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LEADING FACTS OF AMERICAN HISTORY

Kalb, Baron de (Revolution), 157

La Salle (lah sal'), French explorer (1679), 110-113

Kansas and Nebraska Act (1854), 265. See also

   explores the Mississippi (1682), 112

  Laws

   takes possession of Louisiana (1682), 112

Kansas, struggle for, 266

"Latter Day Saints," 241. See also Mormons

   song of the "Kansas emigrant," 266

Laurens (law'renz), Henry, 98

   John Brown in, 267

Law, colonists protected by the common, 126

   civil war in, 267

   the "Higher," 261

   enters as a free State, 269

Laws of colonial period, how made, 52, 55, 66,

Kansas City, 278

  70, 73, 85, 86, 90, 95, 99, 103, 126

Kearney (kar'ne), General (Mexican War), 254

   the "Bacon Laws" in Virginia, 57

Kearsarge (keer-sarj') sinks the Alabama, 312.

   "Scripture laws" in New England, 86

  See also Battles

   New England Confederation (1643), 76

Kenesaw (ken'e-saw) Mountain, 316. See also

   Toleration Act in Maryland (1649), 90, 91

  Battles

   toleration in Rhode Island, 95

Kentucky, Daniel Boone in, 183

   Connecticut laws, 86

Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions (1798, 1799),

   New Haven laws, 86

  189

   "Great Law" of Pennsylvania (1682), 103

Kerosene, 271. See also Petroleum

   restrictive laws of Georgia, 107

King Philip's war (1675), 79, 87 (note). See also

   military rule in Virginia, 47, 48

  Wars

   severe laws in colonies, 47, 48, 96, 130

Knights of Labor, origin of (1869), 354

   the "Grand Model" in Carolinas, 99

Know Nothing party, 262 (note). See also Polit-

   See also Constitutions

  ical Parties

Laws of Parliament, 55

Knox, General (Revolution), 148

   Navigation Acts (1660), 55, 126, 134, 135

Kosciusko (kos-se-us'ko), General (Revolution),

   Writs of Assistance (1763), 135

  157

   Stamp Act (1765), 137

"Ku Klux Klan" (period of reconstruction), 340

   Declaratory Act (1766), 138

Kurihama (kur-e-ham'a), Japan, 265

   Townshend Acts (1767), 138



Duty on tea (1773), 139

Labor, Knights of, origin of (1869), 354

   the "Intolerable Acts" (1774), 140

   Bureau of (1884), 355

   act closing port of Boston (1774), 140

   Department of (1913), 355

   act depriving Massachusetts of self-govern-

   Alien Contract Act (1885), 351. See also Laws

     ment (1774), 140

   American Federation of, origin of (1886), 355

   the Transportation Act (1774), 140 (note)

   protection of American, 351

   the Quebec Act (1774), 140 (notes)

   Department of Commerce and Labor, 355

Laws, United States and state, 191 (note)

     (and note)

   Religious Freedom Act (Virginia, 1785), 191

   efforts to secure industrial peace, 392 (and

     (note), 199 (note)

     note), 398

   Ordinance for Northwest Territory (1787),

   advantage of free negro, 302, 330

     170, 172, 211

   employments of women, 360

   first tariff (1789), 179. See also Tariff

   Coxey "Industrial Army," 364

   Tonnage Act (1789), -79

   disputes and strikes, 3 46, 3 56, 362, 365, 392, 398

   first census (1790), 180

   See also Strikes

   first United States Bank (1791), 180

Labor-saving machines, 263, 342, 343, 361, 368.

   first mint (1792), 180

  See also Inventions and Patents

   first Fugitive Slave Act (1793), 174 (note)

Lafayette (lah-fay-et') in the Revolution, 157, 160,

   Alien and Sedition Acts (1798), 189

  167, 168

   Embargo Act (1807), 196

   revisits the United States (1824), 217

   importation of slaves prohibited (1808), 198

   Congress gives land to, 218

   Non-Intercourse Act (1809), 196

   Daniel Webster's tribute to, 218 (note)

   Missouri, Compromise Act (1820), 213

   school children erect monument to, 219

   National Road Act (1825), 215

Land, in the colonies, 44, 45, 48. See also Charters

   annexation of Texas (1845), 249

   gift of, in Virginia, to settlers, 48

   second Fugitive Slave Act (1850), 260, 261

   cessions of, by the Indians, 59, 60, 117 (note),

   compromise measures (1850), 260, 261

     183, 205

   Maine Prohibition Act (1851), 225

   Roger Williams denies right of king to grant,

   Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854), 265

     74

   Homestead Act (1862), 338, 384

   foreign cessions of, to the United States,

   National Bank Acts (1863), 286

     193

   Proclamation of Emancipation (1863), 301

   cessions of, to the nation by states, 172

   Freedmen's Bureau Act (1865), 331 (note)

   claims to, by states, 87 98, 106, 172

   Civil Rights Acts (1866), 331 (note)

   cheap public, 338, 384

   District of Columbia Franchise Act (1867), 331

   free public, 338, 384

     (note)

   grants of, under Homestead Act (1862), 338,

   Reconstruction Acts (1867-1868), 331

     384

   Tenure of office Act (1867), 333

   speculation in, 230, 240

   "Force Act" (1871), 340

   government grants of, to railways, 336

   New Coinage Act (1873), 342

   the chief source of wealth, 385, 397

   Bland Silver Coinage Act (1878), 347 (and note)

   irrigation of desert, 242, 386, 397

   Chinese Immigration Acts (1882, 1888), 243

   drainage of swamps, 397

   Civil Service Reform Act (1883), 3 49

   efforts to save and improve, 397

   Cheap Postage Acts (1883, 1885), 350, 351

   See also Agriculture, Farms, Forests

   Alien Contract Labor Act (1885), 351

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Laws, Presidential Succession Act (1896), 358

