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Colonies in America, ; on taxation
of colonies, xl, –,
Dissenters, ,
Dockyards Act (),
Dominica,
Dominion View of Empire, xv
Dowdeswell, William: call for inquiry
into colonial discontent, ; on
Stamp Act, ; on tea duties, –
Drayton, William Henry (“Freeman”),
Duane, James, , ; Adams, John,
on, ; on Continental Congress
demands, ; on loyalty of colo-
nies, ; on rights, ; on war
measures,
Duché, Rev. Jacob (Pa.),
Dudingston, Lt. William, –, –;
Considerations on the Propriety of Impos-
ing Taxes,
Dunmore, th Earl of ( John Murray),
Dunning, John, –
Dyer, Samuel,
East India Company, xliv–xlv, , ,
–, , ,
East Indies, restriction on colonial trade
with, ,
Eden, Robert,
Egmont, nd Earl of ( John Perceval), ,
Ellis, Welbore (from , st Baron
Mendip),
Emerson, Rev. William,
Erving, George,
Essex Gazette, –, ,
Evelyn, Cap. William Glanville,
Ewer, John (Bishop of Llandaff ),
exporting. See non-importation agree-
ments; trade; trade restrictions
external taxes: acceptable in principle,
xxxix, –; colonists’ rights and,
xxxix; import and export duties,
; vs. internal taxes, xl, –, –
, ; and trade regulations,
Falkland Islands,
farmers and trade, , , , –
“Farmer’s Letters,” xl, –, ,
First Continental Congress. See Conti-
nental Congress, First
fisheries,
flaxseed, –
foreign relations, xlviii
Fort William and Mary,
Fothergill, John, –
Fowles, Thomas, –
Fox, Henry (from , st Baron Hol-
land),
France, British defending colonies from,
Franklin, Benjamin, ; on British mer-
chants, , ; on colonial stand
on Townshend Act, ; on Conti-
nental Congress information sup-
plied to Britain, ; on Dartmouth,
; demands during Townshend
crisis, xi; dismissed as Postmaster,
; on foreign trade, ; on Gal-
loway’s plan of union, ; on
Grenville, ; “Hints for Conver-
sation upon the Subject of Terms
that might probably produce a dur-
able Union between Britain and
the Colonies,” ; letters in Lon-
don newspapers, xxxviii, –; on
Massachusetts Regulating Act,
xlvii; on merchants and Stamp
Act, –; on non-importation
agreements, ; peace settlement
plan (), –, –; on peti-
tion to remove Hutchinson, –
; posts held by, , ; on Sec-
ond Continental Congress, ;
and taxation of colonies, xi, , –
, , ; and taxation of colo-
nies, “external” vs. “internal,” xl,
–; and taxing newspapers, –
; on Tories, –
Free Port Act of , , –, –
French Canadians, ,
Friends, Society of. See Quaker party
frontier settlements, Britain limiting, ,
, ,
Fuller, Rose, ,
fur trade and traders,
Gadsden, Christopher (S.C.), ,
Gage, Gen. Thomas (Gov. of Mass.), xlvii,
, , ; attempt to seize colo-
nial military supplies (), lii, –
; British troops in Boston, , ;
Dartmouth’s letter to, , –;
as Governor of Massachusetts, ,
–, –, –; letters on
Massachusetts’ reaction to Regu-
lating Act, , ; on Lexington
and Concord, –, ; on
Massachusetts Congress, ; mili-
tary activities (–), –;
ordered to arrest leaders of Con-
gresses, li–lii, , ; orders on
dealing with Boston, ; on possi-
bility of revolt, –; protecting
Tories, ; reinforcements sent to,
, ; Solemn League and
Covenant, ; urging Britain to
assert supremacy, –
Galloway, Joseph, , ; Candid Exami-
nation, ; Mutual Claims, ; non-
importation agreements, ; plan
of union, , –, , ; plan
to limit Parliament’s power, xiv; on
trade regulation,
Garrick (Garrish), Edward,
Garth, Charles,
Gaspee affair (), xliv, , –
George III: asked to enforce colonial obe-
dience (), ; Boston Tea Party,
reaction to, , –; Bute and,
, ; on colonial rebellion, –,
; colonial submission demanded
