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- United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
64: ...ch includes the mainland of Great Britain, the mainland of [[Ireland]], and the smaller islands associ...
91: ...use of Commons|House of Commons]], the lower and only directly elected house in Britain's [[bicameral]...
93: ... his or her ability to command the support of the Commons. The current Prime Minister is [[Tony Blair]] of ...
97: ...e modern United Kingdom, the monarch's role is mainly, though not exclusively, ceremonial. Her Majesty...
107: ...inster]], [[London]], is the home of the House of Commons and the House of Lords]] - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
22: ...nd, found no trace of the colonists, discovering only the mysterious word "CROATOAN" carved on a tree....
29: ... a harvest, named the winter the Starving Times. Only a third of the colonists survived the first wint...
37: ...]]s out of the far-flung tobacco planters. Thus, unlike in [[Puritanism|Puritan]] New England, there w...
49: ... later relocated to [[Plymouth Colony]] on the mainland, establishing that settlement on [[December 21...
51: ...ing of [[1621]]. Later that year, the colonists enlisted the aid of [[Squanto]] and [[Samoset]], two ... - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
12: ...s. The smaller states, however, favored the [[New Jersey Plan]], which called for a unicameral Congress wi...
25: ...olutions censuring members; [[censure]] requires only a simple majority and does not remove a senator ...
30: ...ittees, and have more staffers. The prestige commonly associated with the Senate is reflected by the b...
42: ...presides over very few Senate debates, attending only on important ceremonial occasions (such as the s...
52: Senate procedure depends not only on the rules, but also on a variety of customs a... - American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
10: ... use of local [[militia]]. Militiamen served for only a few weeks or months at a time, were generally ...
23: ...er shortages, Washington lifted the ban on black enlistment in the Continental Army in January 1777. A...
56: === New York and New Jersey, 1776-77 ===
59: ... and [[Manhattan]], thus allowing Howe to engage only one half of the American army at a time.
65: ...3,000 prisoners. Four days later, [[Fort Lee, New Jersey|Fort Lee]], across the [[Hudson River]] from Fort... - Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
22: ...e of the [[Short Parliament]] he had written not only his ''[[Human Nature (book Hobbes)|Human Nature]...
24: ...f remarks on other works by Descartes succeeded only in ending all correspondence between the two.
26: ... in November [[1641]], although it was initially only circulated privately it was well received. He th...
32: ...rles, Prince of Wales]], who had come over from [[Jersey]] around July. This engagement lasted until [[164...
52: ...he ''Leviathan'' describes such a situation, but only in order to criticise it; second, Hobbes himself... - 1901 (12292 bytes)
31: * [[May 27]] - In [[New Jersey]], the [[Edison Storage Battery Company]] is foun...
41: ...erican Exposition]] in [[Buffalo, New York]]. McKinley dies there eight days later.
43: ...[September 14]] - With the death of [[William McKinley]], [[Theodore Roosevelt]] succeeds him as [[Pre...
49: ...osz]], the assassin of US President [[William McKinley]], is executed by electrocution.
58: * [[Winston Churchill]] enters the [[House of Commons]]
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