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Van Tyne, Claude Halstead.
The Loyalists in the American Revolution
. New York: Macmillan, 1902.

Wahlke, John C., ed.
The Causes of the American Revolution
. Revised ed. Boston: D. C. Heath and Company, 1967.

Washington, George.
George Washington Papers at the Library of Congress, 1741–1
799. Washington D.C., online at
www.memory.loc.gov
.

———
George Washington Papers
. New York: Gilder Lehrman Collection at the New York Historical Society.

———.
The Writings of George Washington from the Original Manuscript Sources, 1745–1799
. Jonathan Fitzpatrick ed. 39 vols. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1931.

———.
Writings
. New York: Library of America, 1997. Wells, William V.
The Life and Public Services of Samuel Adams: Being a Narrative of His Acts and Opinions, and of His Agency in Producing and Forwarding the American Revolution
3 Vols. Boston: Little, Brown, 1888.

Charles T. Whittemore,
A General of the Revolution: John Sullivan of New Hampshire
. New York: Columbia University Press, 1961.

Woodrow Wilson.
History of the American People
. 5 Vols. New York: William H. Wise. 1931.

Woods, Gordon S.
Radicalism of the American Revolution
. New York: Vintage Books, 1991.

———.
Revolutionary Characters: What Made the Founders Different
. Reprint edition. New York: Penguin, 2007.

Zobel, Hiller B.
The Boston Massacre
. New York: W. W. Norton., 1970.

INDEX

Adams, Abigail,
236

Adams, John,
vi
,
5
,
19
,
31
–3,
35
–6,
42
,
50
,
58
,
61
,
63
–4,
88
,
91
–4,
184
,
203
–5,
209
,
216
,
231
–7,
239
,
241
–23,
252

and New England officers,
32
,
35

president,
231
–7,
239

as vice president,
204
–5

Adams, John Quincy,
236

Adams, Samuel,
3
,
5
,
11
,
16
,
19
,
24
–5,
32
,
58
,
79
,
177
,
184
,
200
–1,
252

Alexander, William (Lord Sterling),
57
,
60
,
100
,
104
,
108
,
114

Algiers,
213

Alien and Sedition Acts,
241

Allen, Ethan,
28

American Revolution,
20
–4,
45
–6,
78
,
167
,
183
–5,
191
–2,
200
,
210
–13,
217
–18,
221
–2,
234
–5,
251
,
255

end of,
167
,
183
–5

first victory of,
45
–6

lead-up to,
20
–4

military aftermath of,
191
–2

Andre, John,
37
,
129
,
135
,
147
,
149
–50,
171

anti-Federalists,
205
,
210
,
215

Arnold, Benedict,
28
,
126
–9,
135
,
139
–41,
144
–9

Arnold, Margaret Shippen (Peggy),
135
,
146
–7

Articles of Confederation,
159
,
174
,
176
–7,
188
–9,
193
,
195
–7,
235
–6,
252
,
255
.
See also
Shays' Rebellion

Asgill, Charles,
171

Attucks, Crispus,
10

Barbary pirates,
213
–14,
216

Barry, John,
232

battles: Bemis Heights,
111

Brandywine,
103
–5,
107
,
110

Bunker Hill,
29
–30,
115
,
194

of the Clouds,
105
–6

Germantown,
108
–10,
141

Harlem Heights,
61
–2

Lexington and Concord,
24
–5,
27
,
244

Long Island,
59
–60

Monmouth,
129
–33

Princeton,
82
–3

Saratoga,
111
–12,
119
–20,
126
–7,
144

Trenton,
72
–82,
252
–3

Yorktown,
160
–8,
185
–6,
226
,
252
,
254

battleships,
6
,
7
,
29
,
44
,
56
–7,
59
,
88
,
92
,
98
,
112
,
117
,
132
–3,
157
,
160
–4,
214
,
221

Bernard, Francis,
5
,
7

Bonaparte, Napoleon,
78
,
254

Boston, Massachusetts,
1
–2,
6
–7,
23
,
120
,
133
,
187
,
211
,
215
,
218
,
227
–8,
230
,
241
,
244
,
247

liberation of,
see
fortification of Dorchester Heights

Boston Gazette
,
8
,
11
,
13
,
24
,
28
,
49

Boston Grenadier Corps,
14
–16,
18
–19,
22
,
33

Boston Latin Grammar School,
1
,
3
,
45

Boston Massacre,
8
–12,
251

Boston Port Act,
19

Boston Port Bill,
23

Boston Tea Party,
16
–18,
251

Bowes, Nicholas,
1
,
7
,
12

Breck, Samuel,
246

British Coercive Acts,
22
–3

Brooks, John,
175

Burbeck, Henry,
13
,
15

Burgoyne, John,
97
,
100
–1,
108
,
111
,
120
,
129

Burr, Aaron,
242
,
245

Cadwalader, John,
73
,
78
–9

"camp of liberty,"
27
–8

cannons,
28
–9,
34
,
36
–7,
43
,
50
,
58
,
60
,
62
,
65
,
72
,
77
–9,
82
–6,
89
,
91
–2,
94
,
98
,
103
–4,
108
–9,
111
,
116
–17,
123
–5,
127
,
130
–1,
141
,
161
,
163
–5,
254
.
See also
foundries

