Index
Adams, John, 74, 104, 109–111,
114, 132, 147–148, 150, 152,
154–155, 160–162, 165, 220
Adams, John Quincy, 213,
220–221, 223–224, 226, 230
Adams, Samuel, 61–62, 65, 67,
104, 108–111, 114, 132
Adams-Onís Treaty, 213
Alabama, 165, 198, 212, 217, 238
Alaska, 9, 214, 220
Albany (NY), 86–90, 106, 120,
206–208
Albany Plan of Union (see Plan of
Union)
Alien Acts (see Alien and Sedition
Acts)
Alien and Sedition Acts, 150–152,
155, 202, 229–230
Allegheny Mountains, 116
Allen, Ethan, 104, 115–120
American Revolution (see
Revolutionary War)
American System, 205–206, 209,
211, 223, 229, 234
amnesty (defined), 32
André, John, 122
Annapolis Convention, 130–131
Anti-Federalists, 137–138, 149
Appalachian Mountains, 29, 44
45, 47–48, 50–51, 72, 116–117,
126–128, 140, 168, 181, 223
Arizona, 213
Arnold, Benedict, 88, 104–105,
119–122, 155
Articles of Confederation,
125–131
Bacon, Nathaniel, 28–32
Bacon’s Rebellion, 28–32
Baltimore-Ohio Railroad, 210
Barbary States, 160–161
Baron de la Warr, 15–16
Berkeley, William, 28–32
Bill of Rights, 138–139, 151
Blue Ridge Mountains, 29, 116
Bonhomme Richard (ship),
123–124
Boston, 36, 56, 58, 62–65, 68,
79–80, 82, 95, 98, 108, 110,
113-115, 118
Boston Massacre, 56–57, 61, 71,
108, 110, 115
Boston Tea Party, 58, 61, 71, 108
Breed’s Hill, 79–80, 82
Brutus, 111–112
Buffalo (NY), 186, 189, 207–208
Bunker Hill, Battle of, 79–82, 85,
118, 199–200
Burgoyne, John, 86–89, 120
Burr, Aaron, 155, 158–160, 165
Cabot, John, 10
Calhoun, John C., 183, 230–232
California, 211, 213–214
Cape Cod, 25–26
Cartier, Jacques, 45, 165
Catskill Mountains, 116
Champlain, Lake, 86, 117, 120,
185–188, 192, 195–197, 201,
215
Champlain, Samuel de, 45
Charles I (English King), 111–112
Charles II (English king), 41
Charles IV (Spanish king), 167
Charles River, 63–65, 79
Charleston, Siege of, 96–97
Charlestown Peninsula, 79, 81–82
checks and balances, 137
Cherokee Indians, 228, 231, 238
Chesapeake (ship), 177–178
Chesapeake Bay, 89, 98–101,
192–193, 209
Chicago, 209
Church of England, 22
Cincinnati (OH), 209
Circular Letter, 109
Clark, William, 173–176
240
Clay, Henry, 183, 205–206,
223–224, 226, 228–229,
234–235
Cleveland (OH), 189, 209
Clinton, Henry, 122
Coercive Acts (see Intolerable
Acts)
Colorado, 213
Columbus, Bartholomew, 12
Columbus, Christopher, 7–11
Committees of Correspondence,
57, 61, 108
Common Sense (pamphlet), 72–73
Concord (town), 60–65, 67–69
Concord Hymn (poem), 67
Concord, Battle of, 61–62, 67–69,
71, 79, 107, 112–113, 117–119,
126
Connecticut, 12, 38–39, 99, 122,
126, 202
Connecticut Plan, 133–134
Constitution (ship), 187–188
Constitution, U.S., 132–139, 142,
147, 149–152, 156–159,
162–164, 171–172, 208, 223,
225, 230, 232, 234, 238
Constitutional Convention, 107,
131–139, 157, 216
Continental Army, 70–71, 82,
88–92, 110, 118, 121, 126,
129–130
Continental Congress (First),
59–60, 69, 110–112
Continental Navy, 123–124
Convention of 1818, 215
Cornwallis, Charles, 96–101
