Carroll, John, on commission to Montreal, 50. Catherine II advises England against war, 179. Catholics, Quebec Act, 38-39, 41; disabilities in England, 208. Chadd's Ford (PA), Washington at, 118, 119. Champlain, Lake, plan for conquest of Canada by way of, 43; operations on, 52-53, 95; Burgoyne at, 125 et seq.; Arnold at, 238. Charleston (SC), on side of Revolution, 37; British expedition to, 82-83; Prevost demands surrender, 213-214; Lincoln at, 215-217; surrenders, 217. Charlestown (MA), location, 3; burned, 5, 7. Charlotte (NC), Greene at, 247. Charlottesville (VA), Cornwallis plans raid of, 252. Chatham, William Pitt, Earl of, and conciliation with America, 69, 190; political status, 192, 193. Cherry Valley, massacre, 229. Chesapeake Bay, Howe on, 116, 117; see also Yorktown. Chew, Benjamin, house as central point in battle at Germantown, 122. Clark, G.R., expedition, 223. Clinton, General Sir Henry, 236; at Charleston, 82, 215; at New York, 116, 130, 133; up the Hudson, 143, 145; succeeds Howe in command, 195; march from Philadelphia, 196, 197, 198; retreats at Monmouth Court House, 199; reaches Newport, 202; sails for Charleston, 217-218; proclamation, 218; Rodney relieves, 237; and Cornwallis, 253; delay in reinforcing Cornwallis, 262-263, 265. Coke, of Norfolk, wealth, 20, 69-70; and Toryism, 70-71; on American question, 71-72; and Washington, 71, 72, 189. Colonies, attitude toward England, 55 et seq.; state of society in, 60; population, 177-178; see also names of colonies. Continental Congress, Washington at, 1, 259; selects leader for army, 7-9; Howe's conciliation, 92-93; flees to Baltimore, 100; loses able men, 110; hampers Washington, 100; Gates and, 142; repudiates Gates terms to Burgoyne, 146; Gates lays quarrel with Washington before, 150; and enlistment, 151; at York, 162, 163; ineptitude, 163-164, 236, 269-270, gives Southern command to Gates, 219; Test Acts, 226; and French alliance, 244; borrows money from France, 271; at Annapolis, 275. Conway, General, and Stamp Act, 69. Conway, General Thomas, 110; "Conway Cabal" against Washington, 149, 150; leaves America, 151. Cornwallis, Lord, 230; at Charleston, 82, crosses Hudson, 97; goes to Trenton, 104-105; at Princeton, 106; and Howe, 115; at the Brandywine, 119; goes to Charleston, 216; at Camden, 219; in North Carolina, 221, 247-248; proclamation, 249; Guilford Court House, 249; advance down Cape Fear River, 250; in Virginia, 251-252; and Clinton, 253; Yorktown, 254 et seq.; surrender, 264-266. Countess of Scarborough (ship), Jones captures, 205. Cowpens, battle of, 172, 248. Cromwell, Oliver, as military leader, 170. Crown Point (NY), capture of, 52-53; Burgoyne at, 126. D Dartmouth, Earl of, Minister of England, 63. Deane, Silas, envoy to France, 184-185. Declaration of Independence, 75-80. Delaware Bay, British fleet in, 116. Delaware River, Washington crosses, 102. Denmark and armed neutrality, 206-207.