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INDEX
Page numbers in bold refer to figures.
à la Belle Poule hairstyle ref1, ref2, ref3
Acland, Lady Harriet ref1
Adams, Abigail ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Adams, John ref1, ref2, ref3n, ref4n, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17
Adams, Samuel ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Adolphus, Gustavus ref1
African Americans ref1; see also slaves and slavery
Alfred (American frigate) ref1, ref2, ref3
Allen, Ethan ref1
Allen, John, An Oration upon the Beauties of Liberty, or the Essential Rights of the Americans ref1
Alliance (American frigate) ref1, ref2
Amazon, HMS ref1
American cause, sympathy for ref1
American government, centralization ref1, ref2
American militia, strength ref1
American sailors, impressed ref1
American War of Independence
duration ref1
early naval incidents ref1
endings ref1, ref2
first clashes ref1
first shot ref1
historical figures ref1
last shot ref1, ref2
outbreak ref1
scale ref1
American–British co-operation ref1
American–Indian relations ref1, ref2
amphibious landings ref1, ref2
Amsterdam ref1, ref2
André, Major John ref1
Andrew Doria ref1, ref2
Annibal (French warship) ref1n, ref2
Antigua ref1, ref2
anti-Semitism ref1
Apollo, HMS ref1, ref2
Appalachian Mountains ref1
Aquidneck Island ref1
Aranjuez, Treaty of ref1, ref2
Arbuthnot, Vice-Admiral Marriot ref1, ref2, ref3
and arrival of Rochambeau’s expedition ref1
battle off Cape Henry ref1
Charleston campaign ref1
relationship with Clinton ref1, ref2, ref3
archaeology ref1, ref2
Ardent, HMS ref1, ref2
Arethusa, HMS ref1, ref2
Arethusa, The (Song) ref1
Arnold, Benedict
arrival at Quebec ref1
attack on Fort Ticonderoga ref1
attack on Quebec ref1
capture of the George ref1
Continental Army commission ref1
crossing of the St Lawrence ref1
defection ref1
grievances ref1n
halt of British advances ref1
invasion of Canada ref1
invasion of Chesapeake Bay ref1, ref2
at Lake Champlain ref1
march to Quebec ref1
Artésien (French warship) ref1
Articles of Confederation ref1
Ashley River ref1
Atlantic crossings ref1, ref2
Byron ref1
d’Estaing ref1
Lafayette ref1
Rochambeau’s expedition ref
1
Rodney ref1
Atlantic trade ref1
Augusta, HMS ref1
Austria ref1n, ref2, ref3n
Azelars, Jose ref1
Badger, HMS ref1
Bagaduce, battle of
American flight ref1
American forces ref1
Americans prepare to launch naval attack ref1
British dispositions ref1, ref2
British seize ref1
Collier’s arrival ref1
destruction of the American fleet ref1
impact of ref1
seamanship ref1
strategic importance ref1
Baldwin, Colonel Jeduthan ref1, ref2, ref3
Baldwin, George ref1
Baltic, the ref1, ref2, ref3
Baltick (schooner) ref1
Barbados ref1, ref2, ref3
Barceló, Vice-Admiral Antonio ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Barrington, Rear-Admiral Samuel ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
bateaux
boatmanship problems ref1
construction ref1
oars ref1
prices ref1
Bateman, Captain Nathaniel ref1
Bathhurst, Lord ref1
Baton Rouge ref1
battles, numbers ref1
Belle Poule (French frigate) ref1, ref2
Bermuda ref1
‘Betsy Ross’ Stars and Stripes ref1
Beverly, Massachusetts ref1
Bhatkal, India ref1
Biddle, Nicholas ref1
Bienfaisant, HMS ref1
Billingsport ref1
Bingham, William ref1, ref2
black loyalists ref1
Blane, Gilbert ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Board of Admiralty ref1
Bombay Marine, the ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Bondfield, John ref1, ref2
Bonhomme Richard (Jones) ref1
Bordentown ref1
Boston ref1
American captures off ref1
anti-French tensions ref1
arrival of French fleet ref1
blockade ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
d’Estaing leaves ref1
Dorchester Heights ref1
evacuation fleet ref1
evacuation of, 1776 ref1n, ref2, ref3
first French ships arrive in ref1
Lafayette’s arrival in ref1
lighthouses ref1
powder house raids ref1
privateers and privateering ref1
Revere’s harbour crossing ref1
Royal Naval officers kidnapped ref1