Literature, poems and songs relating to Ameri-

   Interstate Commerce Act (1887), 358

  can history, 10 (note), 143, 188, 204 (note), 207,

   Electoral Count Act (1887), 358

  238 (and note), 245, 249 (note), 255 (note)

   Australian or Secret Ballot Act (1899), 363

Loans, government (Civil War), 285

   New Pension Act (1890), 360

Locomotive, the, invented in England, 222

   Sherman Silver Purchase Act (1890), 360

   first American (1830), 223

   restriction of negro suffrage, 333, 371

"Log-cabin candidate, the" (1840), 245

   Immigration Act (1891), 243

London company (colonial period), 44, 45

   repeal of Sherman Silver Purchase Act (1893),

Londonderry, New Hampshire (colonial period),

     364

  82

   initiative and Referendum Act (1898), 371

Longfellow, H. W., 238

   Spanish War Revenue Act (1898), 374

Louisburg taken (1745), 115. See also Battles

   annexation of Hawaii (1898), 390

Louisiana, origin of name, 112

   Gold Standard Act (1900), 389, 390

   claimed by the French (1682), 112

   National Irrigation Act (1902), 339 (note)

   purchased by the United States (1803), 193,

   Railway Rate Act (1906), 358, 400

     211, 332

   Pure Food and Drugs Act (1906), 400

Louisiana Purchase 'Exhibition, 392. See also

   Meat Inspection Act (1906), 400

  Exhibitions

   League of Nations (1919), 431 (note 3)

Louvre (loo'vr), Paris, 219

Lee, General Charles (Revolution), 154, 155, 162

Lowell, city of, 185

Lee, Richard H. (Revolution), 150

Lowell, Francis C., manufacturer, 185

Lee, Robert E. (Confederate), life of, 285 (note)

Lowell, James R., poet, 238

   in Mexican War, 254

Loyalists or Tories (Revolution), 141, 149, 157,

   takes command of Confederate forces, 297

  163

   in second battle of Bull Run, 300

Lyon, General (Union), 287

   in battle of Antietam, 300

   in battle of Chancellorsville, 302

McClellan, General (Union), 287, 289, 297, 298, 300

   in battle of Gettysburg, 304

   what he taught his army, 281)

   guards Richmond, 310, 312

McCormick reaper, the (1834), 264 (note)

   surrenders to Grant, 322, 323, 325

McDowell, General (Union), 287

   applies for pardon, 330

Macdonough's victory (War of 1812), 206. See

   his advice to the South after the war, 330

  also Battles

Legislative assembly, first in America (1619), 52

Machines, American labor-saving, 263, 361

Leif (life) Ericson discovers America (1000), 2-3

   changes effected by, 342, 343

   called "Leif the Lucky," 3

   exports of, 368

Leopard and Chesapeake, 196. See also Battles

   See also Inventions and Patents

Letter, Franklin's to Strahan, 146

McKinley, William, life of, 366 (note)

   Lincoln's to Greeley, 303 (note)

   presidencey of, 366; death of, 392

Letters, the Henry (War of 1812), 200

McLoughlin (mac-lof'lin), Dr. John, 251

Lewis and Clark's expedition (1804-1806), 194,

Madison, James, life of, 199 (note)

  394

   his work on the Constitution, 199 (note)

Lexington, battle of (Revolution), 142. See also

   presidency of, 199

  Battles

Magellan (ma-jel'lan), Strait of, 18

Liberator, Garrison publishes the (1831), 228

   voyage round the world (1519), 18

Liberty, political, in the colonies, 45, 50, 52,

Mahan (ma-han'), Captain, 380

  55, 57, 58, 62, 66, 69, 70, 73, 80, 81, 93, 85, 86

Maine, Popham colony in (1607), 82

  88, 90, 95, 97, 99, 103, 107, 126

   permanently settled (1625), 82

   religious, in the colonies, 62, 63, 72, 81, 90,

   united with Massachusetts, .82

     91, 95, 191 (note)

   and the Missouri Compromise, 214

   in England, 66, 67

   enters the Union (1820), 214

   See also Suffrage and Roger Williams

   boundary dispute with England firs and, 246

Liberty, statue of, 357

   passed first prohibitory liquor law (1851), 225

"Liberty Bell" (Revolution), 152

Maine, the destroyed (1898), 373

"Liberty and union," 330

Manhatan Island purchased (1626), 59

Library of Congress, 368

Manifesto (man-e-fes'to) the Ostend (1854), 372

Lincoln, Abraham, early life of, 273 (note)

Manufactures (colonial period), 82, 106, 125

   in Congress, 252 (note)

   English restrictions on, 125

   his "Spot Resolutions" (1847), 252 (note)

   of cotton in Rhode Island (1790), 184

   elected President (1860), 273

   effect of cotton gin on (1793), 184, 185, 212

   presidency of, 280

   of nails (1790) 185 (note)

   inaugural address, 281

   effect of the embargo on (1807), 196

   his cabinet, 281 (note)

   effect of War of 1812 on, 208

   first call for volunteers, 283

   first complete cotton mill (1814), 185

   second call for volunteers, 298

   woolen mills, 208

   his letter to Horace Greeley, 303 (note)

   of iron and steel, 121

   emancipates the slaves (1863), 301

   protection of American, 208, 231

   assassinated (1865), 325

   enormous growth of American, 185, 352

Linen, colonial manufacture of, 82

   exports of American, 367, 368

Liquor, use of, 59, 73, 107, 108, 224, See also

   See also Tariff and Trusts

  Prohibition and Temperance

Map of America, the first (1507), 19 (note)

