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- French Revolution (36529 bytes)
2: ...he popular imagination. It downplays the previous trend of absolutism and people as subjects and ampli...
20: ...350px|thumb|The storming of the Bastille, July 14 1789]]
21: ...r-General of the Finances in [[1783]], pursued a strategy of conspicuous spending as a means of convin...
25: ...inced the short-term creditors on whom the French treasury depended to maintain its day to day operati...
27: ... [[1788]] to convene the Estates-General in May [[1789]] — for the first time since [[1614]]. Bri... - Congress of the United States (41315 bytes)
3: ...f the United States]], which also delineates its structure and powers. Congress is a [[bicameralism|bi...
5: ...is elected by the whole state rather than by a district, serves a six-year term. Senatorial terms are ...
15: ...r than the population of a whole Congressional district elsewhere—are still guaranteed one whole...
17: ...e Canadian House of Commons, the British House of Commons, and the German [[Bundestag]], approximately 15 p...
24: ...ral Hall]] in [[New York City]] on [[March 4]], [[1789]] and their first action was to declare that the ... - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
2: ...dent of the United States|President]] must ratify treaties and make important appointments "with the A...
10: ...ife and their weight of property, and bearing as strong a likeness to the British House of Lords as po...
12: ...ts full implementation was set for [[March 4]], [[1789]]. However, the Senate could not begin work until...
14: ...Johnson]] in [[1868]] for political purposes; the trial ultimately ended in acquittal, with the Senate...
16: ...to a period of irrelevance that stood in sharp contrast with the pre-Civil War era. Very few senators ... - American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
10: ...lly lacked the training and discipline of regular troops, but could be effective when led by talented ...
12: ... and Washington reluctantly augmented the regular troops with short-term colonial militia throughout t...
15: ...ding to reliable modern estimates, total British strength in the colonies did not exceed 20,000 men at...
19: ...volvement in the war proved decisive, though disastrous for the French economy. France's standing army...
23: ...diers fought as [[Patriot (American Revolution)|Patriots]]; about 1,000 fought with the British as Loy... - Automobile (19750 bytes)
4: ...t types of automobiles include cars, [[bus]]es, [[truck]]s, and [[van]]s, with cars being the most pop...
13: ...(also inventors of the first motor bike) and [[Austrian]] inventor [[Siegfried Marcus]] in [[Vienna]]....
15: ...so patented the [[disc brake]] in the city. [[Electric vehicle]]s were produced by a small number of m...
19: ... were commercially successful in providing [[mass transit]], until a backlash against these large spee...
27: ...hicle]], as his steam-powered vehicle was able to travel on [[wheel]]s on land and via a [[paddle whee...
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