Trafalgar, Battle. 1805. Nelson’s victory over the French and Spanish fleets. British naval superiority secured. Nelson killed. Ends Napoleon’s plans to invade England.

Two-Power Standard. 1889. Hamilton declares that British fleet should be at least equal to naval strength of any 2 other countries. Abandoned 1912 by Churchill.

Washington Conference. 1921-2. Naval arms limitation treaty. Four Power Pacific Treaty: US, Japan, Britain, France.

Algeciras, Conference. 1906. French retain rights over Morocco.

Bandung Conference. 1955. 29 Asian and African countries oppose colonialism, promote peace.

Bennett, Richard B. 1870-1947. Canadian Conservative Prime Minister 1930-5. Advocated Empire Free Trade. Imperial Conference 1932.

Berlin Conference. 1884. Bismarck called 15 nations to resolve African issues. Congo granted independence. Slavery suppressed.

Bretton Woods. 1944. Economic conference. Created International Monetary Fund, World Bank.

Cairo Conferences. 1943. Allies discuss far east policies with Chiang Kai-shek.

Casablanca, Conference. 1943. Allies agree to fight Axis and Japan to unconditional surrender.

Charlottetown Conference. 1864. Canadian provinces plan Confederation.

Congo Conference. 1884. Bismarck mediates. Congo comes under Belgian sovereignty.

Connecticut Compromise. 1787 Constitutional Convention. Bicameral US Congress.

Constitutional Convention. 1787. Philadelphia. Amended Articles of Confederation. Constitution.

Disarmament Conference. 1932-4. 60 Nations fail to agree due to Hitler’s rise in Germany.

Dunbarton Oaks Conference. 1944. UN organizational meeting. Yalta. San Francisco.

Geneva Conference. 1954. Ends French control of Indo-China. Khrushchev, Eisenhower, Eden, Faure.

Genoa, Conference. 1922. European and Commonwealth nations can’t agree on methods to rebuild Russia. France insists on loan repayment.

Hague Conferences. 1899, 1907. Arms limitation talks banned poison gas, dum-dum bullets. Established World Court.

Hampton Court Conference. 1604. James I authorizes bible translation. 300 Puritans ejected from office, a cause of Civil War.

Harding, Warren. 1865-1923. US Pres 1921-. Teapot Dome. Washington Conference.

Imperial Conferences. 1907-37. Meetings of British Empire/Commonwealth countries.

Kuril Island. Japanese to 1945. Given to USSR by Yalta Agreement.

Le Duc Tho. 1911-90. Vietnamese Communist leader, revolutionary. Paris Peace Conference. (Refused)

Millenary Petition. 1603. Presented by 1000 Puritan ministers to James I. Calls Hampton Court Conference.

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