A Short History of the United States Part 63

Alien and Sedition Acts.

Allen, Ethan.

America, discovery of; naming of.

American a.s.sociation.

Americus Vespucius, see Vespucius.

Andre, Major.

Andros, Sir Edmund.

Antietam, battle of.

Antislavery agitation.

Appomattox, surrender at.

Arnold, Benedict, at Quebec; in Burgoyne's campaign; treason of.

Arthur, C.A., Vice-President; President.

Articles of Confederation.

Atlanta Campaign.

Bacon's Rebellion.

Balboa discovers Pacific Ocean.

Baltimore, Lord.

Bank of the United States, the First; the Second.

Bennington, battle of.

Blaine, J.G., candidate for the Presidency.

Blair, F.P.

Blockade of Confederate seaports.

"Border States" in Civil War.

Boston, founded; ma.s.sacre at; destruction of tea at; closing of the port of; siege of; map of siege.

Braddock, British general.

Bragg, Confederate general.

Brandy wine, battle of.

Breckinridge, John C., Vice-President; defeated for Presidency.

Brown, General Jacob, invades Canada.

Brown, John, in Kansas; at Harper's Ferry; executed.

Buchanan, James, President; comes out for the Union.

Buell, General.

Bull Run, battles of.

Bunker Hill, battle of.

Burgoyne's campaign.

Burnside, General A.E.

Cabot, John, discovers North America.

Calhoun, John C., portrait; in Congress; Vice-President; his _Exposition_.

California, Drake on the coast of; seized by Americans; discovery of gold in; seeks admission to the Union.

Camden, battle of.

Canada, conquest of; invasion of 1775; in War of 1812.

Carolina, settlement of; rebellion in 1719; separated into two provinces.

Cartier (kar'tia').

Ca.s.s, Lewis, defeated for the Presidency.

Cathay.

Champlain, Samuel de.

Champlain, Lake.

Chancellorsville, battle of.

Charles II, his colonial policy.

Charleston, S.C., attacked; captured; in Civil War.

Chattanooga, battle of.

"Chesapeake," outrage on the.

Chicago, growth of; great fire at.

Columbian Exhibition.

Chickamauga, battle of.

c.i.p.ango.

Civil Service under Was.h.i.+ngton and Adams; under Jefferson; "Spoils System" in the; reform of the.

Clark, General G.R., conquers the Northwest.

Clay, Henry, portrait; in Congress; and the Missouri Compromise; defeated for the Presidency; and the Compromise of 1850.

Cleveland, Grover, portrait; President; reelected President.

Clinton, British general.

Columbus discovers America.

Committees of Correspondence.

Compromises of the Const.i.tution; of 1820; of 1850.

Concord, battle of.

Confederate States.

Confederation of New England.

Confederation of the United States, Articles of.

Connecticut, settlement of; charter of.

Const.i.tution, formation of the; facsimile of first lines; first ten amendments; text of, Appendix.

"Const.i.tution," the frigate, chased by a British fleet; and the "Guerriere."

Const.i.tutional Union Party.

Continental Congress, first; second.

Coronade, in the Southwest.

Cotton gin.

Cowpens, battle of.

Crawford, William H., defeated for the Presidency.

Creek War.

Critical Period.

Crittenden Compromise.

Cromwell, Oliver, and the colonies.

Cuba, rebellions in (1867-77); (1894-98).

Dale, Sir Thomas.

Davis, Jefferson.

Decatur, Stephen, portrait; in Algerine War.

Declaration of Independence.

Declaratory Act.

Democratic Party.

Detroit, surrender of.

Dewey, Admiral.

d.i.c.kinson, John.

Douglas, Stephen A., Kansas-Nebraska Act; debate with Lincoln; defeated for Presidency; comes out for the Union.

Draft Riots.

Drake, Sir Francis, his great voyage.

Dred Scott Decision.

Duquesne, Fort.

Dutch Colonies.