Authors: A. J. Langguth
Brown, Lieutenant,
376
Brown, William, Sergeant,
536
Bunker Hill,
231
,
272
–74,
278
–79,
281
,
283
–86
passim
,
326
Burgesses, House of,
40
,
66
–70,
99
,
171
,
197
,
202
–3,
209
,
295
,
300
,
304
,
343
Burgoyne, John,
476
Northern campaign of,
441
–57,
465
Saratoga surrender and treaty,
452
–57,
465
,
538
,
543
Burke, Edmund,
264
Burr, Aaron,
263
–64,
316
–17,
320
–21,
484
Burr, Thaddeus,
263
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of,
29
,
30
,
53
,
83
Byrd, William,
291
Cadwalader, John,
409
,
410
,
418
–19,
420
,
464
,
467
Cambridge, Mass.,
117
,
164
–65,
215
,
219
army at,
252
–53,
258
,
265
,
268
–69,
304
,
307
–12,
378
expedition against (1775),
315
–22,
342
,
373
,
378
,
442
,
474
Carleton, Sir Guy,
319
,
320
–21,
545
–546,
555
Caroline, Queen of George II of Britain,
29
Carroll, Charles,
363
Carroll, John,
160
Carter, “King,”
42
“Case of the Salary of the Officers of Excise” (Paine),
336
–37
Catherine II the Great, Empress of Russia,
407
,
544
Caucus Club,
31
,
33
,
35
,
77
–78,
175
Chambly, Canada,
316
Champlain, Lake,
258
,
260
,
316
,
373
,
439
,
444
Charles I, King of England,
16
,
69
Charles II, King of England,
13
Charleston, S.C.,
65
,
329
–33,
364
–65,
380
,
496
,
538
,
539
,
544
Charlestown, Mass.,
227
–32,
250
,
272
–75
passim
,
277
–81,
284
,
331
Charlottesville, Va.,
349
,
513
–16
Charming Nancy
(cargo ship),
494
,
500
Chase, Samuel,
372
Chaudière River,
318
Choate of Ipswich,
24
Church, Benjamin,
34
,
115
,
214
,
217
,
267
at Massacre commemorations,
191
,
218
,
310
in occupied Boston,
225
,
229
,
253
spying of,
309
–12
Clark, Jonas,
221
,
230
,
232
,
234
,
240
–41
Albany, advance toward,
447
,
452
,
453
,
454
at Breed’s Hill,
271
–72,
275
,
284
,
286
,
331
at Charleston,
331
–33,
380
,
496
,
538
,
539
and Cornwallis/Yorktown debacle,
520
–21,
526
,
533
,
534
,
536
,
537
,
539
–40,
543
,
544
at Newport,
400
and New York ruse of Washington,
519
–23
Philadelphia, retreat from,
476
–81,485
replaced,
545
seeks vindication,
555
Coke upon Littleton
,
42
College of New Jersey (later Princeton),
263
,
372
Committees of Correspondence,
171
,
197
,
198
,
200
–201
Committees of Safety,
217
,
227
,
252
,
253
,
258
,
262
,
272
,
273
,
279
,
286
,
311
,
314
Commons, House of (Parliament),
20
,
23
,
28
–29,
31
,
73
–74,
116
and death penalty,
169
and nonimportation agreements,
115
–16
and Paine’s petition on salaries,
336
–37
peace motions in,
465
–66,
545
–46
and peace negotiations,
550
and seizure of American ships,
341
and Sugar Act,
48
–50
and taxation-without-representation issue,
49
–51,
71
,
84
,
86
,
99
,
216
and tea monopoly,
174
Common Sense
(Paine),
335
,
340
–41,
351
Concord, Mass.,
170
,
219
–21,
224
,
227
,
234
,
239
,
241
–48
Congress,
see
Continental Congress, First,
and
Continental Congress, Second
Connecticut, provincial government of,
369
,
371
Continental Army, beginnings of,
252
–53,
258
–59,
265
adopted by Congress,
268
–69
at Bunker and Breed’s Hills,
273
–287
first manual of,
469
forged into army by Washington,
304
,
307
–12
Continental Congress, First,
204
–16,
220
,
378
and Canada,
315
trade boycott voted by,
212
–13,
214
Continental Congress, Second,
264
–69,
305
–7,
311
,
524
and John Adams’ diary,
546
–47
army adopted by,
268
–69
and army crises,
320
,
350
,
423
,
467
–68,
512
,
518
,
557
–60
changes in,
463
commissions major generals,
304
,
309
,
331
,
468
,
471
Committee of Secret Correspondence,
324
–25,
432
and Deane’s accounts,
488
,
491
–93
and independence,
265
,
342
–45,
359
–60,
362
–63
and Charles Lee,
304
,
309
,
402
,
487
and loyalists’ property,
550
and New York defense and loss,
373
,
399
peace feelers rejected by,
265
–66
,
390
–93,
476
and peace negotiations,
547
–50
relocations of,
401
,
438
,
440
,
478
,
560
state governments, advice on,
268
,
341
Washington appointed by,
268
–69,
289
–91
Washington’s leavetaking of,
561
–63
Conway, Thomas,
460
–64,
469
,
471
,
553
Copley, John Singleton,
154
,
166
Corner, John,
96
Cornwallis, Charles, Lord,
381
–83,
400
,
406
,
440
,
555
outfoxed at Trenton,
425
–26,
428
Southern campaign of,
499
,
515
,
519
Cowboys,
503
Cowpens, battle of,
514
Croskie, Captain,
257
Crown Point, N.Y.,
316
Cushing, Thomas,
32
,
78
,
99
,
110
,
200
,
217
as delegate to Congress,
199
,
205
,
211
,
262
as Massachusetts House speaker,
165
,
171
,
193
,
195
,
198
Custis, Daniel,
301
–2
Dalrymple, William,
108
,
112
,
113
–114,
127
,
131
,
151
–57
passim
,
161
Dana, Francis,
547
Danbury, Conn.,
494
Dandridge, Nathaniel West,
41
,
66
–67,
553
–54
Dartmouth, William Legge, Earl of,
169
,
171
,
173
,
178
,
185
,
192
–96
and Lexington,
254
opposes North policies,
189
,
190
Davids, Daniel,
308
Davies, Samuel,
44
Davies, William,
133
Davis, Edward,
126
Davis, Solomon,
75
Davis, William,
119
Dawes, Tom,
77
Dawes, William,
229
,
230
,
234
–35,
241
in France,
431
–35,
460
–61,
465
,
466
,
468
–69,
489
,
491
–93
and Arthur Lee,
465
,
488
,
491
,
493
Dearborn, Henry,
278
Declaration of Independence,
353
–365,
375
proposed,
343
–45