=Acadia=, named, 39; conquered by the English, 141. =Acadians=, exile of the, 141. =Act=, the Importation, 150; the Stamp, 151; the Embargo, 219; the Conscription, 308; the Resumption, 339. =Adams=, John, predicts American Independence, 150; nominates Washington, 161; on Declaration Committee, 165; Commissioner to Paris, 197; elected first Vice-president, 202; reelected Vice-president, 208; elected President, 210; administration of, 211-213; death of, 249. =Adams=, John Quincy, Secretary of State, 244; elected President, 247; sketch of, 248; administration of, 248, 249. =Adams=, Samuel, at Boston town-meeting, 150. =Agricultural= Department, established, 360. =Aix-la-Chapelle=, treaty of, 93. =Alabama=, admission of, 246. =Alabama Claims=, the, 330. =Alabama=, depredations by the, 315. =Alaska=, purchase of, 325. =Algiers=, tribute paid to, 210; subdued by Decatur, 242. =Alexander=, Pope, gives New World to Spain, 43. =Algonquins=, regions inhabited by the, 16. =Allen=, Ethan, captures Fort Ticonderoga, 159. =America=, discovery of, 25; derivation of name, 26. =Amendments= to the Constitution, fourteenth and fifteenth, 328. =Amherst=, general-in-chief of American forces, 144. =Amnesty= proclamation, the, 324. =Anarchists=, the Chicago, 352. =Anderson=, Robert, defends Fort Sumter, 282. =André=, John, capture of, 191. =Andros=, Sir Edmund, royal governor of New England, 86; demands surrender of Connecticut charter, 87; governor of New York, 101; treaty of with the Iroquois, 102. =Antietam=, battle of, 301. =Anti-Federalist= party, the, 201. =Appomattox= Courthouse, surrender at, 319. =Arctic= expeditions, 272. =Argall=, Samuel, abducts Pocahontas, 65; expedition against Acadia, 65; elected governor of Virginia, 67. =Arizona= Territory, organization of, 325. =Arkansas=, organization of Territory, 246; admission of State, 253. =Arlington=, Earl of, grant of Virginia to, 73; surrenders claim to Culpepper, 75. =Arnold=, Benedict, at Ticonderoga, 159; expedition against Canada, 162; at camp on Delaware, 172; at Bemis's Heights, 174; treason of, 190; in British army, 192. =Arthur=, Chester A., elected Vice-president, 341; becomes President, 346; sketch of, 346; administration of, 346-349. =Atlanta=, capture of, 312. =Aztecs=, regions inhabited by the, 16. B =Bacon=, Nathaniel, rebellion led by, 74. =Balboa= discovers the Pacific, 27. =Ball's= Bluff, battle of, 291. =Baltimore=, Lord, secures charter for New Maryland, 122. =Baltimore=, siege of, 238; mob at fire on Union soldiers, 282. =Bank= of North America, organization of, 192. =Bank= of the United States, organization of, 207; rechartered, 242; rechartering vetoed by Jackson, 250; rechartering vetoed by Tyler, 258.