First Continental Congress, at Philadelphia, 229 "Five intolerable acts", 229 Flag, American, adopted, 268 Flăm´bȯr-ō_ugh_ Head, naval battle off, 295 Fletch´er, Governor, of Connecticut, 169 Flŏr´ĭ-da, De Soto explores, 68 discovered by Ponce de Leon, 64 French settlement in, 74 given back to Spain, 323 relinquished by Spain, 213 Spanish claim, 74 Spanish settlements in, 102, 105 Fȯrbeş, British commander, 210 Fore´fathers' Day, 112 Fort Crè=v_e_-c_o_ē_u_r, built, 180 Fort Duquesne (doo-kān´), British defeat at, 207, 208 French abandon, 210 Fort Edward, captured by Burgoyne, 265 Fort Fron´te-năċ, destroyed, 211 Fort Griş´wold, seized, 316 Fort Lee, Americans at, 255 Greene leaves, 257 Fort Mo:_ul_´trī_e_, bombarded, 247 Fort Năs´_s_a:_u_, built, 105, 151 settlers driven from, 144 Fort Ne-çes´si-ty, built, 198 Fort Ŏr´anġe, built, 105 Fort Sċ_hu_ў´ler, besieged, 267 Fort Stan´wix, besieged, 267, 268 Fort Ti-con-der-ō´ga, captured by Burgoyne, 265 plan to capture, 208 surrender of, 237 Fort Wạsh´ing-ton, Americans hold, 255 capture of, 256 Fort Wil´liam Henry, seized, 210 Foun´t_a_ĭn of Youth, search for, 64 Fox, Charles J., British statesman, 314 Fox, George, leader of Quakers, 130 Fox River, Marquette and Joliet at, 177 France, acknowledges independence of United States, 272 and Spain, allies in Queen Anne's War, 188 at war with Spain, 71 French and Indian War, 198-213 King George's War, 189, 190 King William's War, 184, 185 Queen Anne's War, 187 Seven Years' War, 210 territory claimed by, 181 Frăṉk´lin, Benjamin, career of, 199-205 deputy postmaster-general, 266 draws up Declaration of Independence, 250 in First Continental Congress, 229 in France, 262, 272 opposes Stamp Act, 220 plan of government of, 206, 218 returns to Philadelphia, 325 scientific experiments of, 205 treats for peace, 322 Frā´şer, British general, 269 Fray Rä-mï´rez (-reth), Spanish priest, 79 Fred-er-ï´-ċa, battle of, 166 Fred´er-ick the Great, of Prussia, 262 French and Indian War, 198-213 Putnam's services in, 231 French, and Indians attack English settlers, 184, 185 attacked by Natchez Indians, 183 build forts, 196 colonies of. See _French settlements_. explorations of, 71-74, 174-179 in Canada, 70-73 marry Indians, 176 possessions of, 183 French Hū´ḡ_u_e-nots, murder of, 102 French settlements, along Great Lakes, 188 in Acadia, 102, 105, 174 in Carolina, 74 in Florida, 74 in Illinois, 177 in Louisiana, 181 in New Orleans, 183 in Quebec, 174 in Wisconsin, 177 Friends, colony of, in New World, 147 kindness of, 149, 150 Quakers called, 135 Frōb´ish-er, explorations of, 80, 81