by, –, ; Continental Con-
gress and, –, ; Gaspee affair
(), , ; illness/insanity of, ;
and Ministers, –, –, ;
order forbidding sale of arms to col-
onists, –; pardons/reprieves of
men convicted in Boston Massacre,
; Parliament dissolved (), ;
petition for repeal of Townshend
Act, –, –; petitioning
King vs. Parliament, ; Petition
to the King, –, , ; pro-
posed grant to brothers of, –;
on Stamp Act, , , , ; support
of Parliament’s power over colo-
nies, xvi, xxxviii; on taxing colo-
nies, xxxviii, ; on tea tax, ,
. See also Crown
Georgia, –,
Germain, Lord George. See Sackville
Gilbert, Thomas,
Gordon, Rev. William, ,
government of colonies, structure of,
. See also colonial legislatures;
colonies, government by Britain;
Crown; Parliament
governors, colonial: appointment of
judges, –; approval of legisla-
tion, xlvi, xlviii; British influence
over, , , ; Crown and, ,
, , , ; dispute over dis-
tribution of power, xvi; powers of,
xlv–xlvi, , , , , –;
role in legislatures, xlvi; salary of,
, , ; and Townshend Act re-
peal attempts, –. See also specific
governors
Gower, nd Earl of (Granville Leveson-
Gower), ,
Grafton, rd Duke of (Augustus Henry
Fitzroy), , ; proposed grant to
brothers of King, –; Quartering
Act (), –, ; resignation,
Grafton Ministry, –,
Granby, Marquis of ( John Manners), ,
, –,
Grant, Col. James (Gov. of East Florida), li
Graves, Adm. Samuel,
Gray, Harrison ( Mass.),
Great Britain: asserting supremacy over
colonies, –, , , ; at-
titude towards Boston, , , ;
attitude towards colonies, xxxviii,
l–li, –, , , –, –
, , , ; attitude towards
Massachusetts, –, , ;
attitude towards taxing colonists,
–, –; colonial loyalty to,
–; corrupt elections, ;
Gage’s letters on Massachusetts’
reaction to Regulating Act, ,
; Hutchinson on securing colo-
nial obedience, –, , –
; misconceptions about colo-
nists, –, , ; North on
control of colonies, ; Parliament
reducing taxes within, ; peace
settlement plan (), –; re-
bellion recognized (), , ;
“unlimited authority” of, , –
; war preparations, –. See
also colonies, government by
Britain; Crown; Parliament
Greenleaf, Stephen, ,
Grenville, George, , ; on enforc-
ing regulations in the colonies, –;
on preserving legal dependence of
colonies, ; repeal of Stamp Act,
; taxation of colonies, –,
Grenville Ministry: opposition to, ; re-
placed by George III, –
Groton, Connecticut,
Gwatkin, Thomas,
Halifax, nd Earl of (George Montagu
Dunk),
Halifax, Nova Scotia, admiralty court at,
–, –
Hall, David, –
Hall, James,
Hallowell, Benjamin (Comptroller of
Customs, Boston),
Hancock, John (Mass.), , , ,
, , , , ; and Boston
Massacre, , ; Boston Tea
Party, , ; boycott of British
goods, ; Committee on the
State of the Province, –; pop-
ularity of, –; possible prose-
cution for treason, ; seizure of
ship owned by, , –; and Tea
Act, ; told British soldiers head-
ing for Concord, –
Hardwicke, st Earl of (Philip Yorke),
Harrison, Benjamin, , , ,
Harrison, Joseph,
Hartley, David, –
Harvey, Gen. Edward,
Hawley, Joseph,
Henley, Samuel,
Henry, Patrick, , , ; on colonial
militia, ; in Continental Con-
gress, , ; description of, ;
“give me liberty or give me death!”,
; on King George III, ; on
non-importation agreements, ;
responsibility for communication
between colonies, ; on slavery,
–; war preparations,
Hewitt, James,
Hillsborough, st Earl and nd Viscount
of (Wills Hill): British legislative
authority over colonies, ; judges’
salaries, ; and Massachusetts leg-
islature, ; as Secretary for the
Colonies, –; sketch of, ; tax-
ation, ; and Townshend Act re-
peal attempts, –
