Rowlatt Acts. 1919. Suppressed liberties in British India led to Amritsar Riots, Noncooperation Movement.

Rowley, William. 1585-1642. English actor, playwright. All’s Lost by Lust 1619.

Royal Society. 1660. English publisher of scientific Philosophical Transactions since 1665.

Royal Titles Act. 1876. Declared Victoria Empress of India.

Sachs, Julius von. 1832-97. German discoverer of chlorophyll action.

Sakharov, Andrei. 1921-89. Soviet physicist, human rights activist. Hydrogen bomb. Formed Committee for Human Rights 1970.

Samuel, Herbert. 1870-1963. British philosopher, statesman. Practical Ethics.

Sansculottes. 1793-4. Radical French Revolutionaries. Demanded action of Convention vs counterrevolution. Terror.

Schism Act. 1714. Occasional Conformity Act 1719.

Separatists. 16-17C. Factions who left Church of England. Brownists, Pilgrims, Quakers.

Settlement, Act of. 1701. British established Protestant Hanover succession. Limited monarch’s powers.

Shaftesbury, 7th earl. 1801-85. English reform politician. Coal Mines Act 1842. Factory Acts. Sponsored schools, housing for poor.

Shakespeare, William. 1564-1616. English dramatic poet. Master of language, characters, perception.Titus Andronicus c1593. Romeo and Juliet c1594. Hamlet c1602. Othello c1604. King Lear c1606. Lover’s Complaint c1609. Sonnets 1609. Tempest 1611.

Sherman Anti-Trust Act. 1890 US. Prohibits monopolies, restraint of trade.

Sherman Silver Purchase Act. 1890-3. US increases silver purchases. Fears of gold standard abandonment started 1893 Panic.

Six Acts. 1819. Suppressed Radicals after Peterloo.

Slater, Samuel. 1768-1835. English/US. First American textile factory. Duplicated Arkwright spinning machines 1793.

Smith Act. 1940. Alien Registration Act.

Smoot-Hawley Act. 1930-37. US tarrifs begin trade war, deepening Depression.

Social Contract. Hobbes political philosophy. Compact between ruler and ruled. Locke.

Sophocles. c495-406BC. Greek tragic poet. Introduced third actor to tragedy. Antigone 442. Oedipus Rex 427.

Stamp Act. 1765. British tax on newspapers and legal documents. A cause of American Revolution. Stamp Act Congress.

Stamp Act Congress. 1765. Issued Declaration of Rights and Grievances vs “taxation without representation”. American Revolution.

Stanislavsky, Konstantin. 1863-1938. Russian director. Founded Moscow Art Theater 1898. Method Acting.

Steel, Pact of. 1939-43. Germany-Italy mutual aid. Axis.

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