Blood of Tyrants: George Washington & the Forging of the Presidency (61 page)
Read Blood of Tyrants: George Washington & the Forging of the Presidency Online
Authors: Logan Beirne
Tags: #American Revolution, #Founding Fathers, #George Washington, #18th Century
BOOK: Blood of Tyrants: George Washington & the Forging of the Presidency
5.72Mb size Format: txt, pdf, ePub
Colquhoun, Joseph
Colquhoun, Samuel
Common Sense
(Paine)
(Paine)
Confederation Congress; and public debt; weakness of
Connecticut; Arnold in; Beebe attack in; Loyalist uprising in; trade wars in
Constitutional Convention; alcohol at; delegates to; on monarchy; and originalism; quorum for; suspicion of
Continental Army: at André’s execution; coup plot; defection from; demographics of; desertion from; discipline in; disease in; monarchy proposal from; pay for; supplying of
Continental Congress: on André’s trial; in Annapolis; army hostility to; Arnold’s demands of; Articles of War; on burning Manhattan; on Canada invasion; and command structure; on courts-martial; on debt & currency; Declaration of Independence; delegation to Howe; on “dictator” powers; factions in; flight to Baltimore; French influence on; on Gates vs. Washington; and Independence Hall; on Loyalists; on New York defense; officer appointment by; Olive Branch Petition; and peace negotiations; and peace treaty; on Philadelphia defense; on prisoner treatment; raising battalions; on smallpox inoculation; on Smith court-martial; on spies; supplying of army; on treason; and war council; on war strategy & tactics; on Washington’s expanded powers; on Washington vs. Lee; weakness of
Continental currency
Cornwallis, Charles Lord; at Brandywine Creek; vs. Clinton; in southern campaign; at Yorktown
counterfeiting
courts-martial; of Hickey; modern procedure; of Smith
Cunningham, William (“Bloody Bill”)
Dayton, Jonathan
debt
Declaration of Independence; citizenship in; drafting of; Howe’s demand on
defection;
see also
Arnold, Benedict; Hickey, Thomas; Mathews, David
see also
Arnold, Benedict; Hickey, Thomas; Mathews, David
District of Columbia v. Heller
dueling
East Haddam, Conn.
Edward I (king)
Elliot, Andrew
Eskridge, George
Fabius Maximus, Quintus
Federal Hall
Federalist Papers
Fort Arnold;
see also
West Point
see also
West Point
Fort Montgomery
Fort Ticonderoga
Fort Washington
France; Arnold on; and Asgill; debt to; enters war; fear of; and flintlock musket; and Franklin; and Jumonville Affair; in peace negotiations; and Yorktown
Franklin, Benjamin: and bifocals; at Constitutional Convention; in France; at peace negotiations; on prisoner treatment; at Staten Island talks; wit of
Fraunces Tavern
Frederick the Great (king of Prussia)
French, Christopher
Gage, Thomas
Galston, William
Gates, Horatio (“Granny”); ambition of; and Arnold; and military coup plot; at Saratoga; and Southern Army
Genesee Castle, N.Y.
George III (king); and Asgill; complaints against; and Howe; and insanity (porphyria); and Native Americans; and Parliament; and prisoner treatment; subjects’ allegiance to; victory expectation; on war loss; on Washington
Georgia
Germain, George Lord
Germantown, Penn.
Germany; mercenaries from
Gibbons, Mary
Ginsburg, Ruth Bader
Great Britain: accents in; courts-martial in; and germ warfare; and Jumonville Affair; on Lee’s capture; mercenaries for; monarchy of; naval power of; Parliament of; in peace negotiations; prisoner treatment by; Quartering Act; and Seven Years’ War; sovereign-subject allegiance in; taxation by; Tea Act; treaty violation by;
see also
British Army
see also
British Army
Greece (ancient)
Greene, Nathanael: and André; on civil war; on commander’s powers; and Philadelphia plans; and Quakers; and Southern Army; at Yorktown
Green Mountain Boys
Haiti
Hamilton, Alexander: on André; on civil authority; at Constitutional Convention; on Gates; on Greene’s skill; and Laurens/Lee duel; on peace treaty; on public debt; on Washington’s leadership; and Yorktown
Hawthorne, Nathaniel
Henley, David
Herring, John
Hessians; in New Jersey battles; plunder by; at Trenton
Hickey, Thomas
Hope
, HMS
, HMS
Howe, William; Boston escape; and Burgyone; and Clinton; as conciliator; on Declaration of Independence; on defectors; and George III; and Hudson River; and Lee; and Mrs. Loring; on New Jersey losses; and New York City; and Philadelphia; and prisoner treatment; resignation of; on southern strategy; and Staten Island talks; on Trenton defeat; and Washington’s title; winter recess
Howland, Prince
Huddy, Joseph
Hudson River / Valley: British aims in; Fort Montgomery; Gates vs. Burgoyne in; Great Chain; Kingston;
see also
West Point
see also
West Point
Independence Hall; evacuation of; and Washington’s eyeglasses
India
Ireland
Jay, John
Jefferson, Thomas; and Declaration of Independence; education of; on peace treaty; on public debt; on “tree of liberty,”
Jones, John Paul
Julius Caesar
Jumonville, Joseph Coulon de Villiers de
Jumonville Affair
Kennedy, Anthony
Latin America
Laurens, Henry
Laurens, John
Lee, Charles; disobedience trial; duel; and Gates; on Howe & Mrs. Loring; at Monmouth; as prisoner; rivalry with Washington; and war council
Lexington, Mass.
