America

crease of Population, 366, 373; Pitt's
Bill, 367; another American Invasion,
368; Education in Lower, 374; in Upper,
375; Union of the Two Provinces, 387;
Effects of Free Trade, 389; Grand Trunk
Railway, 393; Financial Position, 393;
The Dominion, 397; its Political Con-
stitution, 398; Area and Population, 426;
Commerce, 427; the Lumber Trade, 428;
Agriculture, 429; Fisheries, 430; Mer-
cantile Navy, 430; Taxation, 430; the
Educational System, 433.

Cape Breton, taken by the English, 341, 401.
Cape Cod Bay, 31.

Carabobo, Bolivar's Victory at, 502.
Carleton, Governor of Canada, 362.
Carolina, North, 54, 81, 96, 121.

Carolina, South, 54, 61, 81, 121, 159, 196.
Cartier, Jacques, 314, 315.

Congress, 87, 92, 101, 105, 110, 111, 118,
122, 129, 130, 132, 138.
Connecticut, 37, 54, 96, 168.
Convention of Delegates from the Thirteen
Original States, 134.

Cook, James, the Navigator, 78.
Cornwallis, Lord, 115, 127, 128.
Cortes, Hernando, 442-446, 448, 449.
Cromwell, Oliver, 33, 38, 65.
Crown Point, The Capture of, 362.
Cuba, 507-510.

Cusco, the Capital of Peru, 460, 462, 463.

Darien, The Spanish Settlement of, 440.
Davis, Jefferson, 197, 201, 202, 252, 253, 262.
Debt, The War, of the General Govern-
ment and of the States, 139; at the Close
of the Federal War, 276.
Debtors and the English Law, 55.

Carting, The Inconvenient Habit of," Declaration of Independence, 72, 152.

84.

Carver, John, 32.

Cassamarca, a City of Peru, 460.

Delaware, Lord, 26.

Delaware River, 52, 53.

Delaware State, 54, 105.

Census, The American, of 1860, 190; of De Leon, Ponce, Expedition of, 15.

1864, 396.

Cochrane, Lord, 523 n.

Delfthaven, 30.

De Luque, 451, 453.

De Soto, Ferdinand, Expedition of, 15-17.
Dickenson, John, 93.

Dorchester, The Heights of, 102.
Dufferin, Lord, Viceroy of Canada, 434.
Du Quesne, Fort (Pittsburg), taken, 341.

Early, General, 247.

East India Company sends Tea to America,
89; The Tea thrown into the Sea, 91.
Ebenezer, The Town, 56.
Ecuador, 514.

Education, Progress of, in New England,
36, 82; in Southern States, 82; in the
Union, 293-298; in Canada, 351, 374, 375,
433.

Coalition Government, The Canadian, of Elgin, Lord, Governor-General of Canada,

Colombia, The Republic of, 514.

388, 390.

Eliot, John, Apostle of the Indians, 47.
Elizabeth, Queen of England, 60.

Colonial Department of English Govern- English, Early Settlements of the, 333;
ment, 360.

Colonies, The Four United, of New Eng-
land, 37.

Colonization, American, the Result of Op-
pression in Europe, 21.
Columbia, British, 423, 424.

Columbus, Christopher, 12, 439, 475, 479,
486, 553.

Commerce, American, Restrictions on, 85.
Compass, The Mariner's, 12.
Concord, The Village of, 94, 95.
Confederacy, The States of the, 197.

Wars with French Settlers, 338, 340;
Conquests of, 342.

Erie, Lake, Naval Fight on, 370.
Exports, American, Restrictions on, 85.
Exports of America, The, 291, 292.
Falmouth, 44.

Family Compact (Canadian), 376, 381.
Farming, American, 284.
Farragut, Admiral, 222.

Federal Army, Disbanding of the, 263.
Feudalism in Canada, 350; Abolished, 391.
Fisheries of Canada, 430.

Florida, its Discovery, 15; ceded to Eng- Hochelaga, 314.

Fort Sumpter, Bombardment of, 206.
Fox, George, 42.

France, American Possessions of, 15, 73;
her Sympathy with America, 112; her
Treaty with America against England,
120; her Aid to America, 127; Surrender
of her Possessions, 346.

Francia, Dr., Dictator of Paraguay, 526.
Franklin, Benjamin, 71, 72, 76, 84, 86, 115,
120, 134, 159.

Frederick of Prussia, 107.

Fredericksburg, Disaster at, 229.
Freedmen's Bureau, 249.

Fremont, General, 225.

French, The, in Canada, 315, 316, 320, 321,
341, 342.

Frobisher, Martin, 312.

Gage, General, 91, 94, 97, 98, 101.
Garfield, President James, 303–308.

Garibaldi, Defender of Monte Video, 529.
Garrison, William Lloyd, 167.

Gates, General, 118.

General Government, Powers of the, 136.
George II., 55.

