Founding Myths (66 page)

Galloway, Joseph,
336n25

Gálvez, Bernardo de,
305
,
312

Gates, Horatio,
374–75n14

George, David,
221

George III, King,
221
,
243–44
,
257
,
313

George Washington's War
(Leckie),
237
,
372n27

Georgetown, South Carolina,
135–36

Georgia delegation to Federal Convention: Great Compromise debates,
362n14
; slavery debates and three-fifths compromise,
152–53

Germain, Lord George,
247

Gerry, Elbridge,
18–19
,
146
,
147
,
390n5

Gibraltar,
250
,
251
,
253
,
254–55
,
256

The Gift of Black Folk
(Du Bois),
214

Gill, John,
46

Gipson, William,
230

global context of the American Revolution,
249–56
,
302
,
315
; the “Atlantic world,”
260–61
,
315
,
385n46
; Britain's many fronts,
246–47
,
249–56
,
302
,
315
,
326
,
384n42
; France's role,
244–45
,
247
,
249–56
,
261
; historians' attention to,
256–61
,
382n30
; Spain and,
250–51
; textbooks,
258–61
,
315
,
384n42
,
384n44
; West Indies,
244–45
,
247
,
251
,
254–55
,
260

Glorious Revolution of 1688 (England),
40
,
291

Gnadenhutten mission massacre,
267

Goodrich, Charles,
91
,
117
,
159
,
199
,
234

Google (search engine),
318
,
397n12
,
398n13

Gordon, Mark,
209

Gordon, William,
284–85
,
288
,
391n12
; and John Adams,
391n12
; and Samuel Adams,
45
,
335n24
,
336n25
; and Boston Tea Party,
335n24
; and Bunker Hill,
197–98
; and Declaration of Independence,
130
,
131
; and Massachusetts Revolution,
90
; and Paul Revere's ride,
12
; on post-Yorktown War and global context,
257
,
382n30
; on Tories and brutality of Revolution in the South,
232
; and Valley Forge winter,
114
,
354n39

Gore, Albert,
363n21

Grasse, Admiral de,
254–55

Great Barrington, Massachusetts,
83
,
94

Great Britain and the Revolutionary War: global war on many fronts,
246–47
,
249–56
,
302
,
315
,
326
,
384n42
; and Indian Nations,
184
,
265–66
,
271
; peace treaties,
245–46
,
255–56
; post-Yorktown,
243–49
; slaves who fled to British army,
205
,
210–13
,
216–21
,
373n3
,
376n21
.
See also
British brutality
;
Yorktown, British defeat at

Great Compromise debates,
144–50
,
361n7
,
362n14
,
362n17
,
363n20

Great Lakes region, Indians of,
270–71

Great Minds of History: Interviews with Roger Mudd,
162–63

Green Dragon Tavern,
46

Greene, Nathanael,
110–11
,
158
,
229
,
232
,
245–46

Greenleaf, Joseph,
46

Guitteau, William Backus,
274

Hakim, Joy: and the Declaration's promise of equality,
137
; on final battle at Yorktown,
243
; and Henry's “liberty or death” speech,
186–87
,
370n24
;
A History of US,
22
,
137
,
186–87
,
329n5
,
331n28
,
360n44
; and Paul Revere's ride,
22
,
331n28
; on western expansion,
276

Hale, Salma,
91
,
116–17
,
199
,
291

Hall, Moses,
231

Hallahan, William,
34

Hamilton, Alexander,
40
; Burr-Hamilton duel,
365n8
; as Founding Father,
157
,
158
,
161
; Great Compromise,
145
,
147

Hamilton, Henry,
274

Hancock, John,
157
,
282
; and Samuel Adams,
31–32
; and Paul Revere's ride,
11
,
13
,
14
,
18
,
89

Hannah, Mary,
62

Hanover County, Virginia,
182

Hanover volunteers,
182

“Hard Winter,”
107–13
,
117–18
,
266
,
353n26
.
See also
Valley Forge, winter at

Harmar, Josiah,
271

Harrison, Benjamin,
363n21

Hartford, Connecticut,
108

Hays, John Casper,
344n33

Hays, John L.,
61
,
344n33

Hays, Mary.
See
McCauley, Mary Ludwig Hays
;
Pitcher, Molly

Hays, William,
344n33

Hemings, Sally,
123

Henry, Patrick,
41
,
126
,
157
,
159
,
175–87
,
288–89
; anti-Indian sentiments,
183–84
; expansionist interests,
183–84
; “liberty or death” speech,
4
,
131
,
175–81
,
186–87
,
296
,
314
; response to charge of treason,
184–86
; slave ownership,
368n14
,
369–70n16
; Stamp Act speech,
184–85
; and Wirt,
177–81
,
184–86
,
289
,
370n24

