Abolitionists, rise of the, 311, 324.
Acadians, expulsion of the, 139.
Adams, John, elected President, 236.
administration of, 238.

John Quincy, elected President, 297.
administration of, 298.

and slavery, 311, 314, 324, 326, 331.
and the Monroe Doctrine, 294, 295.
Samuel, 169, 173, 175.

Agriculture in the West, 324, 372, 520, 540.
Alabama admitted, 286.

"Alabama," the, claims, 408, 486.

Alaska, purchase of, 478.

Albany founded, 43, 49.

plan of union, 138.

Algiers, war with, 253.

treaty with, 236.

Alien and Sedition Laws, 240.
Allen, Ethan, 174.

Amendments to the Constitution, the first
twelve, 221, 247.

after the Civil War, 470, 471, 477.
America discovered by the Northmen, I.
discovered by Columbus, 5.

continent of, discovered (1497) by John
Cabot, 8.

claimed (1497) by England, 8, 9.
how discovered to be a continent, 10.
name of, 9.

effects of the discovery of, on Europe, 24.
English and French colonies, 16, 18.
England's reasons for colonizing, 27.
first law-making assembly in, 33.
Dutch settlements in, 43-

first permanent English settlement in,

28.

Army of the Revolution, 175.
of the War of 1812, 266.

of the Mexican War, 349.

of the Civil War, 403, 407, 461, 469.
Arnold, Benedict, in the Revolution, 183,
194.

treason of, 200.

Art, early American, 158.

Arthur becomes President, 501.

Articles of Confederation, 186, 209, 210, 215.
Assemblies, Colonial, 34, 47, 49, 55, 57, 66,
71, 84, 88, 95, 97, 101, 102, 105, 106, 109,
112, 119, 120, 127.

Assistance, Writs of, 165.

Association, Articles of, 172, 173.
Assumption of State debts, 223.

Astor, John J., and the War of 1812, 267.
and Oregon, 346.

Atlanta taken by Sherman, 449.

Exhibition, 518.

Atlantic telegraph completed, 478.
Austin, S. F., and Texas, 293.
Australian ballot introduced, 508.
Authors, American, 318.

Bacon, Nathaniel, rebellion of, 39, 40.
Balboa discovers the Pacific, 13.
Ballot, Australian, or secret, 508.
Baltimore, Lord, founds Maryland, 99.
Baltimore, city of, founded, 103.

first blood in Civil War shed at, 404.
Bank, the first U. S., established, 224.
the second U. S., 279.

U.S., Jackson and the, 319-323.
Banks, the "pet," 322.

state, 322.

wildcat, 322.

national, established, 408.
savings-banks, growth of, 542.
Banks, General N. P., 422, 441.
Baptist Church, the first, 105.
Baptists driven out of Massachusetts, 78.
go to Rhode Island, 105.

Battle of Alamance, 114.

Allatoona, 452.

Antietam, or Sharpsburg, 424.
Atlanta, 449.

Averysboro', 457.

Ball's Bluff (note), 415.

Bemis Heights, 193.

Bennington, 192.

Bentonville, 458.

Battle of Missionary Ridge, 442.
Mobile Bay, 455.

Molino del Ray, 352.

"Monitor" and the "Merrimac," 419.
Monmouth, 195.

Monterey, 350.

Murfreesboro', or Stone River, 432.
Narragansett Fort, 80.
Nashville, 454.

New Orleans (1815), 276.
New Orleans (1862), 420.
Oriskany, 193.
Palo Alto, 349.
Pea Ridge, 415.

Peninsular Campaign, 421.
Pequot Fort, 94.

Perryville, 431.

Petersburg, 446.

Petersburg (Mine), 447-

Pittsburg Landing, or Shiloh, 418.
Port Hudson, 440.
Princeton, 189.
Quebec (1759), 140.
Quebec (1775), 183.
Resaca, 449.

Resaca de la Palma, 350.

San Juan, 536.

Santiago, 536.

Saratoga, 194.

Savannah, 454.

Seven days round Richmond, 423.

Spottsylvania Court House, 446.
Stony Point, 198.

Ticonderoga and Crown Point, 174, 175-
Tippecanoe, 264.

Tohopeka, 273.

Trenton, 189.

Tripoli, 253.

Tullahoma, 432, 441.

Turner's Falls, 80.

Vera Cruz, 351.

Vicksburg, siege and capture of, 438-441.
Wilderness, the, 445-

Wilson's Creek (note), 415.

Winchester, 448.

Yorktown, 207.

Beauregard, General P. G. T., 403, 418, 431.
Behring Sea case, 517.

Bemis Heights, or Saratoga, battle of, 193.
Benton, Thomas H., 321, 340, 346, 364, 373-
Berkeley, Sir William, 37.

Biloxi, the French build a fort at, 133.
Black Hawk War, 319.

Bland-Allison Silver Act, 497; repealed, 511.

Blockade, the, in the Civil War, 461.
Boone, Daniel, in Kentucky, 115.
Border States in the Civil War, 405.
Boston, settlement of, 69.

Latin School, 74.
Massacre, 168.
"Tea Party," 169.

port of, closed, 170.

siege of, 173-183.

evacuated by the British, 184.

Braddock's defeat, 138, 139.

Bradford, Governor, of Plymouth, 64.

Bragg, General B., 431.

Brown, John, in Kansas, 377-

raid and execution of, 390.

John Brown song, 391.