Literature, colonial, 131, 150

March to the sea, Sherman's, 320

   rise of modem American, 237, 238 (and note)

"Marching through Georgia," song, 320 (note)

   influence of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," 261

Marco Polo (po'lo), 4

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Marietta, Ohio, settled (1738), 183

Missouri Compromise, the (1820), 213

Marion (mar'e-on), General (Revolution), 99,

   set aside (1854), 266, 268, 269

  164, 167

Missouri enters as a slave star 82.), 213

Marquette (mar-ket'), French explorer, 109

Mobile founded (1701), 113

Maryland, settled by Catholics (1634), 89

   Farragut enters harbor of (Civil War), 318

   political and religious liberty in, 90

Modocs (mo'docs), Indian tribe, 344

   Toleration Act (1649), 90, 91

Money, Indian, 35

   Catholics of, deprived of their rights, or

   tobacco used for (colonial period), 48

   and destruction of tea (Revolution), 139

   some coined by Massachusetts colony, 80

   and Mason and Dixon's Line, 92, 93

   Spanish dollars (colonial period), 135

"Maryland, my Maryland," song, 300

   paper, of the Revolution, 156, 171

Mason and Dixon's Line (1763-1767), 92, 93

   paper, in 1783, 171

Mason and Slidell (sly-del') captured (Civil War),

   Morris raises, for Washington (Revolution),

  290

     156, 168

Massuchusetts, Bay Company, the, 72

   first United States Bank (1791), 180

   first charter of (1629), 72

   irst mint established (1792), 180

Massachusetts Colony, Boston settled (1630), 72

   decimal system of coinage adopted, 180

   Puritan rule in, 73, 76, 78, 80

   first tariff to raise (1789), 179

   education in, 75-76

   how raised for war for the Union, 285, 286

   war with Indians, 79, 87 (note)

   how raised for the Great War (1917-1918), 416

   becomes a royal province (1684), 80

   "greenbacks" issued (Civil War, 286, 341,

   second charter of (1691), 81

     342, 348

   See also Colonies, Pilgrims, Plymouth, and

   specie payment resumed (1879), 348

     Puritans

   silver question, the, 342, 347, 360, 361, 364

Massacre, the Boston (Revolution), 138

   gold standard adopted (1900), 390

   at Cherry Valley (Revolution), 163

   Wall Street, the money center or America, 370

   at Wyoming, 163

   See also Banks, Coinage, Dollar, Free Silver,

   See also Indian Wars

     Gifts, "Greenbacks," Mint, Panics, Sav-

Massasoit (mas-sa-soit'), Indian chief, 70, 79, 93

     ing; Banks, Silver, Specie, Wealth

Matches come into use (1836), 249 (note)

Monitor and Merrimac (Civil War), 290. See

Mayflower, the, sails (1620), 69

  also Battles

   at Cape Cod, 69

Monroe, James, life of, 209 (note)

   at Plymouth, 69, 70

   presidency of, 209

Meade, General (Union), 304

   inaugural address, 209

Meat Inspection Act (1906), 400. See also Laws

   "Era of Good Feeling," 210

Meeting, town (colonial period), 70, 73, 126

Monroe Doctrine, the (1823), 217

Menendez (men-en'dez) in Florida, 26

Montcalm (mont-kahm'), General, at Quebec, 121

Meridian destroyed (Civil War), 309

Montgomery, General (Revolution), 146, 148

"Merit system," the, 349

Montreal named, 22

Merrimac or Virginia destroys United States

Morgan, General (Revolution), 160 (and note)

   war ships, 290

Morgan's raid (Confederate), 308

   battle with the Monitor, 290

Mormons, rise of the (1830), 241

Merritt, General (war with Spain), 378

   build Nauvoo (1840), 241

Mexican land cessions, 255

   emigrate to Utah (1847), 242

   what we paid for, 255 (note)

   build Salt Lake City (1847), 242

Mexican War, the (1846), 252

   what they accomplished there, 242

   results of the, 255

   renounce polygamy (1890), 242

   in 1914-1916, 411

Morris, Robert (Revolution), 156, 168

Mexico conquered by Cortez (1819), 22

Morristown, Washington at (Revolution), 157, 165

   declares itself independent of Spain (1824),

Morse, Professor, life of, 247 (note)

     372 (note)

   invents the telegraph, 247

   Texas breaks away from (1836), 249

   See also Telegraph

   our relations with (1914-1916), 411

Mortar boats (Civil War), 296

Michigan, 173. See also Detroit

Morton, Dr., demonstrates use of ether (1846),

Miles, General (war with Spain), 378

  248

Milwaukee, 278

Motley, historian, 238

Mines, different kinds of, 31, 397. See also Coal,

Motor car, or automobile, 344

  Iron, Silver

Moultrie, Colonel (Revolution), 149

Minneapolis, 278

Moultrie, Fort, 149. See also Forts

Minnesota, 173

Mowing machines invented (1834), 263-264 (and

Mint, United States, established (1792), 180

  note)

   decimal system of coinage adopted, 180

"Mugwumps," 354 (note)

