Sevier, John, 155, 171. Shays rebellion, 186. Shelburne, Lord, 61, 69, 180, 182. Shelby, Isaac, 171. Shirley, William, 52. Sidney, Algernon, 17. Silver bank, 20. Six Nations, 29, 34, 93, 125. Snyder, Christopher, 74. Sons of Liberty, 57. South Carolina, 96, 102, 104, 105, 127, 173-177. Spain declares war with Great Britain, 158. Spanish possessions in North America, 37, 158, 182. Spotswood, Alexander, 14. Stamp Act, 4, 41, 52, 58, 124. Stark, John, 39, 87, 134. Staten Island, 109, 117, 122, 139, 178. Steuben, Baron, 123, 150, 173, 177. Stillwater, 132. Stirling, William Alexander, called Lord, 112. Stony Point, 156, 157, 163. Strachey, Sir Henry, 151. Stuart Kings, 17, 60. Suffolk resolves, 85. Sullivan, John, 90, 112, 153-155. Sumter, Thomas, 165. Sunbury, 163. Supreme court, 191. Sweden, 159. Tarleton, Banastre, 165, 174. Taxation, 16-20, 31, 52-54, 62. Tea Party, Boston, 4, 79-83. Tennessee, 155, 171, 187. Throg's Neck, 114. Ticonderoga, 87, 118, 125, 127, 128, 131, 134, 143. Tories, 12, 60, 93, 126, 154, 155, 163, 184. Town meetings, 7, 53. Townshend Acts, 64-68, 76, 78; repealed, 144. Treaty of peace, 182. Tuscaroras, 29. Union, want of, 34, 77, 161, 162, 182-191. Valcour, Island, 118. Venango, 33. Vincennes, 156. Virginia, 8, 21, 24, 47, 48, 76, 79, 96, 97, 173. Walpole, Sir Robert, 31. War expenses, 30-32, 36, 40, 41. Ward, Artemas, 90, 117. Warner, Seth, 87, 131, 134. Warren, Joseph, 85, 86. Washington, George, 1, 4, 5, 30, 55; his mission to Venango, 33; surrenders Fort Necessity, 33; in Virginia legislature, 76; in the Continental Congress, 84; appointed to command the army, 88; not yet in favour of independence, 89; takes command at Cambridge, 92; takes Boston, 94; addressed by Lord Howe, 106; his character as general and statesman, 110, 111; withdraws his army from Brooklyn Heights, 113; masterly campaign in New York and New Jersey, 114-122; endeavours to secure an efficient regular army, 123-125; campaign of June, 1777, in New Jersey, 139; Brandywine and Germantown, 141, 142; intrigues of his enemies, 148, 149; Monmouth, 151, 152; sends a force against the Iroquois, 154, 155; Stony Point, 156, 157; his favourite generals often ill used by Congress, 167; his superb march and capture of Yorktown, 178-180; scheme for making him king, 183; elected first president of the United States, 193. Washington, William, 173. Wayne, Anthony, 157, 177. Webster, Daniel, 101. West Point, 115, 117, 157, 170. Western frontier posts, 185. White Plains, 115, 129. Wildcat banks, 20. William III., 45. Williams, James, 171. Wilson, James, 98. Winchester, Va., 26. Winnsborough, S. C., 172. Wright, Sir James, 164. Writs of assistance, 4, 47. Wyoming, 77, 154. 186. Yorktown, 178-180. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- HISTORY TEXT BOOKS TAPPAN'S AMERICAN HERO STORIES