power and prestige of, 27, 28;
relations with Colonies in 1763, 47;
the Imperial Spirit in, 47 _ff_.;
measures imposing taxation on Colonies, 49 _ff_.;
division of opinion in, in 1770, 53, 54, 55;
Hessians in service of, 76;
effect of sea-power of, 84;
plans for campaign of 1777, 90, 91;
sends Commission to treat for peace, 109, 120;
reconstruction of government in, after Yorktown, 130;
and _W.'s_ proclamation of neutrality (1789), 204;
hatred of, in U.S., and the Jay Treaty, 208 _ff_.;
threat of war with, 208, 209;
and the U.S. in 1796 and 1914, 227, 228.
And _see_ Paris, Treaty of (1783).

England and France, rivalry between in North America, 12, 13;
actually at war, 19;
effect of Wolfe's victory at Quebec, 28;
war between (1789), 193;
difficulty in maintaining neutrality of U.S., 193 _ff_.

"Entangling alliances," authorship of the phrase, 227.

Estaing, Charles H, Count d', brings French fleet to America, 108.

Excise tax, on distilled spirits, 189;
and the Whiskey Insurrection, 218.

Fairfax, Bryan, letter of _W_. to, 62, 63; 253.

Fairfax, Sally, 31.

Fairfax, Thomas, Lord, employs _W_. to survey his estate, 5; 7.

Farewell Address, the, 224 _ff_.;
declarations of, how far applicable in 1914, 227, 228.

Fauchet, Joseph, 229.

Fauntleroy, Betsy, 30.

Fauquier, Francis, 35.

_Federalist, The_, 162.

Federalist Party, break-up of, 228; 186, 187.

Fitzsimmons, Thomas, 161.

Fort Duquesne, built by French, 13;
unsuccessfully attacked by Braddock, 21 _ff_.;
renamed Fort Pitt, 34, 255.

Fort Necessity, surrender of, 16, 17.

Fox, Charles James, 55.

France, steps toward alliance with, 94 _ff_.;
effect of victory at Saratoga in, 99;
treaty with, 99 and _n_.;
results of alliance on American commerce and privateering, 108;
sends fleet to America, 108;
effect in England of alliance with, 119;
and _W.'s_ proclamation of neutrality, 204;
effect of feeling of gratitude to, in U.S., 205;
later relations with, 215, 216;
and the U.S. in 1796 and 1914, 227, 228.
And _see_ England and France.

Franklin, Benjamin, on committee to confer with Howe, 79;
on Peace Commission, 130;
quoted, 173; 21, 155, 160, 161, 201, 236.

Frederick the Great, 259.

Freedom of speech, _W_. and, 222, 223.

Freemasons, at _W.'s_ funeral, 253.

French, westward and southward progress of, 13;
build Fort Duquesne, 13.

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