Clinton, Henry. 1738-95. Commander 1778-81. Blamed for British defeat in American Revolution.

Confederacy. 1861-5. Rebel US government in American Civil War.

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

Continental System. 1806-12. Napoleon’s European embargo vs Britain. Russian refusal led to 1812 Campaign. British retaliation led to Anglo-American War 1812.

Cornwallis, Charles. 1738-1805. British General. Ended American Revolution by surrender at Yorktown.

Cotton Famine. 1861-5. English depression due to supply cut-off during American Civil War.

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.

Davis, Jefferson. 1808-89. US Confederate president during Civil War.

Daye, Stephen. 1594-1668. First printing press in American colonies 1639.

Deane, Silas. 1737-89. American Revolutionary. First US foreign diplomat.

Declaration of Independence. July 4, 1776. American colonies declare independence from British rule during War of Independence.

Devil’s Island. French Guiana. South American penal colony 1854-1946.

Dewey, George. 1837-1917. US admiral in Spanish-American War.

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

1812, War of. = Anglo-American War.

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

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

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.

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