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Lion of Liberty

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by Harlow Giles Unger


  Fontaine, John

  Fontaine, Martha Henry

  Fontaine, Patrick Henry

  Fowey (ship)

  France

  aid in Revolutionary War from

  British declaration of war on

  recognition of United States

  treaties with United States

  Franklin, Benjamin

  Freedom of religion

  Freeman’s Journal (newspaper)

  Gage, Thomas

  Galloway, Joseph

  Gardoqui, Diego de

  Gaspée (ship)

  Gates, Horatio

  General Court

  George III,

  Coercive Acts and

  Olive Branch Petition and

  slave trade and

  Stamp Act and

  Townshend Acts and

  George Washington University

  Georgia

  “Gettysburg Address” (Lincoln)

  Government

  Montesqueiu on

  Virginia plan of

  Grayson, William

  Great Flood of 1771,

  Greene, Nathanael

  Grenville, George

  Hall, Lyman

  Hamilton, Alexander

  Hampden-Sydney Academy

  Hampden-Sydney College

  Hancock, John

  Hanover County Courthouse

  Hanover County (Virginia)

  Harrison, Benjamin

  Henry, Alexander

  Henry, Anne (daughter)

  Henry, Anne (sister)

  Henry, Dorothea Dandridge

  birth of children

  as hostess

  at Leatherwood

  portrait of

  Red Hill and

  remarriage

  Henry, Dorothea (daughter)

  Henry, Edward (son)

  Henry, Edward (son, 2nd)

  Henry, Elizabeth (Betsey)

  Henry, Fayette

  Henry, Jane Robertson

  Henry, John (father)

  Parsons’ Cause case and

  Henry, John (son)

  disappearance of

  Henry, John (son, 2nd)

  Henry, Martha. See also Fontaine, Martha Henry

  Henry, Martha Catherina

  Henry, Nathaniel

  Henry, Nathaniel West

  Henry, Patrick

  address to Continental Congress

  aid to Continental Army

  arguments for perpetuation of Confederation

  attempt to establish Christian religion in Virginia

  attempt to replace Washington and

  Baptists and

  Bill of Rights and

  birth of

  birth of children/growth of family

  boyhood

  British army attempt to capture

  British Debts case and

  call for constitutional amendments

  canal-building projects and

  chronology

  as commander of Virginia revolutionary forces

  committee of correspondence and

  Constitutional Convention and

  Corbin and

  court presentation

  death of

  defense of farmers affected by flooding

  defense of Williamsburg

  as delegate to intercolonial congress

  as delegate to Second Continental Congress

  as delegate to Second Virginia Convention

  diplomatic relations with France and Spain and

  dress

  education of

  in Electoral College

  entertaining as governor

  exhortation for Revolutionary War

  family home

  as farmer

  as father

  father of

  Federalist attack on

  flexing political power

  freedom of religion and

  frontier life and

  before General Court

  “Give me liberty, or give me death speech,”

  as governor

  as governor during Revolutionary War

  heirs

  in House of Burgesses

  in House of Delegates/Assembly

  intermarriage of whites and Indians and

  Jay-Gardoqui agreement and

  as land owner

  land purchases/speculation

  law examination

  law practice

  as leader of western block in House of Burgesses

  on limitation of federal power

  loan to John Shelton

  Madison’s attempts to dislodge him

  malaria and

  marital advice

  marriage (first, Sarah)

  marriage (2nd, Dorothea)

  mother of

  as musician

  natural rights and

  need for money

  objections to Constitution

  offer of Senate seat

  offers of political appointments

  Parsons’ Cause case

  portraits of

  pre-Revolutionary War debt

  Presbyterian church and

  as prophet on federal abuse of power

  Quebec Act and

  ratification of Constitution and

  Red Hill and

  religiosity in later life

  religious education

  resignation as governor

  resolutions on taxation

  retirement

  return of Tories and

  reversal of political position during war

  Roundabout home

  Scotchtown

  separation of church and state and

  Shelton tavern and

  as slave-owner

  on slavery

  slave trade ban

  Stamp Act debate

  Stamp Act speech

  state sovereignty and secession

  as storekeeper

  study of law

  support for boycott in response to Coercive Acts

  support for revolutionary war

  suspicion of federal government power

  threat of arrest

  threat of secession over Mississippi River navigation rights

  ties to West

  trade relations with Spain and

  Virginia’s new government and

  war in West and

  wealth of

  Yazoo Land Company and

  Henry, Patrick, Jr.

  Henry, Patrick (Rev.)

