executive power and
   French Revolution feared by
   GW in support of
   GW’s death and
   in GW’s second-term cabinet
   High
   high society and
   hopes for GW’s continuance in office by
   on Jay Treaty
   Martha Washington as
   representational government and
   on Reynolds scandal
   federal vs. state power
   Fenno, John
   Ferguson, Patrick
   Ferry Farm
   Fersen, Axel von, Count
   Field, Robert
   Findley, William
   First Continental Congress
   independence not goal of
   First Maryland Regiment
   Fischer, David Hackett
   Fishbourn, Benjamin
   Fishkill, N.Y.
   Fithian, Philip
   Fitzgerald, John
   Fitzhugh, William
   Flexner, James T.
   Florida
   East
   Forbes, Eleanor
   Forbes, Gilbert
   Forbes, John
   Ford, Theodosia
   Ford, West
   foreign policy
   Forks of the Ohio
   Fort Cumberland
   Fort Dinwiddie
   Fort Duquesne
   Fort George
   Fort Le Boeuf
   Fort Lee
   Fort Necessity
   Fort Pitt
   Fort Ticonderoga
   British capture of
   weapons from
   Fort Washington
   Fort Wayne, Ind.
   Fourth of July
   Fox, Charles James
   France
   Adams’s diplomatic overtures toward
   American alliance with
   American independence recognized by
   American ships seized by
   America’s relationship with
   antislavery sentiment in
   army of
   British seizure of cargo bound for
   condescension by
   Directory in
   émigrés from
   in expulsion from Canada
   farewell address and
   Fauchet bribery allegations and
   financial assistance sought from
   fleet of
   in French and Indian War
   GW’s proposed trip to
   GW’s skepticism about
   Jefferson’s support for
   Ohio Country claimed by
   postwar alliance with
   projected war with
   Quasi-War against the United States by
   self-interest of
   volunteer officers from
   in war with Austria and Prussia
   in war with Britain
   in war with Holland
   XYZ Affair and
   Franklin, Benjamin
   as abolitionist
   as ambassador to France
   on celebrity
   at Constitutional Convention
   in Continental Congress
   death of
   executive power distrusted by
   on GW
   Society of the Cincinnati opposed by
   Franklin, William
   Franks, David
   Franks, Isaac
   Fraser, John
   Fraunces, Samuel
   Fraunces Tavern
   Fredericksburg, Va.
   Frederick the Great, emperor of Prussia
   Freeman, Douglas Southall
   Freemasons, see Masons
   French, Penelope Manley
   French and Indian War
   bounty lands for veterans of
   Cornwallis in
   end of
   GW in
   William Howe in
   French Guiana (Cayenne)
   French Revolution
   American Revolution and
   Jefferson’s support for
   Lafayette and
   origins of
   Reign of Terror in
   turmoil as result of
   Freneau, Philip
   Frestel, Félix
   frontier warfare
   Frost, Amariah
   Fry, Joshua
   Fugitive Slave Act (1793)
   Gage, Thomas
   in Battle of Lexington and Concord
   replacement of
   Gainsborough, Thomas
   Gale, George
   gambling
   Garrison, William Lloyd
   Gates, Elizabeth
   Gates, Horatio
   Camden defeat of
   in rivalry with GW
   Saratoga victory of
   Gazette of the United States
   General Advertiser
   General Court of Massachusetts
   Genet, Edmond-Charles “Citizen Genet,”
   Gentleman’s Magazine
   George II, king of England
   George III, king of England
   appreciation of GW by
   Bowling Green statue of
   delusional state of
   as head of Church of England
   Jay Treaty and
   George Mann’s Tavern
   Georgetown
   George Washington in Prayer at Valley Forge
   Georgia
   Constitution ratified by
   pine barrens of
   war debt paid by
   Gérard, Alexandre
   Germain, George
   Germantown, Battle of
   Germantown, Pa.
   Germany
   Gerry, Elbridge
   Gibbs, Caleb
   Giles (slave)
   Giles, William Branch
   Gimat, Chevalier de
   Gist, Christopher
   Gist, Mordecai
   Gist, Nathaniel
   Gloucester, Va.
