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649 matches to Government of India Act
Government of India Act. 1858. India Act.
Absolutism. Government where one person/group has absolute power. 15-18C monarchies.
Achaean League. 5-4C BC. Greek towns in common defence against pirates in Gulf of Corinth. 280-146BC. Model for federal government. Created to fight Macedonia. Dissolved by Romans.
Alien and Sedition Acts. 1798-1800/02. US fear French Revolution. Forbade criticism of government. Abused by Federalists vs Republicans.
Alien Registration Act. 1940. Outlaws advocating violent overthrow of US government. Extended to include all advocates of Communism. McCarthy.
All the Talents. 1806. English government under Grenville.
Anarchism. 19C Philosophy: “Every man should be his own government, his own law, his own church”-Owen. Thoreau’s return to nature, passive resistance, and no taxes influenced Ghandi. Proudhon. Tolstoy. Godwin.
Antigua. Carib. 1493 Columbus discovers. 1632 English settle. 18C slave trade. 1958-62 West Indies Federation. 1967 Self-government. 1981 Independent +Barbuda.
April Theses. 1917. Lenin’s plan for Soviet takeover of state power from provisional government.
Aventine Secession. 1924. 150 Italian government members protest Fascist government. Matteotti.
Baker, Herbert. 1862-1946. English architect: Pretoria government buildings; New Delhi.
Baku Ru. 1192-19C Japanese Shogunate government.
Belize. 4-9C Maya. 17C Buccaneers. 17C English settle. 17,18C Slaves brought. 1862 Colony =British Honduras. 1964 Self-government. 1973 =Belize. 1981 Independent.
Bentham, Jeremy. 1748-1832. English Utilitarian philosopher, jurist. Principles of Morals and Legislation 1789. Fragment on Government 1776.“Greatest happiness for the greatest number”.
Boeotian League. 550-335BC. Federal government formed by Thebes. Opposed Sparta in Corinthian War. Defeated by Philip of Macedonia, 338. Destroyed by Alexander the Great, 335.
British Empire, Order of. 1917. Honours service to government.
Cabinet. Evolved from English Privy Council, 18C. Ministers controlling government policy.
Central African Republic. 1891 French colony 1910 «French Equatorial Africa. 1958 Self-government. 1960 Independent. 1976-79 Central African Empire.
Château Clique. Small merchant group dominated government of Lower Canada to 1830s.
Chaykovsky, Nikolai. 1850-1926. Russian Socialist. Opposed Bolsheviks. Led counterrevolutionary government 1918-20.
Chicherin, Georgi. 1872-1936. Russian diplomat. Won recognition for Communist government.
Ciompi, Revolt. 1378. Florence. Lower class rebellion led to democratic government.
Commonwealth. 1649-60. Government of England after Charles I executed. Cromwell.
Commune, Paris. 1871. Revolutionary government formed when Thiers abandoned Paris to Prussians. Crushed 2 months later by McMahon. 20,000 killed.
Communist Manifesto. 1848. Marx and Engels call for Proletariat to control business and government.