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communion, 101

Potano Indians, 32

the Eucharist, 101

Powder Alarm, 140

freedom of, 204

Powhatan Indians, 38, 63

heathens, 20

Pox Americana
(Fenn), 135, 192

pagan idols, 70

“Praying Indians,” 65

religious conflict, xv “Praying Towns,” 65

Renaissance, 13

Prescott, Samuel (Dr.), 149

Reston, James Jr., 17

Presque Isle, Fort, 102–103

Revere, Paul, 125, 136–137, 143, 145, Prison, 191

146–147, 149, 156

Privateers, 28, 36, 241
n
5

Revolutionary War, 163, 200, 212

Proclamation of 1763, 132

Rhode Island, 60, 68, 74, 155, 178, 205, Protestant Reformation, 3

226, 231, 232

Protestants, 53, 54, 189, 190

Ribault, Jean (Captain), 9–10, 11, 30, 33

French, 9–10, 12, 28

Richard, Leonard L., 216–217

Publishing, 76.
See also
Bibles Richard III (England), 14

Puerto Rico, 8

Richards, Leonard L., 211

Puls, Mark, 127–128, 154

“The Rights of the British Colonies As-Puritans, 38, 42, 44, 56, 75, 154, 178–179, serted and Proved” (Otis), 133

182, 189

Riot Act, 219

Putnam, Israel, 153

Rivoire, Apollos, 145

Rockingham, Lord, 163

Quakers, 78–79, 155, 157, 193, 220

“Rogue Island,” 226–227

Quartering Act, 120, 133, 136

Roosevelt, Franklin D., 239
n
20

Quebec, 38, 116, 130, 181, 185, 190–191,
Rough Crossings
(Schama), 159

198, 211

Rowlandson, Joseph, 78, 79, 240
n
38

Quebec Act, 189–190

Rowlandson, Mary, 76, 77, 78

Queen Anne’s War (War of the Spanish Rowlandson, Sarah, 77

Succession), 39, 79–80

Royal Gazette,
199

Royalists, 97, 134

The Radicalism of the American Revolution,
Royal Navy, 96, 133, 148

128

Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior in
Raleigh, Walter, 33

Company and Conversation,
85, 95–96, Randall, Willard Sterne, 182, 188

Randolph, Edmund, 230

Rum, 174

Raphael, Ray, 221

Rush, Benjamin (Dr.), 223

Reconquest, xiv, 2

Rutledge, Edward, 159

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Index

Salem, 39, 43, 56–57

Sons of Liberty, 120, 126, 128, 145, 146, Salem, Peter, 155

149, 160, 184

Salisbury, Neal, 75–76

Soto, Hernando de, 3, 26–27

Saltonstall, Nathaniel, 45

South America, 94

San Juan, River of, 9

South Carolina, 31, 79, 82, 114, 205, 228

San Marco, Castillo de, 11

The Sovereignty and Goodness of God
San Mateo (St. Matthew), 9

(Mather), 78

Saratoga, Battle of, 162–163, 197, 214, 216 Spain, 2, 53, 162

Sassacus (Chief), 71, 72

Spanish Armada, 3, 35–36

Sassamon, John, 73–74

St. Augustine, 11, 30

Satan, 51

St. Bartholomew’s Day, 34

Schama, Simon, 159

Stamp Act, 120, 133, 146, 183, 184, 195, Schneider, Paul, 27

221

Schuyler, Philip, 187, 188

Standish, Miles, 64, 69

Second Continental Congress, 121, 172

Stephens, Adam (Captain), 85, 110

Second Indian War (King William’s Stiles, Ezra, 190

War), 39, 46

Stuart, Mary (Queen of Scots), 35

Separatists, 56

Suffolk Resolves, 145

Seven Years’ War, 83, 91, 116, 120, 130, Sugar Act, 120, 123, 132–133

131–132, 154

Sexual mores, 27

Tanaghrisson (Chief), 87, 89–90, 104

Shakespeare, William, xiv Taxes, 111, 120, 133, 157, 183, 204, Shawnee Indians, 93

216–218, 220–221, 225

Shays, Daniel, 204, 215–217, 220, Tea, 126, 133

224–226, 229, 233–234

Tea Act, 121

Shays’ Rebellion, 204, 215, 217, 219–220,
The Tears of the Indians
(Las Casas), 66