Holland, Lord. See Fox, Henry
Hollis, Thomas,
Hood, Samuel,
Hopkins, Stephen (Gov. of R.I.), ,
; delegate to Continental Con-
gress, ; on taxation of colonies,
,
Horrocks, Rev. James,
House of Burgesses. See Virginia House
of Burgesses
House of Commons: bill for changing
government of Massachusetts,
–; Declaratory Act, ; Que-
bec Act, ; religions of members,
; repeal of Stamp Act, , ;
representation in the Cabinet, ;
vote on Declaratory Act of ,
xxxvii. See also Parliament
House of Lords: bill for changing gov-
ernment of Massachusetts, –;
Declaratory Act, ; move for rec-
onciliation (), –; Quebec
Act, ; repeal of Stamp Act, –
, –; vote on Declaratory Act
of , xxxvii. See also Parliament
Hovering Act of , –
Howe, Mrs. Caroline,
Howe, Col. George Augustus,
Howe, Adm. Richard, –
Howe, Gen. William,
Hulton, Henry,
Humphreys, Charles,
Hutchinson, Thomas (Chief Justice and
Gov. of Mass.), , , ; on
Adams, Samuel, ; on Boston
Massacre, ; and Boston Tea Party,
, –, , , , ; on
colonies as subject to Britain, –
, , –; Crown’s influence
on judges, ; on impressment, ;
on Liberty incident, –; and mis-
conceptions about colonists, –
; petition to remove as Governor,
, –; replaced, , , ;
on right of Parliament to legislate
for colonies, ; sketch of, –
Hyde, Lord (Thomas Villiers),
Ilfley, Enoch,
impeachment,
importing. See non-importation agree-
ments; trade; trade restrictions
impressment of colonial seamen, –,
, , –
independence: Adams, John, on, xvi–
xvii; attitudes of common people,
–; Boston Massacre, signifi-
cance of, –; Britain declaring
rebellion exists (), ; Britain’s
proposed reconciliation plan, –
, –; British alarmed by rebel-
lion in New England (), ;
British evaluation of probability of,
xiii, l–li; British fear of, xli, ,
; chronology of events leading
to (–), xxi–xxxv; condi-
tions required for demanding, ;
Continental Congress and possibil-
ity of, , ; Continental Con-
gress on war, –, ; Dart-
mouth’s letter to Gage and, ;
effect of Declaratory Act of
on, xxxvii–xxxviii; extent of sup-
port for, –; Gage on possibil-
ity of, –; leaders of the move-
ment for, –; Lexington and
Concord, passions aroused by
battle at, ; and loyalty to the
King, xvii, ; origin of colonial
discontent, xvii–xviii, –; pos-
sibility of settlement without war,
; predicted effects of, ; pre-
diction of, , , ; war prepa-
rations (–), –, –,
; Whigs on, xlviii, ,
Indians: asked to participate in battle,
, , ; Kayaderosseras land
grant, ; territory reserved for,
, ; trade with, –
Ingersoll, Jared (lawyer and Stamp Dis-
tributor, Conn.),
Inglis, Charles,
intercolonial congress (),
internal taxes: colonists’ rights and,
xxxix, , , ; vs. external, xl,
–, –, ; stamp acts as,
xxxix
Intolerable Acts of , , , ; as
Continental Congress grievance,
; demand for repeal of, xlviii;
reasons for passage of, xliv. See also
Boston Port Act; Massachusetts
Regulating Act ()
Ireland: effects of British taxation, ; ex-
porting to, ; non-importation
agreement and, , , ; trade
with colonies, , ,
Iroquois. See Six Nations
Irving, Thomas,
Izard, Ralph, ,
Jackson, Richard (London Agent),
James, Major Thomas,
Jay, John, , , , ,
Jefferson, Thomas, , , ,
Jeffries, David,
Johnson, Dr. Samuel,
Johnson, Rev. Samuel (Conn. and N.Y.),
, , –
Johnson, William Samuel,
Johnston, Augustus,
Johnston, Thomas (Md.), ,
judges: appointment and removal of,
xlv–xlvi, , , ; British in-
fluence over, , , , , ,
, ; commissions of, ;
powers of, ; prevented from
holding court, ; proceeds from
seizures of goods, ; salaries of,
, , –, , , , ;
tenure of, –, . See also
courts
