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Index of The presidency of Thomas Jefferson

by
Forrest McDonald

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Index

A
Adair, John, 123, 127
Adams, Henry, 131, 162, 167-168
Adams, John, 10, 20, 24, 26, 32, 35-
  37, 46, 49, 53, 60, 83, 166, 167
Adams, John Quincy, 93, 106, 148,
  157, 176
Addington, Henry, 101
Addison, William, 51
Administration. See Public adminis-
  tration
Africa, 26, 77, 175
Age of Reason, The, 14
Agrarianism, 19-22, 161-162. See
  also Bolingbroke, Henry St. John,
  Viscount; Gentry ideal; Ideology;
  Social mores
Agriculture. See specific kinds of ag-
  riculture
Alabama, 47, 72
Alexander I (tsar of Russia), 136, 158
Algeria, 61, 77, 174
Alien and Sedition Acts, 22, 41. See
  also Sedition Act
Allston, Joseph, 110
Ames, Fisher, 84
Amiens, Treaty of, 62
Amsterdam, 69
Anglicanism, 6, 10, 12-13, 14, 32
Anglo-Americans, 6, 9, 17
Anglo-Saxons, 33-34, 49
Apalachicola Bay, Fla., 58
Appalachian Mountains, 11, 45, 123
Appointments. See Patronage
Appropriations, 42-44, 78-80, 103-
  105, 172, 174
Aristocracy, 7-8, 19
Arkansas River, 71
Armies, Republicans' attitudes toward
  and use of, 21, 43-44, 52, 116, 146
Arminianism, 13, 17
Armstrong, John, 99, 102, 105, 120
Army, U.S., 124-127, 146, 149-152,
  175
Army Corps of Engineers, 43
Arnold, Benedict, 111
Aukland, Lord (William Eden), 122,
  131-132
Aurora (Philadelphia), 30
Austerlitz, Battle of, 108
Austria, 136


B

Bacon, Ezekiel, 157, 175-176
Bainbridge, William, 77-78
Baltimore, Md., 3, 5, 12, 37, 81, 104,
  150, 171
Bank of the United States, 21, 22, 107
Banks and banking, 5-6, 9, 22, 163
Baptists, 13-14, 17
Barbary Coast, 61, 79-80
Barbe-Marbois, Marquis Francois de,
  68,97-98
Baring Brothers, 69
Barron, James, 135, 146, 174, 175
Bastrop lands, 114
"Bavarian Illuminati," 14
Bayou Pierre, La., 124
Beecher, Lyman, 14
Berkeley, George C., 135, 145
Berlin Decrees, 126, 132-133, 141,
  143, 156, 158
Bidwell, Barnabas, 104
Bill of Rights, 127, 149
Birmingham, Eng., 107
Blennerhassett, Harmon, 123-127
Blockades, 77, 117-118, 119-120,
  126, 136
Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, Vis-
  count, 19, 21, 33, 53, 86, 161
Bolingbrokism, 30, 38, 53-54, 88,
  161-163
Bollman, Erich, 122, 127
Bonaparte, Joseph, 153
Bonaparte, Napoleon, 54-55, 59-64,
  66-68, 71-72, 96, 97-98, 100, 102-
  103, 105, 106, 108, 116, 119, 120,
  125-126, 132-136, 141, 143-144,
  148, 152-153, 156, 164
Boston, Mass., 3, 4, 149, 157
Bowdoin, James, Jr., 99, 109
Bowers, Claude G., 168
Braintree, Mass., 24
Brest, France, 120
Broken voyage, doctrine of, 56, 101,
  132
Browne, Joseph, 173
Bruin, Peter B., 128
Bryan, Joseph, 40
Bureaucracy, 35. See also Public ad-
  ministration
Burgh, James, 19, 161
Burr, Aaron, 36, 41, 50, 84-86, 91-
  93, 110-114, 120-128, 133-134,
  173
Burr, Theodosia (Mrs. Joseph All-
  ston), 110-111
Business practices and attitudes, 4-6,
  23, 25, 46-47, 118


