=Jackson=, Stonewall, valley campaign of, 297; at Cedar Mountain, 300; seizes Harper's Ferry, 300; at Chancellorsville, 307; death of, 307. =Jamestown=, settlement of, 48; colony at, 57. =Japan=, intercourse opened with, 273. =Jay=, John, first Chief-justice, 206; envoy to England, 210. =Jefferson=, Thomas, prepares Declaration of Independence, 165; Secretary of Foreign Affairs, 205; elected Vice-president, 210; elected President, 213; administration of, 214-220; reelected, 217; death of, 249. =Johnson=, Andrew, elected Vice-president, 320; becomes President, 323; sketch of, 323; administration of, 323-327; issues Amnesty Proclamation, 324; impeachment of, 327. =Johnston=, Joseph E., at Bull Run, 289; wounded at Fair Oaks, 299; surrender of, 313; death of, 367. =Johnstown= flood, the, 363. =Jones=, Paul, conquers the _Serapis_, 186. =Joseph=, chief of the Nez Percé Indians, 338. K =Kane=, Elisha Kent, Arctic expedition of, 272. =Kansas=, troubles in, 274; admission of, 325. =Kansas=-Nebraska Bill, the, 274. =Karlsefne=, Thorfinn, explorations of, 22. =Kearny=, Philip, expedition to California, 263. =Kenesaw= Mountain, battle of, 311. =Kentucky=, admission of, 208. =Kidd=, Captain William, story of, 103. =Kieft=, Sir William, governor of New Amsterdam, 96. =King's= Mountain, battle of, 189. =Kingston=, destroyed by Indians, 98. =Kossuth=, Louis, tour of in America, 271. L =Labor= agitations, the, 351. =Lafayette=, Marquis de, enters American army, 172; wounded at Brandywine, 176; campaigns of in Virginia, 194-196; revisits America, 246. =La Roche=, Marquis of, brings colonists to America, 38. =Laudonniere=, in Florida, 38. =Law=, the alien, 213; the sedition, 213. =Lawrence=, James, commands the _Hornet_, 232; commands the _Chesapeake_, 233; death of, 234. =Le Bœuf=, Fort, built by the French, 136. =Lee=, Charles, besieges Boston, 162; captured by British, 169; exchanged, 172; trouble with Washington, 180. =Lee=, Richard Henry, offers Resolutions of Independence in Congress, 164. =Lee=, Robert E., at Cheat Mountain, 288; Confederate commander-in-chief, 299; at Bull Run, 300; invades Maryland, 300; at Antietam, 301; at Chancellorsville, 307; invades Pennsylvania, 308; at Gettysburg, 308; in the Wilderness, 316; at Spottsylvania C. H., 319; flees from Richmond, 319; surrender of, 319. =Leisler=, Jacob, insurrection of, 102. =Lewis=, Captain, expedition of, 218. =Lexington=, battle of, 157. =Liberia=, colony in, 243. =Liberty= pole, fight at, 154. =Life-saving= Service, establishment of the, 340.