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378 matches to Sherman Silver Purchase Act
Sherman Silver Purchase Act. 1890-3. US increases silver purchases. Fears of gold standard abandonment started 1893 Panic.
Sherman, William. 1820-91. American Civil War general. -“War is hell”.
Sherman Anti-Trust Act. 1890 US. Prohibits monopolies, restraint of trade.
Lamerie, Paul de. 1688-1751. British Rococo silversmith.
Oneida Community. 19C US Perfectionist religious commune founded by Noyes....Oneida silver co.
Revere, Paul. 1735-1818. Silversmith. American Revolution hero. 1775 Midnight ride warned militia of British troops marching on Concord.
Silver Age. c14-130. Roman literary period.
Disraeli, Benjamin. 1804-81. English radical Imperialist Tory Prime Minister 1868,74-80. Suez Purchase. Novelist:Henrietta Temple 1837. Sybil. Coningsby. Lothair 1870.
Gadsden Purchase. 1853. US buys land from Mexico.
Jefferson, Thomas. 1743-1826. US President 1801-9. Drafted Declaration of Independence. Louisiana Purchase.
Kansas. Kansa, Osage, Pawnee, Wichita. 1541 Coronado explores. 1803 US acquires in Louisiana Purchase. 1861 34th state.
Louisiana. 1643 French LaSalle claims. 1719 Mississippi Company. 1762 England cedes to Spain. 1801 France (San Ildefonso Treaty). 1803 US purchase. 1812 18th State.
Louisiana Purchase. 1803. Napoleon sells Louisiana to US for $27M to finance defence budget.
Minuit, Peter. 1580-1638. Dutch purchaser of Manhattan for $24, 1626.
New York City. 1609 Hudson discovers. 1624 Dutch New Amsterdam. 1626 Manhattan Purchase. 1664 English. 1785-90 US capital.
US Virgin Is. Carib, Arawak. 1493 Columbus discovers. 1666 Denmark. 1673- Slaves brought. 1917 US purchase for $25M.
Walking Purchase. 1737. Americans cheat Indians in buying Delaware land by running instead of walking to determine land size. French-Indian Wars 1754-63.
Abdul Rahman, Tunku. 1903-90. First Prime Minister of independent Malaya 1957-70. United Malay, Chinese, Indian factions.
Abjuration, Act. 1581. Dutch declaration of independence from Spain. Republic 1588.
Abolition Act. 1833. Ends slavery in British Empire.
Abstract Art. 20C. Color, line and form without subject. Begun by Cezanne.
Abstract Expressionism. 1940s New York style of Pollock, Rothko. Spontaneous expression, free of traditional values. Expressionism.
Acta. 59BC-330. Minutes of Roman public business, published daily.
Actaeon. Mythical Greek hunter, turned into a stag for watching Artemis bathing.
Action Française. 1898-1945. French right wing political movement and newspaper.