C

Cabinet, 36-38, 69, 100, 126, 166-
  167. See also Gallatin, Albert;
  Madison, James
Cabot, George, 68, 84
Calhoun, John, 8
Calvinism, 6, 12-13
Campbell, George Washington, 156
Canada, 58, 63, 72, 132, 146-147,
  149, 173
Cane Ridge, Ky., 16
Canning, George, 140, 142, 145
Cap Francais, St. Domingo, 63
Carrying trade, 4-5, 44, 56-58, 136.
  See also Commerce; Shipping, sei-
  zures of
Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, 96
Celts, 2, 8, 10-11, 29, 34, 162
Champlain, Lake, N.Y., 149, 151
Channing, William Ellery, 14
Charles IV (king of Spain), 54, 120,
  153
Charleston, S.C., 3, 12, 101, 149, 150
Chase, Samuel, 81-82, 89-94
Chesapeake, U.S.S., 135, 140, 142,
  145-146
Chesapeake Bay, 135
Chinard, Gilbert, 168
China trade, 9
Cincinnati, Ohio, 123
Cities, 3-6, 69, 131, 162, 169. See
  also specific cities
Civil disobedience, 24, 149-152
Civil rights, 12-13, 30-31, 127-129,
  133-134, 149-152. See also Law
  enforcement
Clay, Henry, 125
Clinton, De Witt, 84-85
Clinton, George, 84, 86, 154
Clintonian party, 7, 85, 97
Colorado River, 102
Commerce, 1, 4-6, 9, 21, 23, 44, 56-
58, 99, 141, 145, 149, 161-162. See
  also Carrying trade; Commercial re-
  strictions; Shipping, seizures of
Commercial restrictions, 56-58, 62-
  63, 96, 101, 106-108, 126, 132,
  133, 139-158, 164. See also Block-
  ades; Embargo; Freedom of trade
  and of the seas
Common Sense, 71
Commonwealth Period, England, 10
Communication. See Transportation
  and communication
Congregationalism, 6, 9, 12-13
Congress, U.S., 29, 30, 35, 38-40, 42-
  43, 49, 65, 70-71, 73, 76, 79, 80,
  87, 90, 95, 103-107, 109, 130, 142-
  143, 146-149, 156-157, 165, 166-
  167
Connecticut, 9, 13, 36, 37, 46-47, 87,
  134, 155, 157
Constitution, U.S., 1, 21-22, 36, 46-
  47, 49, 50, 70-71, 80-83, 89-90,
  93-94, 104, 127, 130, 134, 137,
  162, 165
Constitution, U.S.S., 77
Constitutional Convention of 1787, 85
Convention of 1800, 66
Copenhagen, 136
Cornish-Americans, 2, 11
Corpus Christi, Tex., 102
Corruption, 19-22, 34-35, 4647, 87-
  89, 98-99, 102, 108, 111, 124-125,
  167
Cotton and cotton plantations, 8, 23-
  26, 57, 58, 130, 150-151
Courts. See Judicial review; Judiciary;
  Law, Republican attitudes toward
Craftsman, The, 19, 86
Credit, private, 5-6
Credit, public, 9, 42
Croly, Herbert, 168
Crowninshield, Jacob, 107-108, 175


D

Dale, Richard, 61
Dana, Samuel, 87-88
Daveiss, Joseph, 112, 123, 125
Davenant, Charles, 19, 161
Dayton, Jonathan, 120, 124
Dearborn, Henry, 37
Debt, public, 18-22, 42-44, 52, 69-
  70, 79, 107, 115-116, 130, 163. See
  also Fiscal policy
Debts, private, 10-11, 42, 48, 107
Decatur, Stephen, 78
Declaration of Independence, 31, 32,
  81, 130, 167
Deism, 14-15
Delaware, 6, 92, 154-155
Democracy, 1, 4-5, 7, 26, 40, 89-90,
  168
Denmark, 136, 140
Diplomacy, 54-55, 64-65, 66, 97-99,
  109, 117-119, 122-123, 131-137,
  140, 142, 146. See also Foreign
  policy; Louisiana Purchase; Mon-
  roe-Pinkney negotiations; Treaties
Donnegal, H.M.S., 77
Duane, William, 30, 97
Du Pont, Pierre S., 64, 66
Dutch-Americans, 6
Dutch Reformed Church, 6