225

Tenant rebellions, 221–222

Shepard, William (General), 212–213

Texas, 26

Sherman, Roger, 184

Thanksgiving, xiv, 31, 64, 206

Shippen, Edward, 185, 198

Theology.
See
Religion Shippen, Peggy, 185, 198

Thomas, Hugh, 12–13

Shippen, William (Dr.), 185

Thoreau, Henry David, 49, 238
n
7

Silk Road trade, 13

Thury, Pierre (Father), 46–47

Siwanoy Indians, 61, 62

Ticonderoga, Fort, 121, 162, 168–172, Skene, Philip (Major), 167, 186, 243
n
1

174–176, 186–187, 191, 193, 211, 243
n
8

Slaves, 30, 38, 72, 75, 114, 117, 159, 223, Timucuan Indians, 32, 34

229, 241
n
7

Tobacco, 32, 38

Smith, Francis (Lieutenant Colonel), 142

Tories, 167, 194, 199, 200

Smith, John (Captain), 48

Torquemada, Tomás de, 16

Socialism, 222

Torture, 113

Society of Friends, 155

Tower of London, 31

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Index

Townshend Revenue Acts, 120, 223

Venango, Fort, 103

Trade, 136, 178, 182

Vermont, 162, 167–168, 172, 191, 216–217

Dutch, 38

Vernon, Edward (Admiral), 94

free, 222

Vespucci, Amerigo, 2

French, 32

Villiers, Louis Coulon de (Captain), 91, fur, 93, 103

109

Silk Road, 13

Virginia, 38, 48, 63, 110, 116, 151, 204, Tradesmen, 145–146

205, 229–230, 231

Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, 92

Virginia Plan, 227

Treaty of Paris, 83, 116, 120, 130, 131–132,
Virginia Ranger,
85

163

Virginia Regiment, 113

Treaty of Utrecht, 80

Virgin Mary, 29, 30

Trenton, Battle of, 162

Voltaire, 91, 131

Trinité,
9–10

Voting, 225

Tudor, Mary (Queen), 53

Turks, 13

Wampage (Chief), 62

Wampanoag Indians, 64, 73, 75

Uncas (Chief), 71, 240
n
30

War of Jenkins’ Ear, 82, 94, 179

United States

War of the Austrian Succession, 82, 92, American Revolution, 21, 92, 128, 137, 94

150, 159, 177, 220, 222

War of the Spanish Succession (Queen Army, 187

Anne’s War), 39, 79–80

Bill of Rights, 230, 231

Warren, Joseph (Dr.), 128–129, 143–146, Constitution, 204, 207, 225, 228

151–152, 155–156, 160, 174–175, 190

first presidential election, 205

Wars.
See also
individual wars Navy, 186

diaries and histories, 76

Scots-Irish migration, 82

war dance, 78

United States Code, 229

warships, 121

The Unknown American Revolution
(Nash), Washington, Augustine, 94–95, 97

220

Washington, Augustine Jr., 95

Utina, Chief, 32

Washington, Conotocarious, 97

Washington, George, xii, xiii, 81–118, 121, Vaca, Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de, 2, 5, 132–133, 154, 158–160, 163, 172, 177, 22–23, 27

190, 193–194, 197–198, 204, 209–210, Valcour Island, Battle of, 195–196

226–227, 230

Van Braam, Jacob, 104

appointment to Continental Congress, Van Cortlandt, John, 221

155

Vane, Henry, 58

correspondence, 99, 105, 117, 165, Vatican, 101

188–189, 207

Vaughan, Alden T., 215

education, 95–96

Velázquez, Diego, 20, 23

elected as president, 206

| 271 \

Index

Washington, George
(cont’d)
Williams, Roger, 60, 178

religious beliefs, 101–102

Wilson, James, 222–224, 228–229, retired, 218

231–234

Washington, Jack, 90

Winthrop, Adam, 36, 56, 58

Washington, John, 96–97

Winthrop, John (Governor), 36, 41, 55, Washington, Lawrence, 94–95, 111

58, 63, 68

Washington, Martha, 241
n
7

Witchcraft trials, 39, 43, 51

Washington, Mary Ball, 94

Wolfe, General, 83, 116

Washington, Sarah, 111

Wollaston, Mount, 69

Wayne, Anthony, 215

Women, 191

Weapons, 88, 210

authority of, 15

Weld, Thomas, 63

Francis’ Female Elixir, 182

West Indies, 75, 182–183, 218–219

pregnancy, 60

West Point, 163, 177, 198

veils in public, 70

Whigs, 128, 148, 153

Wood, Gordon S., 128

Whitehall, 243
n
1

Woodbridge’s Regiment, 215

Whittier, John Greenleaf, 238
n
7

William and Mary, Fort, 39, 136, 180

Yale College, 182

William Henry, Fort, 169

Yamasee Indians, 82

Williams, Eunice, 80

Yorktown, 151

Williams, John, 80

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About the Author

KENNETH C. DAVIS
is the best-selling author of
Don’t
Know Much About History,
which spent 35 consecutive weeks on the
New York Times
best seller list, sold nearly 1.5 million copies, and gave rise to his phenomenal Don’t Know Much About® series for adults and children. Davis appears frequently in the media, has spoken at the Smithsonian Museum and American Museum of Natural History, and has written for the
New York Times
and
Newsday
, among other publications. He has also contributed to NPR’s
All Things Considered
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