Dutch West India Company. 1621-1794. Commercial and colonial interests in Africa, South America. Driven from Brazil, 1654, New York, 1667.

1812, War of. = Anglo-American War.

El Dorado. 16C Legendary city of gold in S America.

El Salvador. Nahua, Pipil, Maya. 1524 Spain 1821 Mexican Empire. 1823 CAF. 1840 Independent. 1980-92 Civil war.

Faneuil Hall. 1742-. Boston “cradle of American liberty”.

Fargo, William. 1818-81. Founded American Express 1850, Wells Fargo 1852.

Farragut, David. 1801-70. Union Civil War admiral. -“Damn the torpedoes. Full speed ahead!”.

Faulkner, William. 1897-1962. American novelist of US south. The Sound and the Fury 1929.

Filibusters. 1850s. US adventurers who illegally organized revolutions in Central America. Walker.

Fillmore, Millard. 1800-74. US President 1850-3. Delayed Civil War. Know Nothing Party 1856.

French-Indian Wars. 1754-63. North American part of Seven Years War. France loses all possessions in Canada to Britain.

Fries’s Rebellion. 1799. Pennsylvanian German-Americans rebel vs property tax. Pardoned by Adams.

Frost, Robert. 1874-1963. American New England poet. Stopping by Woods 1923.

Fugitive Slave Acts. 1793-1850. Required return of runaway slaves. American Civil War.

Gage, Thomas. 1721-87. English general, Governor of Massachussets. 1774-5. Siezed munitions at Concord, American Revolution.

Galloway, Joseph. c1731-1803 British loyalist leader in American Revolution. Peaceful settlement proposal defeated.

Garcia Iñiguez, Calixto. 1836-98. Cuban leader. Ten Years War. Spanish-American War.

Garfield, James. 1831-81. American Civil War general, US President 1881. Assassinated.

Gaspee. British boat burned 1772 by American rebels. Response, Intolerable Acts.

Gates, Horatio. c1728-1806. American Revolution general at Saratoga. Conway Cabal.

Gaucho. 18-19C Nomadic South American cowboy.

George III. 1738-1820. King of Great Britain and Ireland 1760-. Supported King’s Friends. Political instability. American Revolution. Insane 1810-.

Gettysburg. 1863. Lincoln’s address given to dedicate Civil War cemetery. “Four score and seven years ago...Government of the people, by the people, for the people”.

Gettysburg, Battle. 1863. Union victory. Turning point in Civil War.

Ghent, Treaty. 1814. Britain, US end Anglo-American War on pre-war conditions.

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