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Index
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Acadian exiles, 106—108
Ackerson, John, 185
Adair, Jesse, 55–56, 57
Adams, Abigail, 75, 122
Adams, John, xx, 8, 10, 22, 24, 29, 35, 122, 346n.33
Boston Massacre and, 13–14
one-third thesis, xx-xxii
Adams, Samuel, 8, 9, 10, 16, 21, 22, 52, 56, 70
tea crisis and, 16–17
“Addresser” phenomenon, 39–40
Africa, xix, 136, 333
agriculture, 147, 253, 254, 270, 272
Alamance, Battle of, 142
Albany, New York, 160, 194, 222, 231, 232
Alden, Ichabod, 261
Alden, Judah, 63 and n.
Aldington, John, 184–85
Alexander, Robert, 236–37
Alexander, William, 192
Allen, Andrew, 236
Allen, Ethan, 69, 91, 96, 97
Allen, John, 236
Allen, Jolley, 117, 119–21, 123–26, 367n.41
Allen, Lewis, 125–26
Allen, William, 235
Allen, William, Jr., 235–36, 241, 248
America (term), 130
American Volunteers, 281, 282
Amory, Jonathan, 110–11
Amory, Thomas, 41, 110–11
André, John, 98, 240, 241, 244–46, 247, 282, 293–97, 298, 407n.19
hanging of, 296–97
Andrustown raid, 260
Angier, Oakes, 11
Anglicans, 3, 4–5, 29, 85, 115, 135, 147–48, 167, 192, 194, 205
Appalachians, 147
arms, 43, 73
French aid to America, 129
Loyalist, 19–38, 84–86, 134, 164, 165, 308
musket balls with nails, 176
Powder Alarm, 30–31, 39, 43
Rebel, 43–49, 54, 58–59, 77, 129, 159, 194, 232, 265
See also bayonets; cannons; musket;
gunpowder
Arnold, Benedict, 68–69, 95, 96, 176, 206–207, 228, 231, 232, 247–48, 406n.15
burning of New London, 320–21
loyalty oath, 246–47
Quebec expedition, 95, 98–106
treason of, 291–97
Arnold, Peggy Shippen, 241, 245, 246, 248, 293, 294, 395n.52
Arrogant, 317, 318
Articles of Association, 179
Asgill, Charles, 319–20
Asia, HMS, 157
Associated Loyalists, 297, 307–320
disbanded, 320
raids, 307–320
Augusta, British invasion of, 279–80
Balfour, Nesbit, 33, 34, 63, 284
Baptists, 147
Barker, John, 122
Barnard, Reverend Thomas, 46–47
Barrell, Walter, 115–17
Barrett, James, 58, 59
batmen, 48
Baum, Friedrich, 229–30
Bayard, William, 185
bayonets, 73, 160, 162, 178, 194, 206, 240, 286–87, 321
Beaman, Thomas K., 55
Beaumarchais, Pierre-Augustin Caron de, 129 and n.
Beauséjour, 106, 107
Beckwith, George, 312
Belcher, Jonathan, Jr., 96
Bemis Heights, 231
Bennington, Vermont, 229–30
Bergen County, New Jersey, 193, 197, 307
Bernard, Francis, 7–10, 66
Beverley, 294–95
Birch, Samuel, 331, 332
Bissell, Israel, 68
Black Pioneers, 172
Black Regiment, 155
blacks, xix, 152–56
in British Army, 172–73, 195, 315–17, 330–32
in Continental Army, 155–56
Loyalist, xix, 152–56, 163–64, 172–73, 195–96, 302, 330–33
postwar conditions and exile, 330–32
slaves, see slaves
Black Watch, 138
Bliss, Daniel, 49–50, 55, 59
Blucke, Stephen, 317, 332
Book of Negroes, The, 332 and n., 333
Borland, John Lindall, 85
Boston, 4, 6–18, 20, 63, 75–92, 102, 109, 110, 130, 136, 171, 222, 233, 325, 328
blockade, 75–78, 128
British evacuation of, 110–32, 134
looting of, 90–92, 112, 121
Loyalists, 4–18, 28–32, 39–43, 65–71, 74, 75–92, 110–32, 134
Massacre, 13–14, 31, 75
Patriots, 3–18, 28–32, 39–43, 65–71, 74, 75–92
Powder Alarm, 30–31, 39
prewar tensions, 9–10, 13–18, 28–32, 39–43
refugees, 39–42, 76, 78, 113–28
Tea Party, 14–18, 20, 116
war for, 67–71, 75–92
Boston Cadets, 20
Boston Gazette, 7, 23, 119
Boston Harbor, 6, 16–17, 30, 41, 42
Boston Neck, 42–43, 62, 67, 82, 111
Boswell, James, 137
Boucher, Reverend Jonathan, 83—84
Boudinot, Elias, 167
Bowdoin, James, 22
Boyd, James, 279–80
Bradford, William, 2
Brandywine, Battle of, 238–39, 282
Brant, Joseph, 213, 215–16, 219, 225–27, 253, 255, 258, 260, 261, 263, 264, 398n.22
Brant, Molly, 213
Brant’s Volunteers, 225
Brattle, William, 29–30, 39
Breed’s Hill, 71–73, 82
Bristol, 153–54
Britain, xviii, xx, xxi, 2–3, 51, 129
Acts of Union (1707), 86n.