  Henry, Sarah

  Henry, Sarah Shelton

  death of

  depression of

  suicide attempt

  Henry, Sarah Syme

  Henry, William (brother)

  Henry, William (son)

  Henry, William Wirt

  Henry County (Virginia)

  Hook, John

  House of Burgesses

  dissolution of

  Henry and

  membership

  Stamp Act debate in

  House of Delegates. See also Virginia Assembly

  Howe, Richard

  Howe, William

  Hutchinson, Anne

  Hutchinson, Thomas

  Illinois

  Illinois County

  Independent Gazetteer (newspaper)

  Indiana

  Indians (native Americans)

  intermarriage with whites

  wars with

  Intercolonial congresses

  Iredell, James

  Jacob, Giles

  James River Company

  Jay, John

  Jay-Gardoqui agreement

  Jefferson, Thomas

  amendments to Constitution

  British attempt to capture

  committee of correspondence and

  Declaration of Independence and

  as governor

  on Henry and call to revolution

  on Henry’s increased power during wartime

  on Henry’s opposition to national tax
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  on Henry’s Stamp Act speech

  in House of Burgesses

  investigation of performance as governor

  as leader in Virginia’s House

  Madison and

  Maury and

  meeting Patrick Henry

  as minister in Paris

  new capitol building and

  as political mentor

  portrait of

  on Randolph’s betrayal of Henry

  ratification of Constitution and

  on Robinson’s malfeasance

  as vice president

  Jones, Willie

  Jouett, Jack

  Kentucky

  call for amendments to Constitution

  Kentucky Resolutions

  land speculation in

  navigation rights on Mississippi River and

  nullification and

  ratification of Constitution and

  war with Shawnees

  King, Rufus

  Knox, Henry

  Lafayette, Marquis de

  farewell tour

  Latrobe, Benjamin Henry

  The Law of Nature and Nations (Pufendorf)

  Lear, Tobias

  Leatherwood plantation

  Lee, Charles

  Lee, Francis Lightfoot

  Lee, Henry (Lighthorse Harry)

  Federalist attack on Henry and

  offer of Senate seat to Henry

  Lee, Richard Henry

  Coercive Acts and

  committee of correspondence and

  Constitutional Convention and

  death of

  as delegate to Continental Congress

  as delegate to intercolonial congress

  as delegate to Second Virginia Convention

  on Henry’s return to governorship

  as Henry supporter

  on independence from Britain

  land purchases

  objections to Constitution

  objection to proportionate voting

  portrait

  proposes American independence

  on revising Confederation

  as Senate candidate

  Westmoreland Protests

  Lee, William

  Lee family

  Legal training in colonies

  L’Esprit des lois (The Spirit of Laws) (Montesquieu)

  Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania (Dickinson)

  Letters of the Federal Farmer to the Republican

  Lexington, battle at

  Liberty or Death motto

  “Liberty or Death” speech

  Liberty (ship)

  Liberty Tree

  The Life and Opinions of Tristam Shandy (Sterne)

  Lincoln, Abraham

  Lincoln, Benjamin

  Locke, John

  London (ship)

  Long Island (New York), battle of

  Long Island (Virginia)

  Louisa County (Virginia)

  Madison, James

  Alien and Sedition Acts

  Bill of Rights and

  Constitutional Convention and

  on Henry’s objections to ratification

  as House candidate

  Jefferson and

  portrait of

  ratification of Constitution and

  response to Henry’s anti-Constitution arguments

  as Senate candidate

  Virginia Resolution

  Magdalen (ship)

  Maison Carée

  Malaria, Henry and

  The Manual Exercise

  Marshall, John

  Marshall, Thomas

  Maryland

  boundary/commerce dispute with Virginia

  preparation for war

  Maryland Gazette (newspaper)

  Maryland Journal (newspaper)

  Mason, George

  Constitutional Convention and

  death of

  declaration of rights

  on Henry as hero of the Revolution

  on Henry’s oratory

  land purchases

  objections to Constitution

  on Patrick Henry

  portrait of

  resolutions on taxation

  Massachusetts

  boycott of British goods

  creation of first independent government in America

  population of colony

  in Revolutionary War

  Shays’s Rebellion

  Tea Party and aftermath

  See also Boston

  Massachusetts Centinel (newspaper)

  Maury, James

  Mercer, Hugh

  Meredith, Jane Henry

  Meredith, Samuel

  Mifflin, Thomas

  Minutemen

  Mississippi River, navigation rights on

  Monmouth Court House, battle near

  Monroe, James

  as House candidate

  navigation rights on Mississippi River and

  objections to Constitution

  in Revolutionary War

  as Senator

  Montesquieu

  Monticello

  Morgan, Daniel

  Morris, Gouverneur

  “Mount Brilliant,”

