"Art of Virtue." Franklin's idea of religion as the, 198. Articles of Confederation, 252, 264. Asia, relation between Europe and, 1, 7, 10-12, 16. Assembly. _See_ Government. _Assiento_, the, 150. Assistants, Board of. _See_ Government, Massachusetts. Associated Loyalists, 268. Association of the First Continental Congress, 247; creates the Loyalist party, 247, 248; why conservatives voted for, 250. _See_ Non-importation agreements. Atlantis, 23. Augsburg, 6. Austin, Anne, 108. Austrian Succession, War of the, 203. Azores, 168. Back country. _See_ Frontier. Backwoodsmen. _See_ Frontier. Bacon, Francis, 38, 197. Bacon, Nathaniel, 76, 79, 80. Bacon, Roger, 23. Bagdad, 5. Bahamas, the, 128. Balance of trade. _See_ Trade. Balboa, 28. Baltimore, Lord, 64-66, 146. Banda, 27. Barbados, 108, 128, 129, 138. Barcelona, 6. Barrowe, Henry, 88. Basle, 6. Beckford, William, 149. Bellamy, Rev. Mr., 185. Bellomont, Earl of, 141, 148. Berkeley, George, 171. Berkeley, John, Lord, 132, 133. Berkeley, Sir William, 30, 76, 79. Berkshires, 179. Bernard, Gov. Francis, 203; advises remodeling colonial governments, 206; opposes Grenville's measures, 208, 218; on the Virginia Resolutions, 241. Bible Commonwealth, ideal of a, 112 _ff._ _See_ Massachusetts Bay. Bienville, Celoron de, 154, 156. Bills of credit. _See_ Currency. Blair, Rev. Samuel, 189. Bland, Richard, 228. Blathwayt, William, 77. Blue Ridge Mountains, 176, 179. Board of Trade, created, 145; system for colonial control, 146; advises recall of charters, 146; decline of influence, 148; and the establishment of a civil list, 164; prepares scheme for colonial defense, 212. "Body of Liberties," 99. Bokhara, 5. Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, Viscount, 126, 171. Boonesboro, 265. Bordentown, 256. Borderers. _See_ Frontier. Boston, 95, 109, 120, 168. Boston Church, 102, 119, 122. Boston "Massacre," 226, 230. Boston Port Bill, 234. "Boston Seat," 234. Boston "Tea Party," 233. Boundaries, established by the Treaty of 1783, 271. _Bourgeois_, the, 81 _ff._ "Brace of Adamses," 243. Braddock expedition, 157. Bradford, William, 65, 90, 113. Bradstreet, Governor of Massachusetts Bay, 121. Brandywine, battle of, 257. Brewster, William, 88. Bristol, 223. Browne, Robert, 87, 88, 101. Brownists, 87 _ff._ Bruges, 6. Buccaneers, 41, 140. Bullion. _See_ Precious metals. Burgesses, the Virginia House of, 75 _ff._ Burgoyne's expedition, 256, 257. Burnaby, Richard, 161, 162. Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 206. Byllinge, Edward, 133. Byrd, the first William, 73, 76, 175; the second William, 167; the third William, 170, 176, 185. Cabot, 39. Cadamosto, 21. Cadiz, 44, 150. Cahokia, 153, 266. Cairo, 5. Calicut, 5. Cam, Diego, 21. Cambulac, 8. Camden, settlement of, 153. Camden, Lord, 223. Canada. _See_ France in America. Cape Fear, 128. Cape Non, 18. Cape of Good Hope, 22.