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- Seven Years' War (11256 bytes)
1: ...against [[France]], [[Austria]], [[Russia]], [[Sweden]], and [[Saxony]]. [[Spain]] and [[Portugal]] we...
3: ... sided with France although some did fight alongside the British. The name "Seven Years' War" is used ...
8: ...gned the peace [[Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle]] in order to rebuild her [[Army|military forces]] and to f...
12: ...elfare of the soldiers had gained her their undivided respect.
18: ...ions of the [[coalition]] opposing him, Frederick determined to strike first. On [[August 29]], his we... - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
2: ...d Concord]] and continued after the British surrender at [[Battle of Yorktown (1781)|Yorktown]]. "The ...
4: ...tion of [[George Washington]] as the first [[President of the United States]] in [[1789]]. Beyond that...
10: ...rn frontier. Most white colonists in America considered themselves loyal subjects of the British Crown...
16: ...his European Enlightenment and were a source for ideas regarding [[separation of church and state]] an...
23: ...ese new policies grew steadily throughout the decade, and had a significant impact on the emergence of... - Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
20: ...el Adams]] organizes the [[Committees of Correspondence]]
33: ...Declaration_of_Independence|Declaration of Independence]]
38: *[[1777]] - [[Articles of Confederation]] adopted by the Second Continental Congres...
43: *[[1781]] - [[Articles of Confederation]] ratified
44: *[[1781]] - British surrender at [[Yorktown]] - Michigan (29427 bytes)
10: LargestCity = [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]] |
21: DensityRank = 15<sup>th</sup> |
22: 2000Density = 67.55 |
23: AdmittanceOrder = 26<sup>th</sup> |
25: ...-4]] <br><small>(Some Upper Peninsula counties bordering Wisconsin are Central time.)</small> | - Illinois (27007 bytes)
22: DensityRank = 11<sup>th</sup> |
23: 2000Density = 86.27 |
24: AdmittanceOrder = 21<sup>st</sup> |
25: AdmittanceDate = [[December 3]], [[1818]] |
27: Latitude = 36?58'N to 42?30'N | - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
1: ...pg|thumb|right|300px|Benjamin Franklin Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
2: ...klin was a member of the [[Freemasons]], corresponded with members of the [[Lunar Society]] and was al...
4: Franklin's [[invention]]s include the [[Franklin stove]], the medical [[catheter]],...
9: ...[[Ecton]], [[Northamptonshire]], [[England]] on [[December 23]], [[1657]] the son of Thomas Franklin, ...
11: ...ing half-siblings of Benjamin Franklin. They included: Elizabeth ([[March 2]] [[1678]]), Samuel ([[May... - Stamp Act 1765 (7443 bytes)
2: ... about the intent of the British Parliament and added fuel to the growing [[Separatism|separatist]] mo...
6: ...ed an ongoing expense. The average annual tax burden on a British citizen at the time was 26 shilling...
11: ...in [[Britain]]. The tax on newspapers raised considerable opposition, especially from the newspapers t...
13: ...ose was to protect the fur trade, not settlers. Indeed, the [[Royal Proclamation of 1763]] had limited...
15: ...Governor [[Thomas Hutchinson|Hutchinson's]] home, destroying records and forcing him and his family to... - 18th century (8231 bytes)
5: ...[[1789]], denoting the period of time between the death of [[Louis XIV of France]] and the start of th...
9: ... political changes began that would lead to the modern [[nation state]]. France's absolutism would gen...
13: ...]] style replaced the [[Baroque]], then was succeeded by the [[Neoclassical]] movement.
17: * [[1703]]: [[Saint Petersburg]] founded by [[Peter I of Russia|Peter the Great]]. [[Russ...
19: ...eb]]'s death, the [[Mughal Empire]] enters a long decline. - 18th century new (49640 bytes)
4: ...x|Washington crossing the Delaware, [[December 25|Dec. 25]], [[1776]], an iconic event of the [[Americ...
6: ...ut with the French revolution, they were on the side of the counterrevolution.
8: ...al revolution]] started in Britain. Despite its modest beginnings in the 18th century, it would radica...
15: ...[1700]]: The [[1700 Cascadia earthquake]] (magnitude 9) occurs off the coast of the [[Pacific Northwes...
17: * [[1700]]-[[1721|21]]: [[Russia]] supplants [[Sweden]] as the dominant [[Baltic region|Baltic]] power... - Automobile (19750 bytes)
4: ...s being the most popular by far. Older terms include '''horseless carriage''' and '''motor car''', wit...
13: ...]] by [[Germany|German]] inventors working independently: [[Carl Benz]] on [[3 July]] [[1886]] in [[Ma...
15: ...automobiles were built in Britain in 1895 by [[Frederick William Lanchester]] who also patented the [[...
19: ...blowing a horn. This effectively killed road auto development in the UK for most of the rest of the [[...
27: ...o [[Oliver Evans]] in [[1789]]; in [[1804]] Evans demonstrated his first successful self-propelled veh...
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