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366 matches to Free Will
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.
De Valéra, Eamon. 1882-1975. US/Irish mathematician. Led Easter Uprising. Led Sinn Fein, 1917-26. Founded Fianna Fáil 1926. Prime Minister of Irish Free State, 1931~59. President 59-73.
DeGaulle, Charles. 1890-1970. Led Free French during WWII. Provisional President 1944-6. President 58-69. Fifth Republic.
Delhi Pact. 1931. Civil disobedience in India ceased in exchange for prisoner release. 1950. India, Pakistan restore rights, freedom of movement for refugees.
Demetrius II. Syrian King 145~125BC. Freed Jews from Syrian taxes.
Diogenes (The Cynic). c413-327BC. Greek philosopher. Cynic. Looked for an honest man. Declined gifts of Alexander the Great. Lived in a tub. Sought virtue and moral freedom.
Disruption. 1843. Free Church secedes from Church of Scotland.
Donatello. 1386-1466. Florentine sculptor. Gattamelata 1445- first Renaissance equestrian statue. David- 1st Renaissance free-standing nude. St. George 1416.
Doria, Andrea. 1466-1560. Genoese admiral, statesman. Freed, ruled Genoa.
Easter Rebellion. 1916. Ireland. Irish Free State.
EFTA. European Free Trade Association. 1960. Free trade with EEC: Austria, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Switzerland. Until joining EEC: Denmark, Portugal, UK.
Emancipation Act. 1833. Freed slaves in British Empire.
Emancipation Edict. 1861. Freed Russian serfs. Gave land allotment, paid by loans.
Emancipation Proclamation. 1863. Lincoln frees all slaves in Confederacy.
Existentialism. Philosophy. Existence is concrete. Man has choice. Responsibility, freedom. Anti-conformism. Kierkegaard. Sartre. Heidegger.
Farouk I. 1920-65. Egyptian king 1936-52. Vs Wafd. Coup by Nasser-led Free Officers.
Four Freedoms. 1941. Goals of Allies set forth by Roosevelt. Freedom: of expression, worship; from want, fear.
Free Enterprise. Capitalist economic doctrine of a market free from government control.
Free French. French vs Germany after fall of France 1940. Opp. by Vichy government. DeGaulle.
Free-Soil Party. 1848-54. US anti-slavery party. Van Buren.
Free Trade. International commerce free from duties, government restriction or discrimination. Smith.
Freedmen. Released slaves in Rome, Athens, US South.