Kayaderosseras (N.Y. land grant),
Kennedy, Archibald (Collector of Cus-
toms, N.Y.), –
Killroy, Matthew,
King, British. See Crown; specific monarch
Knollenberg, Bernard, ix–x, xix
Knox, William,
land grants, –,
Laurens, Henry (S.C.), xvii,
Laurie, Cap. Walter Sloane, , ,
Lee, Arthur (Va.), ,
Lee, John, –
Lee, Richard Henry (Va.), , , ,
, , , ; on colonial mili-
tia, ; as leader of Continental
Congress, ; on rights,
Lee, William,
legislatures in colonies. See colonial legis-
latures
Leonard, George, –
Letters of Convention,
Lexington, Mass., battle at, –,
–
liberty: abridgment of colonial, urged,
, ; British effort to divide col-
onies, ; and British influence
over governors and judges, ;
classical authors as unifying colo-
nial sentiment, ; Continental
Congress establishing contact with
supporters, ; duty to protect
through action, –; and effects
of British taxation on Ireland, ;
in England, xiii; inconsistency in
application to self vs. others, ;
navigation laws as threat to, xii;
under Parliament vs. Crown, xiii;
Pitt on colonial rights, , ; Adams,
Samuel, on, xliii; slavery issue and,
–, –; taxation by Parlia-
ment and, –, ; Tea Act as
an attack on, –; trade restric-
tions by Parliament and, –.
See also rights
Liberty Boys. See Sons of Liberty
Liberty Pole, ,
Liberty riot, , –, ,
Life, Thomas,
Lillie, Theophilus, –,
Lincoln, Benjamin,
Linzee, Cap. John, ,
Livingston, Peter R., , ,
Livingston, Philip, –, , , ,
Livingston, Robert R., Jr.,
Livingston, William (N.Y. lawyer, later
Gov. of N.J.), ,
Lockyer, Benjamin,
London Agents of colonies (colonial
agents), , , . See also
Bollan; Burke; Jackson
Low, Isaac, , ,
Lowell, John,
Lowth, Robert,
loyalists. See Tories, colonial
lumber, exportation of, ,
lumber (White Pine Acts),
Luttrell, Col. Henry,
Lynch, Thomas (S.C.), , ,
Lyttelton of Frankley, st Baron (George
Lyttelton), –,
Mackenzie, James Stuart, –, , ,
Madeira, trade with, , , ,
Malcom, Daniel, , –
Mansfield, st Earl of (William Murray),
manufacturers, British: government sup-
port of, , , ; importance of
colonial markets to, ; petition to
repeal Stamp Act, ; pressured to
work for redress of colonial griev-
ances, , ; pressured to work
for repeal of Townshend Act, –
manufacturing, colonial: colonial en-
couragement of, , ; restric-
tions on, , , , . See also
merchants, colonial
martial law, governors’ powers to declare,
Maryland, ,
Maseres, Francis,
Mason, George, ; on British merchants
demanding colonial loyalty to Brit-
ain, –; non-importation agree-
ment, ,
Massachusetts: attitude of other colonies
towards, –; Continental Con-
gress delegates, –, –, ,
–, ; form of government,
, –, ; goods seized by
customs, , , –; governor’s
powers, , , ; judges’ sal-
ary and tenure, –; Parlia-
mentary resolution denouncing
treason, –; petition for removal
of Hutchinson and Oliver, ,
–; proposals for tighter rein
by Britain, –; resolution to
avoid precipitating hostilities, ;
Suffolk Resolves, xiv, , –,
, –, ; town meetings in,
xlv, xlvi, , , (see also under
Boston); war outbreak in, –,
–; war preparations in, –
. See also Boston
Massachusetts Act of Indemnity,
Massachusetts Charter: appointment of
judges, –; clauses annulled,
xlv–xlvi; Continental Congress
and, ; and election of Council,
–, ; on Parliament’s au-
thority,
Massachusetts Congress, li–lii, –,
,
Massachusetts Council,
Massachusetts Government Act, xiii
Massachusetts legislature: act pardoning
offenses committed in riots, ;
British attempts to control, ,
; components of, ; delegates
to Continental Congress, –;
dissolution of, –; on gover-