   Glover, John
   Gordon, William
   Graham, Catharine Macaulay
   Grant, James
   Grasse, Comte de
   Graves, Thomas
   Graydon, Alexander
   Great Britain
   American colonies of
   America’s relationship with
   blocking exports to
   boycott of imports from
   class system in
   colonial declaration of independence from
   colonial land policy of
   debt in
   defections to
   early end of Revolution expected in
   Federalists and
   fighting in Canada by
   fighting methods of
   France’s enmity toward
   France’s war with
   in French and Indian War
   fur trade vs. settlements of
   GW’s ability to learn from
   GW’s struggle against injustice of
   Indians as allies of
   inexhaustible resources of
   invincible power of, questioned
   Jay Treaty with
   London factors vs. Virginia colonists of
   mercantilist policies of
   North American aspirations of
   Ohio Country claimed by
   Republican hostility toward
   resistance to rule of
   slave trade banned in
   taxation of colonies by
   Townshend Acts and
   trade restrictions on
   trade with
   treason punished by
   war avoided with
   in War of Jenkins’ Ear
   war propaganda in
   western forts of
   West Indian markets shut to Americans by
   see also England
   Great Dismal Swamp
   Great Kanawha River
   Great Lakes
   Great Meadows
   Green, Ashbel
   Green, Charles
   Green, Thomas
   Greene, Catharine Littlefield “Caty,”
   Greene, George Washington
   Greene, Jacob
 
					     					 			   Greene, Nathanael
   in Battle of Brandywine
   in Battle of Germantown
   in Battle of Monmouth Court House
   in Battle of Princeton
   character and personality of
   death of
   in defeat at Fort Washington
   as GW’s aide
   as quartermaster general
   in siege of Boston
   southern department commanded by
   Greenwood, John
   Griffith, David
   Grove, William B.
   Guilford Court House, N.C.
   Güllager, Christian
   Gunn, James
   Hackensack, N.J.
   Hale, Nathan
   Half King (Tanacharison)
   Halkett, Francis
   Hall, David
   Hamilton, Alexander
   as anglophile
   anonymous attacks by
   and Arnold affair
   background of
   Bank of the United States proposed by
   in Battle of Harlem Heights
   in Battle of Princeton
   in Battle of Trenton
   in battle on Chatterton’s Hill
   character and personality of
   chief justice position declined by
   and command of new army
   and Constitutional Convention
   in Continental Army
   death of
   debt funding report of
   excise tax proposed by
   Federalist papers and
   on federal powers
   financial program of
   Gates’s confrontation with
   on Gates’s defeat
   George Washington Lafayette and
   on GW
   as GW’s aide
   GW’s death and
   GW seen as puppet of
   GW’s farewell address written by
   GW’s last letter to
   GW’s relationship with
   honorary French citizenship for
   investigations of
   Jay Treaty and
   Jefferson and Madison’s deal with
   Jefferson’s rivalry with
   and Laurens’s duel with Lee
   manufacturing supported by
   marriage of
   and officer revolt
   in resignation from Treasury
   retirement desired by
   and 1789 election
   skepticism toward French of
   slavery opposed by
   strong central government advocated by
   tension between GW and
   as treasury secretary
   Whiskey Rebellion and
   yellow fever outbreak and
   at Yorktown
   Hamilton, Elizabeth Schuyler
   Hamilton, James
   Hammond, George
   Hancock, John
   in election of 1789
   GW’s correspondence with
   resignation as Continental Congress president by
   Hand, Edward
   Harcourt, William
   Harlem Heights
   Battle of
   Harmar, Josiah
   Harris, Hannah
   Harrison, Benjamin
   Harrison, Robert Hanson
   Hart, John
   Hartford, Conn.
   Hartford Woolen Manufactory
   Harvard College
   Hawthorne, Nathaniel
   Hazen, Moses
   Head of Elk, Md.
   Heath, William
   Heights of Guana (Gowanus Heights)
   Heister, Leopold Philipp, Freiherr von
   “Helvidius,”
   Hemings, Madison
   Hemings, Sally
   Henley, Elizabeth Dandridge
   Henriques, Peter
   Henry, Patrick
   Hercules (slave)
   Herrick, John
   Herring, John
   Hessians
   Hewes, Joseph
   Hickey, Thomas
   Hiltzheimer, Jacob
   Hoag, John
   Hoban, James
   Hobby, Jonathan
   Holland
   diplomatic recognition of America by
   France’s war with
   Holy Ground
   honor culture
   Houdon, Jean-Antoine
   House of Burgesses, Va.
   Botetourt’s dissolution of
   British imports boycotted by
   Committee of Correspondence of
   Dunmore’s dissolution of
   Fauquier’s dissolution of
   GW in
   GW’s aspiration toward
   Jefferson in
   Lawrence Washington in
   opposition to Stamp Act in
   response to Boston Port Bill in
   Virginia Convention and
   House of Commons, British
   slave trade banned by
   House of Representatives, Massachusetts
   House of Representatives, U.S.
   bank bill in
   form of address for president discussed in
   Hamilton investigated by
   increased army troops allowed by
   Jay Treaty in
   proportional representation in
   Republicans in
   see also Congress, U.S.
