"Fox's Martyrs," 254.

Fox, Stephen, 256.

France, loss of her colonies and maritime power, 1-2;
anxious for peace, 23;
negotiations with, 23-27;
alliance with Spain, 25-33;
peace with, signed, 40, 41;
Bourbon schemes of aggrandisement, 74;
annexes Corsica, 98;
navy of, 112;
refuses to help Spain against England, 114;
alliance with Americans, 181-183, 187, 191;
philosophic movement in, 182;
war between England and, 193, 195, 211, 217-220, 227-236;
accepts the propositions of Russia with regard to neutrals, 208;
schemes of conquests, 211, 236;
peace between England and, 242, 243;
commercial and navigation treaties with, 257, 293, 294;
attempts upon Holland by, 295-301;
war declared with Francis II., 324;
treaty of commerce with, 1786, 341;
war declared with England and Holland, 342;
first coalition against, 349;
treaty between the United Provinces and, 363;
treaty with Grand Duke of Tuscany, 363;
treaty with Spain, 363;
second coalition against, 420.
See French Revolution.

France, revolutionary army of, 350, 353.

Francis, Philip, 99, 100, 247, 286, 302.

Francis II. of Austria, 334, 336, 337, 349, 390, 397.

Frankfort, capture of, 337.

Franklin, Benjamin, 59, 125-127, 136, 138, 145, 155, 156, 182, 228, 239,
240, 242, 243.

Frederick the Great, of Prussia, his
alliance with England, 2;
his Silesian war, 13-14;
subsidy to, 2, 17, 23, 26, 27, 33;
British subsidy refused, 34;
offended, 40-42;
declines Chatham's proposal for a defensive alliance, 75, 154, 160;
America seeks help from, 182, 208;
joins the league of armed neutrality, 208-209, 298;
death of, 299.

Frederick William II. of Prussia, 299, 300, 325-328, 331, 334, 338-339,
351, 354, 360, 361, 363, 374.

Frederick William III. of Prussia, 421, 423, 436, 437, 440, 442.

Freeman's Farm, battle of, 178.

French Revolution, 315;
meeting of states-general at Versailles, 316;
national assembly, 316;
bread riots in Paris, 317;
views of Burke on the, 318, 329;
flight of Louis XVI., 330;
the new constitution accepted, 331;
insurrection in Paris, 336;
king and queen imprisoned, 336;
allied armies enter France, 337;
revolutionary societies, 338, 339;
execution of Louis XVI., 342;
war declared against England, 342, 343;
fighting in the Netherlands, 349-351;
surrender of Toulon, 352;
second committee of public safety, 353;
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