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Connecticut, xv-xviii, 68, 162, 167, 168, 173, 175, 180, 192–93, 205–206, 302–307, 320–21
crises leading to war, 1–18, 19–38
Declaration of Independence and, 130–32
end of war and, 322, 323–33
exiles, xiii-xx, 4, 39–42, 76, 78, 79, 96, 113–28, 165–66, 215–16, 233, 242, 247, 248, 324, 326–33
Fort Stanwix siege, 225–29
Georgia, 276–80
Gilbert raid, 64–65
guerrilla warfare, 196, 199–208, 302–307
half loyalty, 189–90
Highlanders, 135–40, 141–46, 148–51, 217–18
Indian allies, 87, 94, 97, 152, 159, 209- 234, 250, 252–75, 322
last years of war, 298–322
Lexington and Concord, 54–62, 160
loyalty oaths, 190, 236, 246–47, 280, 284
Maine naval battles, 78–82
Maryland, 235–38
Massachusetts, 1–18, 19–38, 39–53, 54–72, 75–92, 110–32, 134
New Jersey, 184–98, 199, 202–204, 209, 248–50, 298–301, 307–318
New York, 16, 17, 157–83, 185–87, 189, 190–208, 209–234, 247
North Carolina, 138, 141–46
occupation of Philadelphia, 235–42, 247–48, 292
Pennsylvania, 211, 235–51, 252–75, 322
population, xx, 52
recruitment, 139, 190–98, 204–205, 219, 252, 282
refugee raids, 301–319
Salem episode, 43–47
South Carolina, 151–54, 276–87
in southern colonies, 141–56, 276–90, 320
spies, 26, 30, 40, 43–53, 55, 60, 65, 70, 76–77, 127–28, 158–66, 168, 169, 172, 174, 182, 185, 189, 193, 195, 196–97, 201–202, 205, 222, 242, 253, 262
strength of, 52
Sullivan-Clinton expedition against, 263–72
terminology, 3, 129
Tryon’s raids, 200–208, 302–307
See also Tories; specific colonies, regiments, and groups
Loyal Refugee Volunteers, 315
loyalty oaths, 190, 236, 246–47, 280, 284
Ludlow, George Duncan, 309
lumber, 79–80
Lynch, Michael, 164
Lyon, Reverend James, 80
MacDonald, Alexander, 133–38
MacDonald, Allan, 135, 137, 138, 142, 150, 286
MacDonald, Donald, 142, 145, 149–50
MacDonald, Flora, 137, 138, 142, 150, 286
MacDonald, Susey, 133, 134
Machias, Maine, 79–82, 89, 107, 108
Macknight, Thomas, 144
Maclean, Allan, 100–101, 102, 103, 136, 218
Maine, 29, 78–82, 95, 98
naval battles, 78–82
Patriots, 78–82
Malcolm, John, 28
Mamaroneck, New York, 181–82
Manley, John, 123
maps, 98
Marblehead, Massachusetts, 44–47, 118
Margaretta, HMS, 79–80, 81, 89, 107
Marshfield, Massachusetts, 25, 32–34, 36, 63–64, 65
Martin, George, 172
Martin, John, 325
Martin, Joseph Plumb, 249, 310, 324
Martin, Josiah, 141–46, 148, 151, 308–309
Maryland, 187
legislature, 237
Loyalists, 235–38, 241, 314
Rebels, 237
Maryland Loyalists, 238, 241
Mason, David, 44, 45, 163
Masons, 255, 397n.10
Massachusetts, xv, 1–18, 52, 107
of April-June 1775, 54–74
British evacuation of Boston, 110–32, 134
Bunker Hill, 70–74, 75, 87, 145
of January-April 1775, 39–53
legislature, 2, 8–10, 21–22, 107
Lexington and Concord, 54–62, 160, 222, 352n.2
Massachusetts (cont.)
