Washington [621]
Saratoga, Battle of
Sargent, Winthrop
Savage
Savage, Edward
Savannah, Ga.
Sayen, William Guthrie
Scammell, Alexander
School for Scandal, The (Sheridan)
Schuyler, Philip
Schuylkill River
Scotland
Scott, Charles
scrip, scrippomania
Second Continental Congress
in Annapolis
archives of
Brooklyn defeat and
Continental Army and
and criticisms of GW
Declaration of Independence in
driven from Philadelphia
GW in
GW’s compensation for expenses by
GW’s resignation as commander in chief in
as ineffectual
medal struck by
officer revolt and
settlements and
state power vs.
treason and
wartime debt and
and Yorktown victory
Second Virginia Convention
securities
government
Sedgwick, Theodore
Ségur, Count de
Seixas, Moses
Senate, U.S.
advice and consent of
bank bill in
closed-door policy of
equal representation in
excise tax in
foreign relations in
form of address for president discussed in
Jay Treaty in
Seneca nation
separation of powers
September Massacres
Sequeyra, John de
Serapis (ship)
Sergeant, Jonathan Dickinson
Serle, Ambrose
Seven Years’ War
see also French and Indian War
Shakespeare, William
Sharpe, Granville
Sharpe, Horatio
Shaw, Samuel
Shaw, William
Shawnee nation
Shays, Daniel
Shays’s Rebellion
Sheels, Christopher (slave)
Shenandoah Valley
Sheridan, Richard
Sheridan, William
Sherman, Roger
Shewkirk, Ewald
Shingas, chief of the Delawares
Shippen, William, Jr.
Shirley, William
Short, William
Sierra Leone
Silla (slave)
Sills, Isaac and Hannah
Six Nations
Six Per Cent Club
Sketches of American Policy (Webster)
slaves, slavery
abolitionism and
British promises of freedom to
Constitutional Convention on
construction of capital and
Continental Congress’s opposition to
dower
Federalist opposition to
GW and
GW’s plan for emancipation of
Hamilton’s opposition to
and ideals of the American Revolution
Jefferson and
John Laurens on
Lafayette’s opposition to
Madison and
marriages of
Martha Washington and
Mary Washington and
northern termination of
overseers and
Pennsylvania and abolition of
in population
runaway
runaway, British refusal of restitution for
St. Domingue rebellion and
suspension of importation of
trade in
trades taught to slaves in
Virginia law and
smallpox
Smallwood, William
Smith, Adam
Smith, William
Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures (SEUM)
Society of the Cincinnati
New York
Sons of Liberty
Sons of St. Patrick
South
abolitionism feared by
abolitionism in
discontent in
divide between North and
fighting in
French interest in invading
GW’s tour of
GW’s weakness in
national bank feared in
and projected war with France
push for capital in
shift of war toward
slavery in
solidarity with New England of
South Carolina
at Constitutional Convention
Constitution ratified by
slaves in
South Carolina Independents
Spain
diplomatic breakthrough with
England’s military confrontation with
Florida as possession of
Mississippi River commerce blocked by
possessions of
in War of Jenkins’ Ear
Sparks, Jared
Spear, Joseph
speculation
in government bonds and bank shares
opposition to
Spencer, Joseph
Spotswood, Alexander (nephew)
Staines, John
Stamp Act (1765)
Stamp Act Congress
Stanwix, John
State Department
Freneau at
State House (Independence Hall)
Staten Island
states, shortsighted behavior of
states’ rights
state vs. federal power
Stephen, Adam
Steuben, Frederick William August von
in GW’s farewell
Stevens, Edward
Stevens, Elisha
Stewart, Robert
Stewart, Walter
Stirling, Lady
Stirling, Lady Kitty
Stirling, William Alexander, Lord
stock exchanges
Stockton, Annis Boudinot
Stony Point
Stuart, David
Stuart, Gilbert
Stuart, Jane
Stuart, William
Sullivan, John
in Battle of Germantown
Summary View of the Rights of British America, A (Jefferson)
Supreme Court, U.S.
building not planned for
implied powers doctrine and
role of
Susquehanna River
Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles-Maurice de
Tallmadge, Benjamin
Tappan, N.Y.
Tarleton, Banastre
taxes, taxation: