by Ron Chernow
executive power and
French Revolution feared by
GW in support of
GW’s death and
in GW’s second-term cabinet
High
high society and
hopes for GW’s continuance in office by
on Jay Treaty
Martha Washington as
representational government and
on Reynolds scandal
federal vs. state power
Fenno, John
Ferguson, Patrick
Ferry Farm
Fersen, Axel von, Count
Field, Robert
Findley, William
First Continental Congress
independence not goal of
First Maryland Regiment
Fischer, David Hackett
Fishbourn, Benjamin
Fishkill, N.Y.
Fithian, Philip
Fitzgerald, John
Fitzhugh, William
Flexner, James T.
Florida
East
Forbes, Eleanor
Forbes, Gilbert
Forbes, John
Ford, Theodosia
Ford, West
foreign policy
Forks of the Ohio
Fort Cumberland
Fort Dinwiddie
Fort Duquesne
Fort George
Fort Le Boeuf
Fort Lee
Fort Necessity
Fort Pitt
Fort Ticonderoga
British capture of
weapons from
Fort Washington
Fort Wayne, Ind.
Fourth of July
Fox, Charles James
France
Adams’s diplomatic overtures toward
American alliance with
American independence recognized by
American ships seized by
America’s relationship with
antislavery sentiment in
army of
British seizure of cargo bound for
condescension by
Directory in
émigrés from
in expulsion from Canada
farewell address and
Fauchet bribery allegations and
financial assistance sought from
fleet of
in French and Indian War
GW’s proposed trip to
GW’s skepticism about
Jefferson’s support for
Ohio Country claimed by
postwar alliance with
projected war with
Quasi-War against the United States by
self-interest of
volunteer officers from
in war with Austria and Prussia
in war with Britain
in war with Holland
XYZ Affair and
Franklin, Benjamin
as abolitionist
as ambassador to France
on celebrity
at Constitutional Convention
in Continental Congress
death of
executive power distrusted by
on GW
Society of the Cincinnati opposed by
Franklin, William
Franks, David
Franks, Isaac
Fraser, John
Fraunces, Samuel
Fraunces Tavern
Fredericksburg, Va.
Frederick the Great, emperor of Prussia
Freeman, Douglas Southall
Freemasons, see Masons
French, Penelope Manley
French and Indian War
bounty lands for veterans of
Cornwallis in
end of
GW in
William Howe in
French Guiana (Cayenne)
French Revolution
American Revolution and
Jefferson’s support for
Lafayette and
origins of
Reign of Terror in
turmoil as result of
Freneau, Philip
Frestel, Félix
frontier warfare
Frost, Amariah
Fry, Joshua
Fugitive Slave Act (1793)
Gage, Thomas
in Battle of Lexington and Concord
replacement of
Gainsborough, Thomas
Gale, George
gambling
Garrison, William Lloyd
Gates, Elizabeth
Gates, Horatio
Camden defeat of
in rivalry with GW
Saratoga victory of
Gazette of the United States
General Advertiser
General Court of Massachusetts
Genet, Edmond-Charles “Citizen Genet,”
Gentleman’s Magazine
George II, king of England
George III, king of England
appreciation of GW by
Bowling Green statue of
delusional state of
as head of Church of England
Jay Treaty and
George Mann’s Tavern
Georgetown
George Washington in Prayer at Valley Forge
Georgia
Constitution ratified by
pine barrens of
war debt paid by
Gérard, Alexandre
Germain, George
Germantown, Battle of
Germantown, Pa.
Germany
Gerry, Elbridge
Gibbs, Caleb
Giles (slave)
Giles, William Branch
Gimat, Chevalier de
Gist, Christopher
Gist, Mordecai
Gist, Nathaniel
Gloucester, Va.