Minuit (min'u-it), Governor, 59

Murder of Presidents, 325, 348, 392

"Minutemen" (Revolution), 141

Miquelon (me-ke-lon'), island of, 123

Nail machine (1790), 185 (note)

Missionaries, Catholic, in the West, 109

Napoleon and the United States, 193, 200

Mississippi River discovered (1541), 23-24

National banks, 286. See also Banks

   explored by the French (1673-1682), 109-113

National parks, 396

   fortified by the French, 113, 117

National Road, 215, 216. See also Roads

   Law's "Mississippi scheme" (1717), 113

Natural gas, 272

   in the Civil War, 295, 296, 308

Nauvoo (naw-voo'), Mormon City, 241

   chief mouth of, deepened (1879), 346

Navigation laws (colonial period), 56, 90, 134, 135

   productive power of valley of the, 113

  See also Laws

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Navy, of the Revolution, 153, 164

New Sweden or Delaware settled (1638), 96

   in 1798-1799, 188, 193

   seized by the Dutch, 97

   in 1801, 193

   seized by the English, 97

   in War of 1812, 202, 204, 206

   See also Delaware

   what the London Times said about it,

"New West," 365, 384-385. See also the West

     202

New York settled (1614), 59-64. See also New

   in the Civil War, 289, 290, 291, 294, 295, 296,

  Netherland

     312, 318

New York City, purchase of Manhattan Island

   Confederate war vessels, 289

  (1626), 59-60

   our new navy (1884 to present time), 360 (and

   historic streets of, 63, 64

     note), 417, 4-8

   first school in (1633), 75

   in the war with Spain, 376, 377, 378, 383

   named (1664), 64

   cruise of our, 'round the world (1907), 360,

   in 1763, 125

     400

   in the Revolution, 137, 139, 153, 153, 154, 165,

   in the Great War (1917-1918), 417-413

     168

   See also Battles, Blockade, Wars

   adoption of the Constitution by, 174, 175

Negro slavery introduced (1619), 52

   capital of the United States, 177

   and Dred Scott decision (1857), 269

   Washington inaugurated in (1789), 177

   See also Slavery

   first Congress under the Constitution in,

Negroes, emancipated (1863), 301

     177

   and the last three constitutional amendments,

   and the Erie Canal (1825), 219-222

     333

   assessed value of land of, 60

   become voters and lawmakers, 332

   commerce of, 63

   effects of their action in the South, 332, 340

   business and money center of America, 63,

   power to vote restricted, 331, 333

     369, 370

   privileges of to-day, 341

   Statue of Liberty in harbor of, 357

   what Booker T. Washington says about, 341

   bridges and tunnels of, 349, 350

   the "Solid South" and the, 346

   wealth of, 60

   progress made by the, 3 53, 43 1 (note 4)

   notable buildings in, 368, 369

   property owned by the, 353

   great aqueduct of, 369

   their progress in education, 353

   Central Park, 396

   See also anti-Slavery, Emancipation, Freed-

   "Greater New York," 368

     men, and Slavery

   population of, 368

Neutrality, Washington's proclamation of (1793),

Newspaper, the first in America (1704), 125 (note)

  182; expressed in the Monroe Doctrine, 217

   the first daily (1784), 125 (note)

   President Wilson's proclamation of (1914), 411

   the first in the West (1793), 183

New Amsterdam (New York), 60

   attacks on President Washington, 187

New England Confederation (1643), 76

   first cheap daily (1833), 238

   commerce of (colonial period), 134, 135

   how printed to-day, 263, 264

   in the Revolution, 137, 138,139,140, 141,142,

Nicaragua (ne-ka-rah'gwa) Lake 390

143, 144, 145, 146, 148, 150, 152

Non-Intercourse Act (1809), 196. See also Laws

   discontent of, in 1807, 196

North Carolina, 99. See also Carolinas

   opposes War of 1812, 201, 209

North, Lord (Revolution), 169

   in Hartford Convention (1814), 208

North, uprising of the (Civil War), 283

New England Aid Society and Kansas (1854), 266

   Confederates invade the (Civil War), 304, 314,

New Hampshire settled (1627), 82

     326

   suffrage in the colony, 83

Northmen discover America (1000), 203

   temporarily united with Massachusetts, 83

Northwest Territory, 172

   manufacture of linen at Londonderry, 82

   Ordinance for government of (1787), 170, 172,

New Haven founded (1638), 86

     211

New Jersey claimed by the Dutch (1617), 64

Nova Scotia named (colonial period), 115

   settled by the English (1664), 65

Novelists, early American, 237, 238

   Quaker policy in, 65

Nueces (nway'ses) River, 252

   great prosperity of, 66

Nullification (Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions,

   becomes a royal colony, 66

  (1798, 1799), 189

New Mexico, conquest of, 254; state, 407

   in South Carolina (1832), 231, 232, 234

New Netherland claimed by the Dutch (1614, 59

   Manhattan Island purchased (1626), 59

Oath, Quakers refuse to take, 78

   Patroons in, 6-62

   the President's, 178

   seized by the English (1664), 63-64

   what Lincoln said about his, 281

   name changed to New York (1664), 64

   of allegiance after the Civil War, 330

   privileges granted to, by the English, 63

Office, removals from, by Presidents, 227, 228.