nor’s salary, ; moved from Bos-
ton to Cambridge, , ; on Par-
liament’s authority, ; petition
for repeal of Townshend Act, –
, ; protesting British troops, ,
; protesting taxation, –, ,
, , ; providing for British
troops, , , ; response to Bos-
ton Port Act, xlvii; response to
Stamp Act, xxxix; slavery issue,
; trial of colonists in England
protested,
Massachusetts Regulating Act (),
–, ; British proposal to
suspend (), ; changes im-
posed by, xlv–xlvi; enforcement of,
xliv, ; Gage’s letters to England
on colonial reaction to, , ;
objections to, , –, ;
Quartering Act and, ; reasons
for, , –; repeal demanded,
; steps to prevent execution of,
,
Massachusetts Superior (Supreme)
Court, , –
McDougall, Cap. Alexander,
Memorial to the colonists, –
merchants, British: debts owed to by col-
onists, ; Franklin on, , ;
importance of colonial markets, ,
–; on Parliament’s right to
tax colonists, –; plea for “heal-
ing remedies,” –; pressured
to work for redress of colonial
grievances, , ; pressured to
work for repeal of Townshend Act,
–; reaction to effects of Stamp
Act on trade, –; Townshend
Act and, ,
merchants, colonial: benefits as part of
British Empire, ; boycott of Brit-
ish goods, , –, –, ,
; customs violation trials, –
; fears of, ; Stamp Act and,
, –; tea distributors, –
; trade restriction complaints, –
, . See also non-importation
agreements; ships and cargo; trade;
trade restrictions
Middleton, Henry (S.C.),
Mifflin, Thomas, , , ,
military, British: attempt to prevent pro-
curement of colonial military sup-
plies, ; attempt to seize colonial
military supplies (), lii, –;
clashes with civilians, –, ,
–; defending colonies, ;
enforcing Massachusetts Regulat-
ing Act, ; and French Canadians,
, ; illusions about courage of
colonial militia, l–li, –; at
Lexington and Concord, –,
–; procurement of military
supplies, , ; reinforcements
(–), –, –; taxa-
tion of colonists to support, , –
, . See also army, British; navy,
British; Quartering Act ()
military, colonial. See colonial military
“minute men,” , –
Mohawk Indians,
molasses and molasses trade: bonds re-
quired, ; boycott of, , ;
duty on/taxation of, xxxix, , ,
, , , , ; trial for non-
payment of duties,
Molineux, William,
Montagu, Adm. John. See Sandwich, th
Earl of
Montgomery, Hugh,
Moore, Sir Henry, , ,
Morris, Lewis, –
Morris, Robert, –
“Murdering Act,”
Murray, Daniel, ,
Murray, John,
Murray, William, st Earl of Mansfield,
Native Americans. See Indians
Navigation Act of , xii, , ; amend-
ment of, –; burden on tobacco
planters,
navy, British: customs service and, , –
; enforcing trade laws, –, ;
Gaspee affair, xlix, , –; impress-
ment of colonial seamen, –,
; officers, , , ; protection
of tea, , ; seizure of ships or
cargo, –; stationed at Boston,
, , ; support of, . See
also army, British; military, British
Ness, John,
Newcastle, st Duke of (Thomas Pelham-
Holles): colonial policy, , ; on
importance of trade with colonies,
, ; and Pitt, ; and Rockingham,
–, –; role in government, –,
New Hampshire, –,
New Jersey: boycott of British goods, ;
clergy in, ; Continental Con-
gress delegates,
New Jersey Assembly,
newspapers: British, colonists portrayed
in, –; British, letters on taxa-
tion of colonies, xxxviii; and Que-
bec Act, ; reporting on trans-
port to Britain for treason trials,
; report on battle at Lexington
and Concord, –; stamp tax
and, , , ; and Suffolk Resolves,
; on Townshend Act, . See also
specific papers
New York: boycott of British goods, ,
, , ; British troops, clashes
with civilians, –; British
troops stationed in, –, –,
; clergy in, ; Continental
