C

“cabin right,” 55

Calvinism, 25, 26, 55, 146, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 170, 171, 182, 183

Calvinistic Methodists, 161

Campbell, John, 144

Canada, 69, 216, 219, 221, 226, 234, 237, 240, 248, 250, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 262, 264, 266–267

Cape Breton Island (Nova Scotia), 61, 133, 136, 215, 216, 227, 237, 238–244

passim, 247, 257

Carleton, Guy, 267

cartel, compulsory, 83

Carter, Landon, 86, 134

Carter, Robert (“King”), 78, 228

Carteret, John. SeeGranville, Earl of

Cary, Thomas, 89

Cato’s Letters (1720s), 151, 188, 192–195, 204

Causton, Thomas, 114

censorship, 141, 145, 146, 150, 175, 222

Chauncy, Charles, 162, 170, 171, 188

Checkley, John, 146

Cherokee Indians, 101, 120

Chew, Larkin, 78

Churchman, John, 177

Clarke, George, 37

Clarke, Samuel, 171

Clarke, William, 234

Clinton, George, 37

Colden, Cadwallader, 36–37, 172

Colman, Benjamin, 23, 220

Colman, John, 132, 133, 135

Columbia University. SeeKing’s College

Committee of Nine (Mass.), 17–18

commodities, marketable, 83, 91, 95, 123, 127, 134, 135

commodity money, 123, 127, 134

Common Council (Ga.), 111

Conestoga Indians, 73

Conestoga wagons, 57

Congregationalism, 23, 25, 156, 163, 166, 167, 168, 171;

New Light, 162, 164, 165, 166, 167, 170, 197;

New Light Separatist, 165, 167–168;

Old Light, 162, 165, 166, 168;

Separatists, 166

Connecticut, 29, 30, 34, 53, 159, 212, 233, 243, 252;

as chartered colony, 202;

Assembly, 162, 166–167, 233–234;

General Court, 25;

militia, 221;

money in, 127, 129, 133, 137;

postal service in, 142;

religion in, 25, 55, 156, 162, 165, 166, 167–168, 182, 197;

slavery in, 178

conscription, 26, 61, 70, 89, 91, 101, 231, 236, 246, 251, 252

Convention of El Prado (1739), 217

Cooke, Elisha, 17

Cooke, Elisha, Jr., 17, 130

Cooper, Thomas, 105

Coram, Thomas, 111, 118

Corbin, Francis, 93

Cornbury, Lord, 44, 56

“corn right,” 54–55

Cornwallis, Edward, 240, 241

Corry, William, 37

Cosby, William, 36, 147, 148

Council of Elders (Mass.), 20

Council of Proprietors (N.J.), 47, 49

Council of War (R.I.), 26

Coxe, Daniel, Jr., 47–48

Cranston, Samuel, 26

Craven, Charles, 101

credit exchanges, 124

creditors, 29, 30, 84, 126, 135, 139

Creek Indians, 89, 101, 102, 109, 120

Croghan, George, 62–63

Culpeper, Lord, 78, 228

Cumberland, Duke of, 226, 234, 246

currency. Seepaper money

customs, royal, 92, 202, 206

Cutler, Timothy, 182