E

East Anglia, Eng., 9, 10
East Indies, 132
Eaton, William, 112
Economy, US., 1, 4-12, 25-26, 56
  58, 147, 149. See also Commerce
Economy in government, 42-44, 116.
  See also Appropriations; Debt, pub-
  lic; Fiscal policy
Education, 7, 13, 25, 34, 36, 39, 130
Elbe River, 120
Elections, 12, 17, 22, 26-27, 29, 84-
  85, 86-87, 154-155
Elitism, 4-5, 36, 49. See also Social
  mobility
Embargo, 142-152, 155-158, 165
Enforcement Act, 149-150
England, 2, 8-10, 12, 17, 19, 33-34.
  See also Great Britain
English Channel, 119
English constitution, 20
Enterprise, U.S.S., 61
Eppes, John W., 129, 131
Essex, U.S.S., 61
Essex (merchantman), 101
Essex decision, 101, 117, 120
"Essex Junto," 84
Ethics in government, 1-2, 6-27, 34-
  35, 43, 46-47, 87-89, 91-92, 102-
  103, 104, 166-167, 174
Ethnicity, 2-3, 4-12, 155, 162, 171.
  See also specific ethnic groups
Europe, 7, 14, 53, 54, 56, 69, 76, 79,
  80, 103, 108, 119-120, 126, 136,
  145
Executive power: Republican atti-
  tudes toward, 19-22, 32-34, 38-41,
  49, 92, 162, 165-167; presidential
  relations with Congress, 38-41, 71-
  73, 81-82, 91-92, 103-109, 129,
  142, 157-159, 166-167, 175-176.
  See also Presidency, inherent char-
  acteristics of


F

Factions, 26, 40-41, 103-104, 106-
  108, 157-159. See also Politics and
  subheadings thereunder
Fairfax Estate, 48
Farmers. See specific kinds of farm-
  ing
Federalism and federal-state relations,
  2, 47, 48, 157
Federalists, 2, 5, 17, 18, 20, 22, 23,
  26, 34-36, 39, 41, 42-43, 45, 46,
  48, 51, 53, 58-59, 63, 64-68, 71,
  75, 80, 82-86, 88-91, 93, 105, 106,
  109, 123, 154-155, 162, 166, 172,
  173
Ferdinand (king of Spain), 153
Filibustering, 109-114. See also Burr,
  Aaron
Financial Revolution (England), 19,
  34, 53, 161
Fiscal policy, 9, 18-22, 37-38, 42-44,
  52, 69-70, 79-80, 163-164, 174
Fishing, 9, 57, 145
Florida, 72, 76, 97-98, 102, 108-109,
  120, 133, 153
Florida, East, 103, 110
Florida, West, 65, 66, 68, 73, 96, 98-
  101, 106, 112, 114, 164
Florida Keys, 102-103
Foreign policy, 20-22, 53-73, 95-114,
  115-120, 122-123, 131-137, 139-
  158. See also Diplomacy; Ideology,
  in foreign affairs
Fox, Charles James, 108, 119, 122
France, 18, 20, 21, 23, 53, 54, 56,
  59-60, 62-69, 72, 75, 95, 98-103,
  107, 115, 116, 120, 126, 132-136,
  140-143, 152-153, 156, 158, 164
Franco-Americans, 8, 171
Freedom of trade and of the seas, 56-
  58, 96, 99, 101, 105-109, 116, 164.
  See also Commercial restrictions;
  Impressment; Shipping, seizures of
French Revolution, 4, 18, 55, 59, 106,
  174
Frontier, 4, 7, 8, 11-12, 15-17, 46-
  47, 75, 171
Fugitive Slave Act of 1793, 175


G

Gabriel's Conspiracy, 25
Gallatin, Albert, 30, 37-39, 41, 42-
  44, 47, 54, 61, 69-70, 78-80, 87,
  100, 102, 104, 107, 139-140, 144,
  148, 150-152, 155, 156-158, 167
Gasper River, Ky., 16
Gentry ideal, 11, 19-22, 23-26, 161-
  162
George III (king of England), 20,
  137, 143, 164
Georgia, 7, 8, 13, 14, 24, 26, 40,
  46-48, 87
German-Americans, 6
Germany, 120
Gibraltar, 77
Giles, William Branch, 30, 40, 89-91,
  129, 134, 151, 157
Glorious Revolution of 1688 (Eng-
  land), 18, 19, 34
Godoy, Manuel de, 62, 65
Gordon, Thomas, 19, 161
Grand juries, 81, 125, 127-128
Granger, Gideon, 37, 47, 88
Great Awakening, 12
Great Britain, 2, 4, 10-11, 18, 20, 23,
  42, 44, 53, 54, 56-57, 59-61, 62,
  64, 68, 95-96, 98, 100-103, 105-
  107, 115-119, 122, 126, 131-136,
  140-143, 145-147, 152-153, 156,
  158, 164
Great Lakes, 63, 69
Gregg, Andrew, 107-108
Grenville, William Lord, 108, 119, 122
Gulf of Mexico, 24, 45, 58, 68-69,
  72-73, 102-103
Gunboats, 43-44, 78, 157-158


