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

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

Tecumseh. 1768-1813. American Shawnee Indian chief. Fought US in War of 1812.

Texas Rangers. 1835. Vs Indians, border patrol, cattle rustlers. 1935 Merged with Highway Patrol.

Thames, Battle. 1813. US defeats British, Indians.

Thugs. Indian religious sect suppressed by British. Killed travellers to offer to goddess Kali.

Tilak, Bal. 1856-1920. Indian leader. United Hindus, Moslems vs British 1916.

Tippecanoe, Battle. 1811. US defeat Shawnee Indians. Ends Tecumseh power. Harrison.

Tipu Sahib. 1753-99. Indian Sultan of Mysore. Killed in Mysore War.

Tulsidas. c1543-1623. Indian religious poet. Ramcaritmanas 1574-6. Influenced Hindu culture.

Tupac Amaru. c1742-81. Peruvian Indian revolutionary vs Spanish rule 1780-1. Mutilated, drawn, quartered, beheaded.

Uncas. c1588-c1683. Founder, chief of Mohegan Indian tribe.

Vellore Mutiny. 1806. Indians resenting removal of caste markings kill 130 British soldiers.

Walking Purchase. 1737. Americans cheat Indians in buying Delaware land by running instead of walking to determine land size. French-Indian Wars 1754-63.

Wounded Knee. 1890. 200 Sioux Indians massacred by US troops.

Wyoming Massacre. 1778. British Loyalists, Indians attack American settlement while men away in Washington’s army. 360 women, children killed.

Yakima Indian Wars. 1855-8. Indians resist move to reservations. Defeated by US troops.

Abjuration, Act. 1581. Dutch declaration of independence from Spain. Republic 1588.

Aggression. 1974 UN Definition-Use of armed force against the sovereignty, territorial integrity or political independence of another state.

Algerian Revolutionary War. 1954-62. Plebiscite granted independence from France, 1962.

Aljubarrota, Battle. 1385. Confirmed Portugal’s independence from Castile.

Alto Adige. German speaking Tyrol area of Italy 1919-. Granted semi-independence, 1971.

Amanollah Khan. 1892-1960. Amir of Afghanistan 1919-29. Won independence from Britain, 1919.

American Revolution. 1775-1783. Independence won from Britain, United States of America formed.

Anglo-Egyptian Treaty. 1936. Conditional independence for Egypt.

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