  Mount Vernon

  Moustier, Comte de

  Murray, John

  Native Americans. See Indians (native Americans)

  Natural rights

  Navigation Acts

  Nelson, Thomas

  Nelson, William

  The New Art of War

  New Hampshire

  New Hampshire Gazette (newspaper)

  New Jersey

  Revolutionary War in

  Newport (Rhode Island)

  New York

  ratification of Constitution

  Revolutionary War in

  Nicholas, Robert Carter

  Norfolk (Virginia)

  North, (Lord) Frederick

  North Carolina

  declaration of independence from Britain

  ratification and

  Revolutionary War in

  Northwest Ordinance of 1787,

  Nullification

  Nymphe (ship)

  Odyssey

  Ohio

  Olive Branch Petition

  Oliver, Andrew

  Otis, James

  Otto, Louis-Guillaume

  Parker, John

  Parsons’ Cause case

  Patrick Henry: Life, Correspondence and Speeches (Henry)

  Patrick Henry Foundation

  Patrick Henry National Memorial

  Pendleton, Edmund

  Pennsylvania

  ratification of Constitution and

  Revolutionary War in

  Pennsylvania Chronicle (newspaper)

  Percy, Hugh

  Pickering, Timothy

  Piedmont region of North Carolina, rebellion in

  Piedmont region of Virginia

  Pinckney, Charles

  Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth

  Pinckney, Thomas

  Pitcairn, John

  Pleasant Grove

  Pleasants, Robert

  Plutarch

  Poindexter, Edith C.

  Polly (ship)

  Potomac Company

  Powder Horn (Williamsburg)

  Powell, Leven

  Presbyterians

  Preston, Thomas

  Propaganda, patriot

  Proportionate representation

  Pufendorf, Samuel

  Quakers

  Quebec Act

  Quincy, Josiah

  Raleigh Tavern

  Randolph, Edmund

  arguments against Henry

  on Henry as young Burgess

  invitation for Henry to attend Constitutional Convention

  objections to Constitution

  portrait of

  pre-Revolutionary War debt

  ratification of Constitution and

  support for Union

  Virginia plan of government and

  Randolph, John


  Randolph, Peyton

  Randolphs

  Rattlesnake flags

  Red Hill sketch of

  “Regulators,”

  Religion

  attempt to establish Christianity as Virginia’s

  freedom of

  separation of church and state

  See also individual sects

  “Repeal Day,”

  Revere, Paul

  Revolution, calls for

  Revolutionary War

  cessation of hostilities

  early battles

  in New Jersey

  in New York

  in North Carolina

  in Pennsylvania

  in the South

  in South Carolina

  in Virginia

  in the West

  Rhode Island

  Richmond (Virginia), in Revolutionary War

  The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved (Otis)

  Roane, Spencer

  Robertson, David

  Robinson, John

  Rochambeau

  Romney (ship)

  Rush, Benjamin

  Rutledge, Edmund

  Rutledge, Edward

  Rutledge, John

  Scotchtown plantation

  Secession threats

  Alien and Sedition Acts and

  of “middle confederacy,”

  in New England

  over Mississippi River navigation rights

  in parts of Virginia, North Carolina and Kentucky

  of South

  Southern justification for

  in West

  Second Continental Congress

  Second Virginia Convention

  Sedition Act

  Separation of church and state

  Seven Islands plantation

  Seven Years’ War

  Shawnee Indians, war with

  Shays, Daniel

  Shays’s Rebellion

  Shelby, Evan

  Shelton, John

  Shelton, Sarah

  Shelton tavern

  Shippen, William

  Shippen, William, Jr.

  A Short Narrative of the Horrid Massacre of Boston (Bowdoin)

  Simpson, Colonel

  Slaves

  British freeing during Revolution

  federal government power to free

  Henry’s views on

  prohibition on owning

  Slave trade, attempts to end

  Sonnets and Other Poems

  Sons of Liberty

  South Carolina

  Revolutionary War in

  Spain, navigation rights on Mississippi River and

  The Spirit of Laws (Montesquieu)

  St. John’s Anglican Church

  St. Paul’s Anglican church

  Stamp Act (1765)

  debate in House of Burgesses

  popular opposition to

  repeal of

  Stamp Act speech

  Stills, tax on

  Stuart, Archibald

  Suffolk Resolves

  Sullivan, John

  Surveying skills

  Swift, Jonathan

  Syme, John

  Syme, John, Jr.

  Syme, Sarah

  Tabb, William L.

  Tarleton, Banastre

 

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