H

Habeas corpus, 30, 127, 129
Haiti, 23, 171. See also St. Domingo
Halifax, 135, 140
Hamburg, Ger., 120
Hamilton, Alexander, 11, 18-19, 20,
  26, 32, 35, 38, 42, 53, 66-67, 68,
  70, 84-85, 86, 91, 109, 134, 162,
  168
Hamiltonian system, 9, 17, 18-19, 20-
  21, 34, 38, 40, 42, 44, 52, 88, 137,
  162-163
Harper, Robert Goodloe, 92
Harrington, James, 19
Hauterive, Alexandre Maurice Blanc
  de Lanautte, Comte d', 98
Henry, Patrick, 25, 31
Herkimer, N.Y., 123
Herrera, Simon de, 124
Hispaniola, 23, 59
Hodge, William, 15
Holland, 63, 67, 102
Holland, Lord, 122, 131-132
Holland Land Company, 48
Hope and Company, 69
Hopkinson, Joseph, 90, 92
House of Burgesses (Virginia), 25
House of Lords (England), 92
House of Representatives, 30, 38, 40-
  41, 50, 65-66, 80-83, 87-88, 97,
  104, 128-129, 131, 142-143, 151,
  158
House of Representatives, Committee
  on Claims, 87-88
House of Representatives, Ways and
  Means Committee, 38, 40
Hudson River, 84
Huguenots, 8
Humphreys, David, 140
Humphreys frigates, 77, 135


I

Ideology, 2-3, 17-22, 26-27, 32-34,
  59, 96, 128-129, 153, 161-164; in
  foreign affairs, 20-22, 44, 53-55,
  62-63, 70, 115-117, 136, 141-142,
  163-165
Immigrants and immigration, 5, 171.
  See also Ethnicity; specific ethnic
  groups
Impeachment, 49, 51-52, 80-82, 89-
  94
Impressment, 62-63, 117-119, 122-
  123, 132, 135
Indians, 7, 24, 26, 31, 47, 59, 70
Internal improvements, 130
Intrepid, U.S.S., 78
Ireland, 11
Irish-Americans, 2, 11, 123, 171


J

Jackson, Andrew, 47, 73, 111, 123-
  124, 168
Jackson, William, 24
Jacobins, 2
Jamaica, 107, 121
Jarratt, Devereux, 14
Jay, John, 84
Jay's Treaty, 56, 73
Jefferson, Maria (Mrs. John Eppes),
  31, 86
Jefferson, Martha (Mrs. Thomas Ran-
  dolph), 31, 86
Jefferson, Peter, 31
Jefferson, Thomas, 2, 3, 4, 10, 62, 81,
  82, 88, 117, 121, 144, 155, 174; his
  election to presidency, 5, 12, 17,
  22, 26-27, 29, 86-87; his philos-
  ophy, 14, 17, 19-22, 25, 32-34, 35,
  115, 162; and public debt, 21-22,
  79, 115; and slavery, 22, 105, 118-
  119, 130; his views on constitution,
  22, 70-71, 94, 157; his personal
  qualities and life, 30-32, 37, 38-40,
  86, 139, 147-148, 166-167; as ad-
  ministrator, 34-38, 47, 166-167,
  176; his attitude toward France,
  35, 64, 69, 105, 116, 148; and Con-
  gress, 38-41, 65-66, 103-109, 128,
  140-143, 146, 148, 158-159, 166,
  175-176; and armed forces, 43-44,
  61, 78, 130, 146, 172; and courts,
  48-51, 91-93, 133, 134, 151; and
  Burr, 50, 91, 112-114, 123, 125,
  126, 133-134; his conduct of for-
  eign affairs, 53-55, 59-60, 95-97,
  108-109, 132-133, 140-141; his at-
  titude toward England, 62, 64, 100,
  101, 115-117, 135-137, 142, 145;
  and territorial expansion, 63-73, 76,
  102, 113-114, 115, 125, 153; his
  popularity, 73, 75, 93-94; his stance
  toward Spain, 99-103, 109, 112,
  115-116, 120, 125, 153; and civil
  rights, 127-129, 148-152, 175; his
  conception of presidency, 162, 165-
  167; his historical image, 167-169,
  176
Johnson, Andrew, 89
Johnson, William, 151, 173
Joint stock companies, 5-6
Judicial review, 49-51, 94
Judiciary, 22, 35-36, 45, 47-52, 80-
  82, 89-94, 134, 164-165
Judiciary Act of 1801, 47-51
Judiciary Act of 1802, 50
Judiciary Act of 1789, 35, 47, 51