Canada and, 93–109
Declaration of Independence and, 130–32
Loyalist exile to, xiii-xix, 40, 113–28, 144, 215–16, 328, 333
Parliament, see Parliament post-Revolutionary War, 327
press, 66, 87, 246
royal colonial governments, 4–5, 128, 141, 157, 159
war with France, 106
See also British Army; Royal Navy
British Army, xiii, xvi, xix, 8–9, 10, 12, 26, 28
Arnold’s treason and, 291–97
Associated Loyalists and, 307–320
blacks in, 172–73, 195, 315–17, 330–32
Boston Massacre, 13–14
Bunker Hill, 70–74, 75, 87
Burgoyne’s surrender at Saratoga, 232–34
Canadian battles, 93–109, 159, 161, 222
Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown, 319–24, 412n.1
evacuation of Boston, 110–32, 134
foraging raids, 242–44
Fort Stanwix siege, 225–29
guerrilla warfare, 196, 199–208, 302–307
Hessians, 105, 131–32, 139, 148, 166, 169, 182, 199, 202, 203–204, 218, 233, 267, 276, 305, 309, 326
hierarchy in, 86, 159, 364n.60
Highlanders, 138–40, 148–51
Indian allies, 87, 94, 97, 152, 159, 209-234, 250, 252–75, 322
Lexington and Concord, 54–62, 160
liberates New York City, 169–73
in New Jersey, 184–98, 199, 202–204, 209, 248–50, 298–301, 307–318
in New York, 157–83, 185–87, 189, 190–208, 209–234, 247
occupation of Philadelphia, 235–42, 247–48, 292
in Pennsylvania, 235–51, 252–75, 322
prewar tensions in Massachusetts, 9–10, 13–18, 19–38, 39–53
provisions, 77, 82, 88–89, 169, 247
recruitment, 139, 190–98, 204–205, 219, 282
in southern colonies, 141–56, 276–90, 320
war for Boston, 67–71, 75–92
See also specific battles, colonies, and regiments
British Legion, 324
broadsword, 150
Brooklyn, Battle of, 192
Brown, John, 47–50, 269, 400n.72
Brown, Thomas, 278–79, 284
Browne, Montfort, 192–93
Browne, William, 45
Brownfield, Dr. Robert, 286
Brush, Crean, 90–92, 112, 121, 123, 126
Bucks County Light Dragoons, 286
Buford, Abraham, 286, 287, 405n.41
Bull’s Ferry raids, 315—16
Bunker Hill, 122
Battle of, 70–74, 75, 76, 87, 145
Burgoyne, John, 70–73, 217–25, 229–34, 267, 276, 389n.43
Hudson River Valley campaign, 220–29, 232–34
surrender at Saratoga, 232–34, 252
in Vermont, 229–30
Burr, Aaron, 98
Burr, Eunice, 304–305
Burr, Thaddeus, 304–305
Butler, John, 208, 213–17, 223, 226–28, 242
frontier raids, 252–75
Sullivan-Clinton expedition against, 263–72
Butler, Thomas, 215
Butler, Walter, 215, 228, 261–62, 322
Butler’s Rangers raids, 252–75
Caldwell, Hannah, 313
Caldwell, Reverend James, 313
Caledonia Volunteers, 286
Cambridge, Massachusetts, 29–31, 39, 62, 63, 66, 76, 78, 109
war for, 67–71, 75–92
Campbell, Archibald, 279–80
Campbell, John, 150
Campbell, Robert, 120, 121, 123–24
Campbell, Lord William, 151–54
Canada, xviii, xix, xx, 5, 17, 44, 69, 93–105, 209, 210, 215, 216, 217, 233, 256, 267
Acadian exiles, 106–108
Indian-settler conflict on border of, 209–211
Loyalists, 93–109
postwar Tory exile to, 328–30, 333
Revolutionary War battles, 93–109, 159, 161, 176, 222
Canceaux, HMS, 78, 79, 89
Caner, Reverend Henry, 115, 117
cannons, 43, 44–46, 58–59, 71, 73, 89–90, 110, 111, 112, 113, 150, 254, 304, 317
Cape Fear, 138, 143–45, 148, 149, 151, 172
“carcasses,” 73, 89
Carleton, Christopher, 270–71
Carleton, Guy, 99–100, 102–106, 215–18, 233, 252, 253, 261, 267, 270, 273, 320, 325, 328–29, 392n.90
slaves and, 330–32
Carolina Royalists, 279
carpenters, 42
Castle Island, 44
Catholics, 94, 95, 100n., 102, 106, 341n.3
Cayuga tribe, 212
Chalmers, James, 238
Plain Truth, 238
Chandler, Joshua, 303
Chandler, Thomas, 303
Chandler, William, 303
Charles I, King of England, 3
Charles II, King of England, 294
Charleston, South Carolina, xviii, xix, 6, 145, 151, 153, 169, 276
evacuation of, 325, 326–27
siege and surrender of, 281–84
Charlestown, Massachusetts, 42, 43, 63, 66, 67, 70, 73, 76, 82
Charlestown Neck, 70, 73
Charlotte, Queen of England, 159–60, 191n.
