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- Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
5: ...luding [[Voltaire]] and [[Diderot]]. In [[1762]], after moving into the new [[Winter Palace]] in [[Sai...
9: ... effect, possibly having turned more conservative after the [[Yemelyan Pugachev|Pugachev uprising]] of...
13: ...ualistic endeavors. Her reforms went even further after a failed peasant revolt in 1773 led by [[Yemel...
15: == Foreign affairs ==
21: ...annexed [[Crimea]] in [[1783]], a mere nine years after it had gained independence from the Ottoman Em... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
1: ...l|Marie-Antoinette, painted by Wagenschon shortly after her marriage in [[1770]]]]
19: Two and half weeks after leaving [[Vienna]], Maria-Antonia was handed o...
32: ... absolutely devoted to Marie-Antoinette. Not long after meeting Th鲨se, Marie-Antoinette formed a dee...
36: ...nette's life changed suddenly at 3 o'clock in the afternoon of 10th May [[1774]] when King [[Louis XV]...
43: Shortly after the coronation, Marie-Antoinette attempted to ... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
26: ...od at Ferry Farm in [[Stafford County, Virginia|Stafford County]], near [[Fredericksburg, Virginia|Fre...
28: ==French and Indian War and afterwards==
31: ...ead.) The "[[Battle of Jumonville Glen|Jumonville affair]]" became an international incident, and help...
49: ...k at the [[Battle of Monmouth]] on [[June 28]], [[1778]].
51: ... Arnold]] won the [[Battle of Saratoga]] in 1777. After Monmouth, the British concentrated their offen... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
31: ... 1765|Stamp Act]] of [[1765]]. In that year, he drafted the instructions which were sent by the town o...
35: ...f the [[Continental Congress]] from [[1774]] to [[1778]]. In June [[1775]], with a view to promoting the...
39: ...Robert R. Livingston]] and [[Roger Sherman]] to draft a [[United States Declaration of Independence|De...
44: ...constitution]] of [[1780]]. He penned the first draft along with [[James Bowdoin]] and Samuel Adams.
48: ... States and foreign powers after that of February 1778 with France. - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
25: ... unanimously solicited Jefferson to prepare the draft of the Declaration alone.
37: ... [[1797]] until [[1801]], achieving that position after getting second place in the presidential elect...
143: ...which he approved. This compilation was published after his death and became known as the ''[[Jefferso...
147: ... part of every person's life, freedom of religion affects every individual. State churches that use go...
155: ...t the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge, or affect their civil capacities." - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
22: ...[United States]]. He was the first President born after the signing of the [[United States Declaration...
27: ...re he studied under [[William Peter van Ness]] ([[1778]]-[[1826]]), an eminent lawyer and later [[Aaron ...
29: .... Livingston]] and Aaron Burr. Federalist control after [[1799]] depended upon coalition with one or o...
35: ...recognized procedure in national, state and local affairs. Van Buren did not originate the system, but...
43: After the election, he sought to bring the Crawford ... - Geology (12007 bytes)
1: ...earth") and λογος (''logos'', "word", "reason")) is the [[science]...
7: ...gy" was first used by Jean-Andreluc in the year [[1778]] and introduced as a fixed term by Horace-Bedict...
12: ...nterpretation of fossils was not overturned until after the [[Scientific Revolution]]. It was translat...
26: ..., catastrophic events and remained unchanged thereafter. Though Hutton believed in uniformitarianism, ...
28: ...age:Wegener.jpg|thumb|right|Plate tectonics - [[seafloor spreading]] and [[continental drift]] illustr... - Equatorial Guinea (13387 bytes)
1: ...nd one of the smallest countries in continental [[Africa]]. It borders [[Cameroon]] on the north, [[Ga...
50: | [[CFA franc]] (XAF)
72: ...government activities in areas other than foreign affairs, national defense and security.
74: On [[December 15]], [[2002]] [http://allafrica.com/stories/200212160112.html], Equatorial Gu...
76: ...[[BBC]] profile [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3516588.stm], politics within the country are... - Hawaii (34434 bytes)
66: ...k]]. Historians credited Cook with the discovery after he was the first to plot and publish the geogr...
71: ...tion]] of [[William C. Lunalilo|King Lunalilo]]. After him, governance was passed on to the [[House o...