gunpowder

U.S. Arsenal in Springfield

Carleton, Guy,
185

Carroll, Charles,
91
–2

Chastellux, Jean François,
151
–2,
157
,
164
,
167

Chew house,
108
–10,
115
,
141

Church, John B.,
226

Civil War,
86
,
250

Clark, Jonas,
24

Clinton, Henry,
128
–30,
132
–3,
139
,
142
,
145
,
147
,
149
,
170
,
185

Committee of Safety,
23
,
27
–8,
31

Connecticut,
27
–8,
43
–4,
48
,
57
,
64
,
72
,
75
,
85
,
124
,
143
,
153
,
157
–8,
194
,
200

Constitutional Convention,
194
–200,
252
,
255

Continental army,
30
–6,
50
,
56
–69,
71
–95,
97
,
99
–116,
118
,
120
–4,
127
–32,
134
–7,
139
,
141
–3,
145
–6,
150
–4,
158
–60,
163
–4,
168
,
173
–81,
183
–4,
187
,
235
–6,
251
,
253
–4,
256

artillery corps,
71
–2,
79
,
90
–5,
127

casualties,
67
,
83

conscription,
88
,
120
–1,
123
,
137

enlistments,
58
–9,
72
–3,
79
–80,
87
–9,
120

morale,
67
–9,
72
–3,
76
,
79
–80,
107
,
130

mutinies,
154
,
173
–5

payment,
79
–80,
116
,
127
,
143
,
154
,
173
–81

peacetime,
183
–4,
187

poverty of troops,
68
,
73
,
80
,
100
,
112
,
115
–16,
120
–3,
134
,
141
,
143
,
146
,
151
–4,
178

reorganization of,
62
–4,
116

Continental boycotts,
5
,
7
,
12
,
18
–20,
23
–4

Continental Congress,
19
,
22
,
30
–6,
38
,
42
–7,
50
–1,
53
,
55
,
57
–8,
61
–6,
69
,
71
–2,
75
,
78
–9,
85
–8,
90
–4,
97
,
99
–101,
103
,
105
–6,
110
–16,
120
–3,
125
–8,
130
,
132
,
134
–7,
142
–5,
151
–3,
161
,
163
,
167
–70,
173
–80,
183
–5,
187
–90,
192
,
194
,
196
–7,
204
–5,
209
–10,
233
–6,
241
–3,
255

Board of War,
92
,
113
,
115
,
136
,
161
,
163
.
See also
Newburgh Address

Conway, Thomas,
112
–14,
116
,
121
,
125

Conway Cabal,
117
–19,
122

Cornwallis, Charles,
67
–9,
81
–2,
103
–5,
107
,
113
–14,
145
,
157
,
160
–7

Currency Act (1751),
3

Cushing, Thomas,
19

Cutts, Anna,
244

Dalrymple, William,
11
,
169

Deane, Silas,
87
,
90
–1,
93
–4,
99

Declaration of Independence,
53
–4,
56
,
61
,
257

Delaware,
200

Dexter, Samuel,
241

Du Coudray, Philipe Charles Jean Baptiste Tronson,
90
–4,
99
,
152

Duane, James,
135
,
151

Dunton, Ebenezer,
219
,
224

Edes, Benjamin,
8
,
13
,
28

Elliot, Andres,
169

d'Estaing, Comte,
132
–4

Ewing, James,
73
,
78

Federalist Papers
,
201

Federalists,
200
–1,
210
,
212
,
215
,
222
,
236
,
242
,
256

Flower, Benjamin,
84
–5

Flucker, Thomas,
15
,
18
–20,
45
,
47

Forbes, Gilbert,
52

Forrest, Thomas,
77

Fort George,
37
–9,
50
,
59
,
147

Fort Knox,
249
–50,
252

Fort Lee,
65
–7

Fort Mercer,
111
,
113
,
115

Fort Montgomery,
88
–9,
110

Fort Roxbury:
see
Roxbury fortifications

Fort Ticonderoga:
see
Ticonderoga mission

Fort Washington,
51
,
65
–7,
142
,
207
–8

fortification of Dorchester Heights,
44
–6,
54
,
107
,
185
–6,
251

foundries,
34
,
36
–7,
84
–6,
253

France,
4
,
6
,
13
–14,
53
,
65
–6,
72
,
87
,
90
–4,
98
–100,
113
,
116
–17,
125
–7,
129
,
132
–3,
135
–6,
139
–40,
142
–6,
151
–2,
155
,
158
–60,
162
–8,
171
–2,
184
,
189
,
211
–12,
214
,
224
–7,
231
–3,
239
,
241
–2,
256
.
See also
Quasi-War

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