Authors: A. J. Langguth
Solemn League and Covenant,
197
Sons of Liberty, origin of name,
51
South Carolina,
185
,
341
,
356
,
369
,
513
,
519
see also
Charleston, S.C.
Spectator, The
,
147
Spirit of Laws, The
(Montesquieu),
19
Sprague, Samuel,
183
Stamp Act,
50
,
51
,
77
,
83
,
105
,
171
,
356
protests,
52
–65,
67
–70,
71
–72,
75
–81,
84
,
91
–93,
110
,
147
,
148
,
355
Stamp Act Congress,
71
–75
Stanislas II Poniatowski, King of Poland,
86
,
330
Stark, John,
277
,
278
,
280
–83,
285
,
442
Star-Spangled Banner,
534
Staten Island, N.Y.,
375
,
392
,
407
,
521
–23,
526
Stephen, Adam III,
413
Sterne, Laurence,
350
Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm von,
469
–70,
476
,
487
,
513
Stevens, Ned,
124
Steward, Walter,
496
Stirling, William Alexander, “Lord,”
379
–80,
381
–85,
390
,
391
,
409
,
417
,
460
,
461
,
467
Stony Point, N.Y.,
496
Stormont, Lord,
433
–34
Story, William,
59
Straham, William,
324
Strickland (executioner),
509
Suffolk Resolves,
214
–15
Sullivan, John,
378
–85,
404
,
405
,
495
,
496
at Brandy wine and Germantown,
440
–41,
460
and British overtures,
390
–92,
505
Summary View of the Rights of British America, A
(Jefferson),
202
–3,
344
Surinam,
90
Sutherland, Lieutenant Colonel,
454
–455
Sweden,
544
Swift, Samuel,
75
–76
Tallmadge, Benjamin,
507
Tappan, N.Y.,
507
Tarleton, Banastre,
404
–6,
441
,
514
–516,
533
,
536
Temple, John,
185
Terrible
, H.M.S.,
529
–30
Thacher, Oxenbridge,
22
,
25
,
61
,
70
–71,
73
Thayer, Amos,
132
Thomson, Charles,
208
,
209
–10,
213
,
266
,
562
Thornton, John,
435
Thunder
, H.M.S.,
332
Thurlow, Attorney General,
189
Ticonderoga, Fort,
256
,
258
–62,
265
,
327
,
439
,
442
Townshend, Charles,
28
,
84
,
92
–93,
99
see also
Townshend Acts
Townshend Acts,
93
–105
passim
,
174
Trenton, N.J.,
400
,
406
,
407
–19,
422
,
425
–26
Tryon, William,
341
Tyler, John,
516
–17
Union Feast,
75
Valencia de Alcántara,
273
Van Wart, Isaac,
503
–4
Vergennes, Charles Gravier, Comte de,
323
–24,
430
,
432
–34,
436
,
493
,
547
–51
Vernon, Edward,
292
primogeniture in,
511
–12
protests in,
58
,
66
–71,
197
,
202
–3,
356
slavery in,
203
,
304
,
357
–58,
369
,
554
–55
state constitution of,
329
,
352
–54
Western claims of,
295
–98,
371
,
372
,
518
see also
Burgesses, House of
Virginia Resolves (resolutions on Stamp Act),
68
–71,
73
,
77
Virginia Revolutionary Convention,
221
–23
Vulture
(British sloop),
505
–6
Waldo, Albigence,
467
Walker, John,
348
–49
Walpole, Horace,
542
Ward, Artemas,
252
,
269
,
273
,
277
,
290
,
309
Ware case,
21
Warner, Seth,
260
Warren, James,
170
,
309
,
320
,
342
,
551
,
557
Warren, Joseph,
109
,
148
,
197
,
231
,
267
–
68
and Samuel Adams,
34
,
104
,
214
,
225
–26,
287
,
310
,
437
attacks Bernard,
104
and Boston Massacre,
155
,
191
,
217
–18
and Breed’s Hill,
277
,
279
–81,
286
–287
at Cambridge with army,
252
–53,
258
–59,
265
and Lexington battle,
250
–52
and Revere’s warnings,
225
–27,
229
,
230
his Suffolk Resolves,
214
–15
Warren, Mercy Otis,
327
,
551
,
557
Warren, William,
160
Washington, Augustine,
291
Washington, Fort,
394
,
399
–400,
402
,
408
,
409
,
425
Washington, George,
103
,
289
–304
adulation of,
307
,
370
,
428
–29,
438
,
462
,
469
,
486
,
497
and André,
506
–9
appointment as commander and
departure for Cambridge,
268
–
69
,
289
–91,
304
,
306
and army discord,
557
–59
and Arnold,
315
,
318
,
319
,
477
,
494
,
500
–502,
504
–6,
509
awards of,
329
birth and early life of,
291
ff.
at Brandywine,
440
and Breed’s Hill battle,
308
Brooklyn Heights evacuated by,
385
–90
at Cambridge,
307
–12,
325
,
326
–327,
438
and Canada expedition,
315
–16,
318
,
319
,
328
,
342
Clinton, pursuit of,
476
–79
as Congress delegate,
203
,
213
,
265
Congress is warned by about New York,
359
and Conway affair,
460
–64
courtship and marriage of,
301
–4
democratic beliefs of,
438
Dorchester Heights fortified by,
327
–28,
375
emergency powers given to,
423
and Sally Fairfax,
293
–94,
298
,
299
,
301
,
303
,
327
farewells of,
561
–63
and foreign volunteers,
468
–71
and French alliance,
466
–67,
469
and French fleet,
494
–95,
499
,
519
,
521
–22,
524
,
525
,
530
–33,
537
,
539
,
544
in French and Indian War,
203
,
208
,
297
–300,
302
,
304
,
331
,
409
,
413
,
439
and Gates,
410
,
438
,
458
–63
passim
at Germantown,
440
–41
and Hessian prisoners,
420
–22,
424
–25
indiscreet letters of,
518
–20,
521
,
523
Jefferson gets help from,
513
and Charles Lee,
304
,
316
,
331
,
471
–72,
479
,
482
–87,
556
and Long Island,
379
–80,
382
–85,
388
–90
at Monmouth,
479
–85
at Morristown,
496
–98
New Jersey retreat of,
400
–403,
412
,
425
New York, defense and loss of (1776),
373
–75,
393
–96
New York, intentions and feints toward (1781),
519
–20,
522
–525
Ohio-country missions of,
295
–98
and peace overtures,
375
–77,
391
,
393
,
546
peacetime army proposed by,
560
Philadelphia, loss of,
440
–41
Princeton victory of,
426
–28,
524
retirement, yearning for,
560
–62
and spies,
307
,
309
–11,
373
–74,
390
,
398
,
406
–7,
472
,
522
and Trenton,
407
,
408
–24,
425
,
426
,
524
at Virginia Revolutionary Convention,
208
,
222
Yorktown, his moves toward,
523
–25,
530
–31
Yorktown campaign of,
532
–40
Washington, John Augustine,
290
,
296
,
300
,
329
Washington, Lawrence,
292
–94
Washington, Martha Dandridge Custis,
203
,
301
–4,
437
,
544
,
554
intercepted letter of,
520
with Washington during war,
327
,
472
,
477
,
496
–971,
561
Washington, Mary Ball,
291
–92,
295
,
299
,
304
,
429
,
544
Waterhouse, Samuel,
73
Wayne, Anthony,
474
–75,
477
,
478
,
483
,
487
,
496
,
505
Wedderburn, Alexander,
186
,
189
,
466
Wemms, William,
160