abolitionism, see anti-slavery movement Adams, Abigail, 1744-1818

letters to John Adams living in Boston tending the farm upon seeing the battle at Bunker’s Hill

Adams, John, 1735-1826 as a lawyer as author of the Massachusetts Constitution at Constitutional Convention at home in Quincy inoculation to smallpox defending the British regulators at First Continental Congress at Second Continental Congress

second President of the United States, 1797-1801 Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 as a boy in Russia

sixth President of the United States from 1825 to 1829 Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803 Boston Boston Tea Party incitor family life political life Sons of Liberty Africa African Americans 2: 53; 3: 48, 64 Armistead, James 7: 36 British Army Continental Army indentured servants and Lee, William 7: 36 loyalists patriots petitions of Poor, Salem 7: 36 rebellions slaves 7: 36-37, 63; 8: 50 spies in the Revolutionary War Turner, Nat 10: 46 Whipple, Prince 4: 55 Allegheny Mountains 1:21, 22, 37 Allen, Ethan, 1738-1789 American Revolution captured Fort Ticonderoga

leader of the “Green Mountain Boys” Fort Ticonderoga, battle of Vermont Allen, Richard American Indians, 15, American Revolution; see also names of battles

end of, 102-105 start of, 55-57 timeline of, 108-109

weapons of, 58-59 Amherst, Lord Jeffrey French and Indian War germ warfare Ampere, Andre-Marie, 1775-1836 electrodynamics Andre, Major John execution anti-slavery movement apprentices, 32 Armistead, James, 1760-1832 Yorktown in 1781 Arnold, Benedict, 1741-1801 aided the British during the American Revolution defeat at Lake Champlain Saratoga victory Arnold, Peggy (Shippen) See Margaret Shippen or Mrs. Benedict Arnold Articles of Confederation

drafted 1777 signed 1778 Artillery; see also Weapons Astor, John Jacob, 1763-1848 banker fur trader German-born land purchases in New York real estate magnate richest person in the United States at his death Attucks, Crispus, c1723-1770 Balfour, Nisbet 9: 64 Baltimore, 83 Bancroft, Edward 5: 13 Banneker, Benjamin, 1731-1806 almanac

astronomer city planner of Washington, D.C.

clock with moveable parts gazeteer inventor mathematician scientist

writer Barker, Penelope Barker House, Edenton Barras, Jacques 10: 15 Battle formation Baum, Friedrich Bayonets; see Weapons Bemis Heights (N. Y.), battle of Bennington (Vt.), battle Bestis, Peter Bill of Rights Black Regiment of Rhode Island Blacks; see African American Blockades Bonaparte, Napoleon, 1769-1821 defeated Russian and Austria French leader invaded Russia, 1812 Bonhomme Richard (flagship) vs. Serapis Boone, Daniel Boston, 21, 41-45, 52, 53,56,57,61-62, 64-67 Boston Massacre (1770), 41-43,80 Boston (Mass.) boycott of tea British evacuation of British occupation of closing of the port economic ruin job scarcity

siege of women boycotting shops

Boston Tea Party, 43-45 boycotts, 45 Braddock, Major General Edward, 1695-1755 British commander Battle of Fort Duquesne French and Indian War officer Brandywine (Pennsylvania), battle of Brant, Joseph (Thayendanegea)

Mohawk chief Breed’s Hill, (Charlestown, Massachusetts), battle 61-62 Breymann, Heinrich Breymann Redoubt, Saratoga Bristol, H.M.S. (flagship) Britain

rule over colonies by, 13, 37-45 British army, 41-43, 45, 52 African Americans conditions in deaths in desertions from Dragoons German missionaries in; see Hessians Grenadiers Hessians in the South Light infantry Scottish Highlanders strength British Empire British government British laws Boston Port Act Declaratory Act Intolerable Acts Quartering Act Quebec Act Stamp Act Sugar Act Tea Act Townsend Revenue Act British soldiers, see Redcoats Brooklyn, Battle of Brown, Thaddeus Brown, Thomas Buckman’s Tavern, Lexington, Massachusetts Buford, Abraham Bunker’s Hill, battle of (June 17, 1775) see Breed’s Hill Burgoyne, John (Gen.) (“handsome Jack”), 1722-1792 British general defeat at Battle of Saratoga in 1777 Iroquois allies Jane McCrea Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797 British parliamentarian

