Red Shirts. 1930. Non-violent anti-British movement in NW India.

Regulating Act. 1773. To control East India Company’s administion of India.

Repartimiento. c1500-1820. Spanish-American colonists recruit Indians for forced labour.

Round Table Conference. 1930-32. Established federal system, provincial autonomy in India; not implemented.

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

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

Samudra Gupta. -c380. Hindu Indian Emperor. c330-. Expanded empire. Poet, musician, soldier.

Sand Creek Massacre. 1864. Settlers ignore truce flag, kill Cheyenne Indians. = Chivington Massacre.

Sapir, Edward. 1884-1939. Polish/US linguist. Studied North American Indian languages.

Seminole Wars. 1817-18, 1835-42. Seminole Indians forced out of Florida.

Seven Years War. 1756-63. France, Russia, Austria vs England, Prussia who retain Silesia, emerge as major power. French colonial power reduced. England gains New France, India. French-Indian Wars.

Shah Jahan. 1592-1666. Mogul Emperor of India. Taj Mahal.

Shawnee. American Indians from Ohio defeated at Tippecanoe. Resettled in Oklahoma.

Sikh States, Confederation of. 1764 Independent from Mogul. 1819 + Kashmir. 1834 + Peshawar. 1849 British. 1948 India.

Sikh Wars. 1845-6 Sikhs invade India, British take Kashmir. 1848-9 Sikh revolt, Britain takes Punjab.

Sikhism. NW India monotheistic religion. Meditation exercises to realize God. Nanak.

Sikkim. c1640 Independent kingdom. 1780 Nepal invades. 1814 Independent. 1861 British protectorate. 1947 Indian suzerainty. 1975 Indian state.

Sioux. Popular name for Dakota Confederation of American Indian tribes. Little Bighorn. Wounded Knee.

Squanto. -1622. American Indian friend of Plymouth Pilgrims.

Sri Lanka. (Ceylon). Veddah. 5C BC Sinhalese from northern India settle. 1100 Tamil(N)/ Sinh(S). 1505 Portugal. 1656 Netherlands. 1796 British. 1948 Independent. 1972 = Sri Lanka.

Stokes, Whitley. 1830-1909. Irish jurist, revised laws in India.

Suttee. Sati. -1829. Indian widow’s suicide on husband’s pyre.

Tamils. Dravidian people settled northern Sri Lanka, southern India 200BC.

Taraori, Battles. 1191-2. Moslems conquer northern India.

Tea Act. 1773. British give British East India Company effective monopoly in North America. Boston Tea Party.

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