=Free= Soil Party, organization of the, 272. =Fremont=, John C., in California, 263. =French= and Indian War, history of the, 135-146. =Frenchtown=, battle of, 228. =Frobisher=, Martin, searching for northwest passage, 43. =Fuller=, Melville W., appointed Chief-justice of the United States, 357. =Fulton=, Robert, invents the steamboat, 220. G =Gadsden= Purchase, the, 273. =Gage=, General, occupies Boston, 154. =Garfield=, James A., elected President, 341; sketch of, 344; administration of, 344-346; assassination of, 345; death of, 346. =Gates=, Horatio, commands northern army, 175; defeat at Sander's Creek, 188. =Gates=, Sir Thomas, in Virginia, 63-66. =Genet=, Citizen, trouble caused by, 208. =Georgia=, history of, 130-134; named, 131. =Germantown=, battle of, 176. =Gerry=, Elbridge, envoy to France, 211; Vice-president, 227. =Gettysburg=, battle of, 308. =Ghent=, the treaty of, 241. =Gilbert=, Sir Humphrey, voyage of, 44; lost at sea, 45. =Gist=, Christopher, commands exploring party, 136. =Gold=, searches for, 43; discovery of in California, 267. =Gorges=, Sir Ferdinand, proprietor New Hampshire, 113. =Gosnold=, Bartholomew, voyage and explorations of, 46; in the London Company, 47. =Grant=, Ulysses S., captures Fort Donelson, 293; at Shiloh, 293; at Vicksburg, 303; general-in-chief, 311; in the wilderness, 316; at Petersburg, 318; enters Richmond, 319; final victory of, 319; elected President, 327; sketch of, 328; administration of, 328-336; reelected, 331; tour of the world, 342; death of, 355; tomb of, 355. =Gray=, Elisha P., inventor of telephone, 347. =Great= Britain colonizes America, 41-52; governs Virginia, 70-75; governs New York, 100-105; oppressions by, 149-156; revolutionary war with, 157-197; war of 1812 with, 221-241; treaties with, 197, 241, 258, 330. =Great= Eastern, the, carries Atlantic cable, 325. =Great= Meadows, battle at, 138. =Greeley=, Horace, nominated for Presidency, 331; death of, 331. =Greenbacks=, issued, 320. =Greene=, Nathaniel, campaigns of, 193. =Grenville=, Sir Richard, voyage of, 45. =Guadalupe= Hidalgo, treaty of, 267. =Guilford= Court House, battle of, 194. H "=Half= Breeds," the, 345. =Half= Moon, voyages of the, 53, 54. =Hamilton=, Alexander, builds Fort Washington, 168; urges adoption of Constitution, 201; first Secretary of the Treasury, 206; financial policy of, 207; killed by Burr, 217. =Hamilton=, Andrew, defends Zenger, 104. =Hancock=, Winfield S., death of, 356. =Harmar=, General, expedition of, 207. =Harrison=, Benjamin, nominated for Presidency, 359; elected, 359; sketch of, 361; administration of, 361-369.