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69 matches to Confederation Group
Negeri Sembilan. 14C Sumatrans settle. 1773 Confederation of 9 states. 1889 British protectorate. 1895 «Federation of Malay States...1948 Malayan Federation.
North German Confederation. 1867-71. 22 states led by Prussia. German Empire.
Olmütz, Treaty. 1850. Restored German Confederation under Austria.
Perpetual Alliance. 1291. Association of Swiss Cantons which engendered today’s Confederation.
Radom, Confederation of. 1767. Polish nobles oppose king’s reforms leading to Partition.
Rhine, Confederation of. 1806-13. Bavaria and German states with constitution in French model.
Saxony. 843 «East Frankish Kingdom. 919-1024 Ruled HRE. 1180 Divided. 1697 Elector (King) of Poland. 1785 Fürstenbund. 1806 Napoleon creates Kingdom. 1815 Half to Prussia. 1815 German Confederation. 1835 Zollverein. 1867 North German Confederation. 1871 German Empire. 1918 Abolished monarchy. 1920 Republic. 1933 Germany.
Sikh States, Confederation of. 1764 Independent from Mogul. 1819 + Kashmir. 1834 + Peshawar. 1849 British. 1948 India.
Sioux. Popular name for Dakota Confederation of American Indian tribes. Little Bighorn. Wounded Knee.
Targowica, Confederation. 1792. Conservative Poles begin war. Second partition 1793.
Urquiza, Justo de. 1801-70. Overthrew dictator, de Rosas. Argentine Confederation president 1854-60.
Vienna, Congress. 1814-15. Redrew map of Europe after Napoleon. Prussia gains Rhine, Westphalia. Swiss borders and neutrality confirmed. Netherlands created from Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg. Malta and Cape Colony ceded to Britain. Russia gets Poland. Austria trades Netherlands for north Italy. France reduced to 1792 borders. Metternich.
Absolutism. Government where one person/group has absolute power. 15-18C monarchies.
American Civil Liberties Union. ACLU. 1920-. US legal action group supporting civil rights.
Anglo-Saxons. Group of Germanic tribes that invaded Britain in 5C. Ruled to 1066. Angles. Heptarchy.
Basque. Europe’s oldest racial group. NW Spain, SW France. Euzkadi. ETA.
Beatles. 1960-71. Liverpool pop group.
Bloomsbury Group. 1907-30. Agnostic English intellectuals searching for good, true, beautiful. Forster, Woolf, Keynes, Russell, Huxley, et.al.
Buchmanism. 1922-65. Christian revivalist movement stressing honesty, purity, love, unselfishness. =Moral Rearmament 1938. Oxford Group.
Camden Town Group. 1902-13. English Postimpressionist artists. London Group.
Château Clique. Small merchant group dominated government of Lower Canada to 1830s.
Encyclopédists. 1751-72. Group who wrote encyclopaedia under Diderot. Voltaire, Helvetius, D’Alembert. As sceptics, they popularized social ideas which led to the French Revolution.
Family Compact. Small conservative group dominates government of Upper Canada leading to 1837 Rebellion. Mackenzie.
Group of Seven. 1920-74. Canadian Impressionist painters. MacDonald, Harris, Lismer, Varley, Carmichael, Johnston, Jackson. Thomson 1913.
Gurkhas. Nepal peoples. Fierce British fighting group 1947-.