Cherry Valley raid, 261–62, 263
Chesapeake Bay, 187, 235, 314, 321
Church, Dr. Benjamin, 43, 49, 52, 70, 127, 128
Clark, George Rogers, 274, 275
Clark, William, 275
Clarke, Reverend Jonas, 56, 57
Clarke, Richard, 15, 16
Claus, Christian Daniel, 214–15
Clinton, George, 195, 201, 207, 272
Clinton, Henry, 70–71, 73, 148, 169, 172, 181, 231, 244, 247–49, 272, 293, 296, 298–302, 313, 320, 377n.64
William Franklin and, 298–99, 301, 308, 311, 318
siege of Char
leston, 281–84
in southern colonies, 151–53, 277–90
Tryon’s raids and, 302–307
Clinton, James, 262–72
Cobb, David, 31
Cobleskill raid, 253–55
Coffin, John, 74
Coffin, Nathaniel, 74
Coffin, Thomas Aston, 85
colonies, xiv-xxii
arming the Tories, 19–38
beginning of war, 54–74
Boston Massacre, 13–14, 31, 75
British evacuation of Boston, 110–32
Butler’s Rangers raids, 252–75
crises leading to war, 1–18, 19–38
Declaration of Independence and, 130–32
governments, 128–32
Indian-settler conflicts, 209–234, 252–75, 322
last years of war, 298–322
royal colonial governments, 4–5, 128, 141, 157, 159
southern, see southern colonies
Stamp Act crisis, 5–7, 13, 28, 66, 119, 342n. 8
war for Boston, 75–92
war in New Jersey, 184–98, 199, 202- 204, 209, 248–50, 298–301, 307–318
war in New York, 157–83, 185–87, 189, 190–208, 209–234, 247
war in Pennsylvania, 235–51, 252–75, 322
See also specific colonies Committees of Correspondence, 11, 18, 22, 23, 43
Concord, Massachusetts, 49–50, 52, 55, 72
Battle of, xv, xix, 54–60, 75, 160, 222, 352n. 2
Concord Alarm, 58, 65
Congregationalists, 29
Connecticut, xiii-xviii, xix, 3, 52, 68, 69, 162, 167, 174, 255, 256, 257, 300–301
Battle of Danbury, 205–206
burning of New London, 320–21
Loyalists, xv-xviii, 68, 162, 167, 168, 173, 175, 180, 192–93, 205–206, 302–307, 320–21
slaves, 173
Tryon’s raids in, 302–307, 386n.89
Connecticut Courant, 173
Connecticut Farms, New Jersey, 313
Continental Army, xiii-xiv, xvi, xxi, 4, 11, 48, 83, 100, 128, 355n.53
Arnold’s treason, 291–97
Associated Loyalist raids on, 307–320
black soldiers, 155–56
British invasion of Philadelphia, 235- 42, 247–48, 292
bribes, 164–65
Burgoyne’s surrender at Saratoga, 232–34
Canadian battles, 93–109, 159, 161, 222
Continental Army (cont.)
creation of, 83
desertion and disease, 168, 222, 246, 253, 325
evacuation of Boston and, 110—32
first large-scale arrack on Indians, 263–72
Fort Stanwix siege, 225–29
guerrilla warfare, 196, 199–208, 302–307
Indian-settler conflict and, 209–234, 252–75, 322
in New Jersey, 184–98, 199, 202–204, 209, 248–50, 298–301, 307–318
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