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Abbadie, Jacques,
32

Adams, Abigail,
217
,
260
,
267

Adams, Henry,
9
,
304
,
311
,
318
,
341
,
384
,
413

Adams, John,
10
,
260
,
349
,
422

Alien and Sedition Acts,
275
–77,
279
,
287
–88,
297

death of,
443

on Madison’s retirement from Congress,
267

and Madison’s presidency,
8
,
392

and military expansion,
272
,
273
,
278
,
287
,
288
,
392

and peace negotiations with France,
279
–80,
286
,
287
,
288

personal traits of,
98
,
183
,
192

presidency of,
8
,
265
,
269
–70,
272
–80,
287
–88,
303

and presidential elections,
183
,
187
,
236
–37,
263
–65,
279
,
284
,
286
,
287
,
288
–89

and slavery,
214
–15

and Sons of Liberty,
27

and titles,
192
,
236

and vice presidency,
183
,
187
,
236
–37

and War of 1812,
392
,
393
,
421

and XYZ Affair,
273
,
279

Adams, John Quincy,
153
,
208
,
306
,
326
,
345
,
390
,
395
,
443
,
445

Adams, Thomas,
275

Addison, Joseph,
2

Agricultural Society of Albemarle,
430

Alexander, czar of Russia,
389
,
390

Algiers, dey of,
422
,
423

Alien and Sedition Acts,
275
–77,
388

and Chase,
287
–88,
297

expiration of,
297

Kentucky and Virginia resolutions against,
276
–77,
279
,
437
–38

language of,
275

Madison’s opposition to,
275
,
283
,
285
,
347
,
381
,
446

and nullification,
276
–77,
446

and state powers vs. strong central government,
283
,
380

supporters of,
285
,
380
–81

Allen, Ethan,
63

Allgor, Catherine,
9

American Colonization Society (ACS),
433
,
441
,
452
,
455

American Revolution:

battles of,
63
,
65
–67,
68
,
82
,
87
,
90
–91,
92

British pillaging and burning in,
50
,
68
,
87
,
90
,
99

Continental army in,
see
Continental army

early skirmishes in,
46
–48,
52
,
63

European support for,
67
,
68
,
88
–89,
91
,
111
,
191
,
205

events leading up to,
6
,
43
–47

ideals of,
96
–97,
109
,
119
,
229
,
365

Indian actions in,
52
,
66
,
68

Loyalist sympathies in,
48
–49,
50
,
56
,
68

militia companies in,
48
,
63

prisoners of war in,
68
–69

slaves in,
50
–51,
52

Treaty of Paris,
91
,
97
–98,
105
,
108
,
246

unique accomplishment of,
162

war debts,
76
–80,
91
,
96
,
108
,
123
,
208
–11,
215
–16

American Whig Society,
25
,
37

Ames, Fisher:

and congressional debate,
189
,
197
,
199
,
209
,
215
,
216
,
260

and Jay Treaty,
260

and Judiciary Act (1802),
303

on Madison’s political skills,
189
–90

and national debt,
209
,
216

and Sedition Act,
276

Anglican Church,
6
,
40
,
63
–64

Annapolis, and War of 1812,
399
,
403

Annapolis Convention,
117
–18,
120
,
121

Antifederalists,
161
,
163
,
171
–72,
177
,
182
,
184
,
194
–95,
198
,
199

Aristotle,
17
,
31

Armstrong, John:

and Continental army,
95

as minister to France,
339
,
365
,
387

resignation of,
412

and War of 1812,
392
,
394
,
399
–401,
402
–4,
405
,
406
–7,
411
–12

as war secretary,
392
,
394
,
397
,
400
,
405
,
406
–7,
411
–12

Arnold, Benedict,
79
–80,
81
,
85
,
86
,
87
,
90

Articles of Confederation,
7
,
101

adoption of,
86
,
89

language of,
163
,
434

and New Jersey Plan,
133

replacement of,
118
,
129
,
135
,
137
,
155

revisions of,
90
,
121
–22,
126
,
128
,
133

and state powers vs. strong central government,
89
,
90
,
92
–93,
116

and Virginia Plan,
128
–31

assembly, right of,
198
,
251
–52

Aurora,
255
,
256
,
264
,
274
,
275
,
289
,
368

Bache, Benjamin Franklin,
255
,
256
,
274
,
275

Bache, Richard,
440

Bacon, Ezekiel,
362
–63

Bainbridge, William,
300

Baldwin, Abraham,
139
,
141

Baldwin, Luther,
276

Balmaine, Rev. Dr.,
42

Baltimore, and War of 1812,
380
,
399
,
401
,
412
–16,
429

Bank of North America,
101

Bank of the United States,
226
,
227
,
440

Baptists:

