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- Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
11: About 125 million people live in the countries of which she is Head of St...
29: ...dging to devote her life to the service of the people of the Commonwealth and Empire.
33: ...s claim to the [[Greece|Greek]] throne and was simply referred to as Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten bef...
55: ...ronation of the British monarch|coronation]] took place in [[Westminster Abbey]] on [[2 June]] [[1953]...
64: ... in some cases, such as [[South Africa]], she has played an important role in retaining or restoring g... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
1: :''For other people with this name, see [[Mary Tudor]]''
8: ...''. Her religious policies, however, were in many cases reversed by her successor, [[Elizabeth I of Engl...
13: ... created Princess of Wales, even though he was deeply disappointed that his wife had again failed to p...
21: ...ignity of a Princess, becoming a mere "Lady". Her place in the line of succession was transferred to t...
23: ...ex, Richmond and Hunsdon were among her principal places of residence. - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
9: ...d English colonisation of [[North America]] took place under [[Walter Raleigh|Sir Walter Raleigh]] an...
27: ...d that his wife might die in childbirth, in which case he preferred Lady Elizabeth to succeed rather tha...
31: ...er, and it is said that upon Mary's death, the people rejoiced in the streets.
33: ...lish service. She later persuaded her mother's chaplain, [[Matthew Parker]], to become Archbishop. He ...
37: ... were removed from the ecclesiastical bench and replaced by appointees who would submit to the Queen'... - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
10: ...Parliament, various coercive tactics (such as crippling the Scottish economy by restricting trade) wer...
19: ...Catholics was not well-received by the English people. Public alarm increased when James's second wife...
24: ...lliam's government. Still, she did not win the complete trust of her brother-in-law, who refrained fro...
26: ...otally extinguished, then it would have become simple for the deposed King James to reclaim the Throne...
31: ...e, but Louis XIV had this condition overturned in case many of his heirs died. (This was not an unreali... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
18: |'''Place of Birth:'''
31: ..., her policies initially caused large-scale [[unemployment]], especially in the industrial heartlands ...
33: ...At the same time the Conservative Party began to split over her sceptical approach to [[European Union...
36: ...derman, a decision which affected his daughter deeply.
43: ...r seat in the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]]. Unusually, her [[maiden speech]] was made in s... - The Valiant Five (3833 bytes)
1: ...ns?" The case came to be known as the '''Persons Case'''.
8: ...(one of two women first elected to the [[House of Commons of Canada]], and
28: ...ember of the [[Canadian House of Commons|House of Commons]].
32: *[[List of Supreme Court of Canada cases]] - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
54: ...[[European Union]] and [[NATO]]. Usually known simply as the '''United Kingdom''' or the '''UK''', it ...
64: ...) has been proposed, but is little used outside diplomatic circles.
69: ...land was on the brink of economic ruin and was deeply unpopular with the broader Scottish population.
71: ...nd]]. This was also an unpopular decision, taking place just after the unsuccessful United Irishmen Re...
74: ...he 20th century saw the UK's strength seriously depleted in two World Wars. The second half witnessed ... - New Hampshire (23166 bytes)
38: ...[lilac|purple lilac]]. Its state bird is the [[purple finch]]. Its state tree is the [[Paper Birch|Ame...
49: ...eeded for the [[Battle of Bunker Hill]] that took place north of Boston a few months later.
62: ...out to about one Representative for every 3090 people.
64: ...ves and state senators are paid just $100 a year, plus mileage, effectively meaning that state laws ar...
80: ...esistant peak rising from a less resistant eroded plain. - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
7: ...e Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul (Constantinople).</small>
10: | Constantine makes Constantinople his capital.
13: | The Empire is permanently split into Eastern and Western halves, following the ...
32: ...urch in Rome breaks with the Church in Constantinople.
38: | Constantinople is occupied by crusaders; Latin empire formed. - Castle (27805 bytes)
1: ...n|fortified enclosure]]. The term is most often applied to a small self-contained [[fortress]], usuall...
2: ...European castles were opened up and expanded into pleasure dwellings and power houses from the late 15...
10: ...re places of protection from an invading enemy, a place of retreat. This can be seen by many of the ty...
17: ... decline of the German kingdom, castle building exploded as local warlords staked claims to minor king...
19: ...ht|[[Craigievar Castle]] in [[Aberdeenshire]], completed in 1626.]] - Tree (23723 bytes)
3: ...shrub]] for comparison). Compared with most other plant forms, trees are long-lived. A few species of ...
5: ...g [[orchard]] crops (e.g. [[apple]]s). Trees also play an important role in many of the world's [[myth...
