Pontiac. c1720-69. American Indian chief. Led revolt vs British 1763-6.

Porter, Edwin. 1869/70-1941. US filmmaker. First dramatic editing -Great Train Robbery 1903; First US documentary -The Life of an American Fireman 1903.

Powhatan. c1550-1618. American Indian chief. Pocohantas’ father. Co-op. with settlers.

Puerto Rico. Taino. 1493 Columbus discovers. 1508 Spanish colony. 1898 US (Spanish American War). 1998 rejects statehood.

Putnam. American General at Bunker Hill. “Don’t shoot until you see the whites of their eyes.”

Quebec Act. 1774. Britain creates permanent government for Canada. Tolerance for French Canadians a cause of American Revolution. Intolerable Acts.

Quebec Campaign. 1775-6. American revolutionaries take Montreal. Fail to take Quebec.

Quebec Conference. 1864. Basis of British North America Act. 1943. Allied leaders plan European landings. 1944. Churchill, Roosevelt decide on two war fronts-criticized for allowing Soviets to take Berlin.

Queen Anne’s War. 1702-13. French vs English in North America in War of Spanish Succession.

Randolph, Peyton. 1721-75. American Revolutionary, first president of Continental Congress 1774.

Reconstruction. 1865-77. Post Civil War US. Military control of south. Civil Rights Act. Carpetbaggers.

Regulator Movement. 1764-71. American colonists in NC vs tax, corruption.

Relocation Centers. 1942-6. US confines Japanese, Japanese-Americans in Concentration Camps.

Repartimiento. c1500-1820. Spanish-American colonists recruit Indians for forced labour.

Revere, Paul. 1735-1818. Silversmith. American Revolution hero. 1775 Midnight ride warned militia of British troops marching on Concord.

Revolutionary War. American Revolution.

Ribaut, Jean. 1520-65. French explorer to North America.

Rio de Janeiro, Treaty. 1947. US, Latin America mutual defence.

Rochambeau, Comte de. 1725-1807. French commander, aided in American Revolution.

Rockingham, 2nd Marquess. 1730-82. British Prime Minister. Tried to make peace with American colonies.

Rodney, George. 1718-92. British admiral. Seven Years War. American Revolution.

Root, Elihu. 1845-1937. US internationalist statesman. Agreements with Japan, Britain, Latin America. Disarmament Conference.

Rose of Lima, St. 1586-1617. Peruvian Dominican mystic. First American native saint. Patron Saint of South America.

Rough Riders. 1898. US volunteer cavalry in Spanish American War under Roosevelt. Won San Juan hill.

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. 1712-78. Swiss Enlightenment philosopher and writer. Began Romantic Movement. Stimulated French and American Revolutions. On Equality 1753. Social Contract 1762 influenced French Revolution (offended authorities), Confessions 1782. Man is prevented from being free only by society and cold science. Goodness and bounty of nature. Goodness of man. Advocates direct democracy at City-State level and dictatorship above. Sovereignty rests with people. General will aims at best for all.

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