ABE

ABERCROMBIE, defeated by

Abolition societies, 1790, 151. See
also Anti-Slavery.
Abominations, tariff of, 257.
Acts of trade. See Navigation Acts.
Adams, Henry, on Louisiana ces-
sion, 187, on the embargo, 196.
Adams, John, on Otis's argument,
48; in First Continental Congress,
61; opinion on the Revolution, 71;
on American troops, 72; on colo-
nial loyalty, 77; on Board of
War, 77, on the fisheries, 97;
mission to England, 115, Defence
of the American Constitutions, 140;
Vice-President, 141; on parties,
155, elected President in 1795,
165. cabinet, 165, attitude toward
France, 166, popularity in 1798,
168; attacked by journalists, 168;
appoints Hamilton, 168; indiffer
ence to Alien Act, 169; loses pop-
ularity, 171, breach with cabinet,
172; defeated in 1800, 173,
moderate for his party, 174; makes
late appointments, 174; appointees
removed, 179; compared with
John Quincy Adams, 260; death,

245.

too

Adams, John Quincy, becomes a
Republican, 189; commissioner
of peace, 218; on fisheries, 220;
Secretary of State, 232; Spanish
negotiations, 234; on secession,
240; on Monroe Doctrine, 243;
candidate for Presidency, 249:

ANG

elected President, 250; charged
with corruption, 251, opposition,
252; defends Panama Congress,
252; on internal improvements,
254; controversy with Georgia,
255; humiliated, 256, on tariff
of 1828, 258, organized opposition,
259; compared with John Adams,
260; defeated in 1828, 262
Adams, Samuel, his character, 57;
suggests a general congress, 61;
in First Continental Congress, 61;
opposes the Constitution, 131.
Admiralty decisions, 191.
Aix-la-Chapelle, peace, in 1748, 23.
Alabama, ad.nitted, 239.
Alatamaha, southern boundary in
1750, 2.

Albany, Congress of, in 1754, 28.
Albany Regency, 247; supports
Jackson, 250

Algiers, treaty with, 184; war with,
232.

Alien Act, 169; declared void by
legislatures, 171.
Alliance, Holy, 242.

Amendments, proposed to the Con-
federation, 118, submitted, 142;
eleventh, 146.

241.

Army, American, continental forces
in 1775, 75 in 1781, 103; disband-
ment of, 105; reduction of, 182;
in 1812, 208.

Army, British, in the French and
Indian War, 27, 38, 39; proposed
establishment in America, 45, 49;
protest against by First Conti-
nental Congress, 62; English and
American compared, 71.
Arnold, Benedict, treason of, 88.
Articles of Confederation, 93; com-
pared with Albany plan, 30; de-
bated, 94; ratified, 95; insufficient,
104; amendment suggested, 118;
superseded, 132.

Assistance, Writs of. See Writs of
Assistance.

Association of 1774, 62.
Assumption of State debts, 149; in-
fluence on parties, 155.
"Aurora," criticises Federalists, 109

Becton, attacked, 213-
ALTIMORE, petition for pro-

Bank of North America, chartered,

106.

'Boxer," captured, 211.
Breckenridge, proposes judiciary re-
peal, 180.

Broke, captures "Chesapeake," 211.
Brown, Jacob, success, 213, 221.
Bryant, W. C., first poems, 224.
Bunker Hill, battle of, 75.
Burgoyne, invasion of, 73, 84, 85.
Burr, Aaron, a political chief, 173;
publishes Hamilton's pamphlet,
172; tie with Jefferson, 173; chosen
Vice-President, 173; combination
with Federalists, 188; conspiracy,
189: tried for treason, 190; ac-
quitted, 190.

Byles, Dr. Mather, a loyalist, 93.

seces-

Caldwell, opposes the Constitution,

130.

Calhoun, John C., on birth of States,
81; in Congress, 203; influence,
204; on national banks, 226;
on internal improvements, 228;
favors protection, 230; Secretary
of War, 233; on secession, 240;
candidate for presidency, 249;
against internal improvements,
255 opposes protection, 257;
suggests nullification, 258; can-
didate for presidency, 249; elected
Vice-President, 249.
Callender trial, 170, 181.
Campbell, Secretary, incompetent,
218.

