Brummel, George. (Beau). 1778-1840. English dandy, fashion leader.

Brunel, Isambard. 1806-59. British inventor of transatlantic steamship, 1838; screw propeller, 1845.

Buccaneers. 1630-97. British,French,Dutch pirates vs Spanish ships and colonies in Caribbean, S. America. Morgan.

Bucchero Ware. 7-5C BC Shiny black Etruscan pottery.

Burlingame, Treaty. 1868. US/Chinese friendship. Authorized Chinese immigration to US.

Burning of the Books. 213BC. Chinese censorship. To erase all history before reign of Shih Huang-ti.

Bushido. 12C- Samurai warrior code. Personal honour, loyalty.

Capitalism. System of private ownership of property and industry for profit. Free enterprise. Smith.

Capitol. 1793-1800 Washington DC. Arch.: Thornton.

Carlsbad Decrees. 1819. Censorship and repressive measures against liberal Burschenschaften.

Carlyle, Thomas. 1795-1881. Scottish writer: Heroes and Hero Worship 1841. Cromwell’s Letters 1845. -“Britain-the chosen nation”.

Civil Rights Acts. US. 1866 Black citizenship. 1964 Ends all legal discrimination. 1968 Bans housing discrimination. 1991 Equal employment.

Civil Rights Movement. 1950-91. US movement to obtain rights for blacks. 1955 Parks. 1963 March on Washington. King speech. 1991 Civil Rights Act.

Cod War. 1972-6. Britain upset at Iceland’s unilateral expansion of fishing limits to 50 miles.

Communism. Collective ownership of property and industry. Wealth shared according to need. Eventually, “dictatorship of proletariat”.

Constitution. 1797. US warship Old Ironsides.

Continental Army. 1775-81. American Revolution army under George Washington.

Conway Cabal. 1777 plot to replace Washington with Gates at head of Continental Army.

Cuba. Ciboney, Arawak. 1492 Columbus discovers. 1511 Spanish colony. 1517 Slaves brought. 1898 US. Spanish-American War. 1902 Republic. 1957-9 Castro Revolution, Communist dictatorship.

Cunard, Samuel. 1787-1865. Canadian. First regular steamship line.

Dawes Act. 1887. US law granting citizenship and land rights to individual Indians.

Declaration of the 26 Nations. 1942. Washington. First reference to United Nations. Agreement to no separate truce with Axis.

Dialectical Materialism. Exploited workers...capital concentration...socialist revolution...dictatorship of proletariat...elimination of class...Communism. Hegel. Marx. Engels. Lenin.

Dogger Bank Incident. 1904. Russians sink British North Sea fishing trawlers believing them to be Japanese torpedo boats. Compensation paid. Russo-Japanese War.

Don Pacifico Affair. 1850. Britain siezes Greek ships. Causes international protest.

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