Congress, First, , –, ,
, –, ; Continental
Congress, Second, –, –;
reaction to tea duty, xlv; Second
Continental Congress,
New York Assembly: dissolution of, –
; on quartering British troops,
–, –; Townshend Act re-
peal petition,
New York City: Continental Congress
delegates elected in, ; response
to Boston Port Act, ; tea duty,
–
New York Committee of Fifty-One,
New-York Journal,
New York Restraining Act, , ,
New York Supreme Court, –, –
New York Suspending Act of ,
Nicoll, William (Speaker of N.Y. As-
sembly),
non-importation agreements (boycotts):
Association (Continental Congress)
and, xiv, xlvii–xlviii, , –,
–, , –, , , ;
and ban on consumption of British
goods, , , , ; and ban
on exportation to Britain, , ,
, –; enforcing, , –;
Hutchinson on punishing signers
of, , ; New York and, ;
plan for defeating, ; slaves, ;
Solemn League and Covenant,
, –; tea, , , , ;
Townshend Act and, , , –,
; Townshend Act revision and,
–, ; uneven observance of,
–
North, Lord Frederick, , ; bill for
changing government of Massa-
chusetts, –; on colonial rebel-
lion, ; on control of colonies,
; peace settlement plan (),
–, –; response to Boston
Tea Party, , , ; revision of
Townshend Act, –; sketch of,
; on taxation of colonies, , ,
; on tea duties, ,
North Carolina, , ,
Northington, st Earl of (Robert Henley),
, , ; and change in Ministry,
–, ; on repeal of Stamp Act,
North Ministry, , –, –, –
Northumberland, st Duke of (Sir Hugh
Percy), –
Northwest Territory, –
“Novanglus.” See Adams, John
Nova Scotia, Halifax, court established
in, –, –
Nugent, Robert,
Ohio,
Oliver, Andrew, –
Oliver, Peter, ,
Origin of the American Revolution, ix, xxxvii
Otis, James, Jr. (Mass.), ; on British
troops in colonies, ; on exorbi-
tant salaries and pensions, ;
illness/sanity of, , –; as
impressment trial counsel, ; on
Townshend Act, –, ; on
writs of assistance,
Paine, Robert Treat, ,
Paine, Thomas, xvi; Common Sense, xvi,
Palfrey, John,
Parker, James,
Parker, Cap. John, –,
Parliament: British support for power
over colonies, xxxviii; call for in-
newspapers (continued )
quiry into colonial discontent, –
; colonial militia evaluated in, li;
colonial representation considered
impracticable, –; colonies
“virtually” represented in, ; courts
and Crown having power to void
acts of, , , ; Crown vs., in
power to govern colonies, xiii, xv;
elections called (), –;
George III supporting power of,
xvi, xxxviii; impressment of seamen,
; on keeping colonies depend-
ent on Britain, –; legislation
for governing colonies, authority
regarding, xxxvii, , , , , –
, , –; legislation in colo-
nies, authority over, xlvi–xlvii; leg-
islation in response to Boston Tea
Party, xiii; measures against rebel-
lious colonists, –, –;
peace settlement plan (), –
; Pitt’s reconciliation plan, –
, ; power of, , ; power
of, under English law, xi, , ,
–, ; taxation (see Parlia-
mentary acts levying taxes for rev-
enue; taxation of colonies); trade
regulating powers, –, (see
also Parliamentary acts restricting
colonial trade; trade restrictions);
treason trials of colonists in En-
gland proposed, xliii–xliv, , ,
. See also House of Commons;
House of Lords
Parliamentary acts levying taxes for rev-
enue: for maintenance of troops
(), ; molasses import duties,
, ; and peace settlement plan
(), ; Pitt on repeal of, ;
Quebec Revenue Act of , ;
Stamp Act (see Stamp Act); Tea Act
of , xi, xii, xliv–xlv, , –,
; Townshend Act as,
Parliamentary acts restricting colonial
trade: Act of , –; Act of
, –; Act of , ;
American Act of (see Ameri-
can Act of ); to compel sub-
