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Feminism. 20C Women’s movement to achieve equality with men.
Finlay, Carlos. 1833-1915. Cuban. Discovered that Yellow Fever is transmitted by mosquitoes 1881. Reed.
Four Freedoms. 1941. Goals of Allies set forth by Roosevelt. Freedom: of expression, worship; from want, fear.
French-Indian Wars. 1754-63. North American part of Seven Years War. France loses all possessions in Canada to Britain.
Froebel, Friedrich. 1782-1852. German kindergarten 1841. Creativity, personal development, social adjustment.
Frontier. Moving US boundary between developed east and unsettled west. Opportunity for adventureres, explorers, pioneers.
Gabriel. Archangel. God’s messenger. Made Annunciation to Mary, and revealed Koran to Muhammad.
Gag Rules. 1836-44. Prevented discussion of anti-slavery bills in US Congress.
Galuppi, Baldassare. 1706-85. Italian. Developed opera buffa.
Geneviève, St. c422-500. Patron St. of Paris. Nanterre girl, saved Paris vs Attila 451, Franks 461.
Gettysburg. 1863. Lincoln’s address given to dedicate Civil War cemetery. “Four score and seven years ago...Government of the people, by the people, for the people”.
Gluck, Christoph. 1714-87. Bohemian composer: Orpheus 1762. Developed opera as drama with music.
Gothic Architecture. 12-15C. Began with French cathedrals and spread over N Europe. Pointed arches, rib vaulting, flying buttresses. Stability achieved with balance rather than mass. Airy lightness. St. Denis 1140. Notre Dame Cathedral. Tudor.
Green Revolution. 20C. Increased food production in developing countries based on new plant breeds. Borlaug.
Gregory I, St. Benedictine Pope 590-604. Developed Plainsong, Gregorian chant. Sent Augustine to Canterbury.
Grenada. 1498 Columbus discovers. 1651 French colony. 1763 English. 1876 Crown Colony. 1958 Fed of West Indies. 1967 Self-government. 1983 US invades to prevent Marxist insurrection.
Grenville, George. 1712-70. British Prime Minister 1763-65. Revenue Act. Stamp Act.
Group of Seven. 1920-74. Canadian Impressionist painters. MacDonald, Harris, Lismer, Varley, Carmichael, Johnston, Jackson. Thomson 1913.
Guinevere. Wife of King Arthur, in love with Sir Lancelot.
Harris, Lawren. 1885-1970. Canadian landscape, abstract painter. Group of Seven. Lake and Mountains 1928.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel. 1804-64. US author: Scarlet Letter 1850. House of Seven Gables 1851.
Henry VIII. 1491-1547. King of England 1509-. Executed Thomas More. Established Church of England. Dissolved monasteries. Six wives: Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, Catherine Parr.
Heptarchy. 5-9C. Seven kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England: Kent, Essex, Sussex, Wessex, Mercia, E. Anglia, Northumbria. Frequent wars.
Hillary, Sir Edmund. 1919-2008. New Zealand, first to climb Mt. Everest, 1953, with Tenzig Norgay.
Hogue, La. Battle. 1692. England defeats French navy to prevent invasion.