Pepperell, William, 220 Personal Liberty bills, 807 Putnam, Israel, 248, 317, 330, 374, 402 Quakers, 92, 130, 136, 147, 279 Quebec Act, 304 founded, 36, 262, 266, 341 Queenstown attacked, 590 Josiah, jr., 582 Quitman, John, General, 707 Raisin River, battle, 599 Raleigh, Sir Walter, 39, 41; death, 43 tion in, 521, 631, 690, 802 Resaca de la Palma, battle, 702 Revival, great, 223 Revolt of soldiers, 486 Revolution, war of, 311-512 French, 538 Reynolds, General, 915 Rhode Island, 81, 91, 92, 168, 691 Richmond, 879; taken, 959 Riots at Baltimore, 586 Rivington's Gazette, 350 Robinson, Rev. John, 61, 64 Ewd., Prof., 968 Rochambeau, Count de, 472, 500 INDEX. Rosecrans, General, 830, 837, 901, 903, 951 Russell, Lord John, 553; protest, 967; Sabbath, the, 135, 241, 275 Sanitary Commission, 878, 945 Santa Anna, 685, 688, 710, 714, 716-728, Santa Fé taken, 739 San Jacinto, battle, 688 Savannah, 158, 462; taken, 941 Schenectady burned, 210 Schofield, General, 952 Schools, 91, 104, 135, 276, 278, 798, 985 General Philip, 333, 337, 339, 360, 408, 416, 428, 431 Scott, Lieutenant-General Winfield, Sears, Robert, 321, 350 Seminoles, 150; war with, 646, 670 Shawnees, 199, 227 Soto, De, 22-26 Sons of Liberty, 290, 321 Squanto, 58, 70 997 St. Clair, General, 403, 414-416; defeat, 535 Specie Circular, 674 Stark, John, 248, 317, 330, 393; Ben- State Department, 346 Stoughton, William, 178, 191-194 Stuart, J. E. B., raid, 885, 896, 910; Stuyvesant, Peter, 122-126 Suffrage, qualification, 986 General, 882, 887, 895 Fort, 811, 819; the Old Flag, 965 936-941, 961, 963 Sherman, Roger, 367 Taney, Roger B., 669 Tariffs, 532, 642, 653, 659, 660, 665, 667, Tarleton, Colonel, 468, 489 Wm. T., 845, 905, 922, 932, Taxes, parliamentary, 283, 287, 296; Shingis, 230, 251 Shiloh, battle of, 860 Sickles, General D., 917 Sigel, Franz, 835, 856, 891, 910 Sioux or Dahcotahs, 9, 202 representation, 521, 631, 802 Slavery in the colonies, 96, 125, 146, Slavery in the territories, 522, 649, 773, 775, 777, 788 national, 907 Taylor, Zachary, 570; Mexican war, 695, 699, 702, 706, 721; President, Tea taxed, 295, 301; destroyed, 303 Temperance Movement, 988 Tennent, Rev. William, 224 Thomas, General, 336, 355, 359 Trenton, battle, 392 Truxton, Capt. 552 Tryon, Governor, 350, 405, 460 Tuscaroras, 152, 153 Trist, N. P., commissioner, 752, 760, 767 Wetherford, the chief, 609, 610 'Pyler, John, 678-692 Uncas, 88, 123, 169 Wheelock, Rev. E., 294 Whigs, 299 Whiskey Insurrection, 541-543 Whitefield, George, 162, 220, 224 United colonies of New England, 90 Whittier, J. G., 988 Thirteen, 344 States, 368 Vigilance Association, 810 Virginia, 40, 45, 96 Volunteers; Mexican War, 705 Wadsworth, Gen.. 944 Waite, Morrison R., 976 Waldron, Major, 209 Walker, Robert J., 793 Walloons, first settlers on Long Is Wampanoags, 169, 172 Wamsutta, death of, 170 War declared against England, 584 Department, 357 Wars with England, 584-642 England and Spain, 149, 163, 164 Indian, 84-83, 97, 103, 105, 117- King William's, 208 George, youth, 227-229, Wilderness, batties of, 943. 944 Wilkinson, James, General, 390, 605, Wilkes, Chas. Capt., 684, 843 Colonel E., 249, 250 O. H., 491 Roger, 78, 79, 85, 91, 175 Wilmot Proviso, 772 Wilson, Gen., 946 Wilson, Henry, 972 Wilson's Creek, battle of, 835 Winchester, Gen., 599 Winder, General, 623-625 Winslow, Edward, 66, 69, 71, 79 Winthrop, John, 76 John, jr., 168 Wise, Rev. John, 179 Witchcraft, Salem, 188-194 Wool, John E., 591, 706, 717, 712, 728, Wooster, General, 339, 406 Worth, William J., 706, 709, 713, 749. Writs of Assistance, 283 Yamasees, 152, 154 Yeamans, Sir John, 143, 146 Yorktown, siege of, 503-505; 2d siege, Youthful Nation, 529 Zenger, John Peter, 187 APPENDIX. THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. WE the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquillity, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this CONSTITUTION for the United States of America. ARTICLE I. SECTION. 1. All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives. SECTION. 2. The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States, and the Electors in each State shall have the Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of the State Legislature. No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the Age of twenty-five Years, and been seven Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen. Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three-fifths of all other Persons. The actual Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct. The Number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty Thousand, but each State shall have at Least one Representative; and until such enumeration shall be made, the State of New Hampshire shall be entitled to chuse three, Massachusetts eight, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations one, Connecticut five, New York six, New Jersey four, Pennsylvania eight, Delaware one, Maryland six, Virginia ten, North Carolina five, South Carolina five, and Georgia three. When vacancies happen in the Representation from any State, the Executive Authority thereof shall issue Writs of Election to fill such Vacancies. The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other officers; and shall have the sole Power of impeachment. SECTION. 3. The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, chosen by the Legislature thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one Vote. Immediately after they shall be assembled in Consequence of the first Election, they shall be divided as equally as may be into three Classes. The Seats of the Senators of the first Class shall be vacated at the Expiration of the second Year, of the second Class at the Expiration of the fourth Year, and of the third Class at the Expiration of the sixth Year, so that one-third may be chosen every second Year; and if Vacancies happen by Resignation, or otherwise, during the Recess of the Legislature of any State, the Executive thereof may make temporary Appointments until the next meeting of the Legislature, which shall then fill such Vacancies. No Person shall be a Senator w1) shall not have attained to the Age of thirty Years, and beer. nine Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen. The Vice-President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no Vote, unless they be equally divided. The Senate shall chuse their other Officers, and also a President pro tempore, in the Absence of the Vice-President, or when he shall exercise the Office of President of the United States. The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments. When sitting for that Purpose, they shall be on Oath or Affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside: And no Person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two-thirds of the Members present. Judgment in Cases of Impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from Office, and Disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office of honour, Trust or Profit under the United States: but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law. SECTION. 4. The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the places of chusing Senators. The Congress shall assemble at least once in every Year, and |