.
receives orders to bring "Mr. Washington" to a decisive action,
.
makes raids along the coast,
.
hears of the capture of Stony Point,
.
at Charleston,
.
hoodwinked by Washington,
.
sails for Yorktown,
,
.
Coffee,
Colonel, and his mounted riflemen at New Orleans,
.
Commerce
controlled by Congress,
.
Common Sense,
a pamphlet by Thomas Paine,
.
Compromises,
the three, in framing the Constitution,
.
Confederation,
the Articles of,
.
the defects of the Articles of,
.
Congress,
sends General Gates to the South,
.
believed in by the people of the South,
.
calls for ten companies,
.
gives thanks for the surrender of Cornwallis,
.
the national, erects a monument at Yorktown,
.
the weakness of,
,
.
the first Continental,
.
the second Continental,
.
submits the Constitution to the states,
.
Connecticut,
,
,
,
.
Constitution, the,
the framing of,
.
the state of the country before,
.
the convention meets to frame,
.
the noted men who helped frame,
,
.
the three compromises in framing,
.
Washington signs,
.
the witty remark of Franklin about,
.
the discussions over the adoption of, by the Federalists and
by the Anti-Federalists,
,
.
the rejoicings over the adoption of,
.
Gladstone's opinion of,
.
Constitution, the frigate,
commanded by Preble,
.
the history of,
.
the poem on, by Oliver Wendell Holmes,
.
built in Boston,
.
a description of,
.
sport made of, by British naval officers,
.
the launching of,
.
the battle of, before Tripoli,
.
the escape of, from a British fleet,
.
the battle of, with the Guerrière,
.
the battle of, with the Java,
.
the battle of, with the Cyane and the Levant,
.
the after history of,
.
Constitution Wharf,
in Boston,
.
Continentals,
the ragged,
,
,
.
Cornwallis,
Lord, given the command in the South,
.
marches north to Virginia,
,
.
attempts to crush Lafayette,
.
retreats to Yorktown,
.
attempts to escape from Yorktown,
.
attempts to break through the American lines,
.
forced to surrender,
.
the surrender of, announced in Philadelphia,
.
Cowpens,
the battle of,
.
Craigie
house, the, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, becomes Washington's headquarters,
.
Creole
villages, the, north of the Ohio River,
,
,
,
.
Creoles,
the, at New Orleans,
.
Crisis,
the,
. See
.
Cunningham,
the cruelty of, to Hale,
,
.
Custis,
the adopted son of Washington,
.
Custis, Nellie,
Washington's ward,
.
Cyane,
the, a British frigate, destroyed by "Old Ironsides,"
,
.
D
Dale,
Commodore, sent to the Mediterranean Sea,
.
captures a Tripolitan war ship,
.
Daring
exploit, a,
. See
.
Davie,
William, a leader in the South,
.
Dayton,
Jonathan, of New Jersey, at the Philadelphia convention,
.
Dearborn,
Captain, kills his fine dog,
.
Decatur,
Stephen,
.
chosen to destroy the Philadelphia,
.
calls for volunteers,
.
sails for Tripoli,
.
boards the Philadelphia and sets her on fire,
,
.
the promotion of,
.
how received by Commodore Preble,
.
Deckhard
rifle, the, used in the South,
.
Declaration of Independence, the,
,
,
,
.
De Grasse,
receives orders to act with Washington,
.
headed for Chesapeake Bay,
.
defeats the British fleet and controls Chesapeake Bay,
.
at the blockade of Yorktown,
.
Delaware,
the representation of, in Congress,
.
the first to adopt the Constitution,
.
De Peyster,
Colonel, the bravery of,
.
Detroit, Fort,
Hamilton's headquarters,
,
. See the map in
.
Dickinson,
John, at the Philadelphia convention,