Stamp Act Congress, 222 Stamp Act, passed, 219 repealed, 223 Stand´ish, Miles, attacked by Indians, 111 conquers Indians, 123 made captain of Pilgrims, 110 Stan´wix, Fort, besieged, 267 Stärk, General, in Revolutionary War, 236 victorious at Bennington, 266 "Star-va´tion Time" in Jamestown, 96 Steel_e_, Mrs., aids Gen. Greene, 313 St_e_ū´ben, German patriot, 263 joins Washington, 277 Still´wa-ter, battle of, 269 Stocks, mode of punishment, 172 Stony Point, attack on, 284 captured, 285 Storms, Cape of, discovered, 42 Stove, Franklin's, 205 St_u_ȳ´ve-sant, Peter, governor of New Amsterdam, 144 returns to Holland, 146 takes New Sweden, 145 Sŭl´li-van, General, punishes Indians, 286, 287 Sŭm´ter, American hero, 300 "Swạmp Fox," Marion called, 300 Swạn´sea, Indian attack at, 139 Swedes, settle New Sweden, 145, 151 Tăm´pa Bay, De Soto lands at, 68 Tăp´pan, monument to André at, 308 Tärl_e_´ton, cruelty of, 299 defeated at Cowpens, 312 Tăr´ry-town, André captured at, 305 André's monument at, 308 Tax, on tea, 227 Tax-a´tion, of colonies, 219-227 Tea, tax on, 227 Ten-er-ĭf_e_', volcano of, 36, 45 Tex´as, French fort in, 181 Thanks´giv-ing Day, origin of, 116 T_h_or´wa:ld-sen, sculptor, 29 Ti-con-de-rō´ga, Fort, British defeat at, 237 captured by Burgoyne, 265 plan to capture, 206 To-bac´co, cultivation of, 98, 100 introduced into England, 86 Tom´a-hawks, Indian hatchets, 20 Ton´ty, lieutenant of La Salle, 180, 182 Tō´ries, try to rescue Andros, 168 Tos-cä-nel´lï, a learned Italian, 39 Tower Hill, 286 Town´ş_h_end Acts, passed, 224 Trade laws for colonies, 214, 216 Treaty, between Massasoit and Governor Carver, 137 of Aix-lä-çhä-pel_le_, 190 of Paris, 213, 322, 325 of Penn with Indians, 148, 149 Treaty of Rўş'wick, 187 of U´trěċ_h_t, 188 Tre´mont ("Three Hills") settlement, 124 Tren´ton, Hessians defeated at, 260, 261 Trï´moun-tain, settlement at, 124 Trĭn-ĭ-dăd´, Columbus at, 56 Trin´i-ty Church, monument to soldiers, 256, 257 Tür-go_t_´, French minister, 272 Turks, besiege Constantinople, 33 illtreat European traders, 35 Union, Franklin's plan of, 206 United States of America, formed, 250 Independence recognized by England, 322 U-ni-ver´si-ty of Pennsylvania, founded, 205 U´trěċ_h_t, treaty of, 188 Val-co:_u_r´ Island, Carleton victorious at, 252 Valley Forge, Washington's army at, 264, 273, 277 Van Wart, captures André, 306 Väs´ċo dä Gä´mä, voyage of, 61 Ve-nē´tians, seek new passage to East, 35 Ven´ĭç_e_, trading city, 35 Vē´rä Cruz (-croos), Cortez lands at, 66 Ver-mont´, Green Mountain Boys in, 237 Verrazano (ver-rah-tsah´no), explorations of, 71, 174, 184 Vī´kings, journeys of, 25 Vīks, bays in Norway, 25 Vĭn-çen_ne_ş´, Fort, surrender of, 288