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Authors: James MacGregor Burns
Electoral College,
38
,
67
,
107-8
,
148
,
152
,
227
,
266
,
367
; and Twelfth Amendment,
229-30
Ellsworth, Oliver,
184
Emancipation Proclamation,
625-8
Embargo Act (1807),
199-203
,
205
,
228
,
230
,
276
,
278
,
282
,
291
,
488
Emerson, Dr. John,
576
Emerson, Lidian (Mrs. Ralph Waldo),
479-80
,
481
,
561
Emerson, Ralph Waldo,
223
,
331
,
396
,
451
,
476-88
,
passim
,
491
,
517
,
522
,
526
,
545
,
561
,
588
,
590
;
Conduct of Life, The
,
588
;
Nature
,
481-2
Emporia
Kansas News
,
579
England,
249
,
368
,
416
,
431
,
438
,
477
,
625
; liberty in,
23-4
,
61
,
117
,
571
; manufacturing,
200
,
217
,
251
,
275
,
282
,
285-6
,
291-2
,
293
,
439
; trade,
249
,
251
,
506
;
see also
Great Britain
Enlightenment,
493
Ephrata, Pa.,
439
Episcopalians,
257
Eppes, John W,
258
equality,
142-3
; economic,
361-2
,
440
; inegalitarianism,
143
,
355-6
,
383-4
,
440
,
441-2
,
535
,
597-8
; and Jacksonian democracy,
347-8
,
350
,
354-8
,
361-2
; legal,
17-18
,
362
,
453
; and liberty,
25
,
143
,
226
,
228-9
,
258
,
263
, ,
272
,
347-8
,
491
,
500
, ,
520
,
571-3
,
575
,
587
,
593
; political,
362-3
,
378
,
584
; social,
362
,
440
,
584
;
see also
democracy: equality in; liberty
Eric Canal,
301
,
302-4
,
305
,
431
,
432
,
450
,
499
,
517
; financing and construction of,
302-3
,
306-7
,
309
; grass-roots support for,
309
,
310
; passengers and freight on,
316-17
,
528
,
532
Essex Junto.
165
,
223-4
,
228
,
230-1
,
361
Europe,
16
,
26
,
172
,
249
,
252
; culture in,
477
,
478
,
483
; Holy Alliance in,
248-52
; investments in U.S. from,
531
,
534
,
587
; reaction to Monroe Doctrine in,
251
; revolutionary movements in,
254
,
416
,
438
,
467
,
536-7
,
538
;
see also
Napoleonic wars
Eustis, William,
211
Evans, Col. Nathan,
610
Evans, Oliver,
297
Everett, Edward,
341
;
396
,
434
,
436
,
452
,
478
,
501-2
,
554
,
578-9
,
591
,
593
Ewing, Thomas,
424
executive branch,
36
,
37-8
,
168
,
187-9
,
193
,
226
;
see also
President
factionalism,
91
,
92
,
93
,
239
,
241
,
261
,
502
; and liberty,
29-30
,
45
,
54
,
60-1
Fair, Charles,
622
Fairhaven, Mass.,
541
Fallen Timbers, Battle of the,
97
Farley, Harriet,
396-7
farming,
see
agriculture
federal government,
83
,
383
; bureaucracy of,
71
,
78
,
324-5
,
346
,
565
,
617
; factions in,
91
,
92
,
93
,
502
; geometry of balance in,
465-7
,
472-5
,
544
,
598-9
; and liberty,
62
,
263
,
491
, southern power elite in,
576-8
; strong, support for,
21
,
26
,
30
,
34-7
,
41
,
42-58
,
60
,
126
,
226
,
241
,
350
,
433
,
436
; supremacy of,
259
,
335
; weak, support for,
43-4
,
46-60
,
61
,
162
,
258
,
347
;
see also
states’ rights: vs. federal government
federalism,
369
,
374
;
see also
Constitution, U.S.: and federalism
Federalist
,
44-6
,
60
,
215
,
261
,
262
,
511
Federalist party,
109
,
137
,
138
,
164-6
,
223
,
227-31
,
357
,
369
,
377
; and Alien and Sedition Acts,
126-34
,
138
,
230
; antiwar position in,
206
,
208-9
,
210
,
217-18
,
230-1
,
235
; in Congress,
122
,
136
,
153-4
,
186
,
190
,
202
,
209
,
227
,
235
,
237
,
378
; control of judiciary by,
128
,
183-6
,
193
; decline and fall of,
191-2
,
217-18
,
227-31
,
239
,
243
,
266
,
377
,
420
; election of 1796,
107-8
; election of 1800,
145-8
,
151-5
,
227
; election of 1804,
183
,
227
; election of 1808,
203-4
,
227
,
230
; election of 1812,
210
,
227
; election of 1816,
227
,
238-9
; and foreign affairs.
