INDEX 



controversy, 57-59; resentment 

 at British attitude toward 

 slavery, 74; predominant char 

 acteristics of people, 78; public 

 opinion in, concerning Great 

 Britain, 86, 87; territorial ex 

 pansion, 120 et seq., 139, 154, 

 l6 S, 343&amp;gt; 362; growth of popu 

 lation, 1840, 139, 140; popular 

 sentiment in, in Irish agitation, 

 142, 143; Irish and German im 

 migration to, 148, 150; signifi 

 cance of the year 1848, 149 et 

 seq.; indifference to Canadian 

 annexation, 181, 182; reciprocity 

 with Canada, 187-191, 340; pop 

 ulation in 1860, 192; immigrants 

 in 1860, 195, 196; influence of 

 Irish in, 196, 226; dislike of Brit 

 ish caused by Trent affair, 216; 

 sense of growth and power in, in 

 the eighties, 291-293 ; creation of 

 a modern fleet, 292; war with 

 Spain popular in, 321; cordial re 

 lations with Great Britain in 

 1898, 322-324; controversies 

 with Canada, 324-340; diplo 

 matic agreements with Great 

 Britain, 1898-1908, 329 et seq.; 

 transformation of political sys 

 tems, 343, 344; activity in world 

 politics, 345; imperialism in, 

 344-347; home of most of En 

 glish-speaking people, 355; con 

 trasted with British Empire, 

 355; influences toward amity 

 with Great Britain, 357-371. 



United States Bank, the, 78, 79. 

 Upper Canada, 10-13, 16; political 



aspect in, 90, 91; 99, 174, 175, 



268. 



Van Buren, President, 59, 88, 103. 



Vaughan, 53. 



Venezuela boundary controversy, 



299,301-318,342,368. 

 Victoria, Queen, 88, 349. 

 Visitation, right of, 171, 172. 



Walker s filibusters, 163, 165. 



War of 1812, 139. 



Webster, Daniel, 95; in boundary 

 settlement, 105-112, 361; in de 

 bate over right of search, 116- 

 119. 



Webster-Ashburton Treaty, the, 

 107-113. 



Wellington, Duke of, 2, 60, 66, 67. 



West Indies, commerce with, 57- 

 59; abolition of slavery in, 71, 

 74; 155, 322, 360, 361. 



West, Sir L. S. Sackville, 283. 



Whaling fleet, destruction of, 221. 



Whigs, views of, as to Americans, 

 6, 7; 43, 49, 52; reforms of, 60, 

 62, 67, 70, 81, 83; 87, 88, 91, 92, 

 103, 105, 144, 147, 173, 183, 186, 

 194, 202, 229, 361, 366. 



Wilberforce, 71. 



Wilkes, Captain, 210-216. 



William IV, 88. 



Yeo, Sir James, 14, 