K

Kentucky, 10, 15-16, 45, 47-48, 58,
  66, 88, 112, 123, 127
Kentucky. Resolutions, 22
King, Rufus, 63-64, 68, 84, 87, 97,
  100, 154


L

Lame-duck feature of presidency, 96-
  97, 155, 165
Land Act of 1804, 172
Land speculation, 10-11, 17, 24, 26,
  31, 45-48, 58-59, 66, 75, 87-89,
  172. See alo Public lands
Lansing, John, 85
La  Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, Duc
  Francois Alexandre Frederic de, 14
Law, international, 56, 101, 106, 116,
  117-119. See also Blockades; Com-
  mercial restrictions; Impressment
Law, Republican attitudes toward,
  48-49, 89-90, 94, 164-165
Law enforcement, 127-129, 134, 147-
  158, 175. See also Public adminis-
  tration
Leander (sloop), 110, 117, 122
Lear, Tobias, 174
Leclerc, Victor E., 63, 67
Le Havre, France, 120
Leib, William, 97
Leopard, H.M.S., 135-136
Letters of marque and reprisal, 156,
  158
Levy, Leonard, 162
Lewis, Morgan, 85
Lewis and Clarke Expedition, 72
Lexington, Ky., 125
Liberty, 2, 30-31, 33, 81, 90-91, 119-
  120, 128-129. See also Civil rights
Lincoln, Abraham, 73
Lincoln, Levi, 37, 47, 70, 87
Livestock, 6, 8, 9, 11-12, 23, 58
Livingston, Brockholst, 151
Livingston, Robert R., 36, 63-64, 66-
  68, 70-72, 79, 97-99
Livingston family of New York, 84-
  85
Locke, John, 19
Logan, George, 105
Logan Act, 147
Louisiana Purchase, 47, 63-73, 75,
  76, 78-79, 86, 97, 98, 100, 103, 107
Louisiana Territory, 44, 62-67, 72,
  83, 91, 102, 111, 120-121, 124,
  164, 173
L'Ouverture, Toussaint, 23, 60, 63, 67
Lyon, Matthew, 88-89


M

McAdow, Samuel, 15
McGee, William, 15
McGready, James, 15-16
Macon, Nathaniel, 30, 40, 81-82, 142
Madison, James, 25, 31, 37, 47, 50,
  54, 61, 69-70, 79, 87, 88, 97, 100,
  102-106, 108-109, 110, 117-119,
  120, 122, 132, 139-140, 144-147,
  152, 154-155, 156, 157-159, 167
Magna Carta, 34
Maine, 37
Manufacturing, 9, 161-162
Marbury, William, 49-50
Marbury v. Madison, 49-51
Marshall, John, 25, 31, 35, 49-51, 92,
  94, 123, 133-134, 159
Martin, Luther, 90, 92
Martinique, 101
Maryland, 10, 13, 40, 48, 81, 97, 108,
  155
Massachusetts, 9, 10, 13, 37, 46, 68,
  83, 104, 107, 147-148, 154, 157
Matagorda Bay, 73
"Mediterranean Fund," 79-80, 104,
  174
Mediterranean Sea, 77
"Merchant-Republicans" of New York,
  5
Merchants, 4-6, 9, 11, 118. See also
  Commerce
Merrimack River, 8
Merry, Anthony, 112
Methodists, 13-14
Mexico, 59, 111-113, 114, 121, 124-
  125, 128, 133
Middle States, 6-7, 30, 40
"Midnight appointments," 35-36, 49-
  50
Mifflinites, Pennsylvanian faction, 5
Militias, 43, 127, 130, 146, 149-152,
  175
Miranda, Francisco, 109-110, 112
Mississippi (state), 47, 72, 127
Mississippi River, 7, 45, 46, 58, 68,
  71, 72
Mississippi Valley, 63
Missouri River, 68
Mobile, Ala., 113
Mobile Act, 73
Monarchy, 2, 19-22, 34. See also
  Executive power
Money, 2, 19-22, 162
Monopoly, 10, 163
Monroe, James, 51, 66-68, 70, 72-73,
  97-99, 101, 106, 109, 119, 122,
  131-132, 135-136, 142, 154
Monroe-Pinkney negotiations, 108-
  109, 117, 119, 122, 131-132, 135-
  136, 142, 146
Montesquieu, Charles Louis de Se-
  condat, Baron de La Brede et de, 2
Monticello, 100, 117, 159
Moore, Alfred, 173
Morales, Juan, 65-66
Moravians, 6
Morgan, George, 123
Morocco, 61, 77, 174
Morris, Gouverneur, 84
Morris, Robert, 11
Morse, Jedidiah, 14
Myths as social force, 167-169. See
  also Whig interpretation of history