and Madison’s congressional campaign,
185
–86

persecution of,
6
,
40
,
43
,
253

resistance to the Constitution,
166
,
167
–68

Barbary War (1801–1805),
300
–301,
383

Barbé-Marbois, François de,
112
,
307

Barney, Joshua,
401
,
403
,
408

Barron, James,
341

Barry, William,
421

Bartram, John,
433

Bartram, William,
140

Battalion Old Fields,
401
,
404

Bayard, James,
291
–92,
390
,
395

Beanes, William,
413

Beasley, Frederick,
433

Beaver,
43

Beckley, John,
224
,
236
,
237
,
264
,
284
,
289
,
303
,
335

Bedford, Gunning, Jr.,
132
,
138
,
139

Bennington, Battle of,
224

Benson, Egbert,
165
,
191

Bentley, Henrietta and Caleb,
410

Berkeley, George,
342

Biddle, Nicholas,
440

Billey (slave),
76
,
94
,
225
,
271

Bladensburg, Maryland, and War of 1812,
406
–8,
413

Blake, James,
426

Bland, Martha Dangerfield,
81

Bland, Theodorick,
81
,
83
,
85
,
86
,
88
–89,
193
,
194
,
216
,
238

Blennerhassett Island,
337
–38

Blondel, James,
37
–38

Boerhaave, Herman,
37

Bonaparte, Elizabeth Patterson,
315

Bonaparte, Jérôme,
315

Bonaparte, Napoleon,
285
,
323
,
397

as emperor,
329

and Floridas,
329
,
339
,
367

and Louisiana,
301
–2,
304
,
307
,
330

military campaigns of,
262
,
278
,
332
,
360
,
395
,
396
,
420
,
422
,
435

and Saint Domingue,
304
,
307

and war with Britain,
307
,
340
,
343
,
350
,
364
–65,
366
,
370
,
376
,
379
,
389
,
395
,
420

Booth, Mordecai,
410

Boston:

British driven from,
63

British occupation of,
48
,
52

militias in,
46

port closed by British,
44
,
45

Boston Gazette,
389

Boston Massacre (1770),
26

Boston Tea Party (1773),
43
,
44

Boudinot, Elias,
101
,
221

Brackenridge, Hugh,
24
,
240
,
259
–60

Bradford, William,
24
,
25
,
35
,
38
,
39
,
40
,
41
,
43
,
44
,
45
,
46
,
49
,
247

Brant, Irving,
9
,
65
,
325

Brearley, David,
145
–46

Breckinridge, John C.,
276
,
334

Brissot de Warville, J.-P.,
181
,
321

British West Indies,
191
,
254
–55

Brown, David,
276

Buffon, comte de,
104

Bulkley, Joseph,
80

Bunker Hill (Breed’s Hill), Battle of,
48
,
49
,
63

Burke, Aedanus,
198
,
199
,
212
,
213

Burkitt, William,
36

Burlington, Lord,
286

Burr, Aaron,
223
,
236
,
248
–49,
271

duel with Hamilton,
165
,
318
,
325

and New York governorship,
317
,
318

and vice presidency,
263
,
287
,
289
–92,
316
–17

and War of 1812,
393

western conspiracy and trial of,
336
–39,
341
,
347

Butler, Pierce,
254

Cabell, Samuel J.,
275

Cadore, duc de,
365
,
366

Caesar, Julius,
78

Calhoun, John C.,
372
,
373
,
396
,
419
–20,
445

Callender, James,
272
,
287
–88,
297
–98,
308
,
326

Camden, Battle of,
79
,
82

Cameron, Jim,
273

Campbell, George,
406
–7

Canada:

and armistice,
385

British forces in,
398
,
414

and New England,
375
–76

U.S. border with,
393
–94

U.S. invasion of,
373
–74,
381
–82,
386
,
388
,
393

Canning, George,
359
–60

Carbery, Henry,
405

Carey, Mathew,
383
,
415