638.
See Civil War Reconstruction,
and passim.

Republican simplicity," struggle
for in Washington's administration,
368-369; strengthened by Jeffer-
son, 447.

"Restoration," the, in England, and

colonial history, 132 ff.; in Vir-
ginia, 157; summary, 176-178.
Revolution, see American Revolu-
tion; of 1800, 447.

Rhode Island, 116, 119; and re-
ligious freedom, 120; founded,
121;
"civil things only," 121,
128; charter of 1663, 144; trade
with pirates, 186; adopts charter
as constitution, 265; and ratifi-
cation of Constitution, 384; and
Dorr's Rebellion, 600.

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References are to sections

Right of Search, explained, 402.
'Rights of Man," in Virginia Bill
of Rights, 262.

Robertson, James, 296, 298, 302, 306.
Robinson, Pastor John, 64, 66, 70.
Rockefeller, John D., 789.
Rolfe, John, 41.

Roosevelt, Theodore, and Blaine,
738; Civil Service Commissioner,
742; and Spanish-American War,
760, 763; President, 772; foreign
policies, 772, 773; Panama Canal,
774; and Coal Strike, 810; and
courts and people, 813 note; early
career, 831; administration, 832;
and Big Business, 833; and panic
of 1907, 834; and Taft, 835; and
campaign of 1912, 841; and cam-
paign of 1916, 866.
Rough Riders, the, 760.
Royal provinces, the first, 44; and
Massachusetts after 1691, 151; at-
tempts to make all colonies into,
186, 187; charter of, 188.
Rumsey, James, 459 note.
Rural Credits law, 846.
Russell, Charles Edward, 819, 872.

Sabotage, 818 note.
St. Louis, 12.

St. Mihiel, American victory at, 883.
"Salary grab," the, 717.

Salem, 74, 115.

Samoa, 764.

San Domingo, 773.

San Jacinto, Battle of, 615.
San Juan Hill, Battle of, 760.
Sandys, Sir Edwin, 34; obnoxious
to King James, 42; and Pilgrims,
63.

Santiago, Battle of, 761.

Saugus, 80 note; iron works of, 83.
Sault Ste. Marie, 9.
Scotch-Irish, 179-180, 200.
Scott, Winfield, 621.

Sea power, English, in French War,
182; in War of 1812, 475; in Civil
War, 668; in Spanish-American
War, 761, 762; in World War,
855 ff.

Secession, Southern theory of, 656;
attitude of North, 657-659. See
Civil War.

Sectionalism, and geography, 2-5.
Seminoles, 6.

Separatists, see Puritans, Pilgrims,
Plymouth.

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'Servants," Indentured White, ex-
plained, 24; in early Virginia, 24,
33, 39, 159; in Massachusetts, 81,
94; in colonies in 1775, 201, 202.
Seventeenth amendment, 828, 839,
840.

Sevier, John, 296, 303, 306.
Seward, William H., 630, 631, 638,
651.

Shantung, 903 note; and see Wash-
ington Conference.

Shays' Rebellion, 328, 329.
Shelbourne, Lord, "friend to Amer-
ica," 230; and Treaty of 1783,
287.

Sherman, Senator John, 791 note;
on Big Business as "king," 796.
Sherman, Roger, 338, 344.
Sherman, William T., 669.
Sherman Act, the Silver, 755.
Sherman Anti-trust Act, the, 791.
Shipping industry, beginning

in

Massachusetts, 83; encouraged by
English Navigation Acts, 138; in
eighteenth century, 206; about
1800, 435; affected by European
wars, 1792-1807, 470, 471.
Simms, William Gilmore, 561.
Sinclair, Upton, 819, 872.
Single Tax, the, 820-821.
Sixteenth amendment, 839.
Slaughter House cases, 710.
Slavery, not affected by Virginia
Bill of Rights, 362; attempts to
exclude from National Domain,
312, 313; in Federal Constitution,
350, 351; in Washington's admin-
istration, 382, 383; balance be-
tween free and slave States, 384,
515; and the South in 1830, 522;
history to 1820, 601-605; and
American Revolution, 601; State
Emancipation, 602; foreign trade,

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