9: ...gy)|orders]] and [[family (biology)|families]] of plants. Trees thus show a wide variety of growth for...
11: ...lant]]s and conifers. The listing below gives examples of many well known trees and how they are typic...
13: ...fined largely by the trees that inhabit them; examples are [[rainforest]] and [[taiga]] (see [[ecozone... - Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
1: ...trapped inside ]]A '''carnivorous plant''' is a [[plant]] that derives some or most of its
3: ...[[insect]]s and other [[arthropod]]s. Carnivorous plants usually
4: grow in places where the soil is thin or poor in nutrients,
6: ...rote the first well-known treatise on carnivorous plants in 1875.
10: ...asic trapping mechanisms exploited by carnivorous plants. These - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
4: ...n called the ''[[Baconian method]]''. Induction implies drawing knowledge from the natural world throu...
21: ...im to devote himself to a life of learning. His application failed, and for the next two years he work...
25: ...e (he objected to the time span) offended many people; he was accused of seeking popularity, and was f...
29: ... a gift of a fine of ?1200 on one of Essex's accomplices.
31: ... ''Apologie'' (defence) of his proceedings in the case of Essex, who had favoured the succession of Jame... - Christianity (47078 bytes)
8: ...enerally grouped into three main branches, which split from one another in disputes over doctrine:
23: ...1), but was rejected as an [[apostate]] by the people generally considered to be the [[Jew]]ish author...
27: ...f Jesus as recorded in the [[New Testament]]. Examples include the book of [[Isaiah]] that alludes to ...
29: ...early traditions of the church name numerous disciples (as many as [[Seventy Apostles|70]], including ...
34: ...on shared the faith, he would draw another arc completing this [[ichthys]], a symbol of Christianity.]... - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
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54: ...ivisions in preference to the static theories exemplified by the [[Maginot Line]].
56: ...ble exception of [[Paul Reynaud]] who would later play a major role in de Gaulle's career.
63: ... were in favor of continuing the war. He took the plane back to [[Bordeaux]] (provisory seat of the Fr... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
2: ...ple as subjects and amplifies the power of the people, boosting them to the status of citizens.
25: ...mpted in the meanwhile to go ahead with Calonne's plans. When the measures were opposed in the ''Parl...
37: ...w demanded that credentialling itself should take place as a group. Negotiations with the other estat...
42: ...]], an assembly not of the Estates but of "the People". The National Assembly's first act was to pass ...
53: ...]], banished the reformist minister Necker and completely reconstructed the ministry. Much of Paris, p... - Congress of the United States (41315 bytes)
7: ...nate is not a mere "chamber of review," as is the case with the upper houses of the [[bicameral]] legisl...
17: ...e Canadian House of Commons, the British House of Commons, and the German [[Bundestag]], approximately 15 p...
29: ... the original version of the Constitution were supplemented by the post-[[American Civil War|Civil War...
60: ...overnment are reserved to the states or to the people.
75: ... Senate has the sole power to ''try'' impeachment cases and to find officials guilty or not guilty. A g... - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
10: ...the United Kingdom|British Parliament]]). For example, [[John Dickinson (lawyer)|John Dickinson]] argu...
12: ... (nine out of the 13) in [[1788]], but its full implementation was set for [[March 4]], [[1789]]. Howe...
16: ...hed for the direct election of senators by the people, rather than state legislatures; they achieved t...
23: ...post]] system, under which the candidate with a [[plurality]] of votes (not necessarily an absolute ma...
25: ...censuring members; [[censure]] requires only a simple majority and does not remove a senator from offi... - Formula One (29650 bytes)
9: ...a]]. New races in [[Bahrain]] and [[China]], one planned for [[2005]] in [[Turkey]], and others discu...
24: ...n's superiority, and it quickly and permanently replaced the front-mounted engine model.
28: ...aluminium sheet chassis called a [[monocoque]] in place of the traditional tubular chassis; this prove...
35: ...ntributing to [[Bernie Ecclestone]]'s eventual complete financial control of the sport.
39: ...ade their way to the showroom. The FIA, due to complaints that technology was determining the outcome ... - Computer (32773 bytes)
1: ...rmacG5_large.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The [[computer case|tower]] of a [[personal computer]] (specifically ...
3: ...hat perform simple well-defined functions. The complex interactions of these components endow computer...
4: ...iscipline which studies the theory, design, and application of computers is called '''[[computer scie...
6: ==General principles==
10: ... the physical phenomena being exploited. For example, electron flows might be used to model the flow ...
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