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Cameron, Verney. 1844-94. English African explorer.
Commonwealth. Organized community by consent of governed. Hobbes. Locke.
Morris, Gouverneur. 1752-1816. US statesman. Wrote final version of Constitution. Planned coinage.
Paramountcy, Doctrine of. 19C. British East India Company claims right to intervene if any state is misgoverned.
Sandinistas. 1962-. Nicaraguan Communist guerilla group vs Somoza. Governed 1980-89, despite US Funded Contra rebellion.
Toussaint L’Ouverture, Francois. c1743-1803. Haitian rebel. Helped French expel Britain, Spain. Emancipated slaves. Established black governed French protectorate.
Transvaal. Bantu. 1836 Boers settle. Great Trek. 1855 South African Republic. 1877 British. 1881 Self-government. 1900 British. 1907 Self-governed. 1910 Union of South Africa.
Verne, Jules. 1828-1905. French Science Fiction fantasy writer. Voyage to the Centre of the Earth 864. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 1870. Round the World in 80 Days 1873.
Verner, Karl. 1846-96. Danish philologist of Indo-European languages. Phonetics 1875.
Walter, Hubert. -1205. English Archbishop of Canterbury. Ransomed Richard I, 1193. First Income Tax. Governed during king’s absences.