Colonies, English, 40, 45-63, 74-163. government, 75, 103, 110-113, 118. See names of colonies. Col-o-ra'do, admitted, 501, xxx. Columbia River discovered, 268. Columbian exposition, in Chicago, 545. growth, 222, 223, 233, 303, 304, 392. neutral, 250-252, 271-273, 278. under Confederation, 199. under Constitution, 211, 213, 242, 572; see Tariff, and Interstate commerce. Constitution of U.S., xiv. XXXV amendments to, 237, 238, 259, 492, 495, 503, 504. analysis of, 212, 213. making of, 206-218. theories of, 322, 323. Constitutional Union party, 402. Constitutions of the states, 159, 160, 422, 540. Second, 152, 153, 156-163, 172, 179, 182, 185. "Contrabands," slaves, 455, 456. Convention, federal, 206-214, 217, 218. Conventions, party, 226, 320. Conway Cabal, 173. Cooper, James Fenimore, 342. Copperheads," 472. Corinth, captured, 445. Corn-wal'lis, Lord Charles, 177-179. Co-ro-nä'dō (-tho), Francisco Vasquez de, 37. Corporations, 224, 515, 516, 532, 533, 571. control of, 535, 548, 581. Cor'tez, Hernando, 36. Commercial panics and crises, 311, 334, 335, Cotton gin, 222. 393, 507, 543. Council, colonial, 111. Commercial treaties, 197, 252, 272, 286, 303, Council for New England, 52, 53, 57, 59. 330, 371, 545, 560. Committees of Correspondence, 145. Compromise of 1820, 299. Compromise of 1850, 374-377. Compromises of the Constitution, 210. Confederacy, Southern, 406-422, 433-489. defects, 202-204. Confiscation, in Civil War, 455, 456. in Revolution, 166, 185. Congress, Albany, 128. County government, 112, 297. Courts, 111, 112, 238. Cowpens, battle of, 178. Crown Point, fortified, 126. Congress, Continental, 149-163, 172, 179, 182, Cuba, proposed annexation, 377, 378, 384. Congress, Stamp-Act, 140. relations to U.S., 551–560. revolts against Spain, 507, 521, 551-557. Congress of the Confederation, 189-206, 213, Cum'berland Road, 294. Currency, see Coinage, and Paper money. Congress under the Constitution, 211-213, Cush'ing, Caleb, 371. 235-243. powers over slavery, 383, reconstruction by, 494-497, 503. Custer, Gen. George A., 502. Connect'icut, colony, 57, 60, 77, 79, 87-89, Euy-a-ho'ga River, 23. 107. western claims, 182, 192, 244. Connecticut Compromise, 210, 211. Dakota territory, 501. Dale, Sir Thomas, governor, 48. Dare, Virginia, 40. Da-ri-en', town in South America, 36. Davis, Jefferson, biography, 439, 440. held for treason, 491, 497. President of confederacy, 406, 439, 440. resolutions of 1860, 401. secession views, 408, 409. Deane, Silas, 174. Dear'born, Ft., 289. Debs, Eugene V., 537, 583. Debtors' laws, 200, 225, 338. Declaration of Independence, 157–159, xi. De Grässe, Admiral, 179. De Kalb', Baron, 167, 178. Delaware, 68, 81, 54, 107, xxx. Delfs-hä'ven, 50. De Lo me, Spanish minister, 552. Democracy, in America, 110, 226, 227, 316, 421. Democratic Clubs, 250, 253. Draft, in North, 437, 460; riots, 472. Drake, Sir Francis, 39-41. Dun-more', Gov. John Murray, 144. Dutch, colonies, 67, 68, 73, 78. Dutch West India Company, 67, 78. Eads, Capt. James B., 534. Early, Gen. Jubal A., 475, 477. Eaton, Theophilus, 57. Ed'ison, Thomas A., 532. Education, 92, 93, 227, 228, 339, 340, 425, 424, 525, 529, 569, 570. in