   See also New Amsterdam, New York, Pa-

  See also Civil Service Reform and "Spoils

     troons, and Peter Stuyvesant

     System"

New Orleans (or'le-anz), founded (1718), 113

Oglethorpe, governor of Georgia (1733), 106

   fortified by the French, I 17

Ohio, part of the Northwest Territory, 183

   battle of 1815, 207. See also Battles

   first settlement in (1788), 183

   taken by Farragut (Civil War), 295-296

   Cincinnati founded (1790), 183

   commerce of, 347, 351

   Indian wars in, 183

   cotton exhibition at, 351

Ohio Company, the first (1748), 117

   Captain Eads' great work for, 346, 347 (and

Oil, cotton-seed, 352 (and note)

     note)

Oil well first bored in Pennsylvania (18.59), 271

   progress of the city, 278, 351, 352

  See also Petroleum

Kalb, Baron de (Revolution), 157	La Salle (lah sal'), French explorer (1679), 110-113
Kansas and Nebraska Act (1854), 265. See also	explores the Mississippi (1682), 112
Laws	takes possession of Louisiana (1682), 112
Kansas, struggle for, 266	"Latter Day Saints," 241. See also Mormons
song of the "Kansas emigrant," 266	Laurens (law'renz), Henry, 98
John Brown in, 267	Law, colonists protected by the common, 126
civil war in, 267	the "Higher," 261
enters as a free State, 269	Laws of colonial period, how made, 52, 55, 66,
Kansas City, 278	70, 73, 85, 86, 90, 95, 99, 103, 126
Kearney (kar'ne), General (Mexican War), 254	the "Bacon Laws" in Virginia, 57
Kearsarge (keer-sarj') sinks the Alabama, 312.	"Scripture laws" in New England, 86
See also Battles	New England Confederation (1643), 76
Kenesaw (ken'e-saw) Mountain, 316. See also	Toleration Act in Maryland (1649), 90, 91
Battles	toleration in Rhode Island, 95
Kentucky, Daniel Boone in, 183	Connecticut laws, 86
Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions (1798, 1799),	New Haven laws, 86
189	"Great Law" of Pennsylvania (1682), 103
Kerosene, 271. See also Petroleum	restrictive laws of Georgia, 107
King Philip's war (1675), 79, 87 (note). See also	military rule in Virginia, 47, 48
Wars	severe laws in colonies, 47, 48, 96, 130
Knights of Labor, origin of (1869), 354	the "Grand Model" in Carolinas, 99
Know Nothing party, 262 (note). See also Polit-	See also Constitutions
ical Parties	Laws of Parliament, 55
Knox, General (Revolution), 148	Navigation Acts (1660), 55, 126, 134, 135
Kosciusko (kos-se-us'ko), General (Revolution),	Writs of Assistance (1763), 135
157	Stamp Act (1765), 137
"Ku Klux Klan" (period of reconstruction), 340	Declaratory Act (1766), 138
Kurihama (kur-e-ham'a), Japan, 265	Townshend Acts (1767), 138
	Duty on tea (1773), 139
Labor, Knights of, origin of (1869), 354	the "Intolerable Acts" (1774), 140
Bureau of (1884), 355	act closing port of Boston (1774), 140
Department of (1913), 355	act depriving Massachusetts of self-govern-
Alien Contract Act (1885), 351. See also Laws	ment (1774), 140
American Federation of, origin of (1886), 355	the Transportation Act (1774), 140 (note)
protection of American, 351	the Quebec Act (1774), 140 (notes)
Department of Commerce and Labor, 355	Laws, United States and state, 191 (note)
(and note)	Religious Freedom Act (Virginia, 1785), 191
efforts to secure industrial peace, 392 (and	(note), 199 (note)
note), 398	Ordinance for Northwest Territory (1787),
advantage of free negro, 302, 330	170, 172, 211
employments of women, 360	first tariff (1789), 179. See also Tariff
Coxey "Industrial Army," 364	Tonnage Act (1789), -79
disputes and strikes, 3 46, 3 56, 362, 365, 392, 398	first census (1790), 180
See also Strikes	first United States Bank (1791), 180
Labor-saving machines, 263, 342, 343, 361, 368.	first mint (1792), 180
See also Inventions and Patents	first Fugitive Slave Act (1793), 174 (note)
Lafayette (lah-fay-et') in the Revolution, 157, 160,	Alien and Sedition Acts (1798), 189
167, 168	Embargo Act (1807), 196
revisits the United States (1824), 217	importation of slaves prohibited (1808), 198
Congress gives land to, 218	Non-Intercourse Act (1809), 196

Daniel Webster's tribute to, 218 (note)	Missouri, Compromise Act (1820), 213
school children erect monument to, 219	National Road Act (1825), 215
Land, in the colonies, 44, 45, 48. See also Charters	annexation of Texas (1845), 249
gift of, in Virginia, to settlers, 48	second Fugitive Slave Act (1850), 260, 261
cessions of, by the Indians, 59, 60, 117 (note),	compromise measures (1850), 260, 261
183, 205	Maine Prohibition Act (1851), 225
Roger Williams denies right of king to grant,	Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854), 265
74	Homestead Act (1862), 338, 384
foreign cessions of, to the United States,	National Bank Acts (1863), 286
193	Proclamation of Emancipation (1863), 301
cessions of, to the nation by states, 172	Freedmen's Bureau Act (1865), 331 (note)
claims to, by states, 87 98, 106, 172	Civil Rights Acts (1866), 331 (note)
cheap public, 338, 384	District of Columbia Franchise Act (1867), 331
free public, 338, 384	(note)
grants of, under Homestead Act (1862), 338,	Reconstruction Acts (1867-1868), 331
384	Tenure of office Act (1867), 333
speculation in, 230, 240	"Force Act" (1871), 340
government grants of, to railways, 336	New Coinage Act (1873), 342
the chief source of wealth, 385, 397	Bland Silver Coinage Act (1878), 347 (and note)
irrigation of desert, 242, 386, 397	Chinese Immigration Acts (1882, 1888), 243
drainage of swamps, 397	Civil Service Reform Act (1883), 3 49
efforts to save and improve, 397	Cheap Postage Acts (1883, 1885), 350, 351
See also Agriculture, Farms, Forests	Alien Contract Labor Act (1885), 351

