Index of Subjects

Compiled by Patrick Newman

Alabama 93–94, 98

American Revolutionary War 9, 19, 30, 32, 36–37, 42, 47, 50, 74, 79, 86, 91, 111, 117, 119, 127, 141, 183, 197–98, 240, 242, 246, 261–62, 268, 273, 276, 279, 284, 291–92, 294, 307–09, 312

Annapolis Convention 129–32, 134–35

Antifederalists 13, 15, 30, 42, 62, 128–29, 133, 136, 139, 141–42

Bill of Rights 297–305

Ratification 211–94

Articles of Confederation 10, 14, 23, 38, 40, 79, 124, 128–29, 135, 159, 164, 166, 180–81, 199, 207, 213, 246, 256, 268, 273, 276, 308

See also Congress, Confederation

Bank of Massachusetts 53–54

Bank of New York 53–54, 75

Bank of North America 23, 39, 53–56, 74, 137, 221

Bank of Pennsylvania 54

Barbary States of North Africa 106, 127, 136

Bill of Rights 13, 15–19, 42, 198, 211–12, 214, 226–28, 239, 244–45, 256, 261–64, 280, 289–90, 292, 297–95, 313

Bourbon Democrats 42

Clintonians 42, 64–65, 75–76, 133, 136, 267–68, 273, 278–79, 287, 309

See also George Clinton; New York

Confederate States of America 313

Connecticut

Bill of Rights 301

Compromise 168–70

Constitutional Convention 141, 147, 149–50, 152, 155–56, 161, 165, 169–70, 177, 179–80, 188, 194, 203, 213, 215, 226

see also Connecticut, Compromise

Debt 66–67

Impost of 1783 63

Land 89, 91

Paper money 76

Protectionism 59–60

Ratification, 232–33

Rebellion 119, 121

Tax 70–71

Trade 48–49

Connecticut Company 89

Congress

Continental 36–37, 282, 308

Confederation 39, 48–49, 78, 86–88, 90, 93, 99–100, 102, 104, 111, 119–20, 129, 137–38, 146–47, 187, 200–01, 213–14, 281–83, 306

Federal 145–52, 159–77, 178, 181–82, 184–86, 188–91, 193, 202, 204–06, 211–12, 228–29, 265, 284, 287, 293, 297–300

Constitution, see U.S. Constitution

Constitutional Convention 10, 14, 41, 145–207, 236, 247, 270, 272–73, 288

Background to 127–42

Committee of Detail 181

Committee of Style 207

Committee of Unfinished Parts 205–07

Committee of the Whole 148, 162, 165–66, 169, 178

Grand Committee 187

Second 200–02, 265, 281–82, 290, 297–99

Declaration of Independence 38, 166, 198

Delaware

Annapolis Convention 130–31

Constitutional Convention 142, 147–48, 152, 154–56, 158, 160–61, 163, 165–66, 169–70, 177–80, 183, 188, 194, 203, 205

Impost of 1783 62

Paper money 76

Protectionism 60

Depression of the 1780s 11, 40, 49, 52, 57, 68, 71, 73, 111–13, 127, 151, 276, 306, 308

Divine Right of Kings 285

Dutch (Holland) 32–34, 48–49, 80, 291

Executive branch, see President

Federalists 15, 41–42, 127–30, 134, 136–37, 139–40, 142

Bill of Rights 297–305

Constitutional Convention 145–207

Control of media 215–18, 222, 228, 232, 237, 253, 261, 267, 306

Ratification 211–294

Feudalism 32, 34, 39, 50, 142, 257

Florida 97–98

Founding Fathers 40, 138–42, 154

France 32–34, 37, 52, 79, 91, 105, 285

Trade 47–51

Franklin 94–95, 102

Georgia

Bill of Rights 301

Constitutional Convention 142, 155–56, 161, 165–70, 177–79, 184, 188

Impost of 1783 63

Land 94–96

Origins 32

Paper money 75

Protectionism 58–60

Ratification 231

Taxes 71

Trade 47–48

Great Britain 52, 105, 114, 117, 123, 125, 127, 136, 271

Glorious Revolution 32–34

Government 145, 154, 156, 161, 163–64, 168, 179, 184–85, 213, 284–86, 307–08, 312