political philosopher Burr, Aaron Butler, John Butler, Walter Cadwalader, John Cambridge, Massachusetts Camden, S.C., battle of, August 15 to 16, 1780 Campbell, Archibald (Lt. Col.) Campbell, William Canada Halifax Invasion of Louisbourg Montreal Quebec St. Johns cannons, see Weapons 59 Carleton, Guy (General) Carpenter’s Hall, Philadelphia declaration of grievances First Continental Congress, September 5, 1774 Carr, Patrick Carter, Robert, III, 1728-1804 Virginia planter casualties Caswell, Richard cavalry Cavendish, Henry, 1731-1810 British chemist discovered hydrogen physicist Census Act, 1790 Champe, John Champlain, Lake Charles River, Massachusetts Charleston, S.C. Clinton-Parker attack, 1776

British siege and capture, 1780 Chesapeake Bay Christ Church, Boston, Massachusetts Christ Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Church, Benjamin Cincinnatus Clark, George Rogers, 1751-1818 Cohokia, 1778

Fort Vincennes in 1779 frontier life Ohio Valley Clay, Henry, 1777-1852 “Great Compromiser” influential pre-Civil War political leader Clinton, DeWitt, 1769-1828 Erie Canal idea New York governor political leader Clinton, George Clinton, Henry (Maj.Gen.), 1738-1795 British commander in American Revolution between 1778-1781 succeeds General William Howe Clinton, James Clymer, George Coercive Act of 1774 coinage system adopted by Congress, 1786 establishment of a mint coins, foreign colonial America children in, 14, 24-33, 65 clothing of, 23, 31 farming in flags of, 68-69 food in, 27-28 goods of houses in jobs in, 32-35, 46-47 map of natural resources of population revolts in schools of women in colonies, life in Committees of Correspondence Common Sense (Thomas Paine) Concord, 51, 52-57 Concord (Massachusetts), battle of British retreat Congress, United States building site on the Potomac River, 1790 Connecticut Constitution, United States

ratified 1789 Continental Army, 64, 96 blacks excluded from black soldiers in desertions from disease in Dragoons Light infantry mutiny in payment of Ranks/Officers recruiting in size of strength of Continental Congress army and First Second Continental currency Continental Marines Continental Navy Conway Cabal Conway, Thomas Cornwallis, Charles (General Lord), 1738-1805 American Revolution British general surrendered at Yorktown victorious at Brandywine, 1777 Cowpens (South Carolina), battle of, January 16, 1781 Cromwell, Oliver Cruger, John Cuffee, Paul Cunningham, Patrick Currency Act Currency, Continental Danton, Georges, 1759-1794 French leader French Revolution Davie, William R. (Colonel) Davis, Isaac Dawes, William, 1745-1799 ride on April 18, 1775 Deane, Silas Dearborn, Henry Declaration of Independence

draft signing writers Delaplace, William Delaware Delaware River Washington’s crossing delegates desertions from British Army from Continental Army Dickinson, John Diderot, Denis, 1713-1784 encyclopedist French philosopher disease Dorchester Heights, Boston draft evasion drill; see Training, military Dunbar, Paul Laurence Dunmore, Lord duPont, Elenthera, 1771-1834 founded one of the largest business empires gunpowder manufacturer Duportail, Louis Du Sable, Jean Baptiste Point, 1745-1818 Chicago Haitian fur trader trading post East India Company Easterbrooks, Prince East India Company Edenton, N.C. Barker House Tea Party Edwards, Jonathan, 1703-1758 U.S. preacher and theologian Emerson, Ralph Waldo England, see Britain Equiano, Olaudah, 1750-1797 African born enslaved kidnapped Gustavus Vaca d’Estaing, Charles Europe

Eutaw Spring (South Carolina), battle of Fanning, David Farm, Matthias Farnsworth, Amos Federalist Papers, 1788 Ferguson, Patrick Finch, John first steamboat, 1787 Findley, John, 1722-1772? Cumberland Gap frontier trader First Continental Congress. See Continental Congress 1st Maryland Regiment Flags, United States Grand Union Fletchall, Thomas Florida Fort Anne Fort Duquesne, Pittsburgh, 1754 Pontiac Fort Edward Fort Granby Fort Griswold Fort Johnson Fort Johnston Fort Lee (New Jersey) Fort Mercer Fort Mifflin Fort Motte Fort Moultrie Fort Necessity, 1754 Fort Sackville Fort Stanwix Fort Ticonderoga captured by the Americans Fort Washington Fort Watson Fort William and Mary Fox, Charles France as ally fleet revolution in France, 1789 war on England, 1778

