aul, 4, 86.

Rhode Island, 18, 21, 23, 70, 77, 96, 153, 154, 164, 166, 186.

Riedesel, Gen., 131.

Riots in Boston, 56.

Rochambeau, Count, 166, 178.

Rockingham, Lord, 57, 64, 180.

Rodney, Caesar, 102.

Rodney, George, 160.

Rotten boroughs, 59, 62.

Royal governors, 14-18.

Russell, Lord John, 61.

Russell, Lord William, 17.

Russia, 159.

Rutledge, Edward, 113.

Rutledge, John, 84.

St. Clair, Arthur, 131, 167.

St. Eustatius, 160.

St. Leger, Harry, 125, 126, 135-137.

Salaries, 15-18, 65-68.

Savannah, 163, 164.

Savile, Sir George, 69.

Schuyler, Philip, 90, 109, 119, 129-133, 136.

Secession, threats of, 187.

Senegambia, 158.

Sevier, John, 155, 171.

Shays rebellion, 186.

Shelburne, Lord, 61, 69, 180, 182.

Shelby, Isaac, 171.

Shirley, William, 52.

Sidney, Algernon, 17.

Silver bank, 20.

Six Nations, 29, 34, 93, 125.

Snyder, Christopher, 74.

Sons of Liberty, 57.

South Carolina, 96, 102, 104, 105, 127, 173-177.

Spain declares war with Great Britain, 158.

Spanish possessions in North America, 37, 158, 182.

Spotswood, Alexander, 14.

Stamp Act, 4, 41, 52, 58, 124.

Stark, John, 39, 87, 134.

Staten Island, 109, 117, 122, 139, 178.

Steuben, Baron, 123, 150, 173, 177.

Stillwater, 132.

Stirling, William Alexander, called Lord, 112.

Stony Point, 156, 157, 163.

Strachey, Sir Henry, 151.

Stuart Kings, 17, 60.

Suffolk resolves, 85.

Sullivan, John, 90, 112, 153-155.

Sumter, Thomas, 165.

Sunbury, 163.

Supreme court, 191.

Sweden, 159.

Tarleton, Banastre, 165, 174.

Taxation, 16-20, 31, 52-54, 62.

Tea Party, Boston, 4, 79-83.

Tennessee, 155, 171, 187.

Throg's Neck, 114.

Ticonderoga, 87, 118, 125, 127, 128, 131, 134, 143.

Tories, 12, 60, 93, 126, 154, 155, 163, 184.

Town meetings, 7, 53.

Townshend Acts, 64-68, 76, 78;
repealed, 144.

Treaty of peace, 182.

Tuscaroras, 29.

Union, want of, 34, 77, 161, 162, 182-191.

Valcour, Island, 118.

Venango, 33.

Vincennes, 156.

Virginia, 8, 21, 24, 47, 48, 76, 79, 96, 97, 173.

Walpole, Sir Robert, 31.

War expenses, 30-32, 36, 40, 41.

Ward, Artemas, 90, 117.

Warner, Seth, 87, 131, 134.

Warren, Joseph, 85, 86.

Washington, George, 1, 4, 5, 30, 55;
his mission to Venango, 33;
surrenders Fort Necessity, 33;
in Virginia legislature, 76;
in the Continental Congress, 84;
appointed to command the army, 88;
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