Colonization of America, motives leading to the, 46, 66-68, 70, 86, 89-94, 113, 118, 128, 130-34, 177; revival of interest in the, 126; effect of civil war on, 127; decline of interest in, 147. Columbus, Bartholomew, 27. Columbus, Christopher, 1, 2, 22-26. Commerce. _See_ Trade. Commercial code. _See_ Colonial control. Commission merchants, employed by Southern planters, 167. Commissioners, Board of, 226. Commissioners of peace, 261. Committees of the Association, 247. Committees of Trade and Plantations, 140. Communication. _See_ Intercourse. Company of Massachusetts Bay. _See_ Massachusetts Bay. Conciliation, conservatives hope for, 249; North's Resolutions of, 250; patriots renounce hope of, 251; renewed offer of, 261. Concord, 175. Congress, Albany, 156-58, 204, 212; First Continental, 234, 245, 250; Second Continental, influenced by reports from England, 250; issues paper money, 259, 260; moves to Baltimore, 255; influence declines, 262; relations with army and State Governments, 264; adopts Articles of Confederation, 264; ratifies treaty of peace, 272; receives resignation of Washington, 273. Congress, Stamp Act, 218. Connecticut, founded, 104; New Haven united to, 106; takes initiative in forming New England Confederation, 106, 107; frontier, settlements in, 174; "consociation" in, 190, 195. Conquistadores, 31. Conservative party. _See_ Party. "Consociation" in Connecticut, 190, 195. Constantinople, 1, 5. Constitution. _See_ Articles of Confederation; State Governments. Cooper, Anthony Ashley, 127. Cornwallis, Charles, defeated by Washington, 256; in North Carolina, 269; surrenders at Yorktown, 270. Coronado, 33. Cortez, Hernando, 32. Corvino, John de, 9. Cotton, John, 90, 93, 102, 115, 120. Council. _See_ Government. Council of Trent, 35. Counter-Reformation, 35. Country gentry, 82. Courts, effect of Stamp Act on, 221, 222. Covenant, the Church, 96, 112, 114; Half-Way, 188, 195. "Cowpens," 176. Cowpens, battle of, 269. Coxe, Daniel, 218. Cozumel, 32. Creeks. _See_ Trade, Indian. Cromwell, and the colonies, 107, 127. Crown Point, 159. Crowns of St. Louis, the gold, 13. Cruger, John, 167. Crusades, the, 4. Cuba, 25, 52. Currency, use of paper, 208; English Government restricts paper, 209; opposition to Currency Act, 215-18; specie diminished by Sugar Act, 216; Grenville's measures increase demand for specie, 217; New York permitted to issue Bills of Credit, 230; French loans finance the war, 259; Continental Congress issues paper, 259. Cushing, Charles, 197. Customs, 144, 205, 207, 208, 222. Cuzaco, 34. D'Abreu, 27. D'Ailly, Pierre, 23. Dale, Sir Thomas, 60, 68. "Dale's Laws," 60. Damascus, 5. Dancing, forbidden in Massachusetts, 116. Dartmouth, Lord, approves Galloway's plan, 246. Davenport, John, 93, 105. Davies, Rev. Samuel, 185-87. Davis, John, 45. Debtor class. _See_ Social conditions.