F

Fairbanks, Richard, 142

Fairfax, Lord, 78, 79, 228, 229

Farmer, John, 175

fees, feudal, 37

Fenwicke family 105–106

feudalism, 37, 38, 39–40, 57, 108, 188

Finley, Samuel, 167

Fish, Joseph, 197

Fleet, Thomas, 146

Fletcher, Benjamin, 38, 151

Florida, 101, 102, 107, 108, 116, 117, 119, 263, 265;

as haven for runaway slaves, 99, 109;

forced labor in, 265–266

Forbes, John, 247–248

Fothergill, Samuel, 177

Fowle, Daniel, 146–147

Fox, Charles James, 215

Fox, Henry, 226, 234, 264

France, 60, 61, 68, 72, 107, 108, 112, 119, 123, 156, 187, 198, 215, 216, 226–237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 257, 258, 260, 262, 265, 267

Franklin, Benjamin, 58, 64–72, 74, 138, 144, 145, 148, 152, 154, 161, 172, 233, 234, 235, 257, 259

Franklin, James, 144–145, 146

Franklin, William, 257

freedom of religion, 168, 169, 239. See alsoreligious liberty

freedom of speech, 154, 198

freedom of the press, 144, 146, 147, 148, 150, 151, 152, 184, 198

freeholders, 38, 91

Frelinghuysen, Theodore J., 160, 163

French and Indian War (Seven Years’ War), 57, 68, 88, 119, 134, 140, 164, 226–237, 245–249, 250, 251, 253, 254–255

frontiersmen, 29, 30, 54, 70, 71, 75, 157, 210

fur trade, 41, 54, 208, 216, 219, 226, 230