Founding Myths (64 page)

Advanced Placement (AP) United States History test,
320–22

Adventurers for Draining the Great Dismal Swamp,
222

African Americans.
See
black historians
;
black patriots, myth of
;
slaves and slavery

Albemarle volunteers,
182

Alexander, John K.,
344n33

Ali, Hyder,
255

Allen, Paul,
91
,
199
,
291–92

Allentown, New Jersey,
62

American Academy of Language and Belles Lettres,
291

American Anecdotes: Original and Select,
14
,
56–58

American Historical Association,
294

The American Journey
(Prentice Hall textbook),
389n32

American National Biography,
66
,
200
,
372n27
,
390n5

American Pageant
(Bailey),
42–44
,
259
,
317
,
384n42

American Political Society (APS),
79–80
,
81

The American Promise
(Bedford/St Martin's),
388n23

American Revolution
(DK Eyewitness Books),
306

American Revolution Written in the Style of Ancient History
(1793 textbook),
290

American Sphinx
(Ellis),
124

Andrews, John,
32
,
83–84
,
394n3

Anecdotes of the American revolution
(1828),
289

Angel in the Whirlwind
(Bobrick),
372n27

Annual Register
(Britain),
90
,
252–53
,
285–86

Anti-Federalists,
143
,
284–85

Aptheker, Herbert,
212

Armistead, James,
217

art.
See
visual arts and the American Revolution

Articles of Confederation,
41
,
143
,
144–45
,
148
,
150
,
276

“Atlantic world,”
260–61
,
315
,
385n46

Bailey, Thomas A.,
42–44
,
259
,
317

Baldwin, Abraham,
152–53

Bancroft, George,
15
,
292–94
,
331n19
; on Samuel Adams,
33
,
35–36
,
41
,
338n53
; on black patriots and the Revolution,
374n14
; on British brutality,
234–35
; and Bunker Hill,
199
,
374n14
; and Massachusetts Revolution,
91
; and Paul Revere's ride,
15
; on post-Yorktown War and global context,
258
; on Valley Forge winter,
354n49

Barnstable, Massachusetts,
83

Bates, Issachar,
194
,
195

Battle of the Saints,
254–55

Beard, Charles A.,
92
,
144
,
376n19

Beard, Mary,
376n19

Becker, Carl,
92
,
376n19

Bedford, Gunning, Jr.,
145–46
,
361n7

Beginner's American History
(Montgomery),
275

Belknap, Jeremy,
13–14

Bernard, Thomas,
18

Bigelow, Timothy,
82
,
85
,
88

Bingham, George Caleb,
262

Binney, Barnabas,
284

Biography of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence
(Sanderson),
159
,
289

Birnbaum, Louis,
34
,
372n27

Black Guides and Pioneers,
222

black historians,
212–15
,
376nn20–21

Black Horse Tavern (Menotomy),
19

black patriots, myth of,
205–23
; abolitionists on,
210–11
,
374n14
; Continental Army soldiers,
206–8
,
212–13
,
217
,
374n8
,
374–75n14
; historians on,
210–15
,
374n14
,
375–76n19
,
376nn20–21
; post–Civil War,
143
,
211
; textbooks on,
212
,
216–19
,
377n31
,
378n45
.
See also
slaves and slavery

Black Pioneers,
222

Bobrick, Benson,
346n48
,
372n27

Body of the Trade,
45

Boone, Daniel,
262

Boston, Massachusetts: Samuel Adams and,
27–48
; local declaration of independence,
129
; Old North Church,
9
,
11
,
20
,
24
; Stamp Act riots,
31
,
33–34
,
45
,
334n16
; town meetings,
46–47
,
79
,
339n58
.
See also
Massachusetts Revolution of 1774

Boston Caucus,
32
,
45
,
47

Boston Committee of Correspondence,
46
,
47

Boston Gazette,
14
,
38–39
,
46

Boston Massacre,
31
,
34–35

Boston Port Act,
25
,
78–79
,
90

Boston Society for Encouraging Trade and Commerce,
44–45

Boston Tea Party,
29
,
31
,
35–36
,
77–78
,
296
,
335n22
,
335n24
,
347n5

Bourn, Melatiah,
44

Bowman, Solomon,
20

Boyd, Julian,
134
,
359n31

Brandywine, Battle of,
54
,
192

Brearly, David,
148

Breed's Hill, Battle of,
158
,
195–97
.
See also
Bunker Hill, Battle of

Britain.
See
British brutality, myth of
;
Great Britain and the Revolutionary War
;
Yorktown, British defeat at