   Howe, Richard, Viscount
   and British invasion of New York
   Howe, Robert
   Howe, William
   and Battle of Brandywine
   and Battle of Germantown
   in Battle of Trenton
   Boston occupied by
   and British invasion of New York
   departure of
   knighting of
   negotiated solution pursued by
   New Jersey incursions of
   New York occupied by
   Howell, David
   Howell, Richard
   Howland, Prince
   Huddy, Joshua
   Hudson Highlands
   Hudson River
   Hudson Valley
   Humane Society of the City of New York
   Humphreys, David
   Hunter, Robert
   Huntingdon, Earl of
   Hurley, James
   implied powers doctrine
   import duties
   indentured servants
   Independence Hall
   Indian Queen
   Indians
   American relations with
   in American Revolution
   atrocities of
   as British allies
   conflicts between settlers and
   as French allies
   fur trade with
   GW’s ambivalent relations with
   GW’s first encounter with
   GW’s image among
   and GW’s mission to the French
   Knox’s land policy on
   Wayne’s expedition against
   Industrial Revolution
   Innes, Harry
   Innes, James
   Instructions to His Generals
   Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts) (1774)
   Ireland
   revolutionaries from
   settlers from
   Irish Americans
   Iroquois Confederacy, see Six Nations
   Irving, Washington
   Izard, Ralph
   Jack (slave)
   Jack “Mulatto Jack” (slave)
   Jackson, Andrew
   Jackson, James
   Jackson, Robert
   Jackson, William
   Jacksonian era
   Jacobins
   Jameson, John
   James River
   James River Company
   Jay, James
   Jay, John
   as chief justice
   Constitutional Convention and
   in election of 1789
   as envoy to Britain
   Federalist papers and
   as governor of New York
   as president of Continental Congress
   resignation as chief justice by
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   Jay Treaty
   Jefferson, Thomas
   on Adams
   as agrarian
   ambivalence of, toward Constitution
   anti-British policies of
   appearance and personality of
   bank bill opposed by
   cabinet resignation of
   on capital city
   deal with Hamilton by Madison and
   Declaration of Independence and
   diplomatic assignment to Paris of
   in election of 1796
   in election of 1800
   on First Continental Congress
   France and French Revolution supported by
   as governor of Virginia
   on GW
   GW deceived by Hamilton in view of
   GW’s falling-out with
   Hamilton’s rivalry with
   in House of Burgesses
   on Lafayette
   Madison’s alliance with Martha Washington and
   and Mazzei letter scandal
   monarchy feared by
   as populist
   powerful national government feared by
   as Republican presidential candidate
   in resignation from cabinet
   retirement desired by
   as secretary of state
   and slavery
   Society of the Cincinnati opposed by
   as states’ rights advocate
   as vice president
   as Virginia aristocrat
   on Whiskey Rebellion
   Jeffersonians
   attempt to oust Adams by
   see also Republicans
   Jenkins, Robert
   Jews, Judaism
   Johnson, John
   Johnson, Samuel
   Johnson, Thomas
   Johnson, Thomas, Jr.
   Johnston, Samuel
   Joncaire, Philippe Thomas de
   Jones, John
   Jones, John Paul
   Jones, Joseph
   Jones, Thomas
   Journal of Major George Washington, The
   “Journal of My Journey over the Mountains, A” (Washington)
   Judge, Andrew
   Judge, Ona (slave)
   judicial branch
   Judiciary Act (1789)
   Julius (slave)
   Jumonville, Joseph Coulon de Villiers, Sieur de
   Kalb, Johann de, Baron
   Kanawha Canal
   Kelly, Nelson
   Kentucky
   admitted to Union
   Ketchum, Isaac
   King, Boston
   King, Rufus
   King’s Chapel (Stone Chapel)
   King’s College (Columbia University)
   Kip’s Bay
   Kitt, Frederick
   Knight, Humphrey
   Knowlton, Thomas
   Knox, Henry
   as acting president
   in Battle of Germantown
   in Battle of Princeton
   in Battle of Trenton
   as bookseller
   character and personality of
   and Constitution
   in defense of New York
   in Delaware crossing
   GW’s correspondence with
   GW’s disappointment in
   in GW’s farewell
   GW’s trust and friendship for
   as Hamilton ally
   Indian policy of
   in new army
   in resignation from War Department
   as secretary of war
   Shays’s Rebellion and
   Society of the Cincinnati founded by
   standing army supported by