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1058 matches to Free French
DeGaulle, Charles. 1890-1970. Led Free French during WWII. Provisional President 1944-6. President 58-69. Fifth Republic.
Free French. French vs Germany after fall of France 1940. Opp. by Vichy government. DeGaulle.
Abstract Expressionism. 1940s New York style of Pollock, Rothko. Spontaneous expression, free of traditional values. Expressionism.
Amistad Affair. 1841. Slaves mutiny on Spanish ship. Sail to US. Declared free by US court.
Anglo-Irish Treaty. 1921. Partitioned Ireland. Irish Free State as Dominion. N. Ireland in UK.
Antarctic Treaty. 1959. 12 nations agree for 30 years of demilitarized, nuclear free scientific study.
Anti-Corn Law League. 1839-46. Cobden and Bright’s pacifist movement for Free Trade, public education, against social reform and Chartists. Corn Laws.
Aristotle. 384-322BC. Greek philosopher, founder of Peripatetics: Unified theory of knowledge. Matter, potentially alive, strives to attain its living form. Stressed observation and logic. Deductive Reasoning. Free Will.
Arminianism. 17C-. Christian movement. Free-will is compatible with God’s sovereignty.
Arms, Assize of. 1181. Forced Brit. free men to acquire arms.
Barabbas. Thief freed by crowd instead of Jesus.
Barbary Piracy. 1518-1830. G. Washington pays $1M to free enslaved seamen 1796. US attacks Tripoli 1815. French sieze Algiers, 1830.
Beaverbrook, Lord. (Maxwell Aitken). 1879-1964. Canadian/British newspaper magnate, politician. Advocated free trade within Commonwealth.
Bennett, Richard B. 1870-1947. Canadian Conservative Prime Minister 1930-5. Advocated Empire Free Trade. Imperial Conference 1932.
Berlin Wall. 1961-89. Soviet troops erect. US guarantees West Berlin’s freedom.
Black and Tans. 1920-22. Brutal British police sent to suppress Irish unrest. Irish Free State.
Black Codes. 1865-6. Strict US local laws to control blacks based on slave codes. Freedmen. Jim Crow.
Bright, John. 1811-89. English Quaker MP: Free Trade Movement. Cobden. Anti-Corn Law.
Capitalism. System of private ownership of property and industry for profit. Free enterprise. Smith.
Cobden, Treaty. 1860. Free trade between Britain and France.
Collins, Michael. 1890-1922. Led Easter Rebellion. First Prime Minister of Irish Free State 1922. Assassinated by extremists.
Commonwealth, British. 1926-. Free association of autonomous countries. Evolved from the British Empire. Statute of Westminster 1931.
Corn Laws. 1804-15. British agricultural price support. Repeal, 1846, marks transformation from agricultural to industrial priorities and free trade.
Cuza, Alexandru. 1820-73. First Prince of Romania, 1859-66. Freed serfs. Educational reform.
Cyrus. -529BC. Founded Persian Empire 550-. Defeated Babylonia 539BC. Freed Jews.