French Equatorial Africa. 1839 French settle. 1910 French Equatorial Africa. 1960 Central African Republic + Independent Chad, Gabon, Congo.

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

French West Africa. 1895-1958. Dahomey, Guinea, Mali, Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Burkino Faso.

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.

Gabon. Mpongwe. 1485 Portugal. 1839 France 1889 «Congo. 1910 French Equatorial Africa. 1940 Free France. 1946 French Territory. 1960 Independent republic.

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

Gaiseric. 390-477. Vandal and Alani King 428-. Conquered Roman Africa 429. Sacked Rome 455.

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

Galvani, Luigi. 1737-98. Italian physiologist. Electrical stimulation of frog’s legs 1780.

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.

Garvey, Marcus. 1887-1940. Jamaican/US black nationalist. Back to Africa Movement.

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-.

Gericault, Théodore. 1791-1824. French painter. First Romantic. Officers 1812. Raft of Medusa 1819.

German East Africa. 1891 German protectorate. 1919 Tanganyika, Ruanda Urundi.

German South-West Africa. 1884 Protectorate. 1892-1919 Colony. Namibia.

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.

Gilded Age. Post American Civil War period of materialism, questionable ethics. Named by Mark Twain.

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