Victoria. 1819-1901. Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, 1837-. Empress of India 1876-. Colonial expansion. Strict moralist. Lost Hanover Crown by Salic Law.

Walking Purchase. 1737. Americans cheat Indians in buying Delaware land by running instead of walking to determine land size. French-Indian Wars 1754-63.

Wounded Knee. 1890. 200 Sioux Indians massacred by US troops.

Yakima Indian Wars. 1855-8. Indians resist move to reservations. Defeated by US troops.

Cambridge Agreement. 1629. Allowed Puritans to manage Massachussets Bay Company.

Citroën, André. 1878-1935. French Industrialist, automobile company.

Eleanor of Aquitaine. Divorced from Louis VII 1152 after accompanying him on Second Crusade. Married Henry II of England, bringing Aquitaine under English crown...Angevin Empire. Mother of Richard I. Led 1173 revolt vs husband, Henry II.

Hudson’s Bay Company. 1670-. England. Explored Canada. Sought NW passage. Trading posts. Fur trade. Monopoly 1821-58. Seven Oaks Massacre.

London Company. 1606. Establishd first permanent English settlement in N America at Jamestown, VA.

Louisiana. 1643 French LaSalle claims. 1719 Mississippi Company. 1762 England cedes to Spain. 1801 France (San Ildefonso Treaty). 1803 US purchase. 1812 18th State.

Massachussets Bay Co. 1620-84. English charter company established Theocracy in Mass. Charter annulled 1684. Plymouth Colony.

Muscovy Company. 1555-1698. English company with monopoly on Russian trade. First joint-stock.

Nijinsky, Vaslaw. 1890-1950. Russian ballet dancer of Diaghilev Company.

North West Company. 1783-1821. Rival of Hudson’s Bay Co. Merged.

Olier, Jean-Jacques. 1608-57. French priest: founded company of St-Sulpice.

Plymouth Colony. 1620 Founded by Pilgrims in New England. Massachussets Bay Company.

Red River Colony. 1812 Selkirk. Wars vs Métis -1821. 1836 Hudson Bay Co. 1870 =Manitoba. Riel. Seven Oaks.

Rupert, Prince. 1619-82. Royalist commander in English Civil War. First President of Hudson’s Bay Co.

Seven Oaks Massacre. 1816. Northwest Company. agents kill 20 settlers in Red River rivalry with Hudson Bay Company. Settlement destroyed.

Ukraine. 3C Ostrogoths. Rus. 1240 Golden Horde. 1392 Lithuania. 1569 Poland. 1648 Independent Cossack state. 1654 Muscovy protectorate. 1772 Russia. 1918 Independent. 1923 USSR. 1991 Independent. CIS.

Virginia Company. London. 1606-24. To colonize North America. Founded Jamestown 1607.

Wells, Henry. 1805-78. US founder of express company, 1848. American Express 1850. Wells Fargo 1852.