James Madison: A Life Reconsidered (78 page)

Genêt, Edmond-Charles (Citizen Genêt),
240
,
241
–42

George III, king of England,
60

Georgia:

British occupation of,
84

and Constitutional Convention,
139
,
141

and Mississippi River,
84
,
85

and slavery,
148
,
212
–13,
214

and Yazoo landgrab,
324
–27

Georgia Repeal Act,
325

Gerry, Elbridge,
197
,
199

and Constitutional Convention,
120
,
130
,
145
,
147
,
150
,
151

death of,
416

and gerrymandering,
377

as vice president,
377
,
415

Ghent, Treaty of,
419
,
421

Giles, William Branch,
238
,
253
,
355
,
368
,
374
,
444
,
445
–46

Goldwin, Robert,
149

Goodhue, Benjamin,
201

Gordon, James, Jr.,
184

government:

accountability in,
283

checks and balances in,
5
,
45
,
143
,
221
,
228
,
236
,
258
,
312

by consent of the governed,
62
,
445

democracy,
134

enumerated powers of,
155
,
183
,
277
,
426

as experiment,
187
–88,
217

factions in,
160
–61,
224

and individual freedom,
45
,
426

limits on power of,
222
,
228
,
319
,
444

Madison’s visions of,
4
–6,
7
,
8
,
42
,
124
,
126
,
130
,
146
–47,
155
,
159
,
162
,
183
–84,
211
,
221
,
229
,
239
,
277
,
366
,
452
,
458

majority rule in,
5
,
124
,
130
,
183

military strength of,
247
,
256

monarchy,
4
,
134
–35,
143
,
149
,
172
,
211
,
283
,
285

opposition as subversive,
266
,
274
–77

and political parties,
222
,
224
,
228
–29,
233
,
235
–36

and religion,
41
,
45
,
64

as republic,
5
,
8
,
41
–42,
96
,
124
–25,
127
,
161
,
183
–84,
217
,
221
,
236
,
283
,
285
,
426

self-government,
5
,
8
,
61
,
62
,
129
,
188
,
236

separation of powers in,
162
,
333

size of,
41
,
124
–25,
130
–31,
161
–62

and states’ authority,
67
,
123
–24,
276
–78,
282
–83,
351
,
380

strong central government,
93
,
117
,
121
,
128
–29,
132
,
134
,
135
,
162
–63,
174
,
221
,
232
,
238
,
266

as union of individual states,
5
,
105

Grand Union flag,
58

Granger, Gideon,
345

Grasse, François Joseph Paul de,
91

Grayson, William,
184

Great Britain:

boycott of trade from,
26
,
46
,
90
,
246
–47,
333
,
334
,
343
–44,
349
–50,
351
,
360
,
366
,
394
,
396

bread riots in,
262

and
Chesapeake,
341
–44,
370
,
372

East India Company,
43

economic system of,
211
,
229
–30

and France,
174
,
240
–42,
262
,
269
,
301
,
304
,
307
,
319
,
323
,
332
,
340
,
343
,
359
,
364
–65,
366
,
398
,
422

impressment of American seamen by,
243
,
254
,
255
,
256
,
319
,
330
,
332
–33,
339
–40,
341
–42,
343
,
366
,
370
,
372
,
373
,
378
,
385
,
398

independence from,
4
,
27
,
52
,
57
,
60
,
62
,
72

Indian allies of,
52
,
66
,
68
,
246
,
372
,
373
–74,
375
–76,
378
,
381
–82

Jay Treaty,
252
–53,
254
–62,
269

Monroe/Pinckney treaty,
339
–41,
369

Orders in Council of,
243
,
246
,
343
,
356
,
358
,
359
,
364
,
365
,
371
,
377
,
378
,
384
–85

provocative actions of,
174
,
243
,
245
–47,
255
,
260
,
332
–33,
341
–44,
347
–48,
356
,
359
–66,
370
–71,
372
–73,
378