Northwest, 296. Edwards, Rev. Jonathan, 115. Democratic party, earliest, 246, 253; see Re-Elections, see Voters, and Presidential elec publican party (Democratic). Jacksonian, 336, 380. recent issues, 525, 540, 541, 547, 583. Dependencies, government of, 575, 576. in War of 1812, 280, 282. Dinwid'die, Gov. Robert, 127. Discovery of America, 17, 31-43. causes, 13-16. District of Columbia, 239, 877 Dix, Dorothea, 388, 339. Dixie's Land, 109. Don'elson, Ft., captured, 444, 476. Don'gan, Gov. Thomas, SO. Dooley, Mr., 530. Dorr, Thomas W., 355. Douglas, Stephen A., biography, 386. presidential candidate, 401-403, 380, 359. tions. Electoral Commission, 512. Electoral Count Act, 538. Electric devices, 532, 570; see Telegraph. Elizabeth, Queen, 40. Emancipation proclamations, 459, 492, xxvii. Em'erson, Ralph Waldo, 425, 342. England, changes in government, 29, 60, 77, SS, 126. claim to North America, 42, 78, 75. Era of good feeling, 306. Er'ikson, Leif, 31. Er'skine, British minister, 277. European basis of American history, 13-17, 25, 29. Ev'ans, Oliver, 222, 225. Ew'ell, Gen. Richard S., 477. Executive Departments, organized, 237. Ex'eter, N.H., settled, 59. Exploration, of coast, see Discovery. Exploration, of interior, 263, 269, 356, 501. Expositions, 511, 545. Fairbanks, Charles W., 583. Farming, 98-100, 221, 420, 421, 527. Farragut, David G., 446, 478, 479. Federalist party, 214, 246, 254–259, 306. Fillmore, Millard, 375, 378, 389. under Confederation, 196, 199. Fisher, Ft., captured, 479. Fitch, John, 225, Fitz-hugh', Col. William, 100. United States, 159, 159. Fletcher, Gov. Benjamin, 105. Florida, British, 130, 131, 155, 181, 184. discovery of, 36. French in, 38. purchased by U.S., 307. Seminole war, 332. Spanish, 36, 38, 130, 184, 307. state in U.S., 374. xxx. Floyd, John B., 405. Foote, Andrew H., 444. Forests of United States, 20, 22, 527. Forrest, Gen. Nathan B., 466, France, treaties with, 174, 257. war with England, 66, 122-133, 174-187, war with Iroquois, 66. war with U.S., 257. X. Y. Z. controversy, 255, 256. Franklin, state of, 194. Franklin, Benjamin, biography, 117, 118. Free coinage, 513; see Coinage and Silver. Free-soil party, 372, 380. Fré-mont', John C., 357, 365, 389, 456, 480. French and Indian War, 127-131. French settlers, 85, 91, 124, 125. Fre-neau' (-no'), Philip, 228. Fröb'isher, Sir Martin, 38. Fron'te-nac, Ft., 71, 129. FrôN-te-nåe', Governor, 71. Fugitive Slave Act, of 1793, 273, 373. of 1850, 377-379, 459. Fugitive slaves, 373, 378, 379. Fulton, Robert, 274. Fur trade, 65, 73, 86, 222. Gabriel insurrection, 347. Gadsden Purchase, 566. Gage, Gen. Thomas, 146, 150, 153. Gal'latin, Albert, 262, 277. Gama, Vasco dã, 33, 43. Garfield, James A., 520, 464. Garrison, William Lloyd, 348, 349. Fort Astoria, Sumter, etc., see Astoria, Gaspee, 144. Sumter, etc. Fort Wayne, 24, 290. Forty-niners, 370. Foundations of American History, 13-29. Fox, Charles James, 135. Gates, Gen. Horatio, 170, 171, 178, 178. Genêt (zh'-na'), Edmond, 249, 250. France, ally of U.S., 174-179, 184, 185, 187, Georgia, colony, 105, 132, 177. 