Authors: A. J. Langguth
and French Canadians,
315
repressive policies of,
105
,
188
–190,
197
and Yorktown,
545
North Carolina,
341
,
356
,
358
,
369
,
371
,
519
Notes on the State of Virginia
(Jefferson),
554
–55
Nova Scotia,
549
O’Conner, Charles,
182
O’Hara, Charles,
540
Oliver, Andrew,
52
–58,
64
,
78
–79,
93
,
103
,
113
,
153
,
192
Whatley, letters to,
171
,
173
,
185
Oliver, Peter,
25
,
77
,
95
,
103
,
156
,
161
,
362
Olney, George,
497
–98
Osborne, Richard,
546
Otis, James,
17
–27,
42
,
78
,
105
,
144
,
147
and Bernard,
18
,
25
–26,
30
,
73
,
98
,
117
,
121
and British troops,
108
–10,
114
,
119
death of,
552
and Hutchinson,
17
–19,
21
,
25
–26,
75
,
76
,
102
,
127
–28,
163
,
164
instability of,
73
–76,
90
,
121
,
122
,
126
,
148
,
163
–64,
287
,
552
his
Rights of the Colonies
,
49
,
355
and Stamp Act,
54
,
73
–76,
80
,
81
,
87
,
148
and Sugar Act,
49
–50
treason accusations against,
35
,
36
–37,
115
,
116
,
121
writs-of-assistance case,
21
–24,
47
Otis, James, Speaker,
17
–19,
25
,
105
Otis, Mercy,
147
Otis, Ruth Cunningham,
21
Oxford University,
362
Page, John,
347
Paine, Elizabeth,
337
Paine, Robert Treat,
146
,
160
,
199
,
205
,
262
Paine, Thomas,
335
–41,
355
–56,
401
–2,
440
,
493
,
556
–57
and Washington,
401
,
408
,
464
,
525
,
557
Palmer, Joseph,
246
Palmes, Richard,
135
,
137
,
138
,
157
Paris, Treaty of (1783),
547
–51,
558
Parker, John, Captain,
233
,
234
,
237
–40,
242
,
246
–48
Parker, Jonas,
239
–40
Parker, Sir Peter,
333
Parliament,
see
Commons, House of
Partridge, Oliver,
73
Paterson, Robert,
139
Patterson, James,
376
–77
Paulding, John,
503
–4
Payne, Edward,
139
Peck, Samuel,
183
Pelham, Henry,
154
Pembroke, Henry Herbert, Earl of,
545
Pennsylvania, governments and constitution of,
304
,
367
,
369
,
557
“Pennsylvania Farmer,”
see
Dickinson, John
Pennsylvania Journal
,
429
Pennsylvania Packet
,
493
Percy, Hugh, Earl Percy,
228
,
229
,
238
,
241
,
246
,
248
–50
Philadelphia, British occupation and evacuation of,
441
,
465
,
469
,
473
–78
Philipse, Eliza,
301
Phillips, William,
513
Piel, Jacob,
414
–15
Pierpoint, Robert,
134
Pitcairn, John,
238
–39,
243
,
248
,
284
–86
Pitcher, Molly,
484
Pitt, William, Lord Chatham,
83
,
264
–65
on Boston Tea Party,
185
as head of ministries,
28
,
29
,
48
,
86
,
90
,
92
–93,
302
opposes repressive measures,
189
,
216
replaced by Grenville,
37
and Stamp Act repeal,
84
–86
urges peace,
465
–66
Pocahontas,
532
Pointe-aux-Trembles,
319
Poland,
330
Polignac, Yolande de,
491
Pollard, Asa,
276
Poor Richard’s Almanack
,
361
,
436
,
490
Pope’s Day,
20
–21,
56
,
60
,
75
–76,
94
Port Act (1774),
189
–93,
196
,
209
,
214
,
258
Potomac River,
560
Prescott, Richard, General,
322
–23
Prescott, William,
273
–80,
282
–86,
290
,
328
Preston, Thomas,
