Duer, William. 1747-99. American Revolution financier. Imprisoned for debt causing 1792 panic.

Durham Report. 1839. Advocated colonial independence from Britain, BNA Act.

Dutch West India Company. 1621-1794. Commercial and colonial interests in Africa, South America. Driven from Brazil, 1654, New York, 1667.

1812, War of. = Anglo-American War.

El Dorado. 16C Legendary city of gold in S America.

El Salvador. Nahua, Pipil, Maya. 1524 Spain 1821 Mexican Empire. 1823 CAF. 1840 Independent. 1980-92 Civil war.

Faneuil Hall. 1742-. Boston “cradle of American liberty”.

Fargo, William. 1818-81. Founded American Express 1850, Wells Fargo 1852.

Farragut, David. 1801-70. Union Civil War admiral. -“Damn the torpedoes. Full speed ahead!”.

Faulkner, William. 1897-1962. American novelist of US south. The Sound and the Fury 1929.

Filibusters. 1850s. US adventurers who illegally organized revolutions in Central America. Walker.

Fillmore, Millard. 1800-74. US President 1850-3. Delayed Civil War. Know Nothing Party 1856.

French-Indian Wars. 1754-63. North American part of Seven Years War. France loses all possessions in Canada to Britain.

Fries’s Rebellion. 1799. Pennsylvanian German-Americans rebel vs property tax. Pardoned by Adams.

Frost, Robert. 1874-1963. American New England poet. Stopping by Woods 1923.

Fugitive Slave Acts. 1793-1850. Required return of runaway slaves. American Civil War.

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.

Garcia Iñiguez, Calixto. 1836-98. Cuban leader. Ten Years War. Spanish-American War.

Garfield, James. 1831-81. American Civil War general, US President 1881. Assassinated.

Gaspee. British boat burned 1772 by American rebels. Response, Intolerable Acts.

Gates, Horatio. c1728-1806. American Revolution general at Saratoga. Conway Cabal.

Gaucho. 18-19C Nomadic South American cowboy.

George III. 1738-1820. King of Great Britain and Ireland 1760-. Supported King’s Friends. Political instability. American Revolution. Insane 1810-.

Gettysburg. 1863. Lincoln’s address given to dedicate Civil War cemetery. “Four score and seven years ago...Government of the people, by the people, for the people”.

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