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- Stamp Act 1765 (7443 bytes)
2: ... the intent of the British Parliament and added fuel to the growing [[Separatism|separatist]] movement...
6: ...protection. This opinion was reinforced by the rebellion of [[Chief Pontiac]]. Ten [[regiments]], or a...
11: ...e opposition, especially from the newspapers themselves.
15: ... his family to seek refuge at Fort William. (The elm tree Oliver's effigy was hanged from later becam...
17: ...eld at [[Federal Hall]] in New York in October of 1765.
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- November 4 (10686 bytes)
7: * [[1576]] - [[Eighty Years' War]]: In [[Belgium]], [[Spain]] captures [[Antwerp (city)|Antwer...
14: ...d States Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Grover Cleveland]] defeats [[United States Republican Party|Rep...
15: * [[1889]] - [[Menelik II of Ethiopia|Menelek of Shoa]] obtains the allegiance of a large maj...
16: ...lliam Street]] and [[Stockwell tube station|Stockwell]].
19: ... 40,000 [[sailor]]s take over the [[port]] in [[Kiel]]. - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
9: *[[Abati]] ''aka'' Niccolo Dell'Abbato, (1512-1571), artist
17: ...e|Abbadie, Antoine Thomson d']], (1810-1897), traveler
34: *[[Dimebag Darrell|Abbott, Darrell]], (1966-2004), US musician
49: *[[Abd-el-Aziz IV]], (1880-), sultan of Morocco
50: *[[Abd-el-Kader]], (circa 1807-1883), Emir of Mascara - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
8: *[[Marcel Achard|Achard, Marcel]], (1899-1974), playwrighter and scriptwriter
29: *[[Nate Ackerman|Ackerman, Nathanael Leedon]] (born 1978)
32: ... Wilhelm Ackermann|Ackermann, Ernst Christian Wilhelm]] (1761-1835)
36: ...cob Fidelis Ackermann|Ackermann, Jacob Fidelis]] (1765-1815)
47: *[[Wilhelm Ackermann|Ackermann, Wilhelm]], (1896-1962), mathematician - Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
1: ...lso see [[Maria Theresa of Spain]], a less known relative of hers, who was the queen consort of [[Loui...
4: ...[1780]]. She became empress when her husband was elected [[Holy Roman Empire|Holy Roman Emperor]]. Sh...
6: ..., Princess Royal of Hungary and Bohemia'' was the eldest daughter of [[Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor|...
8: ...s, but she actually kept most of the power to herself.
12: *HI&RH Archduchess Marie Elisabeth (1737-1740). [[Heiress-presumptive]] to th... - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
5: ...the throne, triumphant about her bloodless and widely supported coup d'etat. Six months later, on [[Ju...
9: ...ly having turned more conservative after the [[Yemelyan Pugachev|Pugachev uprising]] of [[1773]] - [[1...
13: ...nomically underdeveloped areas. Third, Catherine relaxed the censorship law and encouraged education f...
16: [[Image:Buberel Coronation coach Catherine the Great.jpg|thumb|25...
17: ... apparent that his plan could not succeed, Panin fell out of favor and in [[1781]] was dismissed. - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
1: ...humb|right|''Portrait of Diderot'' by [[Louis-Michel van Loo]], 1767]]
5: ...lso examining [[philosophy|philosophical]] ideas relating to [[free will]]. He is also known as the au...
7: ...as educated by the [[Jesuits]], and became a bookseller in [[Paris]]. In 1743 he married Anne Toinette...
10: ...plementary essay on the sufficiency of [[natural religion]].
14: ... of the comprehensive freedom with which Diderot felt his way round any subject that he approached, th... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
11: ...e of birth=[[Westmoreland County, Virginia|Westmoreland]], [[Virginia]]
21: ... other [[revolution]]ary leaders, he voluntarily relinquished power even though some others wanted him...
24: ...nial Beach, Virginia|Colonial Beach]] in [[Westmoreland County, Virginia]].
26: ...te from the [[College of William and Mary]]) and helped survey the [[Shenandoah Valley]] in Virginia. ...
29: ... Peale]], and shows Washington in uniform as colonel of the 1st Virginia Regiment.]] - John Hancock (8787 bytes)
5: ...ce]]. According to legend, he signed his name largely and clearly to be sure King [[George III of the ...
8: ...[1764]], Hancock lived in England while building relationships with customers and suppliers of his unc...
13: ... naturally disposed him to resist the [[Stamp Act 1765|Stamp Act]], which attempted to restrict colonial...
17: ... contributions led Bostonians to joke that "[[Samuel Adams|Sam Adams]] writes the letters [to newspape...
19: ...the British. In the same year, he was unanimously elected president of the Provisional Congress of Mas... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
24: ...to the [[bar_(law)|bar]]. From an early age he developed the habit of writing descriptions of events a...