Glover, John
Gordon, William
Graham, Catharine Macaulay
Grant, James
Grasse, Comte de
Graves, Thomas
Graydon, Alexander
Great Britain
American colonies of
America’s relationship with
blocking exports to
boycott of imports from
class system in
colonial declaration of independence from
colonial land policy of
debt in
defections to
early end of Revolution expected in
Federalists and
fighting in Canada by
fighting methods of
France’s enmity toward
France’s war with
in French and Indian War
fur trade vs. settlements of
GW’s ability to learn from
GW’s struggle against injustice of
Indians as allies of
inexhaustible resources of
invincible power of, questioned
Jay Treaty with
London factors vs. Virginia colonists of
mercantilist policies of
North American aspirations of
Ohio Country claimed by
Republican hostility toward
resistance to rule of
slave trade banned in
taxation of colonies by
Townshend Acts and
trade restrictions on
trade with
treason punished by
war avoided with
in War of Jenkins’ Ear
war propaganda in
western forts of
West Indian markets shut to Americans by
see also England
Great Dismal Swamp
Great Kanawha River
Great Lakes
Great Meadows
Green, Ashbel
Green, Charles
Green, Thomas
Greene, Catharine Littlefield “Caty,”
Greene, George Washington
Greene, Jacob
Greene, Nathanael
in Battle of Brandywine
in Battle of Germantown
in Battle of Monmouth Court House
in Battle of Princeton
character and personality of
death of
in defeat at Fort Washington
as GW’s aide
as quartermaster general
in siege of Boston
southern department commanded by
Greenwood, John
Griffith, David
Grove, William B.
Guilford Court House, N.C.
Güllager, Christian
Gunn, James
Hackensack, N.J.
Hale, Nathan
Half King (Tanacharison)
Halkett, Francis
Hall, David
Hamilton, Alexander
as anglophile
anonymous attacks by
and Arnold affair
background of
Bank of the United States proposed by
in Battle of Harlem Heights
in Battle of Princeton
in Battle of Trenton
in battle on Chatterton’s Hill
character and personality of
chief justice position declined by
and command of new army
and Constitutional Convention
in Continental Army
death of
debt funding report of
excise tax proposed by
Federalist papers and
on federal powers
financial program of
Gates’s confrontation with
on Gates’s defeat
George Washington Lafayette and
on GW
as GW’s aide
GW’s death and
GW seen as puppet of
GW’s farewell address written by
GW’s last letter to
GW’s relationship with
honorary French citizenship for
investigations of
Jay Treaty and
Jefferson and Madison’s deal with
Jefferson’s rivalry with
and Laurens’s duel with Lee
manufacturing supported by
marriage of
and officer revolt
in resignation from Treasury
retirement desired by
and 1789 election
skepticism toward French of
slavery opposed by
strong central government advocated by
tension between GW and
as treasury secretary
Whiskey Rebellion and
yellow fever outbreak and
at Yorktown
Hamilton, Elizabeth Schuyler
Hamilton, James
Hammond, George
Hancock, John
in election of 1789
GW’s correspondence with
resignation as Continental Congress president by
Hand, Edward
Harcourt, William
Harlem Heights
Battle of
Harmar, Josiah
Harris, Hannah
Harrison, Benjamin
Harrison, Robert Hanson
Hart, John
Hartford, Conn.
Hartford Woolen Manufactory
Harvard College
Hawthorne, Nathaniel
Hazen, Moses
Head of Elk, Md.
Heath, William
Heights of Guana (Gowanus Heights)
Heister, Leopold Philipp, Freiherr von
“Helvidius,”
Hemings, Madison
Hemings, Sally
Henley, Elizabeth Dandridge
Henriques, Peter
Henry, Patrick
Hercules (slave)
Herrick, John
Herring, John
Hessians
Hewes, Joseph
Hickey, Thomas
Hiltzheimer, Jacob
Hoag, John
Hoban, James
Hobby, Jonathan
Holland
diplomatic recognition of America by
France’s war with
Holy Ground
honor culture
Houdon, Jean-Antoine
House of Burgesses, Va.
Botetourt’s dissolution of
British imports boycotted by
Committee of Correspondence of
Dunmore’s dissolution of
Fauquier’s dissolution of
GW in
GW’s aspiration toward
Jefferson in
Lawrence Washington in
opposition to Stamp Act in
response to Boston Port Bill in
Virginia Convention and
House of Commons, British
slave trade banned by
House of Representatives, Massachusetts
House of Representatives, U.S.
bank bill in
form of address for president discussed in
Hamilton investigated by
increased army troops allowed by
Jay Treaty in
proportional representation in
Republicans in
see also Congress, U.S.
