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- Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ...t|250px|Elizabeth II in an official portrait as [[Queen of Canada]] (on the occasion of her [[Golden Jubi...
7: ...Queen''''' ( born [[21 April]] [[1926]]) is the [[Queen regnant]] and [[head of state]] of [[Antigua and ...
11: About 125 million people live in the countries of which she is Head of St...
15: ...ndra of Denmark|Queen Alexandra]] and grandmother Queen Mary respectively.
23: ...esses be sent to [[Canada]], but their mother the Queen refused to consider this, saying, "The children c... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
1: :''For other people with this name, see [[Mary Tudor]]''
3: ...and.jpg|right|thumb|220px|'''Mary I''' <br><small>Queen of England and Ireland</small>]]
8: ...monarchs|Queen of England]] and [[King of Ireland|Queen of Ireland]] from [[6 July]] [[1553]] (''[[de jur...
10: ...cousin, once removed [[Mary I of Scotland|Mary I, Queen of Scots]], who lived at approximately the same t...
13: ... created Princess of Wales, even though he was deeply disappointed that his wife had again failed to p... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
2: ...pg|thumb|right|220px|'''Elizabeth I''' <br><small>Queen of England and Ireland</small>]]
7: ...''The Virgin Queen''', '''Gloriana''', or '''Good Queen Bess''', Elizabeth I was the fifth and final mona...
9: ...d English colonisation of [[North America]] took place under [[Walter Raleigh|Sir Walter Raleigh]] an...
13: ...tates]], was named after Elizabeth I, the "Virgin Queen".
16: ...ess presumptive]] to the throne of England. After Queen Anne failed to produce a male heir, Henry had her... - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
3: ...gland.JPG|right|thumb|150px|'''Anne''' <br><small>Queen of Great Britain and Ireland</small>]]
8: ...ary]] [[1665]]–[[1 August]][[1714]]) became Queen of [[England]], [[Scotland]] and [[Kingdom of Ire...
10: ...Parliament, various coercive tactics (such as crippling the Scottish economy by restricting trade) wer...
15: ...She lived with her grandmother, [[Henrietta Maria|Queen Henrietta Maria]], and afterwards with her aunt, ...
19: ...Catholics was not well-received by the English people. Public alarm increased when James's second wife... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
2: ...victoria.jpg|thumb|right|200px|'''Victoria''' <br>Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Irelan...
7: ...other British monarch. As well as being [[Monarch|queen]] of the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ir...
12: ...f Leiningen]]. Victoria, the only child of the couple, was born in Kensington Palace, London on [[24 M...
16: ...nt and Strathearn, would act as Regent during the queen's minority. Ignoring precedent, Parliament did no...
18: ...tch, but his objections failed to dissuade the couple. Many scholars have suggested that Prince Albert... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
7: place_of_birth=[[Sandringham]], [[Norfolk]], [[Engla...
9: place_of_death=[[Paris]], [[France]]
11: ...having had the right to that title, as it would imply that she was a [[princess]] by [[birthright]] ra...
13: ...pic endeavours were overshadowed by a [[scandal]]-plagued marriage. Her bitter accusations of [[adulte...
28: ...y, was a longtime friend of [[Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother]] . [[Charles, Prince of Wales|The Prince ... - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
21: | '''Place of Birth:'''
31: ...rable '''Avril Phaedra Douglas "Kim" Campbell, [[Queen's Privy Council for Canada|PC]], [[Bachelor of Ar...
41: Upon her election to the [[Canadian House of Commons]] in [[1988]], Campbell became Canada's first fem...
47: ...rhaul of Canada's social policies in all their complexities could not be done in just 47 days (the tim...
67: ...t minister and as an academic. The unveiling took place amidst protests against [[President of United ... - 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... - Canada (35540 bytes)
1: ...e you have arguments or evidence to the contrary, please provide them on the talk page, and wait until...
3: ...or Canada. To keep this overview article concise, please consider adding information instead to one of...
8: ...tutional monarchy]] with [[Elizabeth II of Canada|Queen Elizabeth II]] as [[head of state]].
10: ...e for [[as of 2005|June 2005]] is 32.2 million people [http://www.statcan.ca/english/edu/clock/populat...
