198;
Lee surrenders to, 202;
his report on temper of the South, 213;
quarrel with Johnson, 219;
elected President, 223;
a tool of the politicians, 223;
corruption under, 228;
implicated in Missouri Whisky scandal, 228

Great Britain imposes taxes on her colonies, 14 _et seq._;
revokes charter of Massachusetts, 18;
inadequate military action of, 19;
prohibits Continental Congresses, 19;
practical reasons for repudiating sovereignty of, 20;
Continental Congress resolves on separation from, 21;
sends out expedition under Howe, 27;
effect of Burgoyne's surrender on, 29;
loses mastery of the sea, 34;
recognizes independence of the colonies, 35;
complains of non-fulfilment of peace terms, 41;
goes to war with French Revolution, 59;
claims right to search American ships, 77;
war with, 79;
hatred of, consequent on burning of Washington, 80;
sends fleet to the Gulf of Mexico, 81;
weary of war, 83;
peace concluded with, 83;
separates from Holy Alliance, 87;
proposes joint declaration with U.S., 88;
her postulate of naval supremacy compared with
the Monroe Doctrine, 88-89;
Jackson settles disputes with, 107;
Jackson's tribute to, 107;
war with, avoided, 111;
claims in Oregon, 117;
clamour for war with, 117;
Calhoun's objections to war with, 117;
intervenes in Texas question, 118;
Calhoun's despatch to, 118;
variation of opinion in, concerning Civil War, 181-182;
proclaims neutrality, 182;
anger in, over _Trent_ affair, 183;
_Alabama_ built in, 192;
declared not to have shown "reasonable care," 192;
pays compensation, 192;
war with no remedy for sectional divisions, 213;
less popular in America than France, 237;
allowed to be in the right against Prussia, 237

Greeley, Horace, editor of _New York Tribune_, 164;
on Secession, 164;
his "Prayer of the Twenty Millions," 190;
Lincoln's reply to, 190;
his inconsistency, 193;
goes bail for Davis, 217

Grenville, George, proposes Stamp Duty for America, 14

Guiteau, murders President Garfield, 229

Hamilton, Alexander, a member of the Convention, 42;
writes for the _Federalist_, 51;
Secretary to the Treasury, 52;
his opinions and policy, 53-54;
his financial successes, 55;
proposes taking over State Debts, 55;
buys off Southern opposition, 55;
proposes creation of National Bank, 56;
opposition to, 57;
defeats Burr's intrigues for the Pre