American Revolutionary War 37

Military 253, 262–63

Northwest 40, 48, 89–90, 99, 103–04, 107, 127, 212, 253, 259, 306

Southwest 93, 97–98

Trade with U.S. 47–51, 58, 223, 236, 276

West Indies 48, 90, 107, 111, 127, 136, 196, 212, 236, 306

Hamiltonian 22, 268

See also Alexander Hamilton

Illinois 91, 101

Impost of 1781, see Taxes

Impost of 1783, see Taxes

India 291

Indians 89–90, 93, 95–96, 120, 125, 160, 231

Jacksonian 30, 42

Jay-Gardoqui Treaty 97–104, 206, 258, 289

Jeffersonians 22, 30

See Thomas Jefferson

Judiciary branch, see Supreme Court

Kentucky 12, 93–94, 98, 103, 161, 258, 260, 289

Trade 47–48

Left vs. Right 34, 37, 128–29, 133, 140, 156, 163, 167, 183–84, 205, 236, 246, 269, 284, 299, 308–09

Legislative branch, see Congress, Federal

Liberty vs. Power 10, 30, 33–35, 39, 41–42, 262, 300–13

Maine 189, 237, 242, 245

Manufacturing 50, 53–54, 57, 65, 127–28, 183, 224, 236, 242–43, 245, 275–77, 306–07, 309

Maryland

Annapolis Convention 129–31

Constitutional Convention 140, 142, 154–56, 160–61, 165–66, 169–70, 177, 179–80, 183–84, 186, 188–89, 201, 218

Debt 79–81

Manufacturing 57

Paper money 76

Ratification Debates 249–50

Rebellion 119

Trade 49

Massachusetts

American Revolutionary War 39

Bill of Rights 301

Constitutional Convention 137–38, 140–41, 147–48, 152, 155–56, 158–59, 161, 165–66, 168–70, 177–79, 184, 188, 194, 188

Constitutionalists 117

Debt 66–70, 111–13, 116–19, 123–24, 186, 306, 309–10

Essex Clique 240–42

Manufacturing 57

Impost of 1783 62–64

Origins 32

Paper money 76

Protectionism 58–59

Ratification 235–36, 279

Resolves 35–36

Shays’ Rebellion, see Shays’ Rebellion

Taxes 69, 111–13, 117–19, 123–24, 306

Trade 48–49, 111

Military 12, 63, 90, 115–16, 119–23, 127, 163–64, 167–68, 171, 182, 184–85, 188, 191, 196, 198, 206, 211–12, 224–26, 228–29, 239, 241, 245, 252, 259, 265, 269, 271–72, 301–03, 306, 310, 312

Mississippi 93, 98

Mississippi River 91, 97–104, 127, 129, 206–07, 212, 258–59, 272, 289

Muscle Shoals 95, 102

Nationalists, see Federalists

Navigation Acts 32, 34–35, 58–60, 127, 141, 182, 192, 194–96, 201, 207, 212, 265, 276, 292, 298, 301, 306

New Hampshire

Constitutional Convention 138, 141, 148, 162, 184, 186, 188, 194, 205

Paper money 76, 78

Protectionism 58–59

Ratification Debates 234–45, 253–54, 275

Rebellion 119

New Jersey

Annapolis Convention 131

Bill of Rights 301

Constitutional Convention 142, 150, 155–56, 159, 161, 165–66, 169–70, 177–78, 186, 188, 195, 200–01, see also New Jersey, Plan

Debt 219

Impost of 1783 62

Paper money 75, 78

Plan 162–63, 165

Protectionism 59

Ratification 219–20

Taxes 219–20

New York

Annapolis Convention 131

Clintonians, see Clintonians

Conservative government 39

Constitutional Convention 135–37, 139, 142, 147, 154–57, 160–61, 163, 165–66, 168–70, 201

Debt 79–80

Impost of 1783 64–65, 129

Land 90

Manufacturing 57

Paper money 75–76

Protectionism 59–60

Ratification debates 42, 213, 217–18, 256–57, 267–71, 283–84

Security speculation 79–80

Taxes 71, 135–36

Trade 49

North Carolina

Constitutional Convention 140, 142, 147, 155–56, 161, 165–66, 169–70, 177–79, 184, 188, 199, 201

Impost of 1783 62

Land 93–95, 103

Paper money 74–75

Protectionism 56–59

Ratification Debates 213, 217, 288–90

Regulators 62, 288

Taxes 71

Trade 48–50

Northwest 12, 40, 48, 85–92, 127, 161, 212, 258, 306

See also Great Britain, Northwest

Ohio 86–91, 100

Ohio Company of Associates 86, 89

Ordinance of 1784 11, 85, 87, 89, 91, 93–94

Ordinance of 1785 11, 85

Ordinance of 1787 87–88

Paper money 11, 37, 40, 73–77, 112–14, 123, 151, 181–82, 186, 188–89, 294, 309

Gresham’s Law 54, 74

See also individual states

Pennsylvania

Annapolis Convention 130–31

Banking 52–56, see also Bank of North America

Conservative government 39

Constitutional Convention 137–38, 140–41, 145–48, 155–56, 158–59, 161, 165–66, 168–70, 177–79, 188, 194–95, 205

