England, expeditions planned by, 19 _ff_.; effect of Chatham's administration on power and prestige of, 27, 28; relations with Colonies in 1763, 47; the Imperial Spirit in, 47 _ff_.; measures imposing taxation on Colonies, 49 _ff_.; division of opinion in, in 1770, 53, 54, 55; Hessians in service of, 76; effect of sea-power of, 84; plans for campaign of 1777, 90, 91; sends Commission to treat for peace, 109, 120; reconstruction of government in, after Yorktown, 130; and _W.'s_ proclamation of neutrality (1789), 204; hatred of, in U.S., and the Jay Treaty, 208 _ff_.; threat of war with, 208, 209; and the U.S. in 1796 and 1914, 227, 228. And _see_ Paris, Treaty of (1783). England and France, rivalry between in North America, 12, 13; actually at war, 19; effect of Wolfe's victory at Quebec, 28; war between (1789), 193; difficulty in maintaining neutrality of U.S., 193 _ff_. "Entangling alliances," authorship of the phrase, 227. Estaing, Charles H, Count d', brings French fleet to America, 108. Excise tax, on distilled spirits, 189; and the Whiskey Insurrection, 218. Fairfax, Bryan, letter of _W_. to, 62, 63; 253. Fairfax, Sally, 31. Fairfax, Thomas, Lord, employs _W_. to survey his estate, 5; 7. Farewell Address, the, 224 _ff_.; declarations of, how far applicable in 1914, 227, 228. Fauchet, Joseph, 229. Fauntleroy, Betsy, 30. Fauquier, Francis, 35. _Federalist, The_, 162. Federalist Party, break-up of, 228; 186, 187. Fitzsimmons, Thomas, 161. Fort Duquesne, built by French, 13; unsuccessfully attacked by Braddock, 21 _ff_.; renamed Fort Pitt, 34, 255. Fort Necessity, surrender of, 16, 17. Fox, Charles James, 55. France, steps toward alliance with, 94 _ff_.; effect of victory at Saratoga in, 99; treaty with, 99 and _n_.; results of alliance on American commerce and privateering, 108; sends fleet to America, 108; effect in England of alliance with, 119; and _W.'s_ proclamation of neutrality, 204; effect of feeling of gratitude to, in U.S., 205; later relations with, 215, 216; and the U.S. in 1796 and 1914, 227, 228. And _see_ England and France. Franklin, Benjamin, on committee to confer with Howe, 79; on Peace Commission, 130; quoted, 173; 21, 155, 160, 161, 201, 236. Frederick the Great, 259. Freedom of speech, _W_. and, 222, 223. Freemasons, at _W.'s_ funeral, 253. French, westward and southward progress of, 13; build Fort Duquesne, 13. French Committee of Public Safety, Monroe's letter to, 216. French and Indian War. _See_ Seven Years' War. French Revolution, reaction of, in U.S., 193 _ff_. Freneau, Philip, and his _National Gazette_, encouraged by Jefferson, 200, 201, 219, 220. Fry, Colonel, 15. Gage, Thomas, military and civil governor of Boston, 61; _W_. quoted on his conduct, 63; recalled, 72. Gallatin, Albert, opposes Jay Treaty, 210, 211.