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41 matches to Olive Branch Petition
Montesquieu, Charles. 1689-1755. French political philosopher. De l’esprit de lois 1748. Idea of separate executive/legislative branches of government adopted in US, France.
Nassau. German family which controlled the Rhine from 12C. One branch was House of Orange.
Orléans. 1344-. Branch of French Valois and Bourbons.
Pahlavi. 3-10C. Iranian branch of Indo-European languages.
Roman Catholic Church. 30-. Branch of Christianity recognizing Pope as successor to St Peter. East-West Schism. Eastern Orthodoxy. Protestantism.
York. Branch of the Anjou-Plantegenet family, Edward IV, Edward V, and Richard III. War of Roses.
Bloody Sunday. 1887. Police kill 2 Socialists in Trafalgar Square Riot. 1905. Slaughter of petitioners to Winter Palace of Nicholas II leads to Russian Revolution. 1972. 13 killed in Londonderry riot.
Breda Compromise. 1566. Dutch petition against Inquisition. Dutch Revolt -1579.
Chartists. 1836-58. British workers’ reform movement. Petitions 1838,40,48 for universal male suffrage, ballot vote led to riots 1839. Lovett.
Cordeliers. 1790-4. French moderate revolutionaries. Met at convent. Petitioned vs king. Most executed. Marat.
Instrument of Government. 1653-7. First written constitution in Europe. Established Protectorate in England. Humble Petition.
Isthmian Games. 582BC-393 AD. Corinthian athletic, musical competitions. Olympics.
Millenary Petition. 1603. Presented by 1000 Puritan ministers to James I. Calls Hampton Court Conference.
Odeon. Athenian place of music and poetry competition. Parisian theater 1728.
Petition of Rights. 1628. Accepted by Charles I, limiting British monarch’s powers.
Quesnay, François. 1694-1774. French economist, Physiocrat. “Laissez-faire” is a natural divinely appointed law. Tableau Économique 1758 -systematic study of political economy. Can maximize social satisfaction under free competition.