Canada, military strength in 1755,
27; military government by the
English, 34; ceded by the French
in 1763, 36; feeling of the colonies
toward, 39; no longer an enemy
in 1764, 49; no share in Revolu-
tion, 71; trade under embargo,
195; campaigns in 1812-14, 213.
Cape Breton, ceded by France, 36;
joined to Nova Scotia, 37.
Capital, site of national, 149.
also District of Columbia
Carolinas, old charter, 2, 23; at-
tacked by British, 88.
Castlereagh, on the embargo, 196
Caucus, development, 247.
Champlain, Lake, trade under em-
bargo, 195.

See

Charters, force of in 1750, 7, 13.
Chase, Samuel, harangue, 181; im-
peached, 181; acquitted, 182.
Chatham, Earl of. See William

Pitt the elder.

COM

265

Clay, Henry, Speaker, 203; explains
the war, 205; commissioner of
peace, 218; on fisheries, 219;
favors United States Bank, 227;
favors protection, 230, 248; on
Colonization Society, 237; favors
slavery, 239; candidate for presi-
dency, 249: electoral vote, 250;
supports Adams, 250; charged with
corrupt bargain, 251; in the cab-
inet, 251; favors Panama Congress,
252; on internal improvements,
254; on tariff of 1828, 257.
Clinton, a native governor, II.
Clinton, De Witt, nominated 1812,

Colleges. See Education,
Colonies, geography, 21 govern-
ment of, 13; effects of the French
War, 39; control of, George III.'s
plan, 44; control by colonial
department in 1767, 54; popula-
tion in 1775, 70; assert loyalty
(1775), 77 attitude toward inde-
pendence, 79.

Colonization Society, 237.

Columbia, District of. See District
of Columbia.

Columbia River, discovered, 233;
explored, 233. See also Oregon.
Columbian Order, founded, 140.
Commerce, intercolonial, 3; amount
of colonial, 18; effect of French
and Indian War, 39; opened by
Continental Congress, 76; ham-
pered after Revolution, 100, 103;
amendment on, 118; in the Con-
stitution, 127, 128; restricted in
1794, 160; aggressions on, 191;
Jefferson's policy, 193; effect of
embargo, 197 ; ̧ British captures
(1808), 200; under non-intercourse,
200; British aggressions a griev-
ance, 204; languishes, 221; trans-
portation, 224, in 1815, 224; after
1815, 247; treaties under J. Q.
Adams, 257:

Committee of Correspondence, cre-
ated (1772), 57; selected in Mas-
sachusetts, 61; "with our friends
abroad," 75.

Committee system, under Continen-
tal Congress, 77; slow develop-
ment, 142.

COM

Common law, influence of, in 1750,
7: modified in the colonies,

10,

"Compact" theory of the Constitu-
tion, 133: stated in 1798, 171.
Compromises, of Constitution, 125;
on capital, 159: Missouri, 238
Concord, battle of, 64.
Confederation, formed, 93; progress
of, 102-119; to be amended by
Convention, 122; expiration of,
132. See also Articles of Confed-
eration; Congress.
Congress, First Continental, 61;
Second Continental, 73; popular
co ception in 1775 73;
vincial, 81; bad management by,
89; of Confederation inefficient,
104 votes for a convention, 121;
transmits Constitution, 129; pro-
vides for new government, 132;
organization in 1789, 141; atti-
tude on slavery in 1790, 151; po-
litical complexion in 1797, 165;
weakness of, 216.

pro-

tions. 15.

County, English in 1600, 11; in New
England, 12; in the South, 13.
Courts, established by Continental
Congress, 77; of arbitration, 94,
105; appeals on prize cases, 105;
origin of Federal, 124, 125; orga-
nization of, 145; defiance of Jef-
ferson, 190; resisted by Pennsyl-
vania, 207; constitutional deci-
sions, 234. See also Judiciary;
Supreme Court.

Crawford, W. H., Secretary of
Treasury, 232; political device,
246; candidate for presidency, 249;
electoral vote, 250.
Creek controversy, 255.

Crockett, Davy, defeated for Con-
gress, 261.

Cumberland Road, 227; extended,

253

Currency, Continental, 76, 89, 90;
under Confederation, 111; State
paper issues, 112; Bank of United
States, 150. See also Bank;
Coinage.

DALLAS, Geo. M., recommends

national bank, 226; favors pro-
tection, 230.
Dartmouth College vs. Woodward,
236.

Davie, on State aggression, 117.
Deane, Silas, American envoy, 86.
Debt, due British merchants, 98;
difficulties in collecting, 116; Ham-
ilton's funding scheme, 148; as-
sumption of State debts, 149;
increase under Federalists, 182;
reduction, 183; in War of 1812, 207.
Declaration of Independence, 79;
effect, 80; effect abroad, 101.