Yorktown campaign Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 author

delegate diplomat inventor postal system printer publisher scientist spectacles statesman Fraunces Tavern, New York Freeman, Elizabeth Freeman’s Farm (Saratoga), battle of French aid French alliance French and Indian War French fleet frontier Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815 Gage, Thomas (General) Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727-1788 British portraitist Gallatin, Albert, 1761-1849 Secretary of the Treasury influential in negotiating and end to War of 1812 Galloway, Joseph Galvez, Bernardo de, 1746-1786 American Revolution Louisiana Spanish governor Gansevoort, Peter Gaspee incident Gates, Horatio (General), 1728-1806 U.S. commander Saratoga, battle of George II, King of England, 1683-1760 ruler during the French and Indian War George III, King of England, 1738-1820 ruler during the American Revolution Georgia Savannah German mercenaries. See Hessians Germantown, Pennsylvania

Chew House Gilpin House, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania Glover, John Goddard, Mary Katherine Government, United States Political parties Gowanus Creek, Long Island Grasse, Admiral Count de Graves, Thomas (Admiral) Gray, Samuel Great Bridge (Virginia), battle of Great Britain; see Britain; also see England Green Mountain Boys Greene, Christopher (Colonel) Greene, Nathanael, (Gen.) 1742-1786 American Revolution Carolinas defeat to the British in the southern campaign of the American Revolution Georgia Grenville, George (“Gentle Shepherd”) Grey, Charles Guilford Courthouse (N.C.), battle of, 100 Hale, Nathan, 1755-1776 American Revolution execution Long Island spy Halifax, Nova Scotia Hall, Primus Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804 delegate to the Constitutional Convention duel with Aaron Burr favored a strong central government first Secretary of the Treasury from 1789 to 1795 Hamilton, Henry (Lt. Col.) Hammon, Jupiter, c1720-1800 first black American to have his works published, 1761 poet Hancock, John, 1737-1793 Boston merchant Continental Congress, president of

political life signer of the Declaration of Independence

Harlem Heights (N.Y.), battle of

Harrison, Benjamin Hart, Nancy Hausegger, Nicholas Hays, Mary Ludwig (“Molly Pitcher”), 1752-1832 Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799 delegate to the First Continental Congress House of Burgesses planter Virginia Resolutions Hessian soldiers

in British army, 85-89 Hobkirk’s Hill (S.C.), battle of Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 British caricaturist horses; see also cavalry House of Burgesses, Williamsburg Howe, Richard (Admiral Lord (“Black Dick”) Howe, William (General Sir), 1729-1867 British commander from 1775-1778 in the American colonies Hubbardton (N.Y.), battle of succeeded by Henry Clinton Hudson Highlands Hudson River Hull, Agrippa Hull, Isaac, 1773-1843 U.S. commander U.S.S. Constitution sinks British frigate Guerriere during the War of 1812 Hutchinson, Thomas Illinois Kaskaskia indentured servants and the British army apprentice document conditions of Independence Hall, Philadelphia Constitutional Convention of 1787 Declaration of Independence drafted host of the second Continental Congress Indiana Vincennes Indians; see Native Americans Intolerable Acts closing of the port of Boston, 1774 British occupation of Boston, 1774 Ireland

Iroquois; see also Native Americans Iroquois Confederacy. See Six Nations Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 (“Old Hickory”) Defeated the British at the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812 7th President of the United States James River, Virginia Jamestown, Virginia Jasper, William (Sgt.) Jay, John diplomat for peace first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, 1789 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 Declaration of Independence Minister to France, 1785 Native Americans and slavery and Jenner, Edward, 1749-1823 British physician discovered small pox vaccination Jones, John Paul, 1747-1792 American sea captain Bonhomme Richard vs. Serapis (1779) De Kalb Kalb, Johann, Baron de Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804 German philosopher Kaskaskia (Illinois) Kennebec River, Maine Kettle Creek (Georgia), battle Kentucky King’s Mountain, S.C.

militia turns back the British on October 7, 1780 Knowlton, Thomas Knox, Henry (Gen.Henry) (“Little Ox”), 1750-1806 first Secretary of War under the U.S. Constitution, 1789 U.S. general in American Revolution Knyphausen, Wilhelm Kosciuszko, Thaddeus, 1746-1817 life in Poland Continental Army from 1776-1784 Lafayette, Marquis de, 1757-1834 as a French general as a member of the Continental Army during the American Revolution

