Founding Myths (70 page)

Virginia Declaration of Rights,
124
,
125–29
,
130–31
,
313
,
356n8
,
359n40
,
369n16

Virginia House of Burgesses,
184–85
,
347n9

Virginia's
Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal,
116

visual arts and the American Revolution,
2–3
; Samuel Adams,
28
; Battle of Bunker Hill,
188
,
200–201
; Battle of Lexington,
74
; Cornwallis's surrender at Yorktown,
242
; Declaration of Independence signing,
133
,
156
; Fourth
of July activities,
280
; Jefferson and Declaration of Independence,
122
,
133
;
Life of George Washington the Farmer,
204
; Molly Pitcher,
50
,
50
,
51–52
,
60
,
340n8
;
Paul Revere's Ride,
8
; Washington and his slaves,
204
;
Washington Crossing the Delaware,
xii
,
3
; westward expansion,
262
; winter at Valley Forge,
100

Wade, Benjamin,
136

Waldo, Albigence,
55
,
341nn14–15

Waln, Robert,
159

War of 1812,
116
,
289

Warren, James,
39
,
46
,
88–89
,
285

Warren, James Otis,
285

Warren, Joseph,
158
; and Samuel Adams,
27–29
,
37–38
; and Massachusetts Revolution,
88
,
90
,
91
; and Paul Revere's ride,
11–13
,
17–18
,
333n33

Warren, Mercy Otis,
284–85
; on Samuel Adams,
47–48
; on brutality of the Revolutionary War,
233–34
,
237
; on Bunker Hill,
198
; on Jefferson and Declaration of Independence,
132
,
358n24
; on the Massachusetts Revolution,
89
,
90
; on post-Yorktown War and global context,
257
; on Valley Forge winter,
114–15

Washington, George: and black soldiers,
206–8
,
217
; and British offers of peace,
245–46
; on the Constitution,
154
; and Continental Army,
70
,
104–14
,
206–8
,
217
,
243–49
,
307
,
354n39
,
397–98n13
; Federal Convention debates,
147
,
154
; and female camp followers,
51
,
70
; as Founding Father,
157
,
158
,
161
,
170
,
221
; and Great Compromise,
147
; Hard Winter in Morristown,
107–13
,
353n36
; and Molly Pitcher story,
51
,
53
,
58
,
67
,
69
; post-Yorktown War,
243–49
,
381n11
,
381n13
; slave ownership,
204
,
207–8
,
221–23
; and Sullivan's campaign against the Indians,
389n36
; and Valley Forge myth,
113–14
; Weems's biography,
116
,
287–88

Washington, Harry,
221–23
,
378n45

Watertown, Massachusetts,
64
,
87

Watson, Abraham,
18

Waxhaws incident,
190–91
,
228–29
,
379n2

Wayne, “Mad Anthony,”
271
,
345n33

Webster, Daniel,
367n22

Webster, Noah,
4
,
199
,
257
,
290

Weems, Mason Locke,
286–88
; as early popular historian,
286–88
,
392n25
; on Israel Putnam and Battle of Bunker Hill,
198–99
,
371n22
; on post-Yorktown War,
257
; on Valley Forge winter,
116
,
119
; Washington biography,
116
,
287–88

Wells, William V.,
36
,
41
,
91–92

West Indies,
244–45
,
247
,
251
,
254–55
,
256

West Point,
54
,
65

westward expansion,
262
,
263–78
; British policy regarding,
184
; Henry and,
183–84
; historians on,
263–64
; and Indians,
183–84
,
264–65
,
269–78
; land rights legislation,
275–78
,
388n31
; slavery question,
394n2
.
See also
Indians and the American Revolution

Whiskey Rebellion,
40

White, John Todd,
66

White, Richard,
323

“whites of their eyes” command (man-to-man combat),
188
,
189–201
,
372n25
,
372n27
,
373n28
; historians and,
197–200
,
372n25
,
372n27
,
373n28
; and Waxhaws massacre,
190–91
.
See also
Bunker Hill, Battle of

Whittier, John Greenleaf,
59

Wikipedia,
68–69
,
317–18
,
347n54

Williams, George W.,
212–13
,
376nn20–21

Williams, William,
282

Williamsburg, Virginia,
175
,
181–83

Williamson, Andrew,
269

Wills, Garry,
46
,
282

Wilson, James,
146
,
159–60
,
359n40

The Winter at Valley Forge
(Mason),
99

Wirt, William,
177–81
,
184–86
,
289
,
314
,
367n2
,
370n24

Woburn, Massachusetts,
20

Wolcott, Oliver,
282
,
390n5

women and the American Revolution: at Battle of Monmouth,
49–68
,
317–18
,
341n14
,
342nn20–21
,
344n33
; “camp followers,”
51
,
53–56
,
60
,
66
,
69–70
,
341n14
; cannon-firing crews,
342n20
,
344n33
; as Founding Sisters,
165–66
; textbooks,
312
,
317
,
321–22
.
See also
Adams, Abigail
;
Pitcher, Molly

Wood, Gordon,
160–61
,
162–63
,
364n4

Woodson, Carter G.,
213–14

Worcester, Massachusetts: local declaration of independence,
125–26
,
128
,
313–14
; and Massachusetts Revolution (1774),
80–88
,
93
,
94

Worcester County militia,
82–84

World War II,
259

Wright's Tavern,
351n54

Wythe, George,
282
,
390n5

“Yankee Doodle” (song),
97

Yorktown, British defeat at,
242–61
,
302
; Britain's empire and global context of the Revolution,
249–61
,
302
,
315
,
326
; British peace treaties,
245–46
,
255–56
; Cornwallis's defeat and surrender,
242
,
243
,
246
,
256
,
260
; historians and,
256–61
; post-Yorktown deathtoll,
248–49
; and post-Yorktown war,
243–49
,
381n11
,
381n13
; textbooks,
243
,
258–61
,
383n35

Young, Thomas,
46
,
316

Zeamer, Jeremiah,
345n22