Olive Branch Petition. 1775. Moderate Americans attempt to avoid war. Ignored by George III.

Oriskany, Battle. 1777. British ambush Americans.

Palmerston, Lord. 1784-1865. English Whig Prime Minister 1855~65. Secretary of War 1809-28. Foreign Secretary 1830~51. Crimean War. American Civil War.

Pan-American Conferences. 1826- US, South American states. Pan-American Union, OAS.

Pan-American Union. 1890-1948. Commercial, cultural exchanges.

Peninsular Campaign. 1862. Failed Union attempt to take Richmond in American Civil War.

Pequot War. 1636-7. British annihilate North American Pequot tribe.

Petersburg Campaign. 1864-5. Virginia. Final action of American Civil War leading to Confederate defeat.

Pickens, Andrew. 1739-1817. American Revolutionary. Captured Atlanta.

Pocahontas. c1595-1617. American Indian friend of colonists. Saved John Smith, married Rolfe.

Pontiac. c1720-69. American Indian chief. Led revolt vs British 1763-6.

Porter, Edwin. 1869/70-1941. US filmmaker. First dramatic editing -Great Train Robbery 1903; First US documentary -The Life of an American Fireman 1903.

Powhatan. c1550-1618. American Indian chief. Pocohantas’ father. Co-op. with settlers.

Putnam. American General at Bunker Hill. “Don’t shoot until you see the whites of their eyes.”

Quebec Act. 1774. Britain creates permanent government for Canada. Tolerance for French Canadians a cause of American Revolution. Intolerable Acts.

Quebec Campaign. 1775-6. American revolutionaries take Montreal. Fail to take Quebec.

Randolph, Peyton. 1721-75. American Revolutionary, first president of Continental Congress 1774.

Reconstruction. 1865-77. Post Civil War US. Military control of south. Civil Rights Act. Carpetbaggers.

Regulator Movement. 1764-71. American colonists in NC vs tax, corruption.

Relocation Centers. 1942-6. US confines Japanese, Japanese-Americans in Concentration Camps.

Revere, Paul. 1735-1818. Silversmith. American Revolution hero. 1775 Midnight ride warned militia of British troops marching on Concord.

Revolutionary War. American Revolution.

Rochambeau, Comte de. 1725-1807. French commander, aided in American Revolution.

Rockingham, 2nd Marquess. 1730-82. British Prime Minister. Tried to make peace with American colonies.

Rodney, George. 1718-92. British admiral. Seven Years War. American Revolution.

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