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442 matches to Tea Act
Tea Act. 1773. British give British East India Company effective monopoly in North America. Boston Tea Party.
Anthony of Padua, St. 1195-1231. Franciscan teacher in S. France, Italy.
Barabbas. Thief freed by crowd instead of Jesus.
Bateau-Lavoir. 1900. Paris birthplace of cubism (Picasso, Braque) and modern poetry (Jacob, Apollinaire, Orlan). Desmoiselles d’Avignon.
Battenberg. Family name anglicized to Mountbatten.
Beatrice. c1265-90. Florentine woman immortalized by Dante.
Blackbeard (Edward Teach). -1718. English pirate in West Indies.
Blake, William. 1757-1827. English mystical poet and engraver of his own books. Marriage of Heaven and Hell 1790-3. Job 1821. Dante’s Divine Comedy 1825.
Blood, Thomas. 1628-80. Attempted to steal British crown jewels 1671.
Boston Tea Party. 1773. Colonials dump tea cargo to protest tax. Led to Intolerable Acts.
Braithwaite. 1829. First steam fire engine.
Bronte, Anne. 1820-49. English novelist. Agnes Grey 1847. Sister of Charlotte, Emily.
Brunel, Isambard. 1806-59. British inventor of transatlantic steamship, 1838; screw propeller, 1845.
Calmette, Albert. 1863-1933. French discoverer of TB vaccine.
Cateau-Cambresis, Treaty. 1559. Ended Italian Wars. Italy, Savoy to Spain. Calais to France.
Château Clique. Small merchant group dominated government of Lower Canada to 1830s.
Chateaubriand. 1768-1848. French Romantic writer: d’Atala 1801. Memoirs d’outre-tombe.
Cherokee. Indian tribe removed 1838-9 to Oklahoma. Trail of Tears.
Chile. Inca/Araucanian. 1520 Magellan discovers. 1540 Spain. 1818 Independent. 1884 +War of Pacific. O’Higgins. Pinochet.
Christianity. World’s largest religion, based on acts and teachings of Jesus Christ, believed to be Son of God. Emphasises love for all..
Cocteau, Jean. 1889-1963. Montparnasse poet. Provençale figurative painter. Filmmaker.
Comte, Auguste. 1798-1857. French Positivist philosopher. Religion belongs to primitive society. Positivism 1830. Tejada Law.
Cousteau, Jacques. 1910-97. French underwater explorer.
Cugnot, Joseph. 1725-1804. French engineer. First steam car, 1769.
Cunard, Samuel. 1787-1865. Canadian. First regular steamship line.