81: ...aiian issues by creating the [[Office of Hawaiian Affairs]].
95: ...chool. With the help of the [[Office of Hawaiian Affairs]], also created by the [[1978]] constitution...
111: The state government of Hawaii is modeled after the federal government with adaptations origin... - Washington (20186 bytes)
40: Washington is the only state named after a [[President of the United States|president]]...
49: In [[1778]], [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] explorer ...
71: ...e [[Dino Rossi]] as governor-elect almost a month after the polls had closed, beating out the [[Democr...
117: *3.2% [[African American|Black]]
128: The religious affiliations of the citizens of Washington are: - Vermont (39851 bytes)
38: ...c|its 14-year period of independence]] during and after the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary...
78: ...nt thunderstorm, and was adopted by the delegates after four days of debate. This was the first writte...
82: ...ntucky]], which was admitted to the Union shortly afterward.
84: ...house 20040420.jpg|280px|thumb|right|The [[gold leaf]] [[dome]] of the [[Vermont State House]] ([[Capi...
110: ...in the Vermont legislature for two decades and is affiliated with Vermont's lone congressman, Bernie S... - South Carolina (11968 bytes)
37: ...n the [[American Revolution]]. The state is named after King [[Charles I of England]]. As of [[2004]]...
42: ...overnment on March 15, 1776. On [[February 5]], [[1778]] South Carolina became the first state to ratify...
52: ...ng minors under the age of seventeen, excepting traffic and game law violations. Some criminal charges...
67: *29.5% [[African American|Black]]
73: ...5 largest ancestry groups in South Carolina are [[African American]] (29.5%), [[United States|American... - Oregon (26551 bytes)
49: ...z Perce]]. [[James Cook]] explored the coast in [[1778]] in search of the [[Northwest Passage]]. The [[L...
53: ...was resolved in [[1846]] by the [[Oregon Treaty]] after a period where it seemed that the United State...
74: In [[1778]], [[Jonathan Carver]] used '''Oregon''' to label...
143: *1.6% [[African American|Black]]
154: The religious affiliations of the citizens of Oregon are: - Spinning Jenny (3557 bytes)
16: ...oderate success" Hargreaves' death on April 22nd, 1778. That year [[Samuel Crompton]] invented the [[spi... - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
3: ...[list of scientists]], [[List of inventions named after people]], [[timeline of invention]], [[invento...
52: ...rell]], (1910-1999;) (1886-1972) — [[Hovercraft]]
111: *[[James Hargreaves]], (1720-1778)
158: ...an-American Inventor of the [[gas mask]], and [[traffic signal]].
168: ...is]] — passenger elevator and concommitant safety device - Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
39: *[[1778]] - [[Treaty of Alliance]] - History of the United States (1776-1789) (19792 bytes)
5: ... The [[Battle of Lexington and Concord]], coming after a dozen years of escalating political conflict...
9: ...ndependence|Declaration of Independence]]. The drafting of the Declaration was the responsibility of ...
13: ... Confederation]], proposed and put into effect in 1778, but not fully ratified until 1781. The Articles...
21: ...ain, preoccupied by civil war and other problems. After the conclusion of the world war, known in Euro...
25: ...tinental Congress]] first met in May 1775, in the aftermath of armed clashes between [[Massachusetts]]... - History of California (38344 bytes)
3: ...alization in the population of native inhabitants after European colonization means that most of the k...
21: ... [[1534]] and [[1535]] without finding the sought-after city.
38: After Cabrillo's voyage in [[1542]] the concept of [...
40: ... chief pilot [[Bartolomé Ferrelo]], sailed north after Cabrillo's death, past [[Point Arena|Cabo de F...
86: ...[[Spanish missions in California|mission]] chain. After King [[Carlos III]] ordered the [[Society of J... - Independence Day (United States) (6238 bytes)
23: ...worked the text of the Declaration until a little after eleven o'clock, July 4th, when twelve [[colony...
34: * In [[1778]], General [[George Washington]] marked the Fourt...
43: ...izes and types allowed, but [[Smuggling|illicit traffic]] brings some of the more powerful [[firecrack... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
38: *[[Humphry Davy]], (1778-1829)
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