Loyalists, 1–18, 19–38, 39–53, 54–72, 75–92, 110–32, 134
militia, 26, 30–38, 43, 54–72, 75–92
Patriots, 3–18, 19–38, 39–53, 54–72, 75–92
Refugees, 39–42, 76, 78, 113–28
of 1769–1774, 1–18
of 1774–1775, 19–38
war for Boston, 67–71, 75–92
Massachusetts Committees of safety, 37, 44, 65, 66, 68, 70, 82, 126–27, 155
Massachusetts General Court, 2, 22–23
Massachusetts Provincial Congress, 26, 64, 69, 87, 355n.53
Matthews, David, 163, 164, 207
Mauduit, Israel, 51–52
Mayflower, 2, 3, 12, 16, 26
Mayhew, Thomas, Jr., 11
McAlpine, John, 204–205, 302
McCrea, Jane, 224, 390n.55, 57
McKinley, John, 301
McLeod, Donald, 145, 150
McNeal, Sarah, 224
Meigs, Jonathan, 200, 201, 384n.64
Michigan, 253
Middletown, Connecticut, 192
militias, Rebel. See Patriots; Rebels; specific colonies, regiments and battles
Minerva, 78, 78, 112, 121
Mingo tribe, 211
Minnesota, 253
minutemen, 26, 33, 59
Mississippi River, 327
Mohawk tribe, 212, 213, 217, 228–29, 260
Mohawk Valley, New York, 134, 136, 212–18, 226, 253, 260, 267–69
Tory-Indian raids, 267–72, 322
Monmouth, Battle of, 248–50, 309, 311, 315
Monmouth County Committee of Retaliation, 317
Montcalm, Marquis de, 102
Montgomery, Janet Livingston, 96, 97
Montgomery, Richard, 93, 96–99, 102–104
Montreal, 93, 94, 98, 104
Montrésor, John, 98, 175–77
Moore, James, 80–81, 149
Morgan, Daniel, 98, 103, 231
Morris, John, 153
Morris, Mary, 173–74, 377n.65
Morris, Richard B., xxi
Morris, Roger, 173–74
Morristown, New Jersey, 311, 312
Morse, Reverend Jedidiah, xxi
Morven, 199
Mowatt, Henry, 78, 79, 89–90
Moultrie, John, 133
Moultrie, William, 153
Mulliner, Joseph, 310–11
Murphy, Timothy, 269
Murray, Daniel, 24, 28, 55–56, 57
Murray, John, 55
Murray, Samuel, 55, 61
muskets, 43, 73, 83, 135, 150, 160, 165, 194, 243, 288, 304, 316, 317
balls with inserted nails, 176
wet, 227
Nantasket Peninsula, 122–23
Nash, Abner, 283
Nautilus, HMS, 51, 52
Neutral Ground, 196–97, 200–204, 207, 298, 309
Newark, New Jersey, 188
Newbury, William, 263–64
Newburyport, Massachusetts, 98
Newell, Timothy, 113, 121
New-Gate Prison, 300–301
New Hampshire, 36–37, 41, 52, 117, 126
New Haven, Connecticut, 68, 192, 302–303
New Jersey, 52, 184–90, 295, 299
Associated Loyalist raids, 307–320
Battle of Monmouth, 248–50, 309, 311, 315
Battle of Princeton, 204
Battle of Springfield, 311–14
Battle of Trenton, 203–204
Bull’s Ferry raids, 315–16
legislature, 199
Loyalist-Patriot conflict, 184–98, 199, 202–204, 209, 248–50, 298–301, 307–318
Toms River raid, 317–18
war in, 184–98, 199, 202–204, 209, 248–50, 298–301, 307–318
New Jersey Provincial Congress, 193, 300
New Jersey Volunteers, 188, 193–94, 238n., 277, 288, 307, 313, 318, 321, 324
New London, burning of, 320–21
Newport, Rhode Island, 43, 64, 88, 127, 172
New Province, 192
New York, xvi, 52, 69, 90, 91, 94, 134, 154, 157–83
of April 1776-December 1776, 157–83
baronial estates and tenants, 96–97, 134–35, 173, 178–79, 200, 232
Battle of Stony Point, 306–307
Burgoyne’s Hudson River Valley campaign, 220–29, 232–34
Butler’s Rangers raids, 252–75
Fort Stanwix siege, 225–28
frontier war in, 209–234, 252–72
Indian-settler conflict, 94, 209–234, 252–75
legislature, 91
Patriot-Loyalist conflicts, 134–36, 157–83, 190–208, 209–234, 252–75
political rivalry, 135
Tryon spy and sabotage network, 158–66, 168
war in, 157–83, 185–87, 189, 190–208, 209–234, 247
New York City, xvi, xviii, xix, 6, 12, 16, 133, 151, 194, 212, 217, 249, 318, 328
British liberation of, 169–73
as capital of Tory America during war, 170–73
fall of Fort Washington, 182–83
fire, 170
food shortage and inflation, 171
