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Struggle for Sea Power : A Naval History of American Independence (9781782397403)

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by Willis, Sam

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  INDEX

  Page numbers in bold refer to figures.

  à la Belle Poule hairstyle ref1, ref2, ref3

  Acland, Lady Harriet ref1

  Adams, Abigail ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Adams, John ref1, ref2, ref3n, ref4n, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17

  Adams, Samuel ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Adolphus, Gustavus ref1

  African Americans ref1; see also slaves and slavery

  Alfred (American frigate) ref1, ref2, ref3

  Allen, Ethan ref1

  Allen, John, An Oration upon the Beauties of Liberty, or the Essential Rights of the Americans ref1

  Alliance (American frigate) ref1, ref2

  Amazon, HMS ref1

  American cause, sympathy for ref1

  American government, centralization ref1, ref2

  American militia, strength ref1

  American sailors, impressed ref1

  American War of Independence

  duration ref1

  early naval incidents ref1

  endings ref1, ref2

  first clashes ref1

  first shot ref1

  historical figures ref1

  last shot ref1, ref2

  outbreak ref1

  scale ref1

  American–British co-operation ref1

  American–Indian relations ref1, ref2

  amphibious landings ref1, ref2

  Amsterdam ref1, ref2

  André, Major John ref1

  Andrew Doria ref1, ref2

  Annibal (French warship) ref1n, ref2

  Antigua ref1, ref2

  anti-Semitism ref1

  Apollo, HMS ref1, ref2

  Appalachian Mountains ref1

  Aquidneck Island ref1

  Aranjuez, Treaty of ref1, ref2

  Arbuthnot, Vice-Admiral Marriot ref1, ref2, ref3

  and arrival of Rochambeau’s expedition ref1

  battle off Cape Henry ref1

  Charleston campaign ref1

  relationship with Clinton ref1, ref2, ref3

  archaeology ref1, ref2

  Ardent, HMS ref1, ref2

  Arethusa, HMS ref1, ref2

  Arethusa, The (Song) ref1

  Arnold, Benedict

  arrival at Quebec ref1

  attack on Fort Ticonderoga ref1

  attack on Quebec ref1

  capture of the George ref1

  Continental Army commission ref1

  crossing of the St Lawrence ref1

  defection ref1

  grievances ref1n

  halt of British advances ref1

  invasion of Canada ref1

  invasion of Chesapeake Bay ref1, ref2

  at Lake Champlain ref1

  march to Quebec ref1

  Artésien (French warship) ref1

  Articles of Confederation ref1

  Ashley River ref1

  Atlantic crossings ref1, ref2

  Byron ref1

  d’Estaing ref1

  Lafayette ref1

  Rochambeau’s expedition ref
1

  Rodney ref1

  Atlantic trade ref1

  Augusta, HMS ref1

  Austria ref1n, ref2, ref3n

  Azelars, Jose ref1

  Badger, HMS ref1

  Bagaduce, battle of

  American flight ref1

  American forces ref1

  Americans prepare to launch naval attack ref1

  British dispositions ref1, ref2

  British seize ref1

  Collier’s arrival ref1

  destruction of the American fleet ref1

  impact of ref1

  seamanship ref1

  strategic importance ref1

  Baldwin, Colonel Jeduthan ref1, ref2, ref3

  Baldwin, George ref1

  Baltic, the ref1, ref2, ref3

  Baltick (schooner) ref1

  Barbados ref1, ref2, ref3

  Barceló, Vice-Admiral Antonio ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  Barrington, Rear-Admiral Samuel ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

  bateaux

  boatmanship problems ref1

  construction ref1

  oars ref1

  prices ref1

  Bateman, Captain Nathaniel ref1

  Bathhurst, Lord ref1

  Baton Rouge ref1

  battles, numbers ref1

  Belle Poule (French frigate) ref1, ref2

  Bermuda ref1

  ‘Betsy Ross’ Stars and Stripes ref1

  Beverly, Massachusetts ref1

  Bhatkal, India ref1

  Biddle, Nicholas ref1

  Bienfaisant, HMS ref1

  Billingsport ref1

  Bingham, William ref1, ref2

  black loyalists ref1

  Blane, Gilbert ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Board of Admiralty ref1

  Bombay Marine, the ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Bondfield, John ref1, ref2

  Bonhomme Richard (Jones) ref1

  Bordentown ref1

  Boston ref1

  American captures off ref1

  anti-French tensions ref1

  arrival of French fleet ref1

  blockade ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  d’Estaing leaves ref1

  Dorchester Heights ref1

  evacuation fleet ref1

  evacuation of, 1776 ref1n, ref2, ref3

  first French ships arrive in ref1

  Lafayette’s arrival in ref1

  lighthouses ref1

  powder house raids ref1

  privateers and privateering ref1

  Revere’s harbour crossing ref1

  Royal Naval officers kidnapped ref1

 

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