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Borlaug, Norman. 1914-. US wheat scientist responsible for Green Revolution.
Boston Massacre. 1770. British soldiers kill 5 colonists rioting vs Townshend Acts. A cause of the American Revolution.
Brabant Revolution. 1789-90. Belgians vs Hapsburgs. Crushed by Austrian forces.
Brandywine, Battle. 1777. British victory in American Revolution. Diversion led to loss at Saratoga.
Brant, Joseph. 1742-1807. Indian chief allied with British in American Revolution.
Brumaire. 2nd Month of French Revolutionary calendar.
Bunker Hill, Battle. 1775. Early American victory in Revolution. Putnam.
Burke, Edmund. 1729-97. English conservative writer, traditionalist political philosopher. Advocated emancipation of American colonies. Founded Annual Register 1758. Reflections on Revolution in France 1790.
Calonne, Charles de. 1734-1802. French finance Minister. Reform attempts led to French Revolution
Camden, Battle. 1780 British victory. American Revolution.
Carbonari. 1806-31. Naples. Secret revolutionary society. Young Italy Movement.
Carlisle Commission. 1778. British peace offer in American Revolution.
Carnot, Lazare. 1753-1823. French mathematician. Called “organizer of victory” by Revolutionaries. Member of Directory, Tribunal. Instituted conscription.
Carrera, Rafael. 1814-65. Guatemala revolutionary. Dictator 1840-. Ended CAF, Guatemala independent.
Castro, Fidel. 1926-. Cuban lawyer. Cuban Revolution. Dictator 1959-.
Chaykovsky, Nikolai. 1850-1926. Russian Socialist. Opposed Bolsheviks. Led counterrevolutionary government 1918-20.
Chinese Revolution. 1911. Manchu dynasty replaced by a republic. Sun Yat Sen.
Clinton, Henry. 1738-95. Commander 1778-81. Blamed for British defeat in American Revolution.
Coalition, Wars of. 1792-1815. European powers oppose France’s revolutionary ideas and expansion. French Revolutionary Wars. Napoleonic Wars. Third Coalition War.
Commune, Paris. 1871. Revolutionary government formed when Thiers abandoned Paris to Prussians. Crushed 2 months later by McMahon. 20,000 killed.
Continental Army. 1775-81. American Revolution army under George Washington.
Copernicus, Nicolaus. 1473-1543. Polish astronomer, who demonstrated planetary motion around sun 1528. De Revolutionibus. Aristarchus. Galileo.
Cordeliers. 1790-4. French moderate revolutionaries. Met at convent. Petitioned vs king. Most executed. Marat.
Cornwallis, Charles. 1738-1805. British General. Ended American Revolution by surrender at Yorktown.
Coty, René. 1882-1962. President of France, 1954-59. Algerian Crisis 1958, led to return of deGaulle.