Lake Champlain; see also Valcour Island Lake George Lancaster, Pennsylvania Langdon, John Laurens, Henry as president of the Second Continental Congress as a plantation owner and merchant

imprisoned in the Tower of London exchanged for General Charles Cornwallis

Laurens, John Lee, Charles (Gen.) Lee, Henry (Gen.)(“Light-Horse Harry”), 1756-1818 U.S. Cavalry officer during the American Revolution Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794 Virginia planter signer of the Declaration of Independence Lee, William L’Enfant, Pierre Charles, 1754-1825 architect

French engineer planning of the District of Columbia Leslie, Thomas Leutze, Emanuel paintings Lewis, Francis Lexington (Massachusetts)

battle of (April, 1775) Paul Revere’s Ride

Liberty (sloop) Liberty Bell, 77 Liberty Bowl Liberty pole Liberty Tree, Boston Lillington, Alexander Lincoln, Benjamin (Gen.) Livingston, Robert Locke, John, 1632-1704 English political theorist and philosopher London Long Island (New York), battle of, 86 Louis XVI, King Loyalists, 41 South and treatment of Madison, James, 1751-1836

Maine Marat, Jean Paul, 1743-1793 assassinated during the French Revolution Marion, Francis (Gen.) (“Swamp Fox”), 1732-1795 guerilla fighting against the British in the Carolinas during the American Revolution Marshall, John, 1755-1835 Maryland Mason, George, 1725-1792 bill of rights advocate Constitutional Convention delegate Massachusetts, 49, 72; see also Boston: Cambridge, Concord; Lexington Committee of Safety Provincial Congress SalemMcCrea, Jane Massacre of the Waxhaws Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728 Boston defender of orthodox Puritanism founded Yale, 1701 Maverick, Samuel McCrea, Jane McDougall, Gen. Alexander McDowell family medicine mercenaries, German; see Hessians Mercer, Hugh (Gen.) Michigan Detroit middle colonies military planning American British militias; see also Minutemen 50; see also Continental Army Minutemen; see also militia, 50-52, 55-56 Mississippi River Mohawk Valley Molly Pitcher (Hays, Mary Ludwig), 90-91 Monch’s Corner (S.C.), battle of Monckton, Henry Monmouth Court House (New Jersey), battle of, June 28, 1778 Monongahela River Monroe, James, 1758-1831 Montgomery, Richard (Gen.) Moore’s Creek (N.C.), battle of morale

Morgan, Daniel, 1736-1802 U.S. leader victorious at Cowpens, 1781 during the American Revolution Morris, Gouverneur, 1752-1816 diplomat financial expert who helped to plan the decimal coinage system statesman Morris, Robert Morristown, New Jersey Continental Army

winters quarters, 1777, 1779 Motte, Rebecca Motte, Fort, S.C. Moultrie, William (Col.) Mount Pleasant, Philadelphia Mount Vernon, 64, 101, 105 home of George Washington Moxie Falls, Maine Muhlenberg, Heinrich, 1711-1787 German born organized the Lutheran Church in America Munroe, William Murray, Elizabeth Murray, John, Earl of Dunmore muskets; see weapons mutiny Native Americans; see also Iroquois; Oneidas; Wampanoag alliances with the British

as allies of the colonists culture disease French and Indian War

land loss Nelson (horse), 105 New England, 18, 61, 80 New France; see also Canada New Hampshire, 40 Morristown Princeton Trenton New Jersey, 87-89, 90 Washington’s retreat New Windsor Cantonment, Newburgh New York (city)

New York (colony) Albany burning of fortification of Manhattan Oswego prisoners of war West Point Newport, Rhode Island raid newspapers, 21, 35, 39 Ninety-Six (S.C.), siege Norfolk, Virginia captured by British, 1779 North Bridge, Concord, Massachusetts North Carolina loyalists Provincial Congress North, Frederick, 1732-1792 British Prime Minister Northwest Ordinance, 1787 Ohio Ohio Company Ohio River Old Granary Burying Ground, Boston Old North Church, Boston Olive Branch Petition Oneidas; see also Native Americans Oriskany (N.Y.), battle of, August 6, 1777 Oswego, Fort, N.Y. Otis, James Ox train Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809 American patriot Common Sense (1776) political theorist slavery opposition Paoli (Pennsylvania), battle of Paris, Treaty of (1763) 1782 1783 Parker, John (Capt.), 1729-1775 Battle of Lexington on April 19, 1775 Parliament patriot, 41