136
–40,
149
–51,
155
–58,
164
Prince, Newton,
157
Prince, Salem,
286
Princeton (earlier, Prince Town), N.J.,
263
,
422
,
426
–28,
524
,
560
Privy Council, British,
173
,
185
–86
Public Advertiser
, London,
364
Purkitt, Henry,
183
Purple Heart,
536
Putnam, Israel,
252
,
309
,
458
,
505
at Bunker Hill,
273
,
276
,
278
,
279
,
281
,
284
–86,
290
at Long Island,
379
–81
in New York defense,
393
–95
“Qo’hees,”
67
Quakers,
206
,
211
,
213
,
336
,
340
,
410
,
475
expedition against (1775),
315
–22,
342
,
373
,
378
,
442
,
474
Quincy, Dorothy (Dolly),
217
,
221
,
228
,
263
–64
at Lexington,
235
,
237
–38,
240
–41
Quincy, Josiah,
61
,
149
–50,
155
–59,
172
–73,
217
,
265
–66
Rall, Johann Gottlieb,
407
–8,
413
–418,
422
,
494
Randolph, John,
42
–44
Randolph, Peter,
70
Randolph, Peyton,
42
–44,
69
–70,
202
–3,
208
,
222
,
267
,
306
–7
Randolph, William,
345
Raynal, Abbé Guillaume,
557
Reed, James,
277
Reed, Joseph,
304
,
376
,
396
,
402
–3,
409
Regulators,
341
Reid, Thomas,
355
Reprisal
,
433
Revere, Paul,
87
,
112
,
154
–55,
176
,
495
,
552
–53
at Boston Tea Party,
179
,
183
–84
his ride to warn patriots,
224
–27,
229
–38,
241
Revere, Paul, Jr.,
495
Rhode Island Colony,
16
,
50
,
64
,
166
–70,
255
,
369
Rights of the Colonies Asserted and Proved
(Otis),
49
,
355
Riot Act,
137
–38
Rippon
, H.M.S.,
118
Rivoire, Apollos,
226
Robertson, James,
523
Rochambeau, Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur, Comte de,
519
,
521
–25,
530
–32,
535
,
539
–40
Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquis of,
83
–84,
86
,
92
Roderigue, Hortalez et Compagnie,
432
–33
Rodney, Sir George,
524
Romney
, H.M.S.,
96
–98
Rotch, Francis,
177
–79
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques,
435
Rowe, John,
88
Royal Society of London,
347
,
436
Rush, Benjamin,
207
,
338
,
391
,
431
,
460
,
461
,
463
Rutledge, Edward,
211
,
343
,
368
,
370
,
372
,
391
St. Clair, Arthur,
417
St. Croix,
124
St. Eustatius,
90
St. Johns, Canada,
316
Saints Passage, naval battle of,
556
Salem, Mass.,
14
,
15
,
102
,
148
,
189
,
197
–99,
217
Saltonstall, Dudley,
552
Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of,
216
Sanford, Grizell,
60
Santo Domingo,
525
Saratoga, N.Y.,
443
,
452
–57,
458
,
462
,
465
,
495
,
538
Scammell, Alexander,
388
Schuyler, Philip,
304
,
309
,
456
,
505
,
517
and Canada expedition,
315
,
316
,
326
,
442
Sessions, Darius,
169
–70
Sessions, Robert,
183
see also
French and Indian War
Shelburne, Sir William Petty, Earl of,
549
,
550
–51
Sherman, Roger,
344
She Stoops to Conquer
(Goldsmith),
337
Shippen, Peggy,
see
Arnold, Peggy Shippen
Silverheels,
296
Skinners,
503
–4
Small, William,
347
Smith, Francis,
228
,
233
,
238
–39,
240
–43,
246
–48,
250
Smith, Captain John,
532