Corps of Discovery, 173–174
corrupt bargain, 223–224
Creek Indians, 198, 201, 212, 225,
237
Cromwell, Oliver, 111–112
Crucible, The (play), 37
Cumberland Road, 209–210, 228
Dawes, William, 62, 64–65
de Grasse, François Joseph,
98–100
Dearborn, Henry, 186–187
Declaration of Independence, 51,
73–78, 104, 107–111, 115, 119,
125, 142, 154
Declaration of Rights and
Grievances, 55
Delaware, 12, 16, 38–39, 41, 130,
137
Delaware River, 83–84
Democratic Party, 149, 226, 231
Democratic-Republican Party,
149–152, 154–155, 158, 161,
171–172, 184, 203–204, 226
Detroit, Siege of, 185–186
Dorchester Heights, 82, 118
Downie, George, 196
East India Company, 57–58
Electoral College, 156–158
Embargo Act, 178–179
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 67
Era of Good Feelings, 204–205,
209–211, 214–218, 223, 226
Ericson, Leif, 10
Erie Canal, 207–210
Erie, Lake, 185–186, 189–190,
207, 209
Federalist Party, 149–152,
154–155, 158, 161–162, 172,
184, 202–204, 226
Federalist Papers, 137–138, 141
Federalists, 137, 149
Florida, 7, 10, 12, 38, 43, 103, 165,
172, 211–213, 239
force bill, 234
Fort McHenry, Battle of, 193–195,
201
Fort Ticonderoga, Battle of,
117–120
Franklin, Benjamin, 74, 104–108,
110–111, 123, 132
French and Indian War, 44–49,
53, 71, 78, 92, 93, 102, 106,
115–117, 121, 166, 168, 211
French Revolution, 144–146, 167,
170
Genêt, Edmond, 145–146
241
George II (English king), 43
George III (English king), 55, 59,
69–70, 77–78, 111–112,
116–117, 144
George, Lake, 86, 117, 187, 206
Georgia, 12, 38–39, 42–43, 85, 96,
126, 198, 212, 228, 231, 238
Great Compromise (see
Connecticut Plan)
Great Lakes, 45–46, 165, 187,
206–207, 209, 215
Great Smoky Mountains, 116
Green Mountain Boys, 116–118,
120
Green Mountains, 117
Guerriere (ship), 187–188
Haiti, 7, 169–170
Hale, Nathan, 104–105, 124
Hamilton, Alexander, 130, 132,
136–138, 141–142, 144–145,
149, 158–159, 176, 205–206
Harrison, William Henry, 182,
188–191
Hartford Convention, 202–203
Hayne, Robert, 232
Henry, Patrick, 20, 104, 111–113,
132, 232–233
Hessians, 84
Holy Alliance, 220
Horseshoe Bend, Battle of,
198–199
House of Burgesses, 17–21
Howe, William, 86, 88–89
Hudson River, 24, 83, 86,
120–121, 206–208
Hudson, Henry, 24
Hull, William, 185–186
Hutchinson, Thomas, 58
Idaho, 174
Illinois, 217
Illinois River, 165
Impressment, 146–147, 177, 183,
201–202
Independence Hall, 130–131, 135
Indian Removal Act, 228, 238
Indian Territory, 228, 238
Indiana, 182, 210, 217
Indians (see Native Americans)
Intolerable Acts, 58–59, 69
Iroquois Indians, 44, 84, 117
Jackson, Andrew, 197–200, 212,
222–232, 234–239
Jacksonian Democracy, 222, 228
James I (English king), 13, 23, 26
James II (English king), 76
James River, 13–15, 18
Jamestown, 12–16
Java (ship), 188
Jay, John, 146–147
Jay’s Treaty, 147
Jefferson, Thomas, 20, 74–76,
104–105, 107, 111, 132, 142,
144, 149, 151–152, 154–155,
158, 160–165, 167–169,
171–173, 175–176, 178–179,
