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Fox, Charles James, 230, 287. France, in America, 4, 7, 12; chief rival of England, 13; advantages in America, 14; causes of failure, 15, 16; ceases to be an American power, 181-182; earlier influence in Canada on dependence of England's colonies, 214; alliance with America, 283; and American territory in Treaty of Peace in 1783, 289, 290; money aid in Revolution and after, 324; French Revolution and American sympathies, 395; and the American government, 396-398; in Adams' administration, 408-411; "war," 410; Treaty of 1800, 411; troubles preceding War of 1812, 470-473; in American Civil War, 686, 690; Na- poleon III and Mexico, 712 b; and the World War, 852 ff.
Franchise, colonial, in Plymouth, 69; in Massachusetts, 95; in Connecti- cut, 126; in Virginia, 157, 160-162; Revolutionary State constitutions, 270-272; in Vermont, 273; in early Western settlements, 298, 302; in new States in Federalist period, 384 b; extension from 1789 to 1830, 563; opposition of older statesmen, 564; results in other political and social changes, 566. See Woman Suffrage. Frankland, State of, 303. Franklin, Benjamin, and first cir- culating library, 198; and plan for union, 213; on necessity of obeying Stamp Act, 233; denies idea of in- dependence in March, 1775, 258; and Thomas Paine, 259; in France, 283; and peace negotiations, 287, 289; in Philadelphia Convention, 337, 339; opposes limitation of Fed- eral franchise, 356.
Free land, and democracy, 442; leg- islation to get access to, 541, and see Preemption and Homestead; dis- appearance, 776.
Free press, denied in early Massa- chusetts, 102; vindicated in Zenger trial, 191; see Alien and Sedition laws; and slavery, 610-612.
Free Silver, 753-757; question passes away, 769.
Free Soilers, 627. Freedmen's Bureau, 696. Fremont, John C., Republican can- didate, 636; and slavery, 680. Fries' Rebellion, 412. Frontenac, 16.
Frontiers, the successive, in Ameri- can history, 180, 317. See The West. Fugitive Slave Law of 1850, 629, 631, 632.
Fulton, Robert, 459.
Gadsden, Christopher, 235, 258. Gadsden Purchase, the, 623. Gallatin, Albert, 443 note, 447; and civil service, 448; 'Report of, 456; and Treaty of Ghent, 476; abolitionist, 609. Galloway, Joseph, 250. Garfield, James A., 735, 736. Garrison, William Lloyd, 608. Gaspee, the, 140. General Search Warrants, and Otis' speech, 216, 217; in Virginia Bill of Rights, 262; in Federal "Bill of Rights," 371. "General welfare," clause in the Constitution, discussed, 348; used even by Jeffersonians, 461 a; and by Calhoun in 1816, 492. Genêt, French agent, 397. "Gentlemen" in colonial times, 94. Geography, influence on American colonial history, 1-5; influence after 1800, 430.
George, Henry, 803; and Australian ballot, 824.
George III, and American Revolu- tion, 229.
Georgia, 187; democratic Revolu- tionary constitution, 266, 270; and slavery in Federal Convention, 351 note; and Eleventh amendment, 373; and education in 1800, 441; nullifies the Supreme Court, 513, 586. German "Frightfulness," policy of, in World War, 857.
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Germany, immigration from, in colo- nial period, 179; and after 1848, 684; which saves Missouri to the Union, 726; and Spanish-American War, 761, 762; and American policy in China, 771; and Venezuela claims, 772; and the World War, 848-873. Gerry, Elbridge, opposes democracy in Federal Convention, 358; opposes ratification, 343; and Gerrymander, 573.
Gerrymander, 573.
Gettysburg, Battle of, 667, 668. Ghent, Peace of, 476. Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, 20. Gladstone, William E.,
American Constitution, 341; on the Civil War, 687. Glavis, Louis, 836. Gompers, Samuel, 806.
Gorges, Sir Ferdinando, 58, 84, 85, 86.
Gorges, Robert, 58. Gould, Jay, 750. Grangers, 782, 783.
Grant, Ulysses S., in Civil War, 669, 670; President, 706; reëlection, 713; corruption under, 714; and the civil service, 734; attempt at third term for, 735.
Greeley, Horace, and "protection," 597; and right of secession, 659; and election of 1872, 713. Greenback party, 752. Greenbacks, see Paper Money. Grenville, George, 218, 222.
finance, 374-378; leak of his plans and the consequent speculation, 375; political value of assumption, 377; and Whisky Rebellion, 378, 379; and the Bank, 380; and implied powers, 381; and organization of the second Federalist party, 387; on arbitra- tion, 406; and the "war" of 1798, 409; and election of 1800, 424 note; hero of the Federalist period, 425; on democracy, 426; and secession plots of 1803, 477; death in duel with Burr, 477 note.
Hancock, John, and Shays' Rebel- lion, 328; and ratification of the Constitution, 361.
Hanna, Mark, 757, 769.
Harlan, Justice, on Income Tax de- cision, 746; on the Interstate Com- merce Commission and the Supreme Court, 785.