George III., 87, 94, 129.

Georgia, 54, 61, 81, 92, 96, 121, 159.

Germantown, 115.

Gettysburg, Battle of, 237, 238.

Ghent, Treaty of, 150.

Gibraltar, besieged by Spain, 121.

Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, 313.

Goree, 121.

Gourlay, Robert, 377.

Granada, 121.

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Labrador, Discovery of by the Cabots, 14.
Lafayette, Marquis de, 112, 113, 153.

La Galissonnière, Compte de, 335.

Grant, General, 174, 222, 232, 243, 252, La Salle, Sieur de, 334.

254; President, 273, 304.

Greene, General, 127.

Grenville, Lord, 85, 86.

Guatemala, 450.

Gulf Stream, 14.

Haerlem, 109.

Halifax, Foundation of, 402.

Hamilton, Alexander, 132, 133, 139, 159.

Hampden, John, 33.

Harper's Ferry, 187, 188, 228.

Harvard College, 36.

Hawkins, Sir John, 60.
Hayes, President R. B., 303.
Henry, Patrick, 92, 159.
Henry VII. of England, 311.

Las Casas, Bartholemew de, Protector of

the Indians," 476-478.

Laud, Archbishop, 33.
Lawrence, Captain, 146.

Lawrence, The Town, 180.

Lee, General Robert E., 174, 217, 228, 234,
238, 244, 254.

Lee, Richard Henry, 92.

Lexington, Skirmish at, 94.

Lightning, Franklin's Discovery, 72.

Lima, founded by Pizarro, 462.

Lincoln, President Abraham, 174, 193-195,

200, 201, 204, 225, 241, 250, 256.

Lok, John, 60.

Long Island, 49.

Lopez, Carlos, Dictator of Paraguay, 527.

Louisburg, taken by the English, 341, 401. New Jersey, its Acquisition, 50, 54.

Massachusetts, 37, 39, 45, 47, 54, 88, 91, 130. Oglethorpe, James, 54

Mayflower, The, 31, 32, 58.

Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico, 520-522.
M'Clellan, General George B., 216, 219,

225, 228, 229, 250.

M'Dowell, General, 213.

Meade, General, 236.

Ohio, Valley of the, 73.

Ontario, Lake, 365.

Ordinance of the Convention of South
Carolina, dissolving the Union, 196.
Ottawa, 389.

"Mean Whites" of the Southern States, Pacific Ocean, Discovery of, 441.

180.

Paine, Thomas, 105.

Mexico, 175, 176, 445, 449, 473, 516, 519, Pakenham, Sir Edward, 150.

520-522.

Milton, John, 33, 38.

Miranda, Francis, 500, 501.

Mississippi, Discovery of the, 16.
Monetary Panic of 1873, 275.
Monitor, The Turret-Ship, 221.
Monopolies in Canada, 351.

Montcalm, Marquis de, 79, 340, 342, 343.
Monte Video, 529.

Montezuma, King of Mexico, 443, 446.
Montgomery, The City of, 216.
Montreal, Capture of, by the Americans,
362; Evacuation of, 363; Attempt by
the Americans to seize, 369, 370; Pro-
gress of, 379; Political Disturbances at,
383; ceases to be the Seat of Govern-
ment, 388.

Mount Vernon, 131.

Navy, The Mercantile, of Canada, 430.
Neck, Boston, 97; Charlestown, 97, 99.
New Brunswick, Progress and Resources
of, 404; Settlement of the Boundary,
405.
New England States, Early Government
of, 65; Commerce of, 81; Educational
System of, 82; Riots in, 86; Muster of
Men at Boston, 96; wrested from England,
103; invaded by a British Army, 117.
Newfoundland, 311, 221; taken Possession |
of by England, 406, 407; Area and Pop-
ulation of, 407; the Natives of, 408; Re-
sources of, 408.
New Granada, 514.

New Hampshire, 54.

New Haven, 37.

Papineau, Louis Joseph, 383.
Paraguay, 526-528.
Paris, Mr., 44.

Paul Jones, 121.

Paul le Jeune, Father, 326.
Pea Ridge, Battle of, 222.
Peninsula, The, 219.
Pennsylvania, 54, 66, 81, 105, 130.
Penn, William, 51, 52, 66.
Penobscot Bay, 337.
Perrot, Nicholas, 334.
Peru, 455, 524–526.
Petersburg, Siege of, 245.
Philadelphia, 52, 53, 71, 89, 92, 110, 115,
121, 133, 168.

Pilgrim Fathers, their leaving England,
29; Settlement in Holland, 29; Removal
to New England, 31; their Hardships
after landing, 32; their Political Consti-
tution, 32; their Reinforcements from
England, 34; their Peculiarities, 35;
their Virtues, 35.
Pitcairn, Major, 94.
Pittsburg, 76.

Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 78, 82,
87, 88, 91, 92.