202, 210, 220, 222–223, 225,
230–231
Jeffersonian Democracy, 154–155,
222
Jeffreys, Herbert, 32
John Calvin, 22
Jones, John Paul, 104–105,
123–124
judicial review, 162–163
Julius Caesar, 111–112
Kentucky, 151, 183, 188, 199, 202,
217, 227–228
Kentucky Resolutions, 151, 229
Key, Francis Scott, 195
kitchen cabinet, 224, 227
Lake Champlain, Battle of,
195–197
Lake Erie, Battle of, 188–190
Land Ordinance of 1785, 127–128
Lawrence (ship), 189
Lee, Richard Henry, 75
legislature (defined), 17
Leopard (ship), 177–178
Leutze, Emanuel, 84
Lewis and Clark Expedition,
173–176, 214
Lewis, Meriwether, 173–176
242
Lexington (town), 61–67, 108, 114
Lexington, Battle of, 61, 62,
65–69, 71, 79, 118–119
Liberty (ship), 114–115
Liberty Affair, 114–115
Lincoln, Benjamin, 101–102
Livingston, Robert, 168–171
Locke, John, 76–77
Long Island, Battle of, 85
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth,
62–63
Lost Colony, The, 12–13
Louis XVI (king), 144–145
Louisiana, 165, 217
Louisiana Purchase, 171–172, 176,
212–213, 218
Louisiana Territory, 165–167,
169–172, 176, 212–213, 218
Loyalists, 56, 72, 82, 84, 87–88, 96,
119, 121–122
Luther, Martin, 22
Lyncoya, 237
Macdonough, Thomas, 196–197
Macon Act, 180
Madison, James, 132, 135,
137–138, 151, 162–165,
179–180, 183, 192, 204, 210,
220, 223, 230
Maine, 10, 38, 217–218
Marbury vs. Madison (Supreme
Court case), 162–165
Marco Polo, 8
Marcy, William, 226–227
Marie-Antoinette (queen), 144
Marshall, John, 163–164
Maryland, 12, 29, 38–39, 41, 89,
98, 126–127, 130, 192–193, 209
Mason, George, 75–76, 111
Massachusetts, 12–13, 25–26, 33,
38–40, 55–56, 58–60, 63,
69–72, 109, 112–114, 117, 120,
126, 128–130, 132, 217, 222,
226
Massachusetts Bay Colony, 33, 36,
39–40
Mayflower (ship), 22, 24–25
Mayflower Compact, 25–26
Maysville Road, 227–228
Menéndez de Avilés, Pedro, 12
Michigan, 126
Michigan, Lake, 165
Michigan Territory, 185–186, 191
midnight appointments, 161
Midnight Ride of Paul Revere,
The (poem), 62–63
Miller, Arthur, 37
Minnesota, 214
Minutemen, 65–68, 70, 108
Mississippi, 165, 199. 217
Mississippi River, 45, 47, 103, 126,
128, 140, 165–169, 172–176,
181, 197, 206, 209, 214, 218
Missouri, 210, 217–218
Missouri Compromise, 218, 234
Missouri River, 174–175, 206, 209
Mohawk Indians, 58, 186
Mohawk River, 207
Monroe Doctrine, 218–221
Monroe, James, 168–171, 204,
208, 210, 213, 218–221, 223
Napoleon, 167–171, 176,
179–180, 191, 201, 212–213,
219
National Bank (First), 142
National Republican Party, 226,
228, 232, 235
National Road (see Cumberland
Road)
Native Americans, 9, 13–17, 27,
29–31, 40–42, 44–47, 50, 53,
84, 87, 106, 139, 173–176,
181–186, 188–191, 198–199,
201–202, 212, 224–225, 228,
231, 237–238
Neutrality Proclamation, 145
Nevada, 213
New England, 10, 38, 71, 82, 86,
183–184, 192, 195, 197, 202
203, 229
New Hampshire, 12, 38–39, 116,
119, 138
243
New Jersey, 12, 38–39, 41, 83–84,
89, 92, 130, 133, 137, 159, 210
New Jersey Plan, 133