21: ...tates|U.S.]], with which it has had a long and complex relationship (''see'' [[U.S.-Canada relations]]... - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
11: national_anthem = [[God Save the Queen]]<sup>3</sup> |
17: leader_titles = [[British monarchy|Queen]]<br>[[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime...
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. - 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. - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
4: ...n called the ''[[Baconian method]]''. Induction implies drawing knowledge from the natural world throu...
8: ...lliam Cecil, Lord Burghley, the great minister of Queen Elizabeth.
12: At Cambridge he first met the Queen, who was impressed by his precocious intellect, a...
21: ...im to devote himself to a life of learning. His application failed, and for the next two years he work...
23: ... a prominent part in urging the execution of Mary Queen of Scots. About this time he seems again to have... - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
6: ==Motives for exploration and colonization==
9: ... [[Renaissance]], a development that encouraged exploration and colonization in many ways. A revival ...
11: ...power necessary to begin systematic attempts at exploration. Also, as the economy of Europe began to ...
13: ...ed States]] presented themselves as an attractive place for these new powers to establish colonies. T...
16: ...lation]] and the desire for [[religious freedom]] played their respective parts. - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ...[[1516]]. He is chiefly remembered for his principled refusal to accept King [[Henry VIII of England|...
7: ... father's great displeasure, More seriously contemplated abandoning his legal career in order to becom...
12: ...nfluential in the government, welcoming foreign diplomats, drafting official documents, and serving as...
14: ... British House of Commons|Speaker of the House of Commons]]. He later served as high steward for the unive...
19: ... (Indeed, the title of Erasmus's book is partly a play on More's name, the word ''folly'' being ''mori... - 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... - Ship (18843 bytes)
2: ...ule of thumb]] saying (though it doesn't always apply) goes: "a boat can fit on a ship, but a ship can...
4: ... five-masted ''Preussen'' was the outstanding example but the big [[German Empire|German]] ships and [...
12: In Britain until the [[Samuel Plimsoll|Merchant Shipping Act of 1876]], ship-owner...
14: .... Hence the "ladder" of lines seen forward of the Plimsoll mark to this day.
17: Until the application of the [[steam engine]] to ships in the ea... - Julius Caesar (50670 bytes)
2: ...e into what has become modern [[France]], an accomplishment whose direct consequences are visible to t...
6: ...rded by later historians such as [[Suetonius]], [[Plutarch]], and [[Dio Cassius|Cassius Dio]].
17: ...Roman Senate]], people were forced to stand and applaud his presence.
28: ...n asked why he would have such a reaction, his simple response was: "Do you think I have not just...
30: ...elationship with Rome’s great general would play into his hands later. - Charles Darwin (47469 bytes)
6: ...inued his research and wrote a series of books on plants and animals, now including mankind in ''[[The...
19: ... March [[1827]] Darwin made a presentation to the Plinian society of his discovery that black spores o...
22: ...clergymen who saw it as part of their duties to explore the wonders of God's creation.
26: ...t Cambridge till June and following Henslow's example and advice he was in no rush to take holy orders...
27: ...anted to study natural history in the tropics and planned to visit [[Madeira]] with some class-mates u... - Christmas around the world (98033 bytes)
20: ...increasing numbers of stores and buildings are displaying Christmas decorations.
22: ...rovide; after the Christmas Eve services, for example, they go caroling to the homes of older church m...
41: ...d Christmas from a lover's point of view, for example '[[Last Christmas]]' by [[Exile (Japanese band)|...
49: ... a giant Christmas tree of 25m high for public display every year in Downtown Beirut.
52: ...gnized that Christmas controversies such as the replacement of the greeting "Merry Christmas" by "Happ... - 1901 (12292 bytes)
17: ... - The British colonies of [[New South Wales]], [[Queensland]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Sout...
21: ...ngdom|Edward VII]] becomes King after his mother, Queen [[Victoria of the United Kingdom]], dies. His own...
24: ...of the United States|U.S. Congress]] passes the [[Platt amendment]], limiting the autonomy of [[Cuba]]...
29: ...mes the first to require [[automobile]] [[license plate]]s.
39: ... phrase, "Talk fluently and hold an [[Big Stick Diplomacy|elongated club]]" at the [[Minnesota State F...
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