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272 matches to Industrial Revolution
French Revolutionary Wars. 1792-1802. France vs European powers who opposed Revolution. Napoleonic Wars. Coalition. Pillnitz.
Fréron, Louis. 1754-1802. French Revolutionary. Conspired vs Robespierre.
Gage, Thomas. 1721-87. English general, Governor of Massachussets. 1774-5. Siezed munitions at Concord, American Revolution.
Galloway, Joseph. c1731-1803 British loyalist leader in American Revolution. Peaceful settlement proposal defeated.
Gang of Four. Chinese leaders, including Mao’s widow, convicted 1980 of Cultural Revolution abuses.
Gaspee. British boat burned 1772 by American rebels. Response, Intolerable Acts.
Gates, Horatio. c1728-1806. American Revolution general at Saratoga. Conway Cabal.
George III. 1738-1820. King of Great Britain and Ireland 1760-. Supported King’s Friends. Political instability. American Revolution. Insane 1810-.
Glorious Revolution. 1688. British Protestant William and Mary depose James II. Declaration of Rights, Bill of Rights 1689.
Green Mountain Boys. 1770. Ethan Allen’s Vermont militia in American Revolution.
Green Revolution. 20C. Increased food production in developing countries based on new plant breeds. Borlaug.
Guerra Santa (Holy War). 1848. Unsuccessful Italian revolution. Garibaldi. Mazzini.
Guevara, Che. 1928-67. Argentine revolutionary in Cuba, Bolivia. Revolution must precede communism.
Hale, Nathan. 1755-76. American Revolutionary spy. Executed by British -“I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country”.
Hancock, John. 1737-93. American revolutionary. First signer of Declaration of Independence.
Hanson, John. 1721-83. American revolutionary. US. ’president’ 1781-2 under Articles of Confederation.
Hébert, Jacques. 1757-94. French revolutionary extremist. Led Sansculottes. Cult of Reason.
Heliocentricity. Revolution of the earth around the sun. Once considered heretical. Galileo. Copernicus.
Henry, Patrick. 1736-99. US revolutionary. “Give me liberty or give me death” 1775. Bill of Rights.
Herzen, Aleksandr. 1812-70. Russian revolutionary writer.
Hessians. German mercenaries fighting for Britain in American Revolution.
Hidalgo, Miguel. 1753-1811. Led Mexican Revolution with Allende.
IMRO. 1895-1934. Revolutionary movement for Macedonian autonomy.
Indulgence, Declaration. 1662,72. Charles II grants toleration of Nonconformists. Voided by Parliament. 1687. James II suspends penal laws against Catholics causing Glorious Revolution.
International. Socialist revolutionary workers movements. First. 1864-76. Founded by Marx in London. Second. 1889-1914. Paris. IFTU. Revived in 1920s. Third. 1919-43. =COMINTERN. Stalin’s Vehicle for world-wide Communist Revolution. Fourth. 1938-53. Trotsky’s Transitional Program for reform.