New Mexico, 210, 213
New Orleans, 165, 167–170, 192,
197–202, 209
New Orleans, Battle of, 199–201,
203, 225
New York (city), 24, 55, 58,
82–83, 85–86, 89, 92, 94–102,
107, 122, 124, 143, 146,
206–208
New York (colony/state), 12,
38–39, 41, 53–54, 83, 86,
116–117, 119–120, 126, 130,
155, 159, 186–187, 189, 192,
195, 207–208, 210
New York City, Battle of, 85
Newport (RI), 95, 97–98, 100
Newport, Christopher, 13
Niagara (ship), 189
Niagara Falls, 185–186, 188, 207
Niagara River, 186, 207
North Carolina, 12, 38–39, 42,
96–97, 116, 126, 238
North Dakota, 174
Northwest Ordinance, 128
Northwest Passage, 176
Northwest Territory, 128, 146,
201
nullification, 151, 202, 228–234
O’Hara, Charles, 101
Oglethorpe, James, 43
Ohio, 181, 189, 210, 217
Ohio River, 128, 206, 209
Oklahoma, 228, 238
Old North Bridge (Concord), 67
Old North Church (Boston), 64
Olive Branch Petition, 69–70
Ontario, Lake, 46, 86–87, 119,
186, 188, 207
Oregon, 128, 175, 210
Oregon Territory, 176, 214–215
Oregon Trail, 210
Paine, Thomas, 72–73, 104
Parker, John, 66
Patriots, 57–58, 60–62, 64–65, 67,
79–80, 85, 105, 108, 114–115,
117, 124, 129
Patuxet Indians, 27
Peaceful Revolution, 152–153
Penn, William, 41–42
Pennsylvania, 12, 38, 41–42, 46,
72, 83–84, 89–90, 107, 116,
130, 137, 143, 189, 210, 237
Pennsylvania Gazette (newspaper),
105
Pensacola (FL), 211–212
Perry, Oliver, 189–190
pet banks, 224, 236
Philadelphia, 42, 58–59, 69, 88–90,
92, 106–107, 120–121,
130–131, 143, 237
Pilgrims, 13, 21–27
Pinckney, Charles, 147–148
Pitt, William, 47, 49
Pittsburgh, 46–47
Plan of Union, 106
Plymouth (colony), 13, 26–27
Pocahontas, 15–16
Ponce de León, Juan, 10
Poor Richard’s Almanac (magazine),
105, 123
Potomac River, 29, 31, 209
Prescott, Samuel, 62
Prevost, George, 196–197
Procter, Henry, 190–191
Prophet, The (see Tenskwatawa)
Provincetown, 25–26
Publius, 137–138
Puritans, 22, 33, 36, 39–40
Quakers, 41–42
Quartering Act, 52–53
Quasi-War, 148
Quebec, 45
Quebec, Battle of, 85, 120, 155
Queenston Heights, Battle of, 186
Redcoats, 46, 56, 60–65, 67–69,
79–82, 84, 95–96, 100, 108,
110, 115, 118, 123, 199
Reign of Terror, 145
Revere, Paul, 61–64, 104, 132
244
Revolutionary War, 49–103
Rhode Island, 12, 38, 39–40, 95,
97–98, 100
River Raisin Massacre, 188
Roanoke (island), 12–13
Roanoke River, 30
Rochambeau, Jean Baptiste,
97–101
Rochester (NY), 208
Rolfe, John, 16
Rome (NY), 87, 208
Rush-Bagot Agreement, 214–215
Russia, 9, 214–215, 219–220
Sacagawea, 174–175
Saint Augustine, 12, 211
Saint Dominique, 170
Salem witch trials, 33–37
San Salvador, 7, 9
Santa Fe Trail, 210
Santo Domingo, 12
Saratoga, Battle of, 85–86, 89, 93,
96, 102, 119–120
Savannah (GA), 96
Schenectady (NY), 208
Second Continental Congress, 69,
88–89, 107–111, 115, 119,
125–130, 141
Second National Bank, 205–206,
223, 226, 234–237
Sedition Act (see Alien and
Sedition Acts)
Seminole Indians, 212, 237
Seminole Nation, 212
separation of church and state
(defined), 40
