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Burkina Faso. (Upper Volta). 11C Bobo. 14C Mossi(E)/Gourma(C)...Kingdoms of Yatanga, Ouagadouga. 1895(E)/97(C) French protectorate. 1904 French Sudan. 1919 French colony. 1932-47 Divided Ivory Coast/Niger/French Sudan. 1948 French Territory. 1960 Independent. 1984 =Burkina Faso.
Brock, Isaac. 1769-1812. British military commander. Upper Canada hero in War of 1812.
Bundesrat. Upper house of Swiss, German, Austria Parliaments.
Christian Socialism. 19C. Kingsley’s appeal to upper class to help the masses.
Confederation. 1867. United Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Upper and Lower Canada as Dominion of Canada.
Family Compact. Small conservative group dominates government of Upper Canada leading to 1837 Rebellion. Mackenzie.
Holy Grail. Cup used by Jesus at Last Supper.
Last Supper. Jesus’ last meal with Discliples.
Leonardo da Vinci. 1452-1519. Florentine painter, writer, sculptor, scientist. Prototypical Renaissance Man. Sfumato. Laws of Flight. Adoration of Magi 1479. Last Supper 1495. Mona Lisa 1503. Parachute 1480.
Mackenzie, William Lyon. 1795-1861. Led failed revolt vs Family Compact in Upper Canada 1837.
Menes. c3100BC. Egyptian king. United Upper and Lower Egypt.
Merritt, William. 1793-1862. Upper Canada trade promoter. Welland Canal 1824-9.
Patricians. -287BC. Roman upper class. Plebeians. Nobiles.
Simcoe, John Graves. 1752-1806. First Lt Governor of Upper Canada. Founded Toronto 1793.
Tintoretto. c1518-94. Venetian Mannerist painter. Sought colors of Titian with drawing of Michelangelo. Last Supper 1547. Susanna Bathing c1550.
Upper Canada. 1791-1841. 1841 «Province of Canada. 1867 =Ontario.
Wissman, Hermann von. 1853-1905. German explorer of Upper Congo.
Deism. Theory that God’s existence can be proven by reason, not just known by revelation (Theism). Rousseau. Voltaire. Jefferson.
Encyclopédists. 1751-72. Group who wrote encyclopaedia under Diderot. Voltaire, Helvetius, D’Alembert. As sceptics, they popularized social ideas which led to the French Revolution.
Enlightenment. 17-18C. Intellectual movement. Rationalism, natural laws vs dogma, authority. J-J Rousseau. Smith. Mendlessohn. Fontenelle. Voltaire. Montesquieu. Hume. Berkeley. Sturm und Drang.
Tesla, Nikola. 1856-1943. Croatian/US physicist: high voltage electricity. Rotating magnetic field.
Van de Graaff, Robert. 1901-67. US physicist. Particle accelerator 1929. High voltage generator 1932.
Volta, Alessandro. 1745-1827. Italian physicist: electric battery 1800.
Voltaire, François. 1694-1778. French philosopher vs tyranny, bigotry, cruelty. Challenged accepted beliefs. Quotations became revolutionary slogans. Lettres Philosophique 1734. Candide 1758.