Beginnings of the American PeopleBecker, Carl L. (Carl Lotus)
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Beginnings of the American People
Becker, Carl L. (Carl Lotus)
United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
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INDEX
Abraham, Plains of, 159.
_Account of the Province of Pennsylvania_, William Penn's, 134.
Acts of Trade. _See_ Navigation Acts.
Adams, John, social rank, 166;
influenced by English writers, 171;
religious ideas, 197;
demands a "more equal liberty," 202, 240;
on the Stamp Act, 221, 225;
defends officers concerned in the "Massacre," 230;
complains of desertion by the people, 231;
dines with the Sons of Liberty, 238;
opposition to the Hutchinsons and Olivers, 243;
in the First Continental Congress, 246;
urges a declaration of independence, 251;
negotiator of Treaty of 1783, 271.
Adams, Samuel, opposes Sugar Act, 218;
and the Stamp Act, 220;
deserted by his friends, 231;
promotes patriotic meetings, 238;
in the First Continental Congress, 245;
one of earliest to desire independence, 248.
Aden, 15.
Admiralty courts, established, 145, 146;
fall under control of assemblies, 151;
jurisdiction extended, 208.
Africa, 17, 18, 168.
_Aggawam, Cobler of_, 65.
Albany, Congress of. _See_ Congress.
Albemarle Sound, 129.
Albuquerque, 27.
Alexandria, 5.
Allyon, 32.
Almon, John, 231.
Alva, Duke of, 37.
Amboina, 27.
America, Hakluyt's account of, 47.
American Whig Society at Princeton, 194.
Amherst, Jeffrey, 210.
Amsterdam, 37.
Amusements in Massachusetts, laws against, 116.
Anabaptists, 108.
Andros, Sir Edmund, 132, 145.
Androscoggin, 175.
Anglican Church, established in Massachusetts, 122;
frontier communities opposed to, 183;
disestablished in Virginia, 241.
Anglican episcopate, fear of, 190, 196.
Annapolis, 273.
Anti-ministerial spirit in Massachusetts, 119.
Antioch, 5.
Antwerp, 6, 36, 37.
Arabia, 13.
Arianism in New England, 189.
Aristocracy, in Virginia, 72;
and colonial politics, 165;
in Massachusetts, 168;
frontier communities opposed to, 182;
the Revolution a movement in opposition to, 240.
Aristotle, 23.
Armada, defeat of the, 43.
"Armed neutrality," 270.
Arminianism in New England, 189.
Army, the Revolutionary, character of, 254, 255, 259;
supplied from Virginia, 262;
causes of weakness of, 263;
attitude toward Congress, 263, 264;
frontier troops in, 265, 268;
French troops cooeperate with, 269;
willing to make Washington king, 273.
Arnold, Benedict, 268, 269.
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