heritage and history,
309–10

Herrick, Martin,
20

Heywood's tavern,
82

Hildreth, Richard,
199
,
235
,
293–94
,
355n49

Hill, George Canning,
372n25

historians and the American Revolution,
284–97
; abolitionist,
374n14
; academic/scholarly,
294–95
,
330n6
; Samuel Adams,
27
,
33
,
41–44
; the “Atlantic world,”
260–61
,
315
,
385n46
; and Battle of Bunker Hill,
197–200
,
372n25
,
372n27
,
373n28
; black,
212–15
,
376nn20–21
; black patriots myth,
210–15
,
374n14
,
375–76n19
; on blacks' roles,
374n14
; and British brutality,
232–39
; and Burke's
Annual Register,
285–86
; Declaration of Independence,
123–25
,
130
,
132
,
289–90
; on the Founders,
160–71
,
289–90
; global context/global war of empire,
256–61
,
382n30
; heroic biographies,
286–90
; and the Internet,
68–69
,
317–19
,
397nn12–13
; Jim Crow-era,
211–12
,
375–76n19
; language and founding myths,
302–4
; Massachusetts Revolution,
89–92
; Molly Pitcher story,
64–70
,
344n33
,
346n48
; narrative fallacies,
300–302
; of the 1960s,
236
; overpromoting the agency of key individuals,
300
,
305–8
,
367n21
,
394n5
; Paul Revere's ride,
13–15
,
17–21
,
22
; popular,
284–97
; post-Yorktown war,
256–61
,
382n30
; Progressive era,
22
,
92
,
144
,
236
,
375–76n19
; slavery,
210–15
,
374n14
,
375n19
,
376nn20–21
; Valley Forge winter,
114–19
.
See also
history textbooks

history education and curricula,
305–8
,
319–26
; Common Core Standards,
306–7
,
319–23
,
398n16
; document-based learning and DBQs,
319–23
,
398n16
,
399n19
; focus on battles,
305–6
; forces of inertia and impediments to change in,
315–19
; learning the art of “historical thinking,”
323–26
; National Council for Social Studies (2002 conference),
259–60
,
274
,
377n31
,
383n39
.
See also
history textbooks

A History of Our Country, for Higher Grades
(1923 textbook),
21
,
273

History of the American Revolution
(Ramsay),
232–33
,
284

History of the Negro Race in America, from 1619 to 1880
(Williams),
212–13

History of the Revolution in South Carolina
(Ramsay),
232

History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution
(Warren),
284–85

The History of the Rise, Progress, and Establishment of the Independence of the United States of America
(Gordon),
284

A History of the United States and Its People, for the Use of Schools
(1888 textbook),
21

History of the United States of America
(Goodrich),
91

A History of US
(Hakim),
22
,
186–87
,
329n5
,
331n28
,
360n44

history textbooks: Samuel Adams,
34
,
41–44
,
314–15
; Boston Massacre,
34
; British surrender at Yorktown and war's end,
243
,
258–61
,
383n35
; brutality of the Revolution in the South,
238–39
; Bunker Hill,
200–201
; comparing 2001–2004/2011–2014 texts,
311–12
; Declaration of Independence,
137
,
313
,
320
; document-based learning,
319–23
,
398n16
,
399n19
; Federal Convention,
144
; global context of the Revolution,
258–61
,
315
,
384n42
,
384n44
; Henry's
“liberty or death” speech,
186–87
,
314
,
320
; and history education,
290
,
305–8
,
316–17
,
319–26
; Indians and Indian resistance,
271
,
272–78
,
311–12
,
387n18
,
387n23
,
389n36
; Jefferson,
137
; Massachusetts Revolution,
90–92
,
396n6
; Molly Pitcher story,
51–53
,
67–69
,
312
,
340n7
; Paine,
138–39
; Paul Revere's ride,
21–24
,
312–13
,
331n28
,
332n32
,
333n35
; “shot heard ‘round the world,”
76–77
; slavery and myths of patriotic slaves,
212
,
216–19
,
377n31
,
378n45
; Valley Forge winter,
99
,
116–17
,
118–19
; women and the Revolution,
312
,
317
,
321–22
.
See also
history education and curricula

Hong Kong,
254

Hooper, William,
282

Hudson Valley,
247

Hull, Isaac,
20

Humphreys, David,
198

Hunt, Conover,
66

Hunt, Freeman,
14

Huntington, Ebenezer,
110

Hutchinson, Thomas,
31–32
,
34–35
,
37
,
45
,
48
,
334n9