Constitutionalists 56, 62, 73, 137, 221–22, 309

Debt 66–67, 79–81

Land 91–92, 103–04

Manufacturing 50, 57

Paper money 73–74, 76, 78

Ratification Debates 218, 221–30

Address of the Minority 216, 222, 228–29, 265

Harrisburg Convention 230, 281

Republicans 56, 62, 74, 87, 137, 221–22, 309

Trade 49

Plan of 1776 105

Plan of 1784 105

Populists 73, 309

President 211, 225, 240, 284–87

Constitutional Convention 147, 153–57, 162, 164, 177–79, 185, 190–91

Electoral College 154–55, 168, 179, 190, 204–06, 211, 282, 284, 287

Prussia 106

Ratification Debates

Congress

Plan 147, 157, 179–80, 198–201

See also individual states

Rhode Island

Annapolis Convention 131

Constitutional Convention 133, 138, 148, 162, 201, 247

Debt 66–67, 81, 138, 294

Impost of 1781 39

Impost of 1783 62

Manufacturing 57

Paper money 76, 294

Protectionism 58–59

Ratification debates 52, 213–14, 217, 247–48, 291–94

Trade 49, 291–92

Scioto Company 87, 89

Shays’ Rebellion 12–13, 21, 41, 111–27, 133, 136–37, 149, 151, 232, 236, 238, 244–45, 285, 306, 309

Buildup to 68–72

Slavery 10, 15, 39, 49–50, 74, 88–90, 100, 106, 127–28, 145, 160–62, 167, 169, 171, 172–76, 182, 184, 192–98, 203, 207, 212, 235, 248, 251–62, 257–59, 288–89, 294, 307, 313

Society of the Cincinnati 224–25, 245, 251

Sons of Liberty 36, 232, 256, 267, 276

South Carolina

Constitutional Convention 140, 142, 147, 149–50, 152, 155–56, 162, 164, 166, 168–70, 173–77, 179, 188, 198–99, 205

Debt 66–67, 119, 187

Land 95–96

Manufacturing 57

Paper money 74

Protectionism 58–60

Ratification Debates 250–52

Rebellion 119

Taxes 71, 119

Trade 47–50

Southwest 12, 47–48, 93–94, 127, 161, 212, 306

See also Spain

Spain 32–34, 37, 79, 106

Southwest 12, 40, 93, 97–104, 105, 127, 139–40, 212, 258, 272, 306

Trade 48, 98–99

St. Eustatius 291

Supreme Court 147, 155–57, 162, 164, 166, 168–70, 177–80, 182, 187, 205–06, 299

Susquehanna Company 91

Sweden 105

Switzerland 291

Taxes

Internal 69–71, 145, 151, 181–82, 185, 211, 219–20, 226, 237–39, 244, 265, 269, 292, 299–301, 306, 312

Tariffs 11, 39, 58–61, 127, 129, 133, 145, 181–82, 188, 192–95, 207, 211, 223, 226, 237–39, 241, 265, 269, 276, 292

See also individual states

Tennessee 93–94, 98, 103, 289

Trade 47–48

The Federalist Papers 150, 269–71

U.S. Constitution 23, 30, 37, 40–42, 157, 162, 170, 173–74, 179–82, 184, 187–89, 192, 197–203, 206–07, 306–13

Commerce Clause 181, 303

General Welfare Clause 187, 204, 207, 211, 303

National Supremacy Clause 187, 211, 226, 303

Necessary and Proper Clause 182, 201–02, 211, 226, 303

See also Bill of Rights; Constitutional

Convention; Ratification Debates

Vermont 70, 107, 121–22, 189–90

Virginia

American Revolutionary War 37, 39

Annapolis Convention 129–30, 131

Bill of Rights 198, 263–65, 299–301

Constitutional Convention 134–35, 138–39, 142, 145–48, 154–56, 158–59, 161, 165–66, 168–70, 177–79, 188–89, 195, 198, 200–01, see also Virginia, Plan

Debt 66–68, 259

Impost of 1783 63

Land 85–86, 91, 93–94, 96, 101–03

Origins 32

Paper money 76

Plan 146–47, 151–52, 154, 156–57, 159, 162–65, 168–69, 172, 175–77, 179–80, 188, 211

Protectionism 58–59

Ratification debates 42, 213, 217, 243, 255–66, 275

Resolves 35–36

Taxes 71–72

Trade 47–49

West Virginia 258

Westmoreland 91

Whiskey Rebellion 313