Loyalists, 16, 17, 157–83, 185–87, 190, 195, 231
Patriots, 157–83, 185–87, 190, 195, 231
slaves, 330–32
Sugar House Prison, 198, 318
war in, 157–83, 185–87, 190, 195, 231
New York Committee for Detecting and Defeating Conspiracies, 322
New York Committee of Safety, 161, 179
New York Gazetteer, 200
New York Harbor, 157–61, 318
New York Provincial Congress, 54, 158, 160, 162, 165, 181, 195, 196
New York Volunteers, 277, 279
night watch, 242
Ninety Six, 152, 283
Norfolk, Virginia, 155
North Carolina, 37, 135, 136, 138, 141, 172, 276, 280, 285–90, 308–309, 331
Battle of King’s Mountain, 288–90
Highlanders, 141–46, 148–51
Patriot-Loyalist conflict, 138, 141–46, 285–90
vote for independence, 151
Norwalk, Connecticut, 174, 192, 205, 306
Nova Scotia, xviii, xix, 4, 5, 11, 79, 89, 95–97, 101, 106, 151
Loyalist refugees, 113–28, 129–30, 324, 328–30, 333
Patriot-Loyalist clashes, 95–97, 106- 108, 133
Nutting, John, 42, 78
O’Brien, Jeremiah, 80–81, 107–108
Odell, Reverend Jonathan, 295
Ohio, 210, 211, 253, 272–74
Indian-Tory raids, 272–74
Old Colony Club, 1–2, 4–5, 7, 10–12, 14, 18, 34, 41, 73–74, 171, 341n.3
Olive Branch Petition, 83
Oliver, Peter, 4, 21, 34
Oliver, Thomas, 31, 39
Oneida tribe, 212, 216, 226–27, 253, 264, 269
Onondaga tribe, 212, 213, 264
Orange County, New York, 198
Orange Rangers, 74
Oriska, 226, 230, 252, 260
Oswego, New York, 215, 225, 229
Otis, James, Jr., 7–8
Overmountain men, 287–90
Paine, Robert Treat, 22, 31–32
Paine, Timothy, 24
Paine, Tom, 130, 189–90
Common Sense, 189–90, 194, 238
The Crisis, 184, 190
Palmer, Nathan, 201–202
Paoli Massacre, 239–40
Paris, 320, 327
Treaty of, 327
Parker, John, 57
Parliament, 1, 2–3, 4, 5, 6, 15, 38, 51, 129, 236, 294
Intolerable Acts, 17
Stamp Tax, 5–7
Patrick, William, 254–55
Patriots, xiv-xxii, 3, 4, 5
Associated Loyalist raids on, 307–320
British evacuation of Boston, 110–32
British invasion of Philadelphia, 235- 42, 247–48, 292
Bunker Hill, 70–74, 75, 87
Canadian battles, 93–109, 159, 161
crises leading to war, 1–18, 19–38
French aid to, 128–29, 132, 210, 232, 244, 276, 321
guerrilla warfare, 196, 199–208, 302–307
Indians and, 87, 209–234, 252–75, 322
Lexington and Concord, 54–62, 160, 352n.2
Maine, 78–82
Massachusetts, 3–18, 19–38, 39–53, 54–72, 75–92
militias, xv-xvii, xxi, 26, 28, 30–38, 43, 54–62, 68, 141, 160, 194, 206, 219, 226, 247, 310, 325
minutemen, 26, 33, 59
New Jersey, 184–98, 199, 202–204, 209, 248–50, 298–301, 307–318
New York, 157–83, 185–87, 189, 190- 208, 209–234, 247
Pennsylvania, 235–51, 252–75, 322
return to Philadelphia, 247–48, 292
riflemen, 83, 87, 231, 269
Salem episode, 43–47
spies, 44, 48–49, 70, 163, 174–77, 277
Sullivan-Clinton expedition, 263–72
tea crisis, 14–18, 20, 116
terminology, xxii, xxiii, 3
Tryon’s raids on, 200–208, 302–307
war for Boston, 67–71, 75–92
See also Rebels; specific colonies, regiments, and groups
Pederick, John, 44–45
Peekskill, New York, 196, 201
Pelham, Henry, 76–77, 344n.37, 349nn.1, 5
Pennsylvania, xiv, 146–47, 203, 211, 265
Battle of Brandywine, 238–39
British occupation of Philadelphia, 235–42, 247–48, 292
Butler’s Rangers raids, 252–75
Loyalists, 211, 235–51, 252–75, 322
Paoli Massacre, 239–40
war in, 235–51, 252–75, 322
Wyoming Valley raid, 252–60, 263
Pennsylvania Evening Post, 241
Pennsylvania Light Dragoons, 286
Pennsylvania Loyalists, 241
Percy, Lord Hugh, 61–63
Peters, John, 221, 230, 233
Peters, John, Jr., 221, 233
Peters, Reverend Samuel Andrew, 221
pettiaugers, 191
Philadelphia, xiv, 6, 16, 17, 28, 65, 68, 69, 128, 146, 177, 222, 291–94, 325, 327, 395n.56
British occupation of, 235–42, 247–48, 292
