Protection adopted after War of 1812..84;
Cotton States opposed to, 85, 98;
Republican Party and tradition of, 227
Prussia forces war on Europe, 237;
attacks neutral Belgium, 237;
sinks _Lusitania_, 238;
revives campaign of murder at sea, 239;
contrasted with U.S., 239
Puritan Colonies in America, 5-6;
dislike of Catholicism in, 38;
feeling against Irish, 138-139
Quebec, taken by Wolfe, 10
Quincey, Josiah, protest of against Louisiana Purchase, 70
Radical Republicans, Chase favoured by, 153;
adopt Fremont as candidate, 200;
oppose Lincoln on Reconstruction, 204;
Sumner spokesman of, 205;
still a minority, 211;
increased power in Congress, 218;
commit Congress to Negro Suffrage, 218
Raleigh, Sir Walter, projects Colony of Virginia, 3-4
Randolph, John, draws up declaration of neutrality, 59
Randolph, Peyton, presides at first Continental Congress, 19;
absent from second, 20
Reconstruction, Lincoln's views on, 204;
Congress takes up, 216;
Bill passed by Congress over Johnson's veto, 218.
(_See also_ Negro Rule)
Religious Equality, established in Maryland, 5; in Pennsylvania, 8;
true theory of, 36-38;
in American Constitution, 38
"Republican" original name of Jefferson's party, 57.
(_See also_ Democratic Party)
Republican Party formation of, 145;
Fremont Presidential candidate of, 145;
adopts Lincoln as candidate, 153;
victory of, 155;
Johnson out of touch with, 209;
reasons for supporting Negro rule, 224;
secures Presidency by a trick, 225;
change in character of, 227-228;
abandons cause of Negro, 228;
becomes Capitalist party, 228;
Roosevelt's efforts to reform, 235
Revolution of 1689 transfers government of Maryland to Protestants, 5;
Hamilton's admiration for, 54
Revolution, French (_see_ French Revolution)
Rhode Island, a Puritan Colony, 5;
provisional acceptance of invitation to Hartford Convention, 81
Richmond, Virginia, capital of Confederacy transferred to, 176;
Confederate Congress to meet at, 180;
Northern demand for capture of, 180;
abandoned by Lee, 201
Rochambeau, co-operates with Washington against Cornwallis, 34
Rockingham Whigs, repeal Stamp Act, 16;
conclude peace, 35
Roosevelt, Theodore, elected Vice-President, 235;
succeeds McKinley, 235;
his campaign against Trusts, 235;
popularity of, 235;
denounces his successor, 236;
founds Progressive Party, 236;
wishes U.S. to join Allies, 238
Rosecrans, General, defeated at Chickamauga, 198
San Francisco, Republican Convention at, 236
Saratoga, Burgoyne's surrender at, 29;
effect of, 29-30
"Scallywags," 221
Scotch-Irish, immigration of, 8-9
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