American Tempest (46 page)

Joie, Chester,
195

Journal de mon séjour en Amérique
(Cromot du Bourg),
135

“Journal of Transactions in Boston”/“Journal of Occurrences” (Adams),
117
,
119

Judges, payment of salaries of,
155

Kalm, Peter,
11
,
13
,
135

Kings

Charles III,
73

George II,
19

George III,
152–153
,
182
,
197
,
223
,
228

Henry VIII,
119

Knox, Henry,
223–224

Labradore tea,
121–122
,
135

A Lady's Adieu to her Tea-Table,
121–122

Lake Champlain,
32

Lake George,
32

Land Bank, Adam's,
17–18

Lawyers, Stamp Act and,
52
,
69–70

Lee, Arthur,
168
,
181

Lee, Richard Henry,
70
,
168
,
189
,
193
,
199
,
200
,
227
,
246

“A Letter of Correspondence” (Church),
156

Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania
(Dickinson),
84
,
103–105

Letters of marque,
20

Lexington

Battle of,
207
,
209–212

Hancocks and,
55

Liberty, concept of,
48

Liberty
(ship)

arrest of Hancock for smuggling aboard,
118–119

seizure of,
109–111
,
113
,
214

trial of,
113–114

Liberty Tree,
110

mob violence and,
3
,
73
,
76
,
113
,
174

Seider funeral and,
136

Sons of Liberty and,
86
,
95
,
120
,
160–162

Lillie, Theophilus,
123
,
195

“List of Infringements and Violations of those Rights” (Warren),
156

Livingston, Robert,
227

Locke, John,
80

London Chronicle
(newspaper),
173

Longman, Thomas,
127

Long Wharf,
16
,
95
,
107
,
115
,
164

Louisbourg,
20–22
,
32

Lovell, John,
61

Loyalists

boycotts and,
112
,
121
,
123–124

exile of,
224
,
237–240

on Port Bill,
184

Lydia
(ship),
106–107

Mackintosh, Ebenezer,
79
,
121

Boston Tea Party and,
166
,
170
,
171
,
248

mob violence and,
77
,
87–88
,
133

Magna Carta,
20
,
40
,
51
,
68
,
119
,
236

Malcolm, John,
174
,
175

Manufactury House,
133

Maryland,
29–30
,
82
,
105
,
175
,
187
,
198–199
,
219
,
245

Maryland Gazette
(newspaper),
72

Mason, George,
113

Massachusetts

First Provincial Congress,
194–195
,
196

Second Provincial Congress,
202–203

Third Provincial Congress,
221

Massachusetts Charter, annulment of,
185–186

Massachusetts Gazette
(newspaper),
6–7
,
166
,
167

Massachusetts Spy
(newspaper),
170

Massacre Day,
150
,
154

Hancock speech on,
177–180

Mein, John,
124–125
,
126–127

Melvill, Thomas,
170
,
248

Melville, Herman,
170
,
248

Merchant banking,
14–16
,
17

Merchant houses,
14
,
16
,
40
,
65

Merchants

discontent among lower classes and,
95–96

effects of tea tax on,
2

natural rights and,
48

nonimportation agreements and,
112

as sources of arms,
31
,
32–34
,
35

Stamp Act and,
52
,
66
,
68

war profits of,
19–22
,
28–29
,
55–56

See also
Boston merchants

Merchants Club,
38
,
61
,
68
,
79

Militias, formation of,
180
,
190
,
194

Minutemen,
194
,
196
,
210
,
211

Mob violence

Boston Massacre and,
140–145

against customs officials,
174
,
175

evacuation of Boston and,
224–225

against John Mein,
126–127

over Stamp Act,
73–74
,
75–79
,
87–88

over tea tax,
136

Mohawks, Sam Adam's.
See
Boston Tea Party

Molasses Act (1733),
8
,
10
,
22–23

Molasses smuggling,
23
,
25–26
,
35–36
,
49

Molyneux, William,
103
,
133
,
136
,
161
,
170
,
248

Natural rights,
47–48

Navigation Act (1660),
10–11

New England merchants, as source of arms for French and Indian War,
31
,
32–34
,
35

New Hampshire,
25
,
82
,
105
,
112
,
120
,
125
,
129
,
162
,
175
,
246

New Hampshire Gazette
(newspaper),
114
,
189

New Jersey,
83
,
105
,
112
,
129
,
142
,
175
,
198
,
215
,
246

counter-revolution in,
226

Newport Mercury
(newspaper),
125

Newport (Rhode Island), Stamp Act protests in,
76

News-Letter
(newspaper),
123

New York,
29
,
33
,
50
,
71

boycotts in,
85
,
112
,
129

Continental Congress and,
213
,
215

Declaration of Independence and,
227
,
246

Loyalists in,
104
,
152

protests in,
76
,
82–83
,
105

tea protests in,
3
,
162
,
172
,
175

Nonconsumption agreements,
102–103

Nonimportation agreements,
112–113
,
128
,
129–131

Hancock accused of violating,
123
,
124–126

North, Frederick Lord,
130
,
158
,
181
,
197

North Carolina,
105
,
223
,
227
,
246

North Precinct Congregational Church,
55

Nova Scotia,
30
,
62
,
226

Oglethorpe, James Edward,
19

Old South Meeting House

Boston Tea Party and,
5
,
170

Massacre Day speech at,
177

photograph of,
178

radical meetings at,
162
,
164–165

Saints of Boston and,
24

Olive Branch Petition,
222–223

Oliver, Andrew,
16
,
48
,
49
,
62

death of,
177

Hutchinson-Oliver letters,
159

as lieutenant governor,
138
,
142

mob violence against,
88
,
120

Stamp Act protests and,
73–74
,
75–76

Oliver, Andrew (Rev.),
226

Oliver, Daniel,
22
,
24
,
48

Oliver, Peter,
62

attack on home of,
74

on attack on customs commissioner,
174

on attack on Thomas Hutchinson's home,
77
,
78

biography of,
48

on Black Regiment,
133–134

Boston Massacre trial and,
148

on Boston merchants,
28

on Boston rebellion,
2
,
3

on boycott of British goods,
102

as chief justice,
137–138

evacuation of Boston and,
224
,
225–226

exile and death of,
238–239

impeachment of,
176

on judges' salary issue,
155

jurors refusal to serve before,
192

on liberty,
48

on mob attack of brother Andrew,
76

mob threats against,
177

on Otis, Jr.,
40

portrait of,
49

on rebels meeting in Old South Meeting House,
5

on Sam Adams,
18
,
81

on smuggling,
23
,
35

on tarring and feathering and riots,
126

on tax protests,
8

on tea boycott,
124

on Tea Party,
7

warning to Gage,
183

Oliver, Thomas,
239

Oliver Hall,
226

Otis, James, Jr.

allegation of Tea Party involvement,
4

amnesty for Stamp Act rioters and,
96–97

beating of,
10
,
127–128

at Bunker's Hill,
222

call to arms,
113

chief justice post and,
8–9

Committee of Correspondence and,
156

confinement of,
147
,
152
,
233–234

in House of Representatives,
79
,
96

Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania
and,
104–105

Oliver as stamp distributor and,
73

portrait of,
10

The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved,
50–51

Sam Adams and,
41
,
100

seizure of
Liberty
and,
111

at Stamp Act Congress,
83
,
84–85

Stamp Act protests and,
68

supporters of,
40

writ of assistance case and,
38–40

Otis, James, Sr.,
8–9
,
37

Otis, Samuel A.,
234