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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
6: ...th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ...th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
14: *[[Charles Albanel]] (1616-1696), Canada
21: ...aval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]]
22: ...century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of [[North America]]) - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
6: ...ht up in the company of her closest sister, Maria-Carolina (two years older) and brother, Max, (one ye...
7: ...he was considered one of the most brilliant political figures in Europe.]]
9: ...lfgang Amadeus Mozart]]. He performed a short musical concert for the Imperial Family. When the Empres...
11: ...rma]] and Maria-Antonia's favourite sister, Maria-Carolina, was married to King Ferdinand of the [[Nap...
13: ...e next child to be involved in her mother's political games. - Jane Austen (5805 bytes)
1: ...n, in a portrait based on one drawn by her sister Cassandra]]
3: ...]] whose work is considered part of the [[Western canon]]. She stands as a model of the writer whose a...
5: ...ater and was buried in the [[Winchester_Cathedral|cathedral]].
7: ...es on Austen's keen commentary regarding the predicament of young, unmarried, upper-class English wome...
12: ...scene in her novels features women, purportedly because she did not know how men spoke when not in the... - Second Intermediate Period of Egypt (3576 bytes)
4: ..., and the provincial ruling family in [[Xois]], located in the marshes of the western Delta, broke awa...
6: ... primarily by scarabs inscribed with their names, called by modern [[Egyptologist]]s the Sixteenth Dyn... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
19: ...Chief]] of the [[Continental Army]] in the [[American Revolutionary War]] ([[1775]]–[[1783]]) an...
21: ...r the role he played in winning and securing American independence, George Washington is generally rec...
24: ...rthday is celebrated on the Gregorian (new style) calendar date. Also note that the English year began...
26: ...an attack of [[smallpox]], although his face was scarred by the disease. He was initiated as a [[Freem... - John Hancock (8787 bytes)
5: ...of the United Kingdom|George III]] could read it, causing his name to become an [[eponym]] for "signat...
10: Despite his wealth, Hancock remained, ethically and virtuously, the same. With his generosity,...
12: ==Career==
15: ...oms officials for violation of revenue laws. This caused a [[riot]] among some infuriated Bostonians, ...
19: ... a financier of the growing rebellion, he later became a public critic of British rule. On [[March 5]]... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
15: | party=[[Democratic-Republican]]
18: ...dor]] to [[France]], [[Political philosophy|political philosopher]], [[revolutionary]], [[Agriculture|...
22: ==Biographical information==
23: ...dash; before founding his own vision of higher education at the [[University of Virginia]]. - Malaysia (27892 bytes)
1: ...n [[Southeast Asia]]. It consists of two geographical regions divided by the [[South China Sea]]:
3: ... and is [[Johor#Links_to_Singapore|connected by a causeway and the second-link bridge]] on the south w...
20: | align=center style="vertical-align: top;" colspan=2 | <small>''[[National mot...
22: ...olspan=2 style="background: #ffffff;" | [[image:LocationMalaysia.png]]
27: | '''[[Capital]]''' - Connecticut (28543 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Hartford, Connecticut|Hartford]]...
36: ... that revolted against British rule in the [[American Revolution]].
47: ...nties]] are still widely used for purely geographical purposes, ''e.g.'' in [[weather report]]s. There...
49: ...rnor of Connecticut]] is [[M. Jodi Rell]] (Republican) and the two U.S. senators are [[Christopher J. ...
52: ...o the days when the two cities shared the state's capital, and even back to when New Haven and Hartfor... - Virginia (23198 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond]] |
36: ... that revolted against British rule in the [[American Revolution]] and is generally classified as part...
38: ...latter broke away from Virginia during the [[American Civil War]].
40: ...idents from the Commonwealth of Virginia. (Historical footnote: both [[William Henry Harrison|Harrison...
44: ...]], [[Nottaway]], [[Meherrin]], [[Pohick]], [[Monacan]], [[Saponi]], and [[Cherokee]]. - Comet (30542 bytes)
3: ...owballs", comets are composed largely of frozen [[carbon dioxide]], [[methane]] and [[water]] with [[d...
7: == Physical characteristics ==
9: ...ails can extend over 150 million km (1 [[Astronomical unit]]) or more.
11: ... omens of deaths of kings or noble men, or coming catastrophes. From ancient sources, such as Chinese ...