249. changes in government, 29, 249, 257. Indian troubles, 244, 331, 332. depredations on U.S. commerce, 251, 255, Germantown, founded, 82; battle, 171. colonies, 65, 66, 69-75, 130, 265-267. 257, 272, 278, 278, 330. discoveries, 37, 35, 66, 69–73. Mexican empire, 499. spoliation claims, 330. Ge-ron'i-mo, Indian chief, 28. Ger'ry, Elbridge, 212, 255. Gerrymander, 316. Gettysburg, battle of, 462, 463. Gorman, Arthur P., 543. Gor such, 378. Gosnold, Bartholomew, 42, 46. Gould, Jay, 533. Government, colonial, 75, 103, 110-113, 118; see names of colonies. dependencies, 575, 576. state, 160, 316, 422, 538-540, 575. U. S., 189-218, 235-243, 574, 575. Grangers, 512. Grant, Ulysses S., biography, 475, 476, 503. campaigns in West, 444-446, 460, 461, 465. presidential candidate, 502, 505, 511, 519. Gray, Capt. Robert, 268. Grayson ordinance, 192. Great Britain, 126; see England. boundary controversies, 355, 361, 506. depredations on U.S. commerce, 250, 251. difficulties with (1783-88), 197-199. during Civil War, 440, 441, 459, 460. Constitution, 206, 207, 210, 214, 217. Jefferson and, 239, 243, 245, 246. Secretary of the Treasury, 239-243. Hamilton, Henry, 180, 181. Hampton Roads conference, 486. Hancock, John, 140, 222, 142, 150, 215, 216. Hanna, Marcus A., 563, 583. Harris, Joel Chandler, 530. Harrison, Benjamin, 540, 541, 546. Harrison, William II., 279, 281, 252, 286, 353 Hartford, 57, 60; Convention, 285. Harvard College, 93. Hat'teras, Ft., captured, 443. Ha-van'a, captured by British, 130. Ha'ver-hill, Mass., attacked, 124. Ha-wai'ian Islands, 370, 560, 561. Hawkins, Sir John, 39. Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 425, 342. Hay-Pauncefote treaty, 582. Hayes, Ruth'erford B., 511-513, 519, 521. treaties (1783) 184, (1794) 251, 252, (1814) | Hayne, Robert Y., 319. 285, (1818) 303, (1571) 506. Venezuelan boundary, 546. Henderson, Richard, 160. Hen'nepin, Father, 72. wars with France, 126-133, 174-187, 249, Henry, Ft., captured, 444. Great Plains, 21. wars with U.S., 150-187, 277-287. Greeley, Horace, 343, 459, 505. Green, Duff, 318. Greenback Labor party, 513. Greenback party, 512. Greenbacks, 471, 49, 508, 518. Greene, Gen. Nathanael, 178, 186. Greenville, treaty of, 244. Grenville, George, 138. Griffon (gre-fox'), 71. Guam (gwäm), 557. Gua-na-hän', 32. Henry, Patrick, 187, 140, 149, 155, 180, 216. Henry the Navigator, Prince, 16. Her'kimer, Gen. Nicholas, 170. Hessian soldiers, 166, 169, 170. Hill, Gen. A. P., and Gen. D. H., 477. Hill, James J., 633. Hilton Head, 443, 444. Hispaniola, 33. Hobson, Lieut. Richmond P., 555. Ho-chel'a-ga (St. Lawrence), 38. Hoe, Richard, 429. Holland, or the Netherlands, see Dutch. Indian Wars, in aid of French, 122-125, 127- Jara, 281, in New England, 57, 58, 86, 87, 125. in New York, 78. in Virginia, 45, 84. Pontiac's, 132. with U.S. (1789-94) 243, 244, (1811) 278, Indiana, state, 298, 301, xxx. territory, 244, 278, 298, Indians, aboriginal life, 23-28. controversy with Georgia, 331, 332. in Revolution, 167, 170, 179, 180, 183, Jay, John, 149, 183, 200, 214, 238. treaty with Great Britain, 251, 252. on National Bank, 243. on slavery, 226. on treaty with France, 249. ordinance for western territory, 194. Vice President, 254. Jesuits in America, 66, 69, 71. |