N

Nashville, Tenn., 123-124
Natchez, Miss., 121
National Intelligencer, 144
Navies, 21, 41, 43-44, 96, 103, 116,
  117
Navigation Acts, 10
Navy, British, 56, 62, 77, 96, 101,
  103, 106, 112, 116-119, 122, 135-
  136, 140-142, 146
Navy, U.S., 43-44, 61-62, 76-80,
  135-136, 141, 142, 152, 157-158
Navy Department, 37, 43
Nelson, Horatio, 78, 103
Neutrality, 5,44, 56-58, 101, 136,142
Neutrality Proclamation, 175
New England, 6, 8-9, 12-14, 17, 46-
  47, 68, 71, 73, 75-76, 82, 84-85,
  87, 118-119, 147, 151, 155, 156-
  157, 167
New England Mississippi Land Com-
  pany, 46
New Hampshire, 51, 80
New Jersey, 6, 12, 91, 134
New Orleans, 58, 63-69, 70, 75, 110-
  111, 114, 121, 124-125, 126-129,
  164
Newspapers, 1, 6, 30, 41, 91, 123-
  124, 144
Newtonianism, 12, 15
New York (city), 3, 5, 12, 84, 110,
  154
New York (state), 6-7, 13, 36, 82,
  84-87, 91, 93, 97, 123, 147, 149,
  151, 157, 171
Nicholas, William Cary, 158
Nicholson, John, 123
Nicholson, Joseph, 30, 40, 81-82, 92-
93, 104, 107-109, 174
Non-Importation Act, 142
Nonintercourse, 156-158
Norfolk, Va., 135
Normans, 10, 33-34
North Carolina, 10, 15, 40, 45, 130,
  173
Notes on the State of Virginia, 31
Nova Scotia, 149, 152


O

Ogden, Peter V., 127
Ogden, Samuel, 110
Ohio, 93, 123, 127
Ohio Enabling Act of 1802, 172
Ohio River, 11, 45, 123
Oppositionists (English), 19-21, 161-
  162, 171
Orders in Council, 57, 133, 143, 156,
  158
Orleans Gazette, 127
Ostend, Belgium, 120
Ouachita lands, 127