13: ...etorbit.png|thumb|400px|Comets have highly elliptical orbits. Note the two distinct tails.]] - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
1: ...ap does not show the bulk of [[British North America]] of that time.]]
2: ...ted States|United States of America]]. The [[American Revolutionary War]] ([[1775]]–[[1783]]) wa...
4: ... was a unique and radical event, producing significant changes that had a profound impact on world his...
7: ...k this section should briefly summarize the political, social, economic, etc. situations before the re...
8: ''Main article: [[Colonial America]]'' - Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
19: *[[1771]] - [[Battle of Alamance]] in [[North Carolina]]
40: ...al growth 1775.jpg|right|thumb|The extent of America's territorial growth as of 1775.]]
45: *[[1781]] - [[Bank of North America]] chartered
48: *[[1786]] - [[Shays' Rebellion]]
49: *[[1786]] - [[Annapolis Convention]] fails - Timeline of United States history (1820-1859) (8457 bytes)
13: *[[1824]] - First presidential nominating [[political convention]]
14: ...lay his new [[Secretary of State]], which Jackson calls their "[[Corrupt Bargain]]"
17: *[[1825]] - [[Erie Canal]] opened
20: ...on and Protest'' arguing that states can [[nullification|nullify]] certain federal laws
21: ...kson]] becomes President, appoints his "[[Kitchen Cabinet]]" - List of people associated with the French Revolution (16148 bytes)
6: *[[Pierre François Charles Augereau, duc de Castiglione|Charles Pierre François Augereau]] - of...
17: ...e]] - on [[Committee of Public Safety]], more radical [[Maximilien Robespierre|Robespierre]], but surv...
22: ...supplanted [[Jacques Necker|Necker]] in the royal cabinet
23: *Cardinal [[Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne]]...
25: *[[Guillaume Marie Anne Brune]] - political journalist, [[Jacobin]], friend of [[Georges Dan... - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
4: ...he unity of science movement which includes [[logical positivism]].
6: ...] and [[ethics]] in addition to [[politics| political]] theories of the age. However, prominent Enligh...
8: ...osophical ideas, and their application to [[political economy]], [[government]] and sciences such as [...
14: ...iverse where God and Nature were one. This idea became central to the Enlightenment from Newton throug...
16: ...his ''[[Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica]].'' - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
14: ...il Bartlett]], (born 1932), English/Canadian/American chemist
19: *[[Carl Bosch]], (1872-1940), German chemist
26: *[[Melvin Calvin]] (1911-1997), American chemist, winner of 1961 [[Nobel Prize in Chemist...
27: *[[Georg Ludwig Carius]], (1829-1875), German chemist
28: *[[Heinrich Caro]], (1834-1910), German chemist - Shays' Rebellion (6569 bytes)
1: ...urdens. The rebellion started on [[August 29]], [[1786]].
3: ...ated by credit problems incurred after the [[American Revolutionary War]], when many of the trade bene...
5: ...ntribute to the final document and ratification because of extremely bad weather. The resulting feeli...
7: ...or, many of the people in Western Massachusetts became restless.
9: ...m the [[Springfield Armory]]. [[Militia]] groups called out to fight the Regulators often switched si... - Steamboat (11603 bytes)
6: ...ally refers to steam powered [[ship]]s capable of carrying a (ship's) boat. Nuclear powered ships and ...
8: ... the prefix "'''PS'''". The term ''steamer'' is occasionally used, out of nostalgia, for [[diesel]] mo...
17: ... [[William Henry (delegate)|William Henry]] of Lancaster, [[Pennsylvania]], having learned of Watt's e...
19: ...ew [[paddle steamer]], the [[PS Pyroscaphe|''Pyroscaphe'']], successfully steamed up the [[river Sa&oc...
21: ...sion by floats on a chain, obtained a patent in [[1786]], then built a steamboat which underwent a succe... - Continental Congress (4041 bytes)
1: ...]] to [[1789]], a period that included the [[American Revolutionary War]] and the [[Articles of Confed...
4: ...ich kept the local colonial governments in communication with one another as their common opposition t...
8: ... as an [[ambassador]] of the United States. American ports were reopened in defiance of the Navigatio...
21: *Sept. 27, 1777 (one day only) [[Lancaster, Pennsylvania]]
28: *Nov. 7, 1785- Nov. 3, 1786
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