and Revolution,
see
American Revolution

Royal Navy,
254
,
319
,
330
,
359
,
384

and Spain,
323
,
332
,
367

taxes levied by,
22
,
26
,
43
,
45

and trade,
191
–92,
243
,
245
–47,
254
–57,
262
,
356
,
398

Treaty of Paris,
246

and War of 1812,
see
War of 1812

Greene, Nathanael,
78
–79,
87
,
90

Green Mountain Boys,
63

Gregg, Andrew,
333
,
334

Griswold, Roger,
311

Grotius, Hugo,
32

Grundy, Felix,
372
,
373
–74,
378

Guilford Courthouse, Battle of,
90

Hackett, Mary,
9

Hamilton, Alexander,
10
,
173
,
175
,
179
,
265
,
266
,
423

and Adams,
288
–89

and Articles of Confederation,
118

and Constitutional Convention,
120
,
133
,
134
–35,
140
,
157

death of,
318
,
325

and
The Federalist,
8
,
157
,
164
,
165
,
208
,
246
,
347

and Jay Treaty,
255
,
257
,
258

Jefferson attacked by,
234
–35

and military expansion,
278
–79,
280
,
287
,
288

and national bank,
220
–22,
226
,
227
,
231

and national finances,
91
–93,
95
,
208
–11,
215
–19,
220
,
227

as Pacificus,
241

and political parties,
223
,
224
,
231
,
232
–33,
287

and presidency,
234
,
236
,
263
–64,
292

as Publius,
157

and ratification,
181
–82

Report on Manufactures,
229
–31,
242

Report on Public Credit,
209
,
228

and Revolution,
91
–92

and scandals,
237
–38,
272

and social life,
181
–82

and speculation,
211
,
226
,
231
,
242
,
272

as Treasury secretary,
208
,
216
,
218
,
220
–22,
231
,
232
–33,
238
,
257
,
302

and Washington,
91
,
234
,
278

and Whiskey Rebellion,
250
–51

Hamilton, Henry,
67
,
68
–69

Hamilton, Paul,
363
,
387

Hammond, George,
255

Hancock, John,
182

Hanson, Alexander,
380
,
416

Harle, Jonathan,
31

Harlem Heights, Battle of,
63

Harrison, Benjamin,
75
,
76

Harrison, William Henry,
373
,
393
,
397

Hartford Convention,
415
–16,
417
–18,
420

Hay, George,
337

Heald, Nathan,
381

Helvidius Priscus,
242

Hemings, Madison,
309
–10

Hemings, Sally,
298
,
308
–9

Henry, James,
80

Henry, John,
375
–76

Henry, Patrick,
51
,
122
,
345
,
417

and Antifederalists,
171
–72,
182
,
184

death of,
280

and events leading to Revolution,
46
–47

as governor of Virginia,
62
,
65
,
66
,
67
–68,
108
,
117

and Mississippi River,
121
,
174
–75

as opposed to Constitution,
170
,
174
–77,
185

as orator,
8
,
46
,
57
,
123
,
175

and ratification,
159
,
170
–71,
172
–73,
174
–77,
190

and Virginia Assembly,
44
,
106
–7,
108
,
184
,
185
,
280

and Virginia Convention,
57
,
59
,
347

and “We, the People,”
171
–72

Hessian mercenaries,
65

Hippocrates,
17
,
31

HMS
Confiance
,
413

HMS
Guerriere,
370
,
383
–84

HMS
Leopard,
341

HMS
Little Belt,
370
,
383

Hobbes, Thomas,
230

Horseshoe Bend, Battle of,
419

House, Mary,
1
–2,
4
,
7
,
80
–81,
98
,
100
,
101
,
111
,
125
,
220
,
243

House of Representatives, U.S.:

election of 1800 decided in,
290
–91

First Congress under the Constitution,
188
–90

Madison as leader of,
189

Muhlenberg as first Speaker of,
188
–89

number of members in,
197

see also
Congress, U.S.

Huger, Daniel,
216

Hull, Isaac,
300
,
383
–84,
385

Hull, William,
381
,
386
,
393

Hume, David,
30
,
42
–43,
76
,
124
,
211

Humphreys, David,
193

Hunt, Gaillard,
16

Hunt, Samuel,
345

Impost of 1783,
189

Independent Chronicle
(Boston),
275

Indiana Territory,
373

Indians:

as British allies,
66
,
68
,
246
,
372
,
373
–74,
375
–76,
378
,
381
–82

land purchased from,
115

and Revolution,
52
,
66
,
68

treaties with,
111
,
113

and U.S. expansion,
419
–20

and War of 1812,
381
–82,
393
,
419