P

Paine, Thomas, 14, 71
Parker, Daniel, 102
Parliament (England), 33, 39,136
Patronage, 34-38, 91, 92, 166-167,
  173, 174
Pennsylvania, 5, 6-7, 11, 12, 15, 37,
  45, 48, 51, 67, 86, 97, 105, 107,
  155
Pensacola, Fla., 72, 113
Perdido River, Ala., 72-73
Philadelphia, Pa., 3, 11, 12, 24, 171
Philadelphia, U.S.S., 61, 77-78
Pichon, Louis, 54, 60, 63, 65
Pickering, John, 51-52, 80
Pickering, Timothy, 83-84, 147-148,
  154-155, 157
Pierce, John, 117
Pinckney, Charles, 8, 36, 97-99
Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth, 36, 87,
  154-155
Pinckney's Treaty, 58
Pinkney, William, 108-109, 117, 119,
  122, 131-132, 146
Piracy, 61-62
Pitt, William, 55, 96, 101, 105, 108,
  116
Pittsburgh, Pa., 123
Plantation system, 22-26. See also
  Cotton and cotton plantations; Rice
  and rice plantations; Slavery; To-
  bacco and tobacco plantations
Plumer, William, 72
Plymouth Colony, Mass., 8
Political techniques and machinery,
  26-27, 30, 33, 34-36, 38, 40, 41,
  154-155
Politics,
- congressional, 30, 38-41, 103-105,
  157-159
- popular, 5-6, 26, 75, 83-85, 148
- presidential, 96-97, 106
- state and local, 4-7, 24-25, 30, 84-
  85
Porter, David, 78
Portugal, 141, 153
Post Office Department, 34
Preble, Edward, 76-79, 174
Presbyterians, 6, 13-15
Presidency, inherent characteristics of,
  95-97, 165-167. See also Execu-
  tive power
President, U.S.S., 61
Press, freedom of the, 1, 30-31, 41
Prevost, J. B., 173
Prussia, 126, 136
Public administration, 34-38, 42-43,
  71-72, 144, 166-167
Public finance. See Fiscal policy
Public lands, 24, 26, 45-48, 172
Puritans, 9, 10


Q

Quakers, 6, 12
Quasi war with France, 21, 41, 59, 98,
  172
Quebec, 111


R

Radicalism, 2, 7, 24, 83-85. See also
  Civil disobedience
Randall, Henry, 167
Randolph, John, of Roanoke, 30, 40,
  82, 87-88, 91-93, 97, 104-106,
  108, 113, 121, 128-129, 131, 133,
  142, 174
Randolph, Thomas Mann, 63
Rankin, John, 15
Religion, 1, 2, 6, 12-17, 19, 155, 162
Republicanism, 17-22, 41, 48-49, 70,
  77, 86, 136, 162-163. See also
  Ideology; Republican party
Republican party, 2, 26-27, 30, 50,
  51, 86-87, 89-95, 123, 154. See
  also Ideology; Republicanism
Revenge, U.S.S., 135
Revivalism, 15-17
Revolutionary War Veterans, 45
Revolution of 1800, 2, 29, 52, 73,
  116-117, 155
Rhode Island, 8, 12, 37
Rice, David, 14
Rice and rice plantations, 7-8, 23-26,
  57, 150-151, 153
Richmond, Va., 25, 128, 133
Rio Grande, 73, 103
Rodgers, John, 63
Rodney, Caesar, 92, 151
Roman Catholics, 13
Romans, 10, 12
Roosevelt, Franklin, 73, 168
Roosevelt, Theodore, 73, 168
Rose, George, 145-146, 147
Ross, James, 67-68
Royalists, 10
Rule of 1756, 56, 101
Russia, 136, 158
Rutledge, John, 8


