Authors: A. J. Langguth
Declaratory Act (1766),
86
Delaplace, William,
262
Denmark,
544
Diamond, William,
233
,
237
,
239
,
246
Dickinson, John,
101
,
207
,
209
,
305
and confederation,
368
–71
“Pennsylvania Farmer,”
175
,
207
,
355
–56
resists independence,
266
,
342
,
343
,
359
,
360
Dinwiddie, Robert,
295
–96,
298
,
300
,
301
Dolbin, Edward,
183
Dorchester Heights,
272
,
273
,
328
,
332
,
375
,
439
Dryden, John,
307
Duché, Jacob,
211
Dudingston, William,
166
–70
Dumas, Mathieu,
540
Dunkirk,
548
Dutch Guiana,
90
Dutch West Indies,
90
Dutton, John,
287
Eagle
, H.M.S.,
390
East India Company,
173
–76,
184
–185,
189
,
190
,
198
Edes, Benjamin,
179
Edes, Peter,
180
Emerson, William,
242
Englishtown, N.J.,
484
Erskine, Sir William,
426
Eskridge, George,
291
Esopus, N.Y.,
453
–54
Estaing, Comte d’,
495
Evans, Israel,
534
Evening Post
, London,
363
Experiment
, H.M.S.,
332
Fairfax, George William,
292
–93
Fairfax, Lord,
293
Fairfax, Sally Carey,
293
–94,
298
,
299
,
301
,
303
,
327
Fairfax, William,
301
Faneuil, Benjamin,
175
Fauquier, Francis,
347
Feltham, Jocelyn,
261
Fenton, Colonel,
201
–2
Ferriter, Nicholas,
130
Fischer, Friedrich,
414
Fitzgerald, John,
427
Forrest, James,
148
–49
Fosdick, Nathaniel,
136
France
alliance with U. S.,
466
,
469
,
476
secret dealings leading to,
323
–326,
430
,
431
–35,
464
–65
in French and Indian War,
26
,
297
–300,
302
–4
peace treaty ending (1763),
30
,
35
,
315
military cooperation with U. S.,
see
Rochambeau, Comte de
naval activities against British,
521
–33
passim
,
539
,
544
,
556
and peace negotiations (1781,
547
–51
Western claims of,
295
–300,
302
–4
Francis I, King of France,
393
Franklin, Benjamin,
51
,
145
,
207
,
264
–65,
361
–62,
470
and Canada expedition,
342
as envoy to France,
430
–31,
433
–437,
465
,
466
,
474
,
489
,
490
–491,
546
–51
and French agent,
324
–25
and Hessians,
379
at Howe peace meeting,
391
–93
in London,
50
,
86
,
92
,
115
,
171
–72,
185
–87,
193
–95
personal rules of,
325
Poor Richard’s Almanack
of,
361
,
436
,
490
as scientist,
436
Franklin William Temple,
433
,
466
Fraser, Simon,
450
–52
Frederick, Prince of Wales,
29
Frederick the Great, King of Prussia,
407
,
470
French and Indian War,
15
,
28
,
180
,
226
,
330
,
438
–39
British national debt from,
37
,
48
,
51
Ticonderoga battle in,
256
,
259
–260
Washington and,
203
,
208
,
297
–300,
302
,
304
,
331
,
409
,
413
,
439
Friendship
, H.M.S.,
332
Gadsden, Christopher,
65
,
74
,
207
,
208
,
212
,
347
,
438
Gage, Thomas,
97
,
116
,
188
–89,
258
,
305
and Bernard’s request for troops,
107
–8,
112
,
113
,
119
,
189
and Boston Massacre,
151
,
154
,
157
Boston under rule of,
91
,
192
,
196
–99,
201
–2,
214
,
217
,
231
and Breed’s Hill,
271
–72,
275
–77,
286
,
312
and Concord,
219
–20,
224
,
227
–29,
238
–39,
241
,
243
,
247
,
250
,
254
,
259
encircled in Boston,
252
,
268
,
307
pardons rebels,
267
relieved of command,
312
Galloway, Joseph,
207
,
208
,
209
,
212
,
213
–14,
265
Gardner, Henry,
243
Garrick, David,
273
Gaspee
(namesake of first
Gaspee
),
323
Gates, Horatio,
401
,
404
,
406
,
438
–440,
558
and Burgoyne campaign and surrender,
442
–47,
449
–52,
452
–460,
538
and Conway,
460
–64
passim
Trenton, absence from,
410
,
417
,
439
Gazetteer and New Daily Advertiser
, London,
364
Gentleman’s Magazine
,
119
George I, King of Great Britain,
29
George II, King of Great Britain,
29
,
40
,
41
,
46
,
298
,
368
George III, King of Great Britain,
14
,
28
–30,
37
,
83
,
90
,
336
abdication message of,
545
–46
and Burgoyne,
441
German soldiers hired by,
377
Henry on,
69
Hutchinson, meeting with,
192
–96
Jefferson and,
202
,
338
,
354
,
356
–358,
364
Lee, interview with,
330
Lexington, reaction to,
254
and peace treaty,
551
and Port Act,
189
–90
reluctant to end war,
544
–46
Germain, George, Lord,
428
,
440
–442,
452
,
520
–21,
545
German mercenaries,
see
Hessians
Germantown, Pa.,
441
,
461
,
467
,
473
,
476
Gerrish, Samuel,
276
,
279
,
284
,
308
Gibbons, Mary,
374
Gill, John,
119
Gillespie, John,
132
–33
Glorious Revolution,
23
Gloucester, Mass.,
14
Goldsmith, Oliver,
337
Grand Union flag,
457
Grasse, Comte François-Joseph-Paul de,
521
–33
passim
,
537
,
539
,
544
,
556
Gray, John,
130
–31
Gray, Thomas,
319
Green, William,
130
–32
Greene, Kitty,
497
–98
Greene, Nathanael,
289
,
331
,
378
,
401
,
478
,
495
,
497
–98,
499
and Arnold, André conspiracy,
505
,
507
at Germantown,
440
–41
and New York defense,
393
–95,
399
–400,
402
Greenleaf, Stephen,
32
,
49
,
54
–56,
63
,
64
,
110
,
129
,
161
,
176
Green Mountain Boys,
259
,
260
–62
Greer, Mrs.,
317
Grenville, George,
37
–38,
48
–51,
64
–65,
73
,
81
,
83
–85
Grey, Charles,
474
–75
Gridley, Jeremiah,
18
,
20
,
21
–22,
80
,
145
–46
Gridley, John,
122
–23
Gridley, Richard,
274
–75
Griffith, Dorcas,
221
Guilford, N.C.,
519
Gunpowder Plot,
20
Hale, Samuel,
398
Half-King (Tanacharison),
296
–98
Halifax, Nova Scotia,
108
,
110
,
119
,
476