Patriot return to, 247–48, 292
society, 241–42
Philadelphia Light Dragoons, 242
Philipsburg Manor, 179
Philipse, Frederick III, 179
Philipse, Susannah, 173
Phips, David, 39
Pierce, Phineas, 257
Pilgrims, 1
Pine-Banditti, 310–11
Pitcairn, John, 57, 60–61, 73
Pittsburgh, 211
“placeman,” 8
Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1–18, 19–20, 25, 26, 32, 34, 35
Plymouth Rock, 18, 345n.57
Pollard, Benjamin, 85
Polly, 81
population, xx, 165
Adam’s one-third thesis, xx-xxii
Porter, Asahel, 55, 56–57
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 36–37, 43
Post, Jeremiah, 230
Powder Alarm, 30–31, 39, 43
Presbyterians, 3, 80, 135, 147–48
Prescott, Samuel, 56, 58
Prescott, William, 71, 72, 73
press, 7, 12, 21, 225
British, 66, 87, 246
Rebel, 21
Tory, 162, 191, 200, 205, 241
See also specific publications
Preston, Thomas, 13–14
Prince, Gershom, 257, 258
Prince of Wales’ American Volunteers, xvi, 192, 205, 281
Princeton, New Jersey, 199
Battle of, 204
prisoners of war, 87–88, 130, 136, 150, 171, 186, 200, 203, 208, 228, 274, 283, 289, 295–96, 300–301, 318–20, 324, 369n.17
on British prison ships, 198
end of war and, 331
Provincial Corps, 134 and n, 135, 145, 195
Prussia, 131–32
Puritans, 3, 29
Putnam, Israel, xiii, 201–202
Putnam, James, 24, 77
Quakers, 197, 241,
246, 293, 322
Quartering Act, 9
Quebec, 17, 93–95, 98–109, 135, 215, 273, 328
failed attack on, 102–105
Quebec Act, 94, 273
Queen’s American Rangers, xvi-xvii, 177, 182, 192, 238n., 239, 241, 242, 248, 313, 314
Queen’s County, New York, 160, 165, 183
Queen’s Guards, 32–33, 34, 35, 63–64, 73
Queen’s Loyal Rangers, 221, 224, 230–34
Queen’s Loyal Virginia Regiment, 139–40
Quero, 65
rape, 202, 304
Rebels, xiv-xxii
Battle of King’s Mountain, 288–90
British invasion of Philadelphia, 235- 42, 247–48, 292
Bunker Hill, 70–74, 75, 87
Canadian battles, 93–109, 159, 161
crises leading to war, 1–18, 19–38
Dutch, 197
Fort Stanwix siege, 225–29
French aid to, 128–29, 132, 210, 232, 244, 276, 321
guerrilla warfare, 196, 199–208, 302–307
Indian-settler conflict, 209–234, 252–75, 322
Lexington and Concord, 54–62, 160, 352n.2
Maine, 78–82
martial law, 144
Maryland, 237
Massachusetts, 3–18, 19–38, 39–53, 54–72, 75–92
militias, xv-xvii, xxi, 26, 28, 30–38, 43, 54–62, 68, 141, 160, 194, 206, 219, 226, 247, 310, 325
minutemen, 26, 33, 59
New Jersey, 184–98, 199, 202–204, 209, 248–50, 298–301, 307–318
New York, 157–83, 185–87, 189, 190- 208, 209–234, 247
Pennsylvania, 235–51, 252–75, 322
Salem episode, 43–47
in southern colonies, 141–56, 276–90, 320
spies, 44, 48–49, 70, 163, 174–77, 277
Sullivan-Clinton expedition, 263–72
terminology, xxii-xxiii
Tryon’s raids on, 200–208, 302–307
war for Boston, 67–71, 75–92
See also Patriots; specific colonies, regiments, and groups
Redding, Connecticut, 192
Refugee Club, 301
refugee raids, Loyalist, 301–319
Refugees, 253
Regulators, 141–42, 145, 149–50, 164
religion, xvii, 3, 135, 147–48, 192, 275
Presbyterian-Anglican conflict, 148
Revere, Paul, xvi, 8, 9, 10, 13, 23, 44, 52, 53, 55, 58, 128, 344n.37, 350n.20, 353n.25
Revolutionary War, xiii-xxii
Arnold’s treason, 291–97
beginning of, 54–74
British occupation of Philadelphia, 235–42, 247–48, 292
Bunker Hill, 70–74, 75, 87
Butler’s Rangers raids, 252–75
Canadian battles, 93–109, 159, 161, 176, 222
casualties, 60 and n., 72, 73, 81, 97, 150, 155, 169–70, 182, 203, 227, 230, 280
Connecticut, 205–206, 302–307
Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown, 319–24, 412n.1
crises leading to, 1–18, 19–38
Declaration of Independence and, 130–32
end of, 322, 323–33