S

Sabine River, 113, 120, 125
St. Domingo, 59-60, 63, 65, 67, 99,
  105, 106. See also Haiti; Hispan-
  iola; Santo Domingo
St. Louis, Mo., 121-122
Santo Domingo, 59, 62
Saxons, 10
Scandinavian-Americans, 6, 10, 34
Scotch-Americans, 2, 11, 113
Scotch-Irish Americans, 6-8, 11, 15,
  155
Scotland, 10, 13
Scott, William, 101
Secessionism, 75-76, 111, 112, 123,
  131, 148
Sectionalism, 6-27, 71, 82-85, 118-
  119, 131, 148, 157
Sedition Act, 81, 88
Senate, 26, 30, 41, 50, 67, 80-83, 87,
  89-93, 97, 105, 128-129, 131, 132
  133, 148, 151, 157, 158, 165
Separation of powers, 20-22, 38, 162-
  163. See also Executive power
Seven Years' War, 72
Shipping. See Carrying trade
Shipping, seizures of, 63, 101, 105-
  106, 140
Short, William, 158
Shreveport, La., 124
Slave insurrections, 7, 23, 25, 59-60,
  99, 105
Slave trade, 26, 75, 83, 130-131, 175
Slavery, 4, 7-8, 10-11, 17, 22-26, 30,
  31, 32, 82-83, 119, 155, 162, 175
Smith, John, 123
Smith, Robert, 37, 61, 77, 97, 100,
  107-108
Smith, Samuel, 5, 97, 107-108, 157
Smith, William S., 110
Social classes, 3-6. See also Elitism;
  Social mobility; Social mores
Social mobility, 4-6, 8, 25
Social mores, 2-3, 6-12, 16-17, 23-
  26, 31, 40
South, the, 6, 7-8, 10-11, 15, 23-24,
  41, 82-83, 119, 130, 155. See also
  Sectionalism
South America, 9, 57, 59, 109-110
South Carolina, 7, 8, 36, 46, 87, 93,
  110, 130, 154, 173, 175
Spain, 18, 23, 24, 37, 46, 56, 58-59,
  62-66, 69, 72, 97-103, 108-109,
  110-114, 115-116, 120, 122-126,
  132-134, 153, 156, 164
Speculators and speculation, 19-22,
  163. See also Land speculation
States' rights doctrine, 22, 26, 41, 71,
  131, 162, 168. See also Federalism
  and federal-state relations
Stone, Barton W., 15
Story, Joseph, 175-176
Strachan, Richard, 77
Strict construction, 22, 70-71
Stuart v. Baird, 50
Stuarts, 34
Sullivan, James, 148
Summary View of the Rights of Brit-
  ish America, A, 31
Supreme Court, 35, 48-51, 80-81, 89-
  90, 151, 173, 176. See also Judici-
  ary
Swartwout, Samuel, 121, 124, 127
Swiss-Americans, 37


T

Talleyrand-Perigord, Charles Maurice
  de, 67, 72, 96, 98-99, 102, 105, 120
Taxes and taxation, 12, 19-22, 41, 42,
  52, 79-80, 82-83, 131, 163-164
Taylor, John, of Caroline, 143
Tennessee, 10, 16, 45, 46, 58, 111,
  124, 130
Territorial expansion, 1, 22, 47, 58-
  59, 63-73, 115-116
Texas, 72
Thornton, Edward, 54, 64
Tilsit, Treaty of, 136
Tobacco and tobacco plantations, 8,
  9, 10-11, 23-26, 57, 75, 130, 150
Toryism, 13
Town meetings, 4, 157
Trafalgar, Battle of, 103
Transportation and communication, 3,
  6-7, 58. See also Carrying trade;
  Shipping, seizures of
Treason, 150, 152
Treaties, 46, 68, 71-73, 97, 131-133.
  See also Louisiana Purchase; spe-
  cific treaties
Trenchard, John, 19, 161
Tripoli, 61, 77-78, 174
Tripolitan War, 61-63, 76-80
Truxtun, Thomas, 61, 121
Turreau, Louis, 105, 110


U

Unitarianism, 13


V

Vera Cruz, Mex., 124
Vermont, 88, 93, 149, 152
Veto power, 166
Victor, Claude, 63, 66-67
Virginia, 8, 10-11, 13, 14, 24-25, 31-
  32, 40, 41, 45-48, 53, 97, 104, 123
Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions,
  157


W

Walpole, Sir Robert, 18-19, 26, 53,
  161, 162, 163
War, 4-5, 43, 55, 59, 75, 98, 102-
  107, 113-114, 116, 120, 122, 146,
  148, 164
War for Independence, 9, 11, 32, 55,
  137, 149
Washington, George, 5, 25, 32, 37,
  46, 94, 96, 166, 167, 175
Weld, Isaac, 14
Wellesley, Arthur, 153
Welsh-Americans, 2, 6, 11
West, the, 6, 15, 40, 70-71, 82, 110-
  111, 123, 173. See also Sectionalism
West Indies, 23, 26, 56-57, 59, 101,
  145, 149, 152
West Point, 43, 172
Wheat, 9, 57
Women, 7, 10, 12, 23, 31-32
Whig interpretation of history, 33-35
Whiskey Rebellion, 175
Whitby, Henry, 117, 122
Wilkinson, James, 111-114, 120-121,
  123-129, 133, 173
William and Mary College, 31
William the Conqueror, 4
Wilson, Woodrow, 139
Working classes, 4-6


X - Y

"XYZ Affair," 98

Yankees, 7, 9-10, 46, 84, 89, 118
"Yazoo" lands, 46-47, 87-89, 93, 108
Yrujo, Don Carlos Casa, 54, 69, 109,
  112

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