The Age of Jackson and the Art of American Power, 1815-1848

Index

345 index Acts, bills, laws, and policies, U.S. Alien and Sedition Acts, 79, 123, 298 bank bills, 118–19, 132, 135 Bankruptcy Act, 187 Bonus Bill, 74, 75 Coinage Act, 133 censure of Jackson, 144–45, 188 Dawes Act, 148 Deposit Bill, 135 Embargo Act, 31, 302 Force Bill, 126–27 Independent Treasury Act, 268 Indian policy, 103, 147–57 internal improvement/infrastructure bills, 134–35, 187 Jackson censure, 131–32, 136 Louisiana Purchase, 5, 20, 29, 45, 302 Macon Bill Number 2, 31 Maysville Bill, 114 Missouri Compromise, 77–78 Monroe Doctrine, 83–87, 95, 165, 236, 243, 304 national debt, 56, 113, 117, 133–34, 299 National Road 73, 113–15 Non-Intercourse Act, 31 Northwest Ordinance, 77, 269 nullification, 122–27, 152, 298, 302 Oregon annexation, 230–36, 242–43 Post Office Acts, 111, 144 Public Land Acts, 97, 134, 187 Southwest Ordinance, 77 Specie Circular, 135–36, 183 tariff bills, 73, 97, 122–23, 126–27, 133, 268 Texas annexation, 210–24 Tyler Doctrine, 231 Washington Turnpike Bill, 114–15 Adams, John, 29, 97, 298 Adams, John Quincy, 1, 2, 5, 23, 62, 67, 68, 83, 85, 86, 87, 89, 91, 93–97, 99, 100, 106, 119, 120, 137, 144–46, 163, 168, 174, 182, 196–97, 208, 232, 233, 289, 297, 300, 304 Africa, 141, 145, 164, 230 Alabama, 36, 61, 77, 181, 190, 220 Alabama River, 36 Mobile, 44, 45, 50, 55 Index 346 Alabama (continued) Mobile Bay, 43 Tallapoosa River, 38, 41 Tombigbee River, 60, 61 Alaska, 233, 235 Alcott, Louisa May, 204 Alexander the Great, 109 Allen, James, 260 Allen, William, 243 Almonte, Juan, 217, 279 Ampudia, Pedro de, 247–48, 258–59 Anaya, Pedro María, 287, 289 Apalachicola River, 45, 58, 59, 64 Appalachian Mountains, 20, 25, 45 Archuleta, Diego, 275, 276 Argentina, 96, 164–65 Buenos Aires, 165 Arista, Mariano, 248, 254, 255, 292 Arkansas, 182 Arkansas River, 68, 81, 233, 260, 265 Arkansas Territory, 61 Armijo, Manuel, 260 Armstrong, John, 34, 42 Ashburton, Alexander Baring, 188 Ashley, William, 81–82, 226 Asia, 230 Astor, John Jacob, 80, 81, 228–29, 232 Atkinson, Henry, 81, 154 Atocha, Alexander, 245, 279 Austin, Moses, 170 Austin, Stephen, 170–71 Austria, 29, 85 Bahamas, 159 Nassau, 188 Bainbridge, William, 58 Baldwin, Henry, 146 Bancroft, George, 219, 220, 226, 241, 248, 249 Barataria, 46 Barbour, James, 95 Barbour, Philip, 146 Barry, William, 104, 110 Barton, Thomas, 163 battles, attacks, and massacres Alamo, 172, 173, 174, 245 Bad Axe River, 154 Baltimore, 33, 43 Bladensburg, 33 Brazitos, 276 Buena Vista, 277–78 Burnt Corn Creek, 35 Cerro Gordo, 280–81 Chapultepec Castle, 286 Chehaw, 65 Chihuahua, 276 Chippewa, 257 Churubusco, 284–85 Coleto Creek, 173 Concord, 93 Dade’s massacre, 155 Detroit, 33 Embudo Pass, 276 Fallen Timbers, 184 Fort Bowyer, 43 Fort George, 257 Fort Mims, 36 Fort Texas, 254–55 Goliad, 172, 173, 174, 245 Horseshoe Bend/Tohopeka, 38, 39–41, 42, 55, 108, 301 Lake Borgne, 48 Lexington, 93 Los Angeles, 273 Lundy Lane, 257 Mesa, 274 Miccoukee, 65 Molino del Rey, 286 Monterey, 258–59, 272, 307 Mora, 276 Mule Hill, 274 naval battles, 30, 33, 58 Negro Fort, 59 New Orleans, 2, 48–50, 54, 55, 91, 98, 295 Index 347 Palo Alto, 254–55 Pensacola, 44–45 Plattsburg, 33 Princeton, 62 Pueblo de Taos, 276 Put-in-Bay, 33 Quallah Battoo, 164 Queenston Heights, 257 Resaca de la Palma, 255 San Gabriel, 274 San Jacinto, 173, 174, 174, 223, 240, 245, 246, 301 San Pasqual, 274 Silliman’s Run, 154 Stono Ferry, 12 Talladega, 37 Tallushatchee, 37 Thames, 33, 55, 184, 187 Tippecanoe, 184, 187 Torrejón on Thornton, 248, 254, 292 Trafalgar, 30 Veracruz, 279–80 Wisconsin Heights, 154 Baylies, Francis, 165 Beasley, Daniel, 36 Becknell, William, 80–81 Bent, Charles, 260, 262, 275 Bent, William, 260 Benton, Jesse, 34–35 Benton, Thomas Hart, 34–35, 91, 117, 126, 129, 136, 146, 185, 212, 214, 217, 236, 249, 260, 263, 264–65, 266, 275, 291 Berrien, John, 109 Biddle, Nicholas, 23, 112, 115–16, 117, 118, 128, 129, 130–31, 132, 184 Bingham, George Caleb, 206–7 Birney, James, 185, 216 Black, John, 241, 244 Black Sea, 160 Blair, Francis, 99, 106, 187, 221 Blount, William, 15, 16, 18 Blue, Uriah, 45 Borgne, Lake, 45 Bowie, Jim, 172 Branch, John, 104 Bridger, Jim, 228 Brooke, George, 70 Britain/British, 4, 12, 23, 29, 30...