Paulus Hook (N.J.), battle of Paxton Boys, 1763 Pennsylvania riot Peirson, Maj. Francis Penobscot Bay (Maine), battle of Pennsylvania, 18, 27 see also Philadelphia, Valley Forge Percy, Lord Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 21, 49 defense of evacuation by the British meetings at nonsegregated school of Anthony Benezet, Quaker Pickens, Andrew (Col.) (“the Gamecock”) Pickering, Timothy Pigot, Robert Pinckney, Charles, 1757-1824 founding father Pinckney Plan incorporated into the U.S. Constitution Pinckney, Elizabeth Lucas, 1722-1793 indigo as a cash crop South Carolina planter Pitcairn, John (Maj.) “Pitcher” Molly. See Hays, Mary Pitt, William, the Elder, 1708-1778 British statesman “Great Commoner” plantations Pollard, Asa Pomeroy, Seth Pontiac’s War Poor, Enoch Poor, Salem Population Portsmouth, N.H. postal system, colonial Prescott, William (Col.) Preston, Thomas Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804 chemist discoverer of oxygen Princeton (New Jersey), battle of prisoners of war privateers Proclamation Line of 1763 propaganda

Pulaski, Casimir (Count) Putnam, Israel (Gen.), 1718-1790 Battle of Bunker Hill Pyle, John Quakers Quartering Act, 1765 Quebec, see Canada Quebec Act Quincy, Josiah Rall, Johann Gottlieb (Col.) Randolph, John, 1773-1833 advocate of states’ rights U.S. southern planter Ranger Ransour’s Mill, battle of rations; see supplies, military recruiting Redcoats; see British soldiers “Regulators” 1: 49 representation, 38 Revere, Paul, 1735-1818 April 18, 1775 ride Boston courier engravings route silversmith Reynolds, Joshua, 1723-1792 British portraitist Rhode Island battle of Black Regiment of British occupation of Newport rifles; see weapons Rochambeau, Jean Baptiste de Romney, H.M.S. (gunboat) Ross, Elizabeth (Betsy),1752-1836 Rothschild, Meyer A., 1743-1812 founded an international banking house German Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778 French social philosopher Royal governors

Royal Navy Ruggles, Timothy Rules of war Quarter 8: 53-54 Rush, Benjamin Russia first permanent settlement at Kodiak Island Rutledge, Edward Rutledge, John St. Lawrence River, U.S.-Canada Salem (Massachusetts) Salem, Peter, 1750?-1816 at Battle of Bunker Hill former slave shot and killed British Colonel Pitcairn Salomon, Haym, 1740-1785 raising money for the Continental Army Saratoga (New York), battle of, 89 Savannah (Georgia), battle of Schuyler, Philip Second Continental Congress. See also Continental Congress Serapis, H.M.S. Seton, Elizabeth, 1774-1821 established parochial school education in the United States first native-born American saint U.S. nun settlers

British French

Seven Years’ War Shays, Daniel (1747?-1825) rebellion of debt-ridden farmers against Massachusetts courts in 1786 Sherman, Roger Shippen, Mary (Mrs. Benedict Arnold) ships Six Nations. See Iroquois Confederacy Skenesboro (N.Y.), battle Slater, Samuel, 1768-1835 child labor in the mills cotton mill in Rhode Island, 1790 engineer in America in England Industrial Revolution begins in Rhode Island cotton mill, 1790 water-powered spinning wheel

slave revolts slave trade slavery, 15, 75 American Revolution and defense of history of opposition to slaves arming of in British Army in Continental Army escapes of populations of revolt in New York City revolt in South Carolina revolt in St. Andrew’s Parish, Georgia smallpox inoculation history symptoms Smith, Adam, 1723-1790 British economist The Wealth of Nations, 1776 smuggling Somerset, H.M.S. Sons of Liberty, 1765 South Carolina, 18