Howe, Richard, Viscount
and British invasion of New York
Howe, Robert
Howe, William
and Battle of Brandywine
and Battle of Germantown
in Battle of Trenton
Boston occupied by
and British invasion of New York
departure of
knighting of
negotiated solution pursued by
New Jersey incursions of
New York occupied by
Howell, David
Howell, Richard
Howland, Prince
Huddy, Joshua
Hudson Highlands
Hudson River
Hudson Valley
Humane Society of the City of New York
Humphreys, David
Hunter, Robert
Huntingdon, Earl of
Hurley, James
implied powers doctrine
import duties
indentured servants
Independence Hall
Indian Queen
Indians
American relations with
in American Revolution
atrocities of
as British allies
conflicts between settlers and
as French allies
fur trade with
GW’s ambivalent relations with
GW’s first encounter with
GW’s image among
and GW’s mission to the French
Knox’s land policy on
Wayne’s expedition against
Industrial Revolution
Innes, Harry
Innes, James
Instructions to His Generals
Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts) (1774)
Ireland
revolutionaries from
settlers from
Irish Americans
Iroquois Confederacy, see Six Nations
Irving, Washington
Izard, Ralph
Jack (slave)
Jack “Mulatto Jack” (slave)
Jackson, Andrew
Jackson, James
Jackson, Robert
Jackson, William
Jacksonian era
Jacobins
Jameson, John
James River
James River Company
Jay, James
Jay, John
as chief justice
Constitutional Convention and
in election of 1789
as envoy to Britain
Federalist papers and
as governor of New York
as president of Continental Congress
resignation as chief justice by
&nbs
p; Jay, Sarah
Jay Treaty
Jefferson, Thomas
on Adams
as agrarian
ambivalence of, toward Constitution
anti-British policies of
appearance and personality of
bank bill opposed by
cabinet resignation of
on capital city
deal with Hamilton by Madison and
Declaration of Independence and
diplomatic assignment to Paris of
in election of 1796
in election of 1800
on First Continental Congress
France and French Revolution supported by
as governor of Virginia
on GW
GW deceived by Hamilton in view of
GW’s falling-out with
Hamilton’s rivalry with
in House of Burgesses
on Lafayette
Madison’s alliance with Martha Washington and
and Mazzei letter scandal
monarchy feared by
as populist
powerful national government feared by
as Republican presidential candidate
in resignation from cabinet
retirement desired by
as secretary of state
and slavery
Society of the Cincinnati opposed by
as states’ rights advocate
as vice president
as Virginia aristocrat
on Whiskey Rebellion
Jeffersonians
attempt to oust Adams by
see also Republicans
Jenkins, Robert
Jews, Judaism
Johnson, John
Johnson, Samuel
Johnson, Thomas
Johnson, Thomas, Jr.
Johnston, Samuel
Joncaire, Philippe Thomas de
Jones, John
Jones, John Paul
Jones, Joseph
Jones, Thomas
Journal of Major George Washington, The
“Journal of My Journey over the Mountains, A” (Washington)
Judge, Andrew
Judge, Ona (slave)
judicial branch
Judiciary Act (1789)
Julius (slave)
Jumonville, Joseph Coulon de Villiers, Sieur de
Kalb, Johann de, Baron
Kanawha Canal
Kelly, Nelson
Kentucky
admitted to Union
Ketchum, Isaac
King, Boston
King, Rufus
King’s Chapel (Stone Chapel)
King’s College (Columbia University)
Kip’s Bay
Kitt, Frederick
Knight, Humphrey
Knowlton, Thomas
Knox, Henry
as acting president
in Battle of Germantown
in Battle of Princeton
in Battle of Trenton
as bookseller
character and personality of
and Constitution
in defense of New York
in Delaware crossing
GW’s correspondence with
GW’s disappointment in
in GW’s farewell
GW’s trust and friendship for
as Hamilton ally
Indian policy of
in new army
in resignation from War Department
as secretary of war
Shays’s Rebellion and
Society of the Cincinnati founded by
standing army supported by