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Tay Son Rebellion. 1771-88. Vietnam. Tay Son brothers take power. 1788-93. Defeat invading Chinese. Social reforms.
Taylor, Richard. 1826-79. US Confederate general. Red River Campaign.
Taylor, Zachary. 1784-1850. US Mexican War hero. President 1849-. “Old Rough and Ready”. Last slave owning- president.
Tchaikovsky, Peter. 1840-93. Russian composer of operas and ballets with emotional appeal. Swan Lake 1877. Sleeping Beauty 1890. Nutcracker 1892.
Tea. c2700BC China. 6C Europe. 1657 England.
Teach, Edward. =Blackbeard.
Technocracy. 1931- US movement advocating reorganization of society on technological principles.
Tecumseh. 1768-1813. American Shawnee Indian chief. Fought US in War of 1812.
Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre. 1881-1955. French Jesuit philosopher. Man is evolving toward final spiritual unity.
Tejada Law. 1856. Mexico confiscates church property, French buy land.
Telemachus. Greek son of Odysseus and Penelope. Mentor.
Teleological Argument. God exists as master planner, because universe exhibits purpose. Duty derives from what is good as end to be achieved. Aristotle. Kant.
Temperance Movement. 1808 Begun in NY by women and churches. 1874 WCTU. 1890 Carry Nation. 1893 Anti-Saloon League. Prohibition.
Temple of Jerusalem. First: 957BC. Solomon. Destroyed 586BC by Nebuchadnezzar. Rebuilt 515BC.
Ten Commandments. Decalogue. Laws God gave Moses on stone tablets. Fundamental to Judaism/Christianity/Islam. No other gods, idols, swearing. Remember the sabbath. Honor parents. Do not kill, commit adultery, steal, bear false witness, covet.
Ten Thousand Immortals. Core of Achaemenid army.
Tencin, Claudine de. 1682-1749. French writer. Influential patron.
Tennis. 12C French game. 1870 English invent lawn tennis. 1877 First Wimbledon.
Tennis Court Oath. 1789. French Third Estate vows to obtain constitution. Declaration of authority of National Assembly.
Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. 1809-92. English poet laureate. Charge of the Light Brigade 1855. Enoch Arden 1864. Crossing the Bar.
Tenochtitlan. 1325-1521 Aztec capital, on site of Mexico City.
Teotihuacan. c400BC-900 AD. Largest pre-Columbian city of central Mexico. Sacked by Toltecs.
Teresa, Mother. 1910-97. Macedonian founder of Missionaries of Charity, 1948.
Terman, Lewis. 1877-1956. Introduced IQ tests to US school system.