McMaster, J. B., History of the People of the United States, quoted, 31; Acquisition of Industrial, Popular, and Political Rights of Man in America, quoted, 45.
Madison, James, describes trade situation, 30; on violation of federal authority by Virginia, 100-101; personal characteristics; 103-104; and Annapolis Trade Convention, 104; quoted, 108; Washington, and, 111; for strong central government, 115; in Federal Convention, 111, 132, 140; supports Constitution, 155; and The Federalist, 156-157.
Martin, Luther, 116, 132, 153.
Maryland, and land claims, 57, 58; suggestion as to power of Congress over western land, 68; agreement with Virginia, 100, 104; ratification of Constitution, 153-154.
Mason, George, 112, 132, 155.
Massachusetts, State Constitution submitted to people for approval, 46; Shays’ Rebellion (1786), 91-96; ratification of constitution, 150-153.
Mayflower Compact, 140.
Metropotamia, 69.
Michigania, 69.
Mississippi River, right of navigation declared, 14.
Monroe, James, invests in western land, 61; Grayson writes to, 76.
Morris, Gouverneur, invests in western land, 61; quoted, 108, 140; in Federal Convention, 112-113, 132, 140; and Washington, 113 (note).
Morris, Robert, invests in western land, 61.

N

Navigation Acts, 24, 27.
Netherlands, the, commerical treaty with, 11.
New England, prosperity due to commerce, 24; effect of trade restrictions on, 26; “plantation covenants”, 40; system of land grant, 65; interest in trade, 97; favors navigation acts, 129.
New England Confederation (1643), 48.
New Hampshire, Vermont withdraws from New York and, 68; and Federal Convention, 106-107; ratification of Constitution, 154-155, 157.
New Jersey, ratification of Constitution, 149.
New Jersey Plan, 118, 119, 121, 125-126.
New York cession of western land claims to United States, 58, 59; Vermont, withdraws from New Hampshire and, 68; refuses to accede to Revenue Amendment, 88; ratification of Constitution, 150, 156-158.
New York City chosen as seat of government, 163.
Newburg on the Hudson, mutinous Revolutionary soldiers at, 81-82.
Newfoundland, fisheries, 13.
North Carolina, ratification of constitution, 158.
Northwest Ordinance, 55 et seq.; see also Land Ordinance of 1785, Ordinance of 1784, Ordinance of 1787.
Northwest Territory, settlement, 55-56; States relinquish claims, 57-59; question of land sale and government, 62 et seq.

O

Ohio admitted as State (1802), 78.
Ohio Company of Associates, 72.
Ordinance of 1784, 67, 69-71, 75.
Ordinance of 1785, see Land Ordinance of 1785.
Ordinance of 1787, Congress adopts, 72; stimulus from Ohio Company, 72-74; authorship, 75; provisions, 75-77; successful operation, 77-80; text, 190-200.
Oregon, question of military occupation (1825), 77-78.
Otto, Louis, French Chargé d’Affaires, letter to Vergennes, 100-103.

P

Panic of 1785, 30-31.
Patterson, William, against plan of centralized government, 114.
Pelisipia, 69.
Pennsylvania, invited to form commercial policy with other States, 100; ratification of Constitution, 148-149.
Philadelphia, enthusiasm for Constitution in, 148-149.
Philadelphia Convention, see Federal Convention.
Pilgrim Fathers, Mayflower Compact, 40.
Pinckney, Charles, 114, 126.
Pinckney, General C. C, 114.
Political parties, 146-147; see also names of parties.
Polypotamia, 69.
Pontiac’s Conspiracy, effect on settlement, 56.
Potomac River, agreement between Virginia and Maryland regarding, 100.
President, creation of office, 133-134; President modeled after State governorships, 134; election of, 136-137; third term, 137-138; powers, 138; Washington chosen as first, 138-139.
Princeton, Congress flees to, 84.
Proclamation of 1763, 56, 57.