Laws, Presidential Succession Act (1896), 358	Literature, poems and songs relating to Ameri-
Interstate Commerce Act (1887), 358	can history, 10 (note), 143, 188, 204 (note), 207,
Electoral Count Act (1887), 358	238 (and note), 245, 249 (note), 255 (note)
Australian or Secret Ballot Act (1899), 363	Loans, government (Civil War), 285
New Pension Act (1890), 360	Locomotive, the, invented in England, 222
Sherman Silver Purchase Act (1890), 360	first American (1830), 223
restriction of negro suffrage, 333, 371	"Log-cabin candidate, the" (1840), 245
Immigration Act (1891), 243	London company (colonial period), 44, 45
repeal of Sherman Silver Purchase Act (1893),	Londonderry, New Hampshire (colonial period),
364	82
initiative and Referendum Act (1898), 371	Longfellow, H. W., 238
Spanish War Revenue Act (1898), 374	Louisburg taken (1745), 115. See also Battles
annexation of Hawaii (1898), 390	Louisiana, origin of name, 112
Gold Standard Act (1900), 389, 390	claimed by the French (1682), 112
National Irrigation Act (1902), 339 (note)	purchased by the United States (1803), 193,
Railway Rate Act (1906), 358, 400	211, 332
Pure Food and Drugs Act (1906), 400	Louisiana Purchase 'Exhibition, 392. See also
Meat Inspection Act (1906), 400	Exhibitions
League of Nations (1919), 431 (note 3)	Louvre (loo'vr), Paris, 219
Lee, General Charles (Revolution), 154, 155, 162	Lowell, city of, 185
Lee, Richard H. (Revolution), 150	Lowell, Francis C., manufacturer, 185
Lee, Robert E. (Confederate), life of, 285 (note)	Lowell, James R., poet, 238
in Mexican War, 254	Loyalists or Tories (Revolution), 141, 149, 157,
takes command of Confederate forces, 297	163
in second battle of Bull Run, 300	Lyon, General (Union), 287
in battle of Antietam, 300
in battle of Chancellorsville, 302	McClellan, General (Union), 287, 289, 297, 298, 300
in battle of Gettysburg, 304	what he taught his army, 281)
guards Richmond, 310, 312	McCormick reaper, the (1834), 264 (note)
surrenders to Grant, 322, 323, 325	McDowell, General (Union), 287
applies for pardon, 330	Macdonough's victory (War of 1812), 206. See
his advice to the South after the war, 330	also Battles
Legislative assembly, first in America (1619), 52	Machines, American labor-saving, 263, 361
Leif (life) Ericson discovers America (1000), 2-3	changes effected by, 342, 343
called "Leif the Lucky," 3	exports of, 368
Leopard and Chesapeake, 196. See also Battles	See also Inventions and Patents
Letter, Franklin's to Strahan, 146	McKinley, William, life of, 366 (note)
Lincoln's to Greeley, 303 (note)	presidencey of, 366; death of, 392
Letters, the Henry (War of 1812), 200	McLoughlin (mac-lof'lin), Dr. John, 251
Lewis and Clark's expedition (1804-1806), 194,	Madison, James, life of, 199 (note)
394	his work on the Constitution, 199 (note)
Lexington, battle of (Revolution), 142. See also	presidency of, 199
Battles	Magellan (ma-jel'lan), Strait of, 18
Liberator, Garrison publishes the (1831), 228	voyage round the world (1519), 18
Liberty, political, in the colonies, 45, 50, 52,	Mahan (ma-han'), Captain, 380
55, 57, 58, 62, 66, 69, 70, 73, 80, 81, 93, 85, 86	Maine, Popham colony in (1607), 82
88, 90, 95, 97, 99, 103, 107, 126	permanently settled (1625), 82
religious, in the colonies, 62, 63, 72, 81, 90,	united with Massachusetts, .82
91, 95, 191 (note)	and the Missouri Compromise, 214
in England, 66, 67	enters the Union (1820), 214

See also Suffrage and Roger Williams	boundary dispute with England firs and, 246
Liberty, statue of, 357	passed first prohibitory liquor law (1851), 225
"Liberty Bell" (Revolution), 152	Maine, the destroyed (1898), 373
"Liberty and union," 330	Manhatan Island purchased (1626), 59
Library of Congress, 368	Manifesto (man-e-fes'to) the Ostend (1854), 372
Lincoln, Abraham, early life of, 273 (note)	Manufactures (colonial period), 82, 106, 125
in Congress, 252 (note)	English restrictions on, 125
his "Spot Resolutions" (1847), 252 (note)	of cotton in Rhode Island (1790), 184
elected President (1860), 273	effect of cotton gin on (1793), 184, 185, 212
presidency of, 280	of nails (1790) 185 (note)
inaugural address, 281	effect of the embargo on (1807), 196
his cabinet, 281 (note)	effect of War of 1812 on, 208
first call for volunteers, 283	first complete cotton mill (1814), 185
second call for volunteers, 298	woolen mills, 208
his letter to Horace Greeley, 303 (note)	of iron and steel, 121
emancipates the slaves (1863), 301	protection of American, 208, 231
assassinated (1865), 325	enormous growth of American, 185, 352
Linen, colonial manufacture of, 82	exports of American, 367, 368
Liquor, use of, 59, 73, 107, 108, 224, See also	See also Tariff and Trusts
Prohibition and Temperance	Map of America, the first (1507), 19 (note)
Literature, colonial, 131, 150	March to the sea, Sherman's, 320
rise of modem American, 237, 238 (and note)	"Marching through Georgia," song, 320 (note)
influence of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," 261	Marco Polo (po'lo), 4

