Molasses Act, in effect, 82; aim, 83. Molino Del Rey, battle, 220–225. _Monitor_ fight with the _Virginia_, 278, 281–287. Monmouth, battle, 144. “Monroe Doctrine” announced, 180. Monroe, James, elected President, 180. Montana, admission into the Union, 345. Montcalm, Marquis de, capture of Fort William Henry, 63; stand at Quebec, 69; forces, 69, 70; policy of defence, 72, 73; meets Wolfe, 76; defeat and death, 76. Monterey, capture, 193, 198. Montgomery, Fort, 139, 140. Montojo, Admiral, Manila Bay battle, 351, 354. Montreal, captured, 77. Moore, Major, killed at the battle of Bunker Hill, 113. Morgan, Daniel, at Behmus’ Heights, 133, 137. Morgan, M. R., at Appomattox, 336. Moseley, Captain, in King Philip’s War, 49. Moultrie, Fort, condition, 240; guns spiked, 254; occupied by state forces, 255. Napoleon I. sells Louisiana, 8. Narraganset Indians, and Pequot war, 32–35; King Philip’s War, 45, 51–54, 57. Nebraska, admission into the Union, 343. Nevada, admission into the Union, 327. New Amsterdam founded, 4. Newhall, Colonel, at Appomattox, 335, 342. New Hampshire, settlement, 30; conscription, 120. New Haven purchased, 17. New Jersey established, 43. New Orleans, settlement, 60; Farragut’s expedition against, 290–294. _New York_ in Spanish War, 358. Niagara, Fort, captured, 73, 74. _Niagara_ at Lake Erie, 163, 170. Nixon, John, at the battle of Bunker Hill, 113. Noailles, Viscount de, at the siege of Yorktown, 149. North Carolina, secession, 273. North Dakota, admission into the Union, 345. Norton, Doctor, discovery of anæsthetics, 182. O’Brien, Lieutenant, at Buena Vista, 200. Ohio, admission into the Union, 155. Oklahoma opened, 345. Oldham, John, killed, 34, 36. _Olympia_ in Spanish War, 351. _Oquendo_ in Spanish War, 359, 370–371. Ord, E. O. C, at Appomattox, 337. Oregon, admission into the Union, 231. _Oregon_, in Spanish War, 358; voyage around the Horn, 360; in battle off Santiago, 369–370. Oregon, Spain cedes claim, 9; joint occupation, 9; annexation, 10. Ostend manifesto, draw up, 347. Otis, James, and “writs of assistance,” 83. Palo Alto, battle of, 193. Panama Canal, construction, 344. Parker, Ely, at Appomattox, 337. Parsons, Usher, at the battle of Lake Erie, 168. Paterson, General, at Prospect Hill (1775), 103; at Bunker Hill, 108. _Peacock_ captured by the _Hornet_, 156. Pemberton, J. C., Vicksburg campaign, 299; besieged, 304; surrenders, 304. Penn, William, purchases East Jersey, 59. Pequots, war with Massachusetts colony, 32; killing of Stone, 33, 34, 36; murder of Oldham, 34, 36; Narraganset alliance, 35, 36; settlements attacked, 37; capture of forts, 39, 41; exterminated, 41.