R

Randolph, Edmund, 112, 124; quoted 134.
Read, W. T., Life and Correspondence of George Read, quoted, 113 (note).
“Revolution of 1789,” 144.
Revolutionary War, effect on American people, 22; economic conditions after, 23 et seq.
Rhode Island, State government, 44; and question of western land ownership, 57; rejects tariff provision (1782), 86; currency trouble (1786), 89-90; attitude toward Shays’ Rebellion, 95; recognition of bad trade conditions, 96; and Federal Convention, 106; ratification of Constitution, 158, 159.
Roads, see Transportation.
Rousseau, J. J., Contrat Social, 39-40.
Russia, trade with, 28.
Rutledge, John, 114, 124, 125.

S

St. Clair, General Arthur, Cutler endorses for governorship of New York, 74.
Saratoga, 69.
Scioto Associates, 74.
Shays, Daniel, 94.
Shays’ Rebellion (1786), 91-96.
Sherman, Roger, 115.
Slavery, Ordinance of 1784 on, 70; Ordinance of 1787 on, 76-77; counting of slaves in enumerating population, 121-122; attitude of Federal Convention delegates toward, 130.
Slave trade, compromise concerning, 129-130.
South, system of land grant, 65; need for slaves, 129.
South Carolina, class control in, 45; ratification of constitution, 154.
Spain, France and, 7-8; and United States, 8; possessions in America, 8; Jay sent to, 11; excludes United States shipping, 26.
Stamp Act Congress (1765), 49.
Stark, J. H., quoted, 18-19.
State governments, establishment of, 38; constitutions, 41-43; identical with colonial, 44; aristocratic tendencies, 44-45, 47-48; democratic tendencies, 46-47, 48.
Steiner, B. C., Connecticut’s Ratification of the State Constitution, quoted, 159-160.
Suffrage, 36-37, 45.
Supreme Court established, 131; see also Judiciary.
Sylvania, 69.

T

Thieriot, Saxon Commissioner of Commerce to America, quoted, 3, 4-5.
Tory party, 146.
Transportation, 29-30; see also, Commerce.
Treaty of Peace (1783), 1 et seq.; ratified, 21; determines boundaries, 12-13, 56; bibliography of diplomatic history connected with, 56.
Trevett vs. Weeden (1786), 90-91.
Tuckerman, Henry, America and her Commentators, cited, 33 (note).

U

United Empire Loyalists, 19.
United States, named, 1; status as new republic, 1-5; population, 2-3, 35, 55-56; boundaries, 12-13, 56; economic conditions after Revolution, 23 et seq.; commercial treaties, 26; aristocratic control in, 36, 44-45; suffrage after the Revolution, 36-37; political genius in, 37-38; see also names of States, States governments.

V

Vergennes, Comte de, French Minister, Franklin and, 21; Otto’s letter to, 101-103.
Vermont, withdraws from New York and New Hampshire, 68; attitude in Shays’ Rebellion, 95.
Vincennes, effect of Ordinance of 1784 on, 71.
Virginia, abolishes primogeniture, 46; cession of western claims to United States, 58, 59, 62; agreement with Maryland, 100; Annapolis Trade Convention, 100-101, 103-104; ratification of Constitution, 150, 155-156, 157.
Virginia Resolutions, see Virginia Plan.

W

Warden, John, Gringsby’s story of, 15-16.
Warville, Brissot de, quoted, 32-33.
Washington, George, invests in western land, 61; influence over disaffected soldiers, 82-83; in Federal Convention, 110-111; and Madison, 111; and Morris, 113; chosen as President, 139; Lincoln’s letter to, 152-153; supports Constitution, 155; personal charge against, 161; letter to Lafayette, 164-165; inauguration, 166.
Washington, name given division of Northwest Territory, 69.
Webster, Daniel, on Ordinance of 1787, 79-80.
West Indies, trade, with, 23, 27, 97.
Whig Party, 146-147.
Wilson, James, 61, 108, 112, 115, 124, 132.
Wythe, George, 63, 112.

Y

Yates, Robert, 115.




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