Marietta, Ohio, settled (1738), 183	Missouri Compromise, the (1820), 213
Marion (mar'e-on), General (Revolution), 99,	set aside (1854), 266, 268, 269
164, 167	Missouri enters as a slave star 82.), 213
Marquette (mar-ket'), French explorer, 109	Mobile founded (1701), 113
Maryland, settled by Catholics (1634), 89	Farragut enters harbor of (Civil War), 318
political and religious liberty in, 90	Modocs (mo'docs), Indian tribe, 344
Toleration Act (1649), 90, 91	Money, Indian, 35
Catholics of, deprived of their rights, or	tobacco used for (colonial period), 48
and destruction of tea (Revolution), 139	some coined by Massachusetts colony, 80
and Mason and Dixon's Line, 92, 93	Spanish dollars (colonial period), 135
"Maryland, my Maryland," song, 300	paper, of the Revolution, 156, 171
Mason and Dixon's Line (1763-1767), 92, 93	paper, in 1783, 171
Mason and Slidell (sly-del') captured (Civil War),	Morris raises, for Washington (Revolution),
290	156, 168
Massuchusetts, Bay Company, the, 72	first United States Bank (1791), 180
first charter of (1629), 72	irst mint established (1792), 180
Massachusetts Colony, Boston settled (1630), 72	decimal system of coinage adopted, 180
Puritan rule in, 73, 76, 78, 80	first tariff to raise (1789), 179
education in, 75-76	how raised for war for the Union, 285, 286
war with Indians, 79, 87 (note)	how raised for the Great War (1917-1918), 416
becomes a royal province (1684), 80	"greenbacks" issued (Civil War, 286, 341,
second charter of (1691), 81	342, 348
See also Colonies, Pilgrims, Plymouth, and	specie payment resumed (1879), 348
Puritans	silver question, the, 342, 347, 360, 361, 364
Massacre, the Boston (Revolution), 138	gold standard adopted (1900), 390
at Cherry Valley (Revolution), 163	Wall Street, the money center or America, 370
at Wyoming, 163	See also Banks, Coinage, Dollar, Free Silver,
See also Indian Wars	Gifts, "Greenbacks," Mint, Panics, Sav-
Massasoit (mas-sa-soit'), Indian chief, 70, 79, 93	ing; Banks, Silver, Specie, Wealth
Matches come into use (1836), 249 (note)	Monitor and Merrimac (Civil War), 290. See
Mayflower, the, sails (1620), 69	also Battles
at Cape Cod, 69	Monroe, James, life of, 209 (note)
at Plymouth, 69, 70	presidency of, 209
Meade, General (Union), 304	inaugural address, 209
Meat Inspection Act (1906), 400. See also Laws	"Era of Good Feeling," 210
Meeting, town (colonial period), 70, 73, 126	Monroe Doctrine, the (1823), 217
Menendez (men-en'dez) in Florida, 26	Montcalm (mont-kahm'), General, at Quebec, 121
Meridian destroyed (Civil War), 309	Montgomery, General (Revolution), 146, 148
"Merit system," the, 349	Montreal named, 22
Merrimac or Virginia destroys United States	Morgan, General (Revolution), 160 (and note)
war ships, 290	Morgan's raid (Confederate), 308
battle with the Monitor, 290	Mormons, rise of the (1830), 241
Merritt, General (war with Spain), 378	build Nauvoo (1840), 241
Mexican land cessions, 255	emigrate to Utah (1847), 242
what we paid for, 255 (note)	build Salt Lake City (1847), 242
Mexican War, the (1846), 252	what they accomplished there, 242
results of the, 255	renounce polygamy (1890), 242
in 1914-1916, 411	Morris, Robert (Revolution), 156, 168
Mexico conquered by Cortez (1819), 22	Morristown, Washington at (Revolution), 157, 165
declares itself independent of Spain (1824),	Morse, Professor, life of, 247 (note)

372 (note)	invents the telegraph, 247
Texas breaks away from (1836), 249	See also Telegraph
our relations with (1914-1916), 411	Mortar boats (Civil War), 296
Michigan, 173. See also Detroit	Morton, Dr., demonstrates use of ether (1846),
Miles, General (war with Spain), 378	248
Milwaukee, 278	Motley, historian, 238
Mines, different kinds of, 31, 397. See also Coal,	Motor car, or automobile, 344
Iron, Silver	Moultrie, Colonel (Revolution), 149
Minneapolis, 278	Moultrie, Fort, 149. See also Forts
Minnesota, 173	Mowing machines invented (1834), 263-264 (and
Mint, United States, established (1792), 180	note)
decimal system of coinage adopted, 180	"Mugwumps," 354 (note)
Minuit (min'u-it), Governor, 59	Murder of Presidents, 325, 348, 392
"Minutemen" (Revolution), 141
Miquelon (me-ke-lon'), island of, 123	Nail machine (1790), 185 (note)
Missionaries, Catholic, in the West, 109	Napoleon and the United States, 193, 200
Mississippi River discovered (1541), 23-24	National banks, 286. See also Banks
explored by the French (1673-1682), 109-113	National parks, 396
fortified by the French, 113, 117	National Road, 215, 216. See also Roads
Law's "Mississippi scheme" (1717), 113	Natural gas, 272
in the Civil War, 295, 296, 308	Nauvoo (naw-voo'), Mormon City, 241
chief mouth of, deepened (1879), 346	Navigation laws (colonial period), 56, 90, 134, 135
productive power of valley of the, 113	See also Laws