Charleston southern colonies, 15, 18 Spain fighting the British in Florida war on England, 1779 spies Stamp Act of 1765 repealed, 1766 Stanwix, Fort, N.Y. Stark, John Staten Island, N.Y. Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm, Baron von, 1730-1794 in Germany training the Continental Army during the American Revolution Valley Forge Stony Point (New York), battle of Stono's Rebellion (September 9, 1739) Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896 abolitionist Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1851)

writer strategy; see also military planning Stuart, Gilbert, 1755-1828 U. S. portraitist portraits of Washington, Jefferson, Madison Submarine Turtle Sugar Act,1764 revenue tax from the colonies Sullivan, John (Gen.) Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872 U.S. portraitist Sumter, Thomas supplies, military Susquehanna River valley, Pennsylvania tactics, see military planning Tallmadge, Benjamin Tarleton, Banastre (the “Butcher”). See also Massacre of the Waxhaws taverns, 21, 47 taxes, 37-41 Stamp Act Townshend Acts tea, 43-44 Tea Act of 1773 Tennessee Thayendanegea; see also Brant, Joseph Thomas, Isaiah Ticonderoga, Fort Tories; see also Loyalists Townshend, Charles (“Champagne Charlie”) Townshend Acts

enacted, 1767 glass, lead, paint, paper, tea repealed, 1770 trade training, military trappers Treaty of Greenville, 1796 Little Turtle advises peace Treaty of Paris 1763 signed by Americans and British, October 4, 1783 Trent River, N.C. Trenton (New Jersey), battle of 86-89 Trumbull, John paintings by

Tryon, William (Gov.) Tryon’s Palace Turner, Nat uniforms United States, 68, 69, 79 Valcour Island Valley Forge, Pennsylvania winter quarters, 1777 Vergennes, Charles Gravier (Count de) Vermont as the fourteenth state, 1791 veterans violence in colonial America slave revolts Virginia, 15, 27, 50,64, 100-101 Mount Vernon Norfolk revolt in riflemen, Virginia Virginia Resolves Yorktown Virginia Capes, battle of Wabash River, Illinois country Walton, George Wampanoag; see also Native Americans War of 1812 Ward, Artemas Ward’s Tavern, Virginia Warner, Seth Warren, Dr. Joseph Warren, Mercy Otis, 1728-1814 in Massachusetts playwright poet Washington, D. C. Washington, George, 1732-1799 American Revolution appointed commander of the Continental Army from 1775-1783 Benedict Arnold and Britain and Continental Army and crossing the Delaware

farewell to officers elected as first President of the United States, 1789 French and Indian War headquarters in Virginia home See Mount Vernon slavery and surveyor Valley Forge wintering Yorktown surrender Washington, Martha (Mrs. George), 1731-1802 Waxhaws (S.C.), battle of Waxhaw Whigs Wayne, Anthony (Gen.), 1745-1796 U.S. general who captured Stony Point, 1779 during the American Revolution weapons

artillery pieces bayonets cannons gunpowder muskets pistols rifles sabers swords

Webster, Noah Wellington, Duke of, 1769-1852 British military man who defeated Napoleon at Waterloo, 1815 Wesley, John, 1703-1791 British theologian evangelist founded Methodist West, Benjamin, 1738-1820 historical themes U.S. artist West Indies West Point, New York Wheatley, Phillis, c1753-1784 Africa enslaved member of Wheatley family health life in Boston marriage to John Peters poet published in England Whipple, Prince

White Plains (N.Y.), battle Whitney, Eli, 1765-1825 cotton gin (1793) inventor wilderness Wilkes, John Wilkinson, James Willett, Marinus Williams, Ortho Holland Williamsburg, Virginia Governor’s Palace House of Burgesses Wilmington, Delaware winter quarters Wolfe, James, 1727-1759 British leader captured Quebec from French, 1759 during the French and Indian War women

Acland, Lady Harriet Adams, Abigail Arnold, Peggy (Shippen) Hart, Nancy McCrea, Jane “Molly Pitcher” Mrs. Motte Mrs. Murray story Riedesel, Baroness Friederika Ross, Elizabeth (Betsy) traveling with armies Washington, Martha

Wood, Sylvanus Woolman, John, 1720-1722 Quaker teachings Worcester, Massachusetts Yankee Doodle York River Yorktown

American victory ending the war, September 15, 1781 Yost, Hon 5: 45 Sources: Arnold, James R. The Revolutionary War: The Spirit of 1776, Volume 4. Cox, Clinton. Come All You Brave Soldiers: Blacks in the Revolutionary War

McDowell, Bart. Revolutionary War McGraw Hill – A Young Nation Through 1877: Adventures in Time and Place Nash, Gary B. Landmarks of The American Revolution Pope, Mary Osborne. Magic Tree House Research Guide: American Revolution World Almanac, 1998