Pizarro, Fernando, 462, 464.
Pizarro, Juan, 463.

Pizarro Gonzalo, 464, 465.
Pizarro, Francisco, the Discoverer of
Peru, 441, 451, 464.
Plymouth, 37.
Pocahontas, 24.
Polk, President, 173.
Pope, General, 228.

Port Hudson, Reduction of, 232.

Sherman, General, 246, 252.
Sierra Leone, 60.

Slaves, English, sold in Virginia, 26.
Slave Law, The Fugitive, 178.

Slavery, forbidden in Georgia, but after-
wards allowed, 57; the first great Con-
test regarding, 165; the second, 171; the
third, 180; War in Defence of, 198;
Abolition of, 225, 226, 248, 249.

Slaves, Negro, First landing of, in America,
58; Importation of, begun by Spain, 59;
carried on by Portugal, 60; by England,
60; Provision of the American Constitu-
tion regarding, 61; English Legislation,
regarding the Trade in, 62; Declaration of
English Bishops and Crown Lawyers re-
garding the holding of, 63; the suffer-
ings of, 62; Enactment of Congress re-
garding the Importation of, 61; the
Rights of, 265; the Education of, 294.
Smith, John, 23.

Southern States recognized as a belligerent
Power by England, 279.

Spain, Dominions of, in the West, 465, 488,
489, 495, 496, 499.

Spain, her Treaty with America against
England, 120.

Red River, The Settlement at, 414, 416, Springfield, Burial-place of President Lin-
418-420.

Rhode Island, State of, founded, 39, 54.

Richmond, City of, 217, 219, 253.
Riel, Louis, 416, 417, 421.

Rio de Janeiro, 546.

Rivadavia, President-General, 528.

Robinson, 29, 30.

Rosas, General, 529, and note.

Ross, General, 148.

Routledge, John, 92.

Russell, Lord John, and Canada, 385, 386.

Sacramento, The, 176.

Salem, 39, 44.

Sanitary Commission, 267.

San Miguel, 453.

Santa Anna, President of Mexico, 517.

Saratoga, The Surrender at, 117.

Savannah, The River, 55; the Town of, 56,

57; Capture of, 247.

Scott, General, 174.

Scrooby, The Town of, 28.

Selkirk, Lord, his Colony, 414.

Senate, Composition of the, 136.
Senegal, 121.

Seward, William H., 205, 257.
Shakamaxon, 53.

Shannon, The War Ship, 146.

Shenandoah, Valley of the, 247.

Sheridan, General, 247, 252.

coln, 258.

Stamp Act, The, 72, 86, 87.

Staten Island, 108.

States, The Secession, 197, 208.

St. Domingo, 60, 507.

Stephens, Alexander H., 202.

St. John, Island of, 341.

St. Lawrence, Discovery of the, 314.
Stuart, George H., 268.

Stuyvesant, Petrus, 49.

St. Vincent, Island of, 121.

Subjects, English and American, The Law
relating to, 142.

Sumner, Charles, 191.

Taxation, American, 284, and note.

Taxation in Canada, 430.

Taxes imposed on the Americans by the

English Parliament, 85, 88.

Taylor, General, 174.

Tiascalans, Overthrow of the, 441.

Ticonderoga, Capture of, 362.

Tobacco, 26, 190.

Townshend, Charles, 88.

Trent, British Mail-Steamer, boarded by
the Americans, 279.

Trenton, 110.

Tripoli, Expedition against, 140.

Union Bill, The Canadian, 387.

United States, The, 54, 81, 133, 137, 152,

182, 273.

Valley Forge, 116.

Vasco Nuñez de Balboa, 440.

116, 121, 122, 125, 128, 130, 131, 134, 138,
140, 159.

Watt, James, 155.

Wesley, Charles, 56.
Wesley, John, 56.

Venezuela, the Confederation of, 500; the West Point, 123.

State of, 514, 515.

Verazzani, John, 313.

Vicksburg, Reduction of, 232, 233.

Whitefield, George, 57.

Whitney, Eli, Inventor of Cotton-Gin, 155.
Wilderness, Federal Disaster in the, 234.

Virginia, 54, 65, 74, 81, 96, 127, 160, 184, William, Prince of Orange, 30.
212, 251, 337.

Virginia, Iron-clad Frigate, 220.

Wall Street, 49.

Walpole, Sir Robert, 54, 85.

Washington, Capital of the Union, cap-
ture of, by the British, 149; threatened
by the Confederates, 211, 228.
Washington, George, 68-70, 74, 75, 92, 93,

100, 101, 102, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111,

Williams, Roger, 38; his Views on Re-
ligious Toleration, 39; President of
Rhode Island, 40.

Winnipeg Valley, 421, 422.

Wolfe, General, 78, 343–346.

Wolseley, Sir Garnet, Expedition to the
Red River, 418.

York, Duke of, 66.
Yorktown, 127, 219.

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