Navy, of the Revolution, 153, 164	New Sweden or Delaware settled (1638), 96
in 1798-1799, 188, 193	seized by the Dutch, 97
in 1801, 193	seized by the English, 97
in War of 1812, 202, 204, 206	See also Delaware
what the London Times said about it,	"New West," 365, 384-385. See also the West
202	New York settled (1614), 59-64. See also New
in the Civil War, 289, 290, 291, 294, 295, 296,	Netherland
312, 318	New York City, purchase of Manhattan Island
Confederate war vessels, 289	(1626), 59-60
our new navy (1884 to present time), 360 (and	historic streets of, 63, 64
note), 417, 4-8	first school in (1633), 75
in the war with Spain, 376, 377, 378, 383	named (1664), 64
cruise of our, 'round the world (1907), 360,	in 1763, 125
400	in the Revolution, 137, 139, 153, 153, 154, 165,
in the Great War (1917-1918), 417-413	168
See also Battles, Blockade, Wars	adoption of the Constitution by, 174, 175
Negro slavery introduced (1619), 52	capital of the United States, 177
and Dred Scott decision (1857), 269	Washington inaugurated in (1789), 177
See also Slavery	first Congress under the Constitution in,
Negroes, emancipated (1863), 301	177
and the last three constitutional amendments,	and the Erie Canal (1825), 219-222
333	assessed value of land of, 60
become voters and lawmakers, 332	commerce of, 63
effects of their action in the South, 332, 340	business and money center of America, 63,
power to vote restricted, 331, 333	369, 370
privileges of to-day, 341	Statue of Liberty in harbor of, 357
what Booker T. Washington says about, 341	bridges and tunnels of, 349, 350
the "Solid South" and the, 346	wealth of, 60
progress made by the, 3 53, 43 1 (note 4)	notable buildings in, 368, 369
property owned by the, 353	great aqueduct of, 369
their progress in education, 353	Central Park, 396
See also anti-Slavery, Emancipation, Freed-	"Greater New York," 368
men, and Slavery	population of, 368
Neutrality, Washington's proclamation of (1793),	Newspaper, the first in America (1704), 125 (note)
182; expressed in the Monroe Doctrine, 217	the first daily (1784), 125 (note)
President Wilson's proclamation of (1914), 411	the first in the West (1793), 183
New Amsterdam (New York), 60	attacks on President Washington, 187
New England Confederation (1643), 76	first cheap daily (1833), 238
commerce of (colonial period), 134, 135	how printed to-day, 263, 264
in the Revolution, 137, 138,139,140, 141,142,	Nicaragua (ne-ka-rah'gwa) Lake 390
143, 144, 145, 146, 148, 150, 152	Non-Intercourse Act (1809), 196. See also Laws
discontent of, in 1807, 196	North Carolina, 99. See also Carolinas
opposes War of 1812, 201, 209	North, Lord (Revolution), 169
in Hartford Convention (1814), 208	North, uprising of the (Civil War), 283
New England Aid Society and Kansas (1854), 266	Confederates invade the (Civil War), 304, 314,
New Hampshire settled (1627), 82	326
suffrage in the colony, 83	Northmen discover America (1000), 203
temporarily united with Massachusetts, 83	Northwest Territory, 172
manufacture of linen at Londonderry, 82	Ordinance for government of (1787), 170, 172,
New Haven founded (1638), 86	211

New Jersey claimed by the Dutch (1617), 64	Nova Scotia named (colonial period), 115
settled by the English (1664), 65	Novelists, early American, 237, 238
Quaker policy in, 65	Nueces (nway'ses) River, 252
great prosperity of, 66	Nullification (Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions,
becomes a royal colony, 66	(1798, 1799), 189
New Mexico, conquest of, 254; state, 407	in South Carolina (1832), 231, 232, 234
New Netherland claimed by the Dutch (1614, 59
Manhattan Island purchased (1626), 59	Oath, Quakers refuse to take, 78
Patroons in, 6-62	the President's, 178
seized by the English (1664), 63-64	what Lincoln said about his, 281
name changed to New York (1664), 64	of allegiance after the Civil War, 330
privileges granted to, by the English, 63	Office, removals from, by Presidents, 227, 228.
See also New Amsterdam, New York, Pa-	See also Civil Service Reform and "Spoils
troons, and Peter Stuyvesant	System"
New Orleans (or'le-anz), founded (1718), 113	Oglethorpe, governor of Georgia (1733), 106
fortified by the French, I 17	Ohio, part of the Northwest Territory, 183
battle of 1815, 207. See also Battles	first settlement in (1788), 183
taken by Farragut (Civil War), 295-296	Cincinnati founded (1790), 183
commerce of, 347, 351	Indian wars in, 183
cotton exhibition at, 351	Ohio Company, the first (1748), 117
Captain Eads' great work for, 346, 347 (and	Oil, cotton-seed, 352 (and note)
note)	Oil well first bored in Pennsylvania (18.59), 271
progress of the city, 278, 351, 352	See also Petroleum