Trail of Tears, 310–311
Treason
Burr accused of, 238–250, 254
Fries charged with, 159
by Jefferson, 83, 97, 132
by Wilkinson, 241–242, 248, 258
witnesses to, 246–247, 251–255
Treasury Secretary
Hamilton, 61, 82–84, 104–109, 210
Wolcott, 108–109, 129, 162, 176
Treaties
rule of maternal descent in, 74–75
Senate’s power of, 109–110, 114–115
as supreme law of the land, 58, 77, 323
See also specific treaties
Treaty of Ghent, 277, 279–282, 285
Treaty of Paris, 76–78, 112
Trenton, Battle of, 2, 20, 61, 87
Trial by jury, 60, 63–65, 250–251
Troup, Robert, 154
Trumbull, John, 137
Trumbull, Jonathan, 259
Truxton, Thomas, 150
Tucker, St. George, 174
Twelfth Amendment, 185
Tyler, John, 268
Ultra-Federalists, 144, 146, 154–155, 166
Unger, Baron Jean Louis de, 24
Unicorn, 101, 105
Union, liberty and, 313
United States (U.S.)
birth of, 71–72
Britain’s commercial accord with, 285
Code of Laws, 269
Franco-English war and, 89–99
navy, 142, 150, 277
quasi-coups in, 210
westward migration in, 285–286, 288, 291
See also Capitol, U.S.; Civil War; Congress; Constitution; Quasi-war, with France; Revolutionary War; Supreme Court; War of 1812
United States v. Burr, 251–255
United States v. Peters
Marshall, John, and, 261–264, 287, 322
in new foundation for constitutional law, 294
Supreme Court’s power to void state laws and, 264, 287, 322
U.S. See United States
U.S. Constellation, 150
U.S. Constitution, 150, 193, 277
Valley Forge, 22–25, 239–240
Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 305
Venable, Abraham, 104
La Vengeance, 150
Veterans, 38–39, 46
Vetoes, 300
Villette, Reine-Philiberte
Marquise de, 137–139, 146, 154
Virginia
confiscation law, nullified, 286
Dynasty, 289
Jefferson as governor of, 31–32, 34, 36–37
Legislature, 38, 40, 51–52, 111
Monroe as governor of, 154, 188, 199
presidents from, 275, 287
Resolution, 145, 148, 199
River Commission Report implemented by, 285–286
state constitution reform convention, 307–308
See also Cohens v. Virginia; Richmond
Virginia Gazette and General Advertiser, 91, 147
Virginia House of Delegates, 38, 40, 79
Virginia ratification convention
Henry at, 2, 7–10, 64–69, 71
Madison at, 62, 64, 67–68, 71, 299
Marshall, John, at, 2, 8–10, 61–69
Monroe at, 62–64, 72
slavery and, 68–69
Wythe at, 65
Wabash River, 272
War, declaration of, 91–92
War hawks, 272–274
War of 1812
Madison declaring, 273–274
Marshall, John, against, 275
McHenry against, 274
Monroe in, 277, 281, 288
New Orleans battle in, 280–282
peace negotiations, 277, 279–280
Richmond in, 277
Supreme Court cases during, 283–284
Treaty of Ghent ending, 277, 279–282, 285
U.S. navy in, 277
Washington, DC, burned in, 273, 278–279, 282, 290
Wilkinson in, 258
York burned in, 276, 278
Ware v. Hylton, 76–79
Warren, Earl, 294
Warville, Jacques Pierre Brissot de, 106
Washington, Bushrod, 35, 147, 158
as Federalist, 269
as justice, 149–150, 184, 211, 269, 271
Life of George Washington by, 158, 184, 276
Revolutionary War and, 270
Washington, DC, 185
Adams, John, leaving, 191–192
construction of, 170–172, 174–176, 282
Residency Act of 1790 and, 172
in War of 1812, 273, 278–279, 282, 290
White House in, 175–176, 279
See also Capitol, U.S.
Washington, George
cabinet vacancies of, 107–109
chaos in cabinet of, 84, 87, 89, 91, 103
on Constitution, 60
Continental Army led by, 16, 18, 21, 48, 125
death of, 1–2, 156–159
debts of, 76
eulogy for, 156–157
farewell of, 121–126
first term of, 87–89
foreign policy of, 122, 146
Franco-English war and, 89–99, 103–104
Hamilton appointed to Inspector General by, 144–146
inland water route dream of, 275–276, 286
Jay Treaty and, 114–115
Life of George Washington on, 158, 184, 276
Marshall, Thomas, Sr., and, 10, 43, 275
at Monmouth, 25–28
Monroe and, 1–2, 117–118
mutiny ended by, 39
national unity and, 51, 54–57, 91
neutrality policy of, 3, 92–96, 103, 105, 272
against political parties, 122
popular Federalists supported by, 148–149
presidential election won by, 72, 80–86, 153
quasi-coup by, 210
in Revolutionary War, 19–28, 31–32, 38–39
second term of, 89–99, 121–125
ship seizures and, 3
against slavery, 267
on Supreme Court’s importance, 178
Wilkinson plotting against, 48, 239–240
Washington, Martha, 124, 132, 158, 173
Washington, William, 20–21
Washington Federalist, 186, 234–235
Waterways, navigation on, 213, 276, 285, 304–306
Wayne, “Mad” Anthony, 26–27, 29, 31, 36
Webster, Daniel
on Constitution, 312–313
in Dartmouth College v. Woodward, 295–296
McCulloch v. Maryland and, 297
Westward migration, U.S., 285–286, 288, 291
Whiskey tax, 106–107
White, Samuel, 216
White House, 175–176, 279
Wickham, John, 80
Wilkinson, James
Burr accused of treason by, 238–243, 246–249, 254
cipher letter sent by, 246, 254
court martial of, 258
letter by Marshall, John, to, 48–49
Spain and, 239–240
treason by, 241–242, 248, 258
in War of 1812, 258
against Washington, George, 48, 239–240
Wilson, James, 149
Wirt, William, 297
Wolcott, Oliver, Jr.
on Marshall, John, 217
as treasury secretary, 108–109, 129, 162, 176
Woodford, William, 22
Worcester, Samuel, 311, 325
Worcester v. Georgia
Marshall, John, and, 294, 311, 316, 325
in new foundation for constitutional law, 294
Wright, Robert, 222
Writs
of habeas corpus, 246–247
of mandamus, 206–209, 322
Wythe, George
at College of William and Mary, 13, 35–36, 174, 184
Constitution and, 56, 65
Jefferson studying under, 13
Marshall, John, trained by, 35–36, 95, 174, 184
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at Virginia ratification convention, 65
XYZ dispatches, 140–142
Yazoo land sales, 265
See also Fletcher v. Peck
Yellow fever, 102
York, buildings burned in, 276, 278
Yorktown, Battle of, 38, 107
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