Harrison, Benjamin, election, 741; and the civil service, 742; and for- eign affairs, 758. Harrison, William H., and Tippe- canoe, 488; President, 594, 595. Hart, Albert Bushnell, quoted on War of 1812, 471, and passim. Hartford Convention, the, 479-483. Harvard, founded, 199; in 1800, 441. Harvey, Sir George, 45, 46. Hawaii, 758; annexed, 764. Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 556; and Brook Farm, 558. Hay, John, 771.
Hayes, Rutherford B., 718, 719; and the civil service, 734.
Hadley, Arthur, on property and Hayne, R. Y., and debate with Web-
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High Cost of Living, 749. Holy Alliance, and the Doctrine, 504. Homestead law, called for by labor party in 1830, 541; vetoed by Bu- chanan, 641; passed in 1862, 677; and Reconstruction, 695. Hooker, Thomas, denounces Sepa- ratists, 109; apostle of democracy, 120, 125; suggests New England Confederation, 128.
Hoover, Herbert C., 871. Horseshoe Bend, Battle of, and importance, 488.
Houston, "Sam," 615. Huguenots, in America, 179. Hutchinson, Anne, 117, 118. Hutchinson, Governor Thomas, 233; house sacked, 236; and Boston Massacre, 240; and Boston Tea Party, 247.
| Indiana, Territory, 316; State, 498; State system of schools, 554. Indians, east of Mississippi, 6; num- bers, ib.; influence on European settlement, 7, 8, 15; and War of 1812, 488.
Industrial development, early co- lonial, 3, 8; in Virginia, 27, 33, 35, 39-41, 159, 163; in Plymouth, 66–68; in Massachusetts Bay, 83; eight- eenth century, 201-208; in 1800, 435– 438; affected by War of 1812, 487; Industrial Revolution, 527-552; do- mestic system becomes factory and capitalist system, 534; and labor movement, 1825-1837, 527-551; and mechanical inventions of 1830-1850, 561; and railway, 562; and farm machinery about 1850, 644; in 1860, 643-648; after 1865, 730; see "Big Business," Trusts, Labor, Tariffs, Manufactures.
Industrial panics, see Panics.
Illinois, 498; and rage for internal Industrial Revolution, the, 435, improvements, 587.
Immigration, from the Revolution to 1812, 486; from 1816 to 1830, ib.; to 1860, ib. note, and 624; after 1865, 725.
Impeachment, of Justice Pickering, 450; of Justice Chase, 450; of Jus- tice Archbold, 450 note, 786; of President Johnson, 705. "Imperialism" after Spanish-Amer- ican War, 768; in election of 1900, 769.
Impressment of American sea- men by England and France, 401, 402, 404, 473 and note; not men- tioned in Treaty of Ghent, 476. Imprisonment for debt, see Debt. Income Tax, of 1862, 673; of 1893, 745; nullified by Supreme Court, 746; and Sixteenth amendment, 811; and laws of 1913 and 1916, 846; of 1917, 871.
Indentured servants, see Servants. Independence, see Declaration of Independence.
Independent Treasury plan, 591.
Industry in common, in early Vir- ginia, 27; in Plymouth, 67. Initiative, the, in legislation, 827. Injunction, "Government by," 811.
Interlocking directorates, 791, 845. Internal improvements, in Feder- alist administrations, 454; and Jef- ferson, 453 ff.; National Road, 455, 491; after War of 1812, 492 ff.; ve- toes of Madison and Monroe, 492; and J. Q. Adams, 519; and political parties, 520. International law, defined, 400 note; questions at issue, in 1793, 400-403; in 1915-1917, 858 ff. International Workers of the World (I. W. W.), 818. Interstate Commerce Commis- sion, 784; and Supreme Court, 785; and Hepburn Act, 786. Inventions, mechanical, in early Massachusetts, 83; American genius for, 442; leading to the Industrial Revolution, 529-532; in 1830-1850,
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Jackson, Andrew, at New Orleans,
475; at Horseshoe Bend, 488; and tariff of 1828, 511; campaign of 1824, 517; election in 1828, 527, 563, 574; Jacksonian democracy, 565; the man and his earlier career, 567; spoils system, 568; and the veto, 568; problem of his administration, 574; and the leaders, 575; and the Bank, 576-578, 586-587; reëlection, 578; and the nullifiers, 579-585; and "pet banks," 586; and specie circu- lar, 589. Jacksonian
trasted with Jeffersonian, 565. Jamaica, English colony, 133; im- portance, 138.
James I, 22, 25, 42, 43; and attempt at personal rule in Virginia, 45; and the Pilgrims, 63.
