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21 matches to Settlement
Anne. 1665-1714. British Queen 1702-. Reign notable for literarature, science, architecture. Last Stuart. Acts of Union, Settlement.
Catolacus. 1C Roman settlement in Paris quarter of St-Denis.
Colchester. Pre-Roman Belgic capital. First Roman settlement in Britain.
Galloway, Joseph. c1731-1803 British loyalist leader in American Revolution. Peaceful settlement proposal defeated.
Jamestown. 1607. First permanent English settlement in North America.
Lausanne, Peace. 1923. Greco-Turkish War. Resettlement of 1.35M Greeks, 430K Turks.
London Company. 1606. Establishd first permanent English settlement in N America at Jamestown, VA.
Malacca. (Melaka). 1403 Malay. 1511 Portugal. 1641 Dutch. 1795 British, «Straits Settlements. 1946 Malaya. 1963 Malaysia.
New Amsterdam. 1624-64 Dutch settlement. = Manhattan.
Pale. Region of a country subject to separate laws or government. 1171-16C part of Ireland subject to English rule. Pale of Settlement 1792-1917, Jews in Russia.
Proclamation of 1763. Limited settlement west of Appalachians to appease Indians.
Protestant Succession. 1701. English Act of Settlement.
Russification. Attempted conversion of local language and culture by settlement of large numbers of Russians. 19C Poland, Finland. 20C Kazakstan. Baltic.
Santo Domingo. Dominican Republic. 1496- Oldest continuous European settlement in western Hemisphere.
Settlement, Act of. 1701. British established Protestant Hanover succession. Limited monarch’s powers.
Settlement, Pale of. 1792-1917. SW region of Russia where Jews allowed to settle, travel.
Seven Oaks Massacre. 1816. Northwest Company. agents kill 20 settlers in Red River rivalry with Hudson Bay Company. Settlement destroyed.
Singapore. 13-14C Malay city. 1377 Javanese destroy. 1819 Raffles refounds. 1867 «Straits Settlements. 1942-45 Japanese occupy. 1946 British Crown Colony. 1963 Federation of Malaysia. 1965 Independent republic.
Straits Settlements. British colony in SE Asia 1795-1946. Malacca, Penang, Singapore.
Tasmania. 1642 Tasman discovers = Van Diemen’s Land. 1803-52 British penal settlement. 1856 Self-government = Tasmania. 1901 Australia.
Wyoming Massacre. 1778. British Loyalists, Indians attack American settlement while men away in Washington’s army. 360 women, children killed.