Locke, John
Loring, Elizabeth
Loring, Joshua
Louis XVI (king)
Loyalists; attacks on; in British forces; in Continental Army; Cunningham “blood-hounds,” ; disarming of; fines on; flight to Britain; in Germain’s southern strategy; in Manhattan; on Mrs. Loring; Native American allies of; numbers of; in Philadelphia; plot against Washington; and privateers; property of; prosecution of; rights of; Shippens; and Smith trial; as spies; treason resolution on; and Washington rumors; Washington’s tolerance of
Maclay, William
Madison, James
Manhattan: British attack on; burning of; defense of; Federal Hall; Fort Washington; Harlem Heights battle; Loyalists in; retreat from; riots in;
see also
New York City
see also
New York City
Marie Antoinette
Marion, Frances
martial law; in Boston; and deserters
Martin, Joseph Plumb
Massachusetts: Lexington battle; martial law in; radicalism in; Shays’ Rebellion in;
see also
Boston
see also
Boston
Massachusetts Council
Mathews, David
McCauley, Mary Hays
Medal of Honor
military tribunals; for André; for Shanks
“Molly Pitcher,”
monarchy: British; fear of; French; as option; subjects’ allegiance to
Monmouth, N.J.
Montreal
Morocco
Morse, Jedidiah
Mount Vernon
Murray, Mary
muskets
Native Americans: British appeasement of; as British / Loyalist allies; in Jumonville Affair; as noncitizens; torture by; vengeance against; on Washington’s invulnerability
Netherlands
Newburgh (N.Y.) conspiracy
New Hampshire
New Jersey; Monmouth battle; Morristown; Princeton battle; Toms River attack; Trenton battle
New York: and army provisions; civil war in; Hudson Valley; and Loyalist property; military conspiracy in; plot against Washington; and “torture tree,” ; trade wars in;
see also
New York Provincial Congress
see also
New York Provincial Congress
New York City; Brooklyn battle; Clinton in; Continental Army in; defense efforts; Federal Hall in; Hickey hanging in; Howe’s quarters in; Manhattan attack; retreat from; September 11 attack; victory in; Washington’s farewell in; Washington’s ruse on;
see also
Manhattan
see also
Manhattan
New York Provincial Congress: on dictatorial powers; on inoculation; and Mathews arrest; and plot against Washington; on tar & feathering
Nicola, Lewis
North, Frederick Lord
North Carolina
Olive Branch Petition
Paine, Thomas
Parker, Michael (scout)
Pennsylvania; Brandywine Creek; Native / Loyalist attack in; Supreme Court of;
see also
Philadelphia
see also
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Journal
Philadelphia: Arnold in; British attack on; British retreat from; Congress flees; Congress returns; Independence Hall; Loyalist evictions in; revenge attacks in
plunder / theft; by Hessians; prohibition on; punishment of
Poland
Prescott, Richard (Brigadier)
Princeton, N.J.
prisoner exchange
property rights; and confiscations; Locke on; and military needs
Prussia
Putnam, Israel (“Old Put”)
Quakers
Quartering Act
Rhode Island
Richard the Lionheart
Rittenhouse, David
Roberts, John
Roman Empire
Roman Republic
Russia
Rutledge, Edward
Saratoga, N.Y.: Battle of; Arnold’s grudge over; and Gates’s ambition
Savannah, Ga.
Scalia, Antonin
Schuyler, Philip
Seneca tribe: and Genesee Castle; and Jumonville Affair; as Loyalist allies; torture by
September 11 attack
Seven Years’ War; Arnold in; and British debt; Cornwallis in; Gage in; Gates in; germ warfare in; Lee in; Washington in
Other books
The Ascent by Ronald Malfi
Jubilee by Eliza Graham
The By-Pass Control by Mickey Spillane
Housebroken by Yael Hedaya
Cakes For Romantic Occasions by May Clee-Cadman
His New Jam by Shannyn Schroeder
City Girl in Training by Liz Fielding
Hardheaded Brunette by Diane Bator
Survive by Todd Sprague
How to Punish Your Playboy (DommeNation #3) by Mina Vaughn
