le of,
Plymouth, charter,
Company,
settled,
part of Massachusetts Bay colony,
Pocahontas,
_Poictiers_,
Political issues, see Platforms.
Political parties, beginning of,
see Federalists, Democrats, Republicans, etc.
Polk, James K., presidential nominee,
president,
Polygamy,
Ponce de Leon,
Pony express,
Pope, General John, campaigns,
Popham, Sir John,
Popular sovereignty,
Population, in 1790,
in 1815,
in 1810,
in 1820,
increase in,
of Oregon,
western immigrant,
between 1840 and 1860,
in 1870,
of northwestern states,
of Oklahoma,
Populists, see People's Party.
Port Gibson, battle of,
Port Hudson, battle of,
Port Royal, settled,
French stronghold,
captured,
called Annapolis,
Port Royal, S. C., captured,
Portage Railroad,
Porter, at Vicksburg,
Porto Rico,
Portsmouth, settled,
in colonial times,
navy yard,
Portuguese in Brazil,
Postage stamps,
Postal system, in colonial times,
in 1790,
in 1840,
in 1860,
Powhatan Indians,
Prairie schooners,
Prescott, Colonel,
_President_,
Presidential election, method of,
proposed method of,
Presidential succession,
Presque Isle built,
Price, General,
Princeton, battle of,
Printing press,
Proclamation, line,
of neutrality,
Emancipation,
Progress, from 1790 to 1815,
from 1840 to 1860,
since Civil War,
Prohibition party,
Proprietary colonies
Proscription, political
Proslavery movement
Protection
South opposes
Clay favors
political issue
Providence
founded
in colonial times
riot at
Provincial colonies
Public domain
granted
additions to
grants, see Land grants
Puebla
Puerto Rico
see Porto Rico.
Pulaski
Punishment
forms of
Puritans
persecution of
in New England
become Separatists
Putnam.

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Quaker settlements
Quartering Act
Quebec
boundaries of
Quebec
settled
French stronghold
attacked
surrendered
Quebec Act
Queen Anne's War
Queenstown, battle of
Quincy, Josiah.

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Radical Republicans
Railroads
early
Western
Northern Pacific
in 1887
land grants to
Ralegh, Sir Walter
Randolph, John
"Receivers general" created
Reconstruction Act
Reconstruction policy
Redemptioners
Refunding Act
Reid, Whitelaw
_Reprisal_
Republicans
old party
new party
Resaca de la Palma
battle of
Restoration
English
Resumption of Specie Payment Act
_Revenge_
Revolutionary War
Rhode Island
settled
charter
in