James II, and New England, 148 ff. Jamestown, 26; a plantation colony, 27; suffering, 28; burned in Bacon's Rebellion, 162.
ginia's cession of the West, 312; draws Ordinance of 1784, ib.; draws Survey Ordinance, 314; on titles, 368; Secretary of State, 370; and Hamilton's "assumption," 376, 377; a "Federalist" in 1789, 385; conten- tions with Hamilton, 387; organizes Republican party, 387; Vice Presi- dent, 389; and Alien and Sedition laws, 415 note; and Kentucky Res- olutions, 415 note; Presidential election, 419, 423, 424; terror of Federalists at, 426; the man, 443; career before 1800, 444, 445; Ameri- canism, 444, 446; political principles, 446; election in 1800 a "revolution," 447; republican simplicity, 447; specific appropriations, 447; and the civil service, 448; and the courts, 449-451; reëlection, 452; establishes two-term principle, 452; centraliza- tion in second term, 453; and inter- nal improvements, 454-456; and Louisiana Purchase, 460; and West- ern exploration, 466-469; and for- eign relations, 470-472; impover- ished by industrial changes after War of 1812, 487 note; and genesis of Monroe Doctrine, 504 note. Johnson, Andrew, and the early labor movement, 547; introduces first Homestead bill, 641; President, 700; and Reconstruction, 700 ff.; im- peachment, 705.
Johnson, Hiram W., 823; and elec- tion of 1916, 862.
Judiciary, see Federal Judiciary. Jury trial, in early Virginia, 37; de- velopment of, in early Massachu- setts, 100.
Jay, John, a "moderate" in First Continental Congress, 250; rejects idea of independence in September, 1775, 258; and peace negotiations in 1783, 287, 289. See Jay's Treaty. Jay's Treaty, 404, 405; and inter- national arbitration, 406. Jefferson, Thomas, on Independ- ence, in September of 1775, 258; drafts Declaration of, 263; on new State governments, 264; suggests Kansas, struggle for, 635, 636; state- referendum on Virginia constitu- hood delayed, 640; admitted, 726. tion, 265; presents to Congress Vir- Kansas-Nebraska Act, 634, 635.
Kalm, Peter, on influence of French Canada upon loyalty of British col- onies, 214; on need of English con- trol in America, 227. Kanawha, Battle of the Great, 300.
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Kent, Chancellor, denounces de- mocracy, 564.
Kentucky, settlement, 288, 299-301; the "blue-grass" région, 299; and Dunmere's War, 300; Henderson's project, 301; a Virginia county, 301; base for Clark's conquest of the Northwest, 301; separatist move- ments in, 304-306; statehood and democratic franchise, 306, 384. Kentucky Resolutions of 1798- 1799, 415.
King's Mountain, Battle of, 285. Knights of Labor, 805. "Know-nothing" party, the, 633. Ku Klux, the, 708.
Labor, wages fixed by aristocratic government in colonial Massachu- setts, 87; conditions in 1775, 201; see Servants; and the Revolution, 231 c, 253, 265 note; in 1800, 438, 442; the first organized move- ment" of, in 1825-1837, 527 ff.; see Industrial Revolution; the long day, 539, 551; child labor, 539; and free schools, 540, 547-552; unions, 542; and strikes, 540 ff.; and "so- ciety," 543; and the courts, 544; and the press, 545; political organi- zation, 548; failure in the panic of 1837, 546; aims, 547; "man and the dollar," 550; in 1850-1860, 643; since 1865, 804 ff.; organization, 804-806; strikes, 807-812; government by in- junction, 811; and violence, 812; gains by legislation, 813 ff.; the eight-hour day, 814, 815; the "closed shop," 815; and the Clayton Anti- Trust Act, 845; and the World War, 873.
La Follette, Robert M., 823, 825, 873.
Land policy, see Public Domain. Lee, Richard Henry, 323, 326, 329, 331.
Legal Tender Acts, 673. See Paper Money.
Legal Tender Decisions, 711. Lewis, Meriwether, 467. Lewis and Clark Explorations, 467, 468.
Lexington, Battle of, 255. Liberia, 602.
Liberty party, 618. Lincoln, Abraham, youth, 494; on Supreme Court and Dred Scott case, 638; debate with Douglas, 639; presidential nomination, 651; elec- tion, 652-654; inaugural, 661; pol- icy, 662; and the spoils system, 663; and Fort Sumter, 663; call for volunteers, 664, and Fremont, 680; recommends gradual emancipation, with compensation, 681; Emancipa- tion Proclamation, 682; reëlection, 684; murder, 694; and reconstruc- tion, 698-699; and Negro franchise, 702 note.
Livingston, Robert R., 460, 463. "Living wage" for women, 813 a.
Local government, development in early Massachusetts, 103-108; New England town and Virginia county, 167.
Loco Focos, 548, 551. London Company, 22-25, 32-38, 42- 43.
Lorimer, Senator, expulsion, 841. Louisiana, 515. Louisiana Purchase, 460; and con- stitutional questions, 461; and West Florida and Texas, 462-465; and the Federalists, 477.
L'Ouverture, Toussaint, 460. Lovejoy, Elijah P., 611. Lowell, James Russell, quoted on New England schools, 199; on national growth, 608; on Dred Scott decision, 638; on right of secession, 659; on Sumter, 644.
Loyalists, in American Revolution 276, 277, 284, 290.
Lee, Robert E., 669 and note, 700 Lundy, Benjamin, 608.
Lundy's Lane, Battle of, 475.
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