,
in Connecticut, ii. 654;
destruction of an American flotilla by, in Penobscot bay, ii. 661.

Collins, Captain, powder belonging to the province of Virginia seized by,
in 1775, i. 518.

Colonies, new era in the history of, i. 69;
pay of troops raised in (_note_), i. 102;
growth of democratic ideas in, i. 228;
a viceroyalty suggested for, i. 229;
little indebted to the mother-country, i. 315;
cost of the French and Indian war to (_note_), i. 316;
commercial policy of England toward, i. 321.

Colonists, French and English, characteristics of, i. 67, 68.

Commission as colonel resigned by Washington in 1754, i. 126;
commission as commander-in-chief received by Washington, form of
(_note_), i. 540;
resignation of, by Washington, iii. 35.

"Common Sense," a pamphlet by Thomas Paine, powerful influence of,
ii. 12;
General Lee's opinion of it (_note_), ii. 41.

Concord, troops sent by General Gage to seize the stores at, i. 503;
preparations made at, to resist the troops under Colonel Smith--militia
assembled at, under Colonel Barrett, i. 506;
British attacked by Major Buttrick at--stores at, partially secured,
i. 507.

Confederation, old, discussions that led to the abandonment of, iii. 55;
resolutions of the New York legislature in relation to, iii. 56.

Congregationalists opposed to the rule of Great Britain, i. 463.

Congress, general colonial, proposition for, by the Massachusetts
assembly, i. 327;
copy of the circular letter of Massachusetts, inviting (_note_),
i. 330;
meeting of, in New York--names of the delegates to (_note_), i. 331;
proceedings of, applauded by the provincial assemblies, i. 332;
recommended by Franklin, i. 390, 392.

Congress, continental, proposed by Virginia in 1774, i. 390;
simultaneous proposition for, by Virginia and Massachusetts, i. 393;
the first, importance of, to the best interests of mankind, i. 408;
almost simultaneous declaration of the colonies in favor of, i. 409;
names of the delegates to (_note_), i. 411:
assembling of, at Philadelphia, in 1774, i. 413;
journeys of the delegates to, like ovations--journey of Washington to,
in company with Patrick Henry and Edmund Pendleton, i. 417;
reception of the delegates to, in Philadelphia--honors paid to the
delegates to, from Massachusetts, i. 419;
account of the organization of, i. 420-422;