British brutality, myth of,
224
,
225–39
; and brutal civil war in the South,
228–39
; historians,
232–39
; and
The Patriot
(film),
225–31
,
236–37
; and Waxhaws incident,
190–91
,
228–29

Broom, Jacob,
160

Brown, Peter,
193
,
196

Brown, Solomon,
19

Brown, Thomas,
230
,
232–33
,
234
,
237

Brown, William Wells,
376n20

brutality of the Revolution in the South,
228–39
,
248
.
See also
British brutality, myth of

Buchanan, John,
229

Buckingham County, Virginia,
129

Buckman Tavern (Lexington),
19

Buford, Abraham,
190–91
,
228–29

Bunker Hill, Battle of,
86
,
158
,
189–201
; actual battle,
195–97
; artistic depictions,
188
,
200–201
; black soldiers,
374n14
; commander's identity,
199–200
,
372n25
; creation of myth,
197–201
; firsthand accounts,
193–96
,
371n15
; historians,
197–200
,
372n25
,
372n27
,
373n28
; myth of man-to-man combat (“whites of their eyes” command),
188
,
189–201
,
372n25
,
372n27
,
373n28
; Prescott and,
189
,
193–94
,
199–200
,
372n25
,
372n27
,
373n28
; Putnam and,
158
,
189
,
198–200
,
371n22
,
372n25
,
372n27
,
373n28
; textbooks,
200–201

Burgoyne, John,
246

Burke, Edmund,
285–86

Burr, Aaron,
161
,
164
,
365n8

Burr-Hamilton duel,
365n8

Bush, Charles G.,
8

Butterfield, Emily Lewis,
59

California Indian lands,
388n31

California Public Schools, History and Social Science Standards,
306–7

Cambridge, Massachusetts,
20
,
89
,
348n16

“camp followers,”
51
,
53–56
,
60
,
66
,
69–70
,
341n14

Campbell, William,
231

Canada, British,
271

Canning, Elizabeth,
345n33

“Captain Molly” name and legend,
53–60
,
64–65
,
69–71
,
342n20
,
343n26
,
345n42
.
See also
Pitcher, Molly

Carey, Matthew,
286–87

Carlisle, Pennsylvania,
51
,
53
,
61–67
,
344n33
,
345n42

Carroll, Charles,
282

Carter, Dennis Malone,
60

Cayuga Indians,
265–66
,
272

Centennial and Memorial Association of Valley Forge,
118

Chappel, Alonzo,
188

Charles of Prussia, Prince,
190

Charleston, Battle of,
192

Charlestown, Massachusetts,
18
,
19
,
25
,
195

Chase, Samuel,
169
,
282
,
390–91n6

Cherokee Indians,
184
,
234
,
267–70

Chester, John,
193

Chickamauga Indians,
184
,
269–70

China,
254

Choctaw Indians,
269–70

Church, Benjamin,
14
,
334n12
,
349n34

Civil War, American,
143

Clark, George Rogers,
271–72
,
273–75
,
278
,
386n17

Clarke, Jonas,
19

Clendenin, Rebecca,
343n29

Clinton, Henry,
205
,
218
,
229
,
246–47

Clymer, George,
160
,
282

“Coercive Acts,”
78–80
,
83
,
90–91
,
94
,
396n6

Cohen, Lizabeth,
384n42

Cold War,
179
,
259

The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution
(Nell),
210–11

Columbian
(journal),
285–86

Commager, Henry Steele,
65
,
92
,
263–64

Committee of Detail,
151

Committees of Correspondence,
43
,
46
,
47
,
82
,
300
,
307

Common Core State Standards,
306–7
,
319–23
,
398n16

Common Sense
(Paine),
137–38
,
238
,
360n46

Conant, Colonel,
18

Concord, Massachusetts,
394n3
; and Massachusetts Revolution of 1774,
88–89
,
351n54
; and Paul Revere's ride,
11–15
,
16–21
,
25

“Concord Hymn” (Emerson),
76

Congress, U.S.
See
Continental Congress

Constitution, U.S.: and Declaration of Independence,
131
; notions of equality,
135–36
; ratification debates,
131
,
143
,
369n16
; and slavery issue,
135–36
,
151–53
,
369n16
; Washington on,
154