separation of powers, 136–137
Separatists, 21–24
Serapis (ship), 123–124
Shawnee Indians, 181, 185, 198
Shays, Daniel, 129–130
Shays’ Rebellion, 129–130
Shoshoni Indians, 174–175
slavery, 43, 107, 134–135,
169–170, 203, 212, 215–218,
224–225, 237
Smith, Francis, 66
Smith, John, 14–15
Society of Friends (see Quakers)
Somerset (ship), 68
Sons of Liberty, 54, 61, 108
South Carolina, 12, 38–39, 42–43,
96, 126, 183, 212, 230–232, 234
Squanto, 27
St. Lawrence River, 45, 165
St. Leger, Barry, 86–88, 119–120
St. Louis, 174–175, 209
Stamp Act, 54–55, 107, 109–111
Stamp Act Congress, 55, 107
Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm von,
91
Sugar Act, 52, 54
Supreme Court, 146, 151,
162–165, 228, 231–232, 235
Syracuse (NY), 208
Talleyrand, Charles Maurice de,
148
Tallmadge, James, 217
Taney, Roger, 236
Tariff of Abominations, 230–231
tariff/nullification controversy,
228–234
Tea Act, 57–58
Tecumseh, 181–183, 188,
190–191, 198, 201
Tennessee, 198–199, 217, 223,
225, 228, 238
Tenskwatawa, 181–182
Texas, 172, 213
Thames, Battle of the, 188,
190–191
Thanksgiving, 27
Thirteen colonies (original), 12,
17, 38–43, 57, 59, 70, 72, 77,
116, 125–128, 130–131, 137,
217, 232
Three-Fifths Compromise, 134,
203, 216, 238
tidewater region, 28
Tippecanoe River, 182
Tippecanoe, Battle of, 182–183
Tories (see Loyalists)
Townshend, Charles, 55
245
Townshend Acts, 55–57, 107, 109,
114
Trail of Tears, 224, 238
Transcontinental Treaty of 1819
(see Adams-Onís Treaty)
Treaty of Alliance, 107–108,
144–145, 147, 149
Treaty of Ghent, 200–203
Treaty of Mortefontaine, 149
Treaty of Paris (1763), 47, 102,
166, 211
Treaty of Paris (1783), 102–103,
107–108, 110, 125, 130, 211,
214
Trenton (NJ), 83–84
Trenton, Battle of, 83–85
Tripolitan War (see War of
Tripoli)
Utah, 213
Valley Forge, 90–91
Van Buren, Martin, 226
Van Rensselaer, Stephen, 186
Vermont, 38, 115–117, 119, 186,
192, 217
Vespucci, Amerigo, 11
Vikings, 10
Virginia, 12, 13, 16, 18, 20, 24–25,
28–31, 38–39, 71–72, 75,
97–100, 111–112, 116, 122,
126, 128, 130, 133, 151, 177,
202, 204, 222
Virginia Company of London, 13,
17–21
Virginia Declaration of Rights,
75–77, 111
Virginia Plan, 133
Virginian Resolution, 151, 229
War Hawks, 183, 205, 230
War of 1812, 179–204, 206, 211,
220, 229–230, 234, 239
War of Tripoli, 160–161
Washington (state), 128, 176
Washington, DC, 142–143, 156,
162, 192–193, 202–203, 209,
215
Washington, George, 20, 46, 71,
82–84, 89–92, 95, 97–102, 104,
109–110, 118, 120–122, 124,
126, 130, 132, 139, 141–147,
149, 160, 193, 227
Washington Crossing the
Delaware (painting), 84
Webster, Daniel, 226, 232–233
Webster-Hayne debate, 232–233
Welland Canal, 207
West Point, 120–122
West Virginia, 209
Whigs, 226
Whiskey Rebellion, 143
White Mountains, 116
Whitney, Eli, 216
Williams, Roger, 39–42
Winchester, James, 188
Wisconsin, 126
Wyoming, 213
XYZ Affair, 148, 150
York River, 98, 101
York, Battle of, 188–189, 192
Yorktown, Battle of, 94, 98–102
246