Index
Virginia (Randolph) Plan, 241, 257–59
centralized political structure, 259
executive branch, 258
judicial branch, 258, 268
legislative branch, 257–58
opposition to, 258
system of representation, 257
test of, 275–77
‘‘Virginia Ratifies the Constitution,
June 25, 1788’’ (Craft), 396
Virginia Ratifying Convention of 1788,
16
Virginia Resolutions of 1798
(Madison), 259, 492
Virtue, 596
Voting Rights Act of 1965, 576–77
Wakefield, Sir Charles, 37
Ward, Artemus, 119
War-making power, 305
War of 1812, 495
Warren, Charles, 485
Warren, Earl, 100, 483
Washington, George, 11, 37, 119, 248
election of commander-in-chief, 119
endorsement of Virginia Plan, 259
farewell address, 533–48, 564
Greenough statue of, 15
movement to crown as king, 45
president of Constitutional
Convention, 57
republican virtue, 19, 20
Washington, Lawrence, 37
629
‘‘The Washington Family, c. 1790–
1796’’ (Savage), 564
Watson, Gregory D., 592, 593
Watson and the Sharks (Copley), 396
Webster, Daniel, 15, 352, 414, 421, 579
Webster, Noah: American Dictionary of
the English Language, 411
Weems, Parson, 19
Weimer Republic, 319
Welfare programs, 323
West Coast Hotel v. Parrish, 573
West Indies, slavery in, 94
West Virginia, 308
Wheare, K. C., 297
Whigs, 30
William and Mary, 80, 83
William III, 28
Williamson, Hugh, 252
Wilson, James, 247, 385, 588
Committee of Detail, 269
establishment of inferior courts, 268
motion on executive, 267–68
unpopularity, 249
Wilson, Woodrow, 324, 338, 474, 588
Witans (King’s councils), 26
Witherspoon, Jacob, 148
Women’s suffrage, 576, 583
Woods, O. E., The Issue of Sovereignty,
153
Writ of mandamus, 520
Writs of assistance, 113
Writs of Assistance Case, 33
Wythe, George, 252