American Revolution, War of the, comparisons with English Revolution of
1688, 6;
with English Civil Wars, 61;
its citizen soldiers, 64;
regular soldiery, 91;
compromises after, 100;
Washington, 101;
events preceding, 114;
Continental Congress in, 177;
clemency following, 217
Americans, majority rule natural to, 25;
regicide sentimentalists among, 138;
religious toleration, 161;
character of, in eighteenth century, 190
Anabaptists, 77, 103, 143, 213, 220
Anglican Church, its Presbyterian trend under Elizabeth, 23;
its influence on Charles I.’s Third Parliament, 29
Antichrist, 226
Appomattox, Sheridan at, 171
Argyle, joins Whigamore raid, 130;
ally of Cromwell, 131
Armenian massacres, 228
Arminianism, in Holland, 12
Arminius, 12
Army, the Cavalier, 64
Army, American Continental, 102
Army, the English, in Civil Wars, composition of, 60;
first raised by nobles, 63;
reorganization of Parliamentary forces, 94;
character in Charles I.’s time, 107;
dissensions, 108, 111 _et seq._;
its strength against the Parliament, 116;
its struggles with the King and Parliament, 117 _et seq._;
its spirit, 121;
odds against it in Second Civil War, 124;
Charles I.’s negotiations with, 134;
march into London, 136;
revolt suppressed by Cromwell, 144;
its distinctive character, 145;
its influence in Long Parliament, 177 _et seq._;
offset by navy, 184;
rejects Parliamentary measures, 185;
supports Cromwell, 189;
attitude under Protectorate, 199;
protests against Cromwell’s accepting Kingship, 215;
serves under Turenne, 229;
revolts against Richard Cromwell, 232
Army, the Scottish, gives up Charles I., 117
Artillery, chief means of assault in Cromwell’s time, 59
Assembly, formed under Protectorate, 189, 191 _et seq._
Associations, of counties, 63;
assessed for Parliamentarians, 79.
_See also Eastern Association_
Astley, Sir Jacob, quoted, 99
Aston, Sir Arthur, at Drogheda, 153, 154
Atlantic Ocean, the, 179
Australasia, 238;
English expansion there, 238
Australia, Cromwell’s descendants in, 239
Australians, in South Africa, 67
Balgony, Lord, at Marston Moor, 88
Baltic Sea, the, 226
Baptists, the, origin under James I., 23;
tolerated by Cromwell, 78;
army sentiment toward, 108;
Parliamentary hatred of, 116;
under the Protectorate, 200
Barbadoes, Irish sent as slaves there, 153
Barbon, “Praise-God,” 191
“Barebones” Parliament, formation of, 191, 193 _et seq._;
attacks Courts of Chancery, 200, 212
Basing House, capture of, 98
Baxter, 74
Beard, Thomas, Cromwell’s tutor, 44
Bedford, Earl of, 45
Bench and bar, courage in, 181
Berwick, seized by Royalists, 121
Bishops, the, attitude of, toward Thirty Years’ War, 30;
Parliamentary resolutions against, 31;
army sentiment toward, 108
Bishops’ Wars, the cause of, 40;
Scotch share in, 124
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