102-4
,
121
,
123
,
124
,
174-7
,
passim
,
200
,
230
,
231
; Hartford convention of,
217
,
218
,
224
,
231
,
261
; state,
210
,
227
,
229
; view of liberty in,
226
,
228-9
,
231
,
347
;
see also
Essex Junto
Federalists (supporters of new Constitution),
30
,
60-3
,
69
,
79-80
,
82
,
83-9
,
98
,
369
; and ratification of Constitution,
42-58
Fell, Jesse.
595
Ferdinand I, Emperor of Austria,
416
,
467
Ferdinand VII, King of Spain,
248-9
Fillmore, Millard: in election of 1856,
559-62
; presidency of,
474
,
525
,
531
,
542
fiscal policies,
8
,
13
,
84-7
,
97
,
168-9
,
344-7
,
419-20
,
457
,
589
;
see also
Hamilton, Alexander: as Secretary of Treasury
fishing industry,
219-20
,
234
,
540
Fisk, Theophilus,
361
Fitzhugh, George,
572-4
Fitzsimmons, Thomas,
35
Flagg, Azariah,
371
Fletcher
v.
Peck
(1810),
259
Florida, Spanish,
7
,
173-4
,
176
,
207
,
244-8
; Jackson’s campaign in,
245-7
,
320
,
332
Foote, Comm. Andrew,
621
Force bill (1833),
337
foreign affairs; chauvinism in,
207-9
,
237-8
,
445-9
,
458
,
536
,
538
, and Constitution,
38
,
61
; disputes over, and domestic disputes,
99-105
; expansionism,
536-40
; interventionism,
251-4
; leadership in,
252
,
449
; and liberty,
537
; neutrality,
101-4
,
195
,
198
,
205-6
,
249
,
254
,
446
; non-interventionism,
250-2
;
Realpolitik
in,
245
,
253
; self-interest vs. morality in,
195
,
252-4
;
see also
Mexican War; War of 1812; and
individual countries and residents
Forman, Joshua,
305-6
Forrest, Gen. Nathan Bedford,
622
Fort Dearborn,
1
Fort Donelson,
621
Fort Erie,
213
Fort Greenville,
97
Fort Henry,
621
Fort Johnson,
605
Fort Maiden,
213
Fort McHenry,
619
Fort Moultrie,
606
Fort Sumter,
605-7
Foster, William,
361
Fourier, Charles,
403
,
442-4
,
517
Fox, George,
527
Fox, Gustavus,
618
Framers of Constitution,
28-42
,
83
,
104
,
262
,
311
,
364
,
368
,
428
,
493
,
565
,
574
,
587
,
594
; and absence of bill of rights,
42
,
50
,
51
,
53-5
,
57
,
59
,
60
,
69
; and checks and balances,
34-5
,
37
,
38-9
,
61
,
63
,
368
; and foreign and military affairs,
216
,
252
; oppose political parties,
13
,
134
,
379
; and separation of powers,
36
,
61
,
63
,
216
,
261
,
368
; slavery compromise of,
39-40
;
see also
Constitution, U.S.
France,
4
,
5
,
18
,
80
,
95
,
99-100
,
113
,
124
,
150
,
162
,
179
,
232
,
249
,
250
,
275
,
297
,
354
,
416
,
431
,
438
,
442
,
467
,
539
; American sympathy for,
104
,
109
,
205
,
208
,
377
; attacks U.S. shipping,
102
,
121
,
124
,
205-6
,
208
,
291
,
445
; blockade of,
198-9
; and Confederacy,
601
; quasi-war with,
120-5
,
127
, U.S. claims against,
445-6
; war declaration (1792) of,
99-102
,
125
; XYZ Correspondence,
123
;
see also
Napoleon I
Francis I, Emperor of Austria,
194
Frankfort, Ky.,
326
Franklin, Benjamin,
21-3
,
30
,
108
,
111
,
116
,
117
,
226
,
302
,
304
,
448
; at Constitutional Convention,
31
,
35
,
39
,
40
,
42
; and liberty,
24-5