mission of colonies, ; customs
officers’ powers, ; Free Port Act
of , , –, –; Hov-
ering Act of , –; list of spe-
cific restrictions, –; Naviga-
tion Act of , xii, , , , –
; repeal demanded by Continen-
tal Congress, –; Tea Act of
, xi, xii; thoroughness of, xii;
Townshend Act (see Townshend Act
of ); Twopenny Act, ,
Parliamentary acts, miscellaneous: Act
of Union with Scotland (), ;
Administration of Justice Act (),
–; on administration of justice
in Massachusetts, –; Boston
Port Act (see Boston Port Act); Co-
ercive Acts, xiii; Currency Act of
, , , ; Declaratory Act
of , xi (see also Declaratory Act
of ); Dockyards Act (), ;
Intolerable Acts of , xliv, xlviii,
, , , ; Massachusetts
Government Act, xiii; Massachu-
setts Regulating Act (see Massachu-
setts Regulating Act); “Murdering
Act,” ; New York Restraining
Act, , , ; New York Suspend-
ing Act of , ; Quartering
Act (), –, , , –,
; Quebec Act (), xiii, –
, , , , ; Renunciation
Act of , ; Septennial Act of
, ; White Pine Acts,
Parsons, Cap. Lawrence,
Patten, Matthew,
Paxton, Charles (customs officer, Boston),
–, ,
peace settlement plans/negotiations, –
, –
Pendleton, Edmund (Va.),
Penn, John (Gov. of Pa.),
Pennsylvania, , –, –. See
also Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Chronicle,
Pennsylvania Gazette,
Pennsylvania Journal,
Pennsylvania Supreme Court,
pensions, –, , , ,
Percy, Col. Lord (Sir Hugh Percy; nd
Duke of Northumberland), li, –
, , ,
Petition to the King, –, ,
Philadelphia: boycott of British goods,
; Continental Congress site, –
; reaction to tea duty, xlv, –;
response to Boston Port Act, .
See also Pennsylvania
Pitcairn, Maj. John, lii, , , , ,
,
Pitt, William (from , st Earl of Chat-
ham), ; attempt to settle “troubles
in America,” xlix–l; on Boston, ;
call for inquiry into colonial dis-
content, ; on colonial rights and
British authority, , , ; illness of,
, , , , ; ministry of, –
, ; and Newcastle, ; peace
settlement plan (), –; per-
sonality of, ; power of, ; on
Quartering Act, –; resignation
of, ; on Stamp Act, , –; on
Stamp Act repeal, , ; taxation
of colonies, , , ,
Pitt Packet (ship),
political factionalism in the colonies,
–
Polly (sloop), , ,
poor, measures to care for, , ,
population: of Boston, ; of colonies,
black, –, ; of colonies,
white, ; of colonies, white and
black, xlii
Potter, Simeon,
Powell, Samuel,
Pownall, John (Secretary to Board of
Trade),
Pownall, Thomas (Gov. of Mass.), ,
Pratt, Sir Charles (st Earl of Camden),
, ,
Preble, Jedediah,
Presbyterian church,
Preston, Cap. Thomas, , ,
Prince George. See George III
private property: destruction of, (see
also Boston Tea Party); real estate,
; rights in Canada, ; seizure
of, xlvii–xlviii, –, –, –
; White Pine Acts and,
Privy Council, , ; appeals from courts,
–; on colonial admiralty court
jurisdiction, ; colonial legislation
and, xlvi; Gaspee affair, ; and Mas-
sachusetts, ; suspending clauses
required in colonial legislation,
–; and Twopenny Act,
Proctor, Cap. Edward, ,
“provinces,”
Quaker party, , , , , –,
Quartering Act (), –, , , –
,
Quebec, , ,
Quebec Act (), xiii, –, , ,
,
Quebec Revenue Act of ,
Queensborough. See Kayaderosseras
Quincy, Josiah, Jr.,
Randolph, Peyton (Speaker of Va. House
of Burgesses), , , –
recipes, –
Reed, Joseph, ,
Renunciation Act of ,
Repeal Act,
Revere, Paul, , , , ,
Rhode Island: boycott of British goods,
, ; Continental Congress del-
egates, , ; Gaspee affair, –
; response to Boston Port Act,
–; slavery issue, ; warlike
measures,
rice trade,
Richardson, Ebenezer,
rights: Bill of Rights, ; Boston Commit-