28: ...of popular leadership of his second cousin, [[Samuel Adams]]; instead, his influence emerged through h...
31: ...ism and corporate authority; in December 1765 he delivered a speech before the governor and council in...
33: ...ular side in this case resulted in his subsequent election to the [[Massachusetts House of Representat...
44: ... first draft along with [[James Bowdoin]] and Samuel Adams. - Eli Whitney (3270 bytes)
1: [[Image:Eli_whitney.jpg|thumb|Eli Whitney Image courtesy of [http://classroomclip...
2: '''Eli Whitney''' ([[December 8]], [[1765]] - [[January 8]], [[1825]]) was an [[United Stat...
6: ...iversity|Yale]] College in [[1792]], where he was elected to [[Phi Beta Kappa]]. On [[January 6]], [[1...
14: ...me more sustainable at a critical point in its development.
18: ...conception. It is known that she associated with Eli Whitney (along with other historical figures suc... - James Watt (5070 bytes)
7: == Timeline ==
11: * [[1765]]: While wandering through the [[Glasgow Green]]'...
22: ...ing wind and watermills.) He invented the [[parallel motion]] [[Linkage (mechanical engineering)|linka...
24: ...y in heating the [[piston]] and chamber. Watt developed a separate [[condenser]] chamber which signif...
26: ... of his 'catch-all' patents. Boulton proved an excellent businessman, and both men eventually made for... - Connecticut (28543 bytes)
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36: ...he [[New England (U.S.)|New England]] region, as well as the southernmost state in New England and one... - Oregon (26551 bytes)
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43: ...to balance this with the desire to support the development needed to support its increasing population...
49: ...Passage]]. The [[Lewis and Clark Expedition]] travelled through the region during their expedition to ... - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
13: *[[Elihu Yale|Yale, Elihu]] (1649-1721), [[Yale University]] benefactor
34: *[[Chelsea Quinn Yarbro|Yarbro, Chelsea Quinn]], (born 1942), US horror author
45: ...es, Dornford]], ([[1885]] - [[1960]]), British novelist
48: ... W.]], ([[1747]]-[[1826]]), Continental Congress delegate from [[New York]]
50: ...t)|Yates, Richard]], ([[1926]]-[[1992]]), U.S. novelist - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[scu...
15: *[[Raffaello Santi|Raphael]], ([[1483]]-[[1520]]), [[Italy|Italian]] [[paint...
18: *[[Peter Paul Rubens]], ([[1577]]-[[1640]]), Belgian painter
38: *[[Mariotto Albertinelli]] ([[1474]]-[[1515]])
43: *[[Else Alfelt]] ([[1910]]-[[1974]]) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
3: ..., [[List of inventions named after people]], [[timeline of invention]], [[inventor]].
10: *[[Thomas Ahearn]], inventor of the electric stove in [[1892]]
14: *[[Edward Asselbergs]],(1927 - June, 1996)of the [[Canada|Canadia...
19: *[[Robert Baden Powell]]- scouting movement
20: *[[Leo Baekeland]] (1863) - (1944), [[Belgian]]–American — [[plastic]] - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
4: ...r]] ([[1754]]–[[1763]]), and ended with the election of [[George Washington]] as the first [[Pre...
10: .... Most white colonists in America considered themselves loyal subjects of the British Crown, with the ...
16: [[The Enlightenment]] elevated [[natural philosophy]] and began to replace...
18: ===Religious trends===
19: ...science and experience as the source of value in religious experience. It started or increased the pre... - Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
3: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns events fro...
8: *[[1763]] - [[Pontiac's Rebellion]] begins
12: *[[1765]] - [[Stamp Act 1765|Stamp Act]] passed
13: *[[1765]] - [[Stamp Act Congress]] convenes
14: *[[1765]] - [[First Quartering Act]] - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
2: ...onies with very different [[social]], [[religion|religious]], [[politics|political]], and [[economics|...
4: ...hese different colonies found themselves more closely united than ever before, at odds with the [[King...
9: ...ellectual growth of the Renaissance led to the development of [[seafaring]] technologies needed to mak...
11: ...ands he came upon were found to belong to an entirely different landmass. [[Spain]] and [[Portugal]] ...
13: ...lonies. Though these northerly lands were relatively close to Europe, Spain and Portugal had taken li... - History of California (38344 bytes)
5: ...s fertile agricultural lands and prodigious oil fields, and finally with its high-technology leadershi...
7: [[Image:california_poppies.jpg|thumb|325px|A field of [[California Poppy|California golden poppies]...
10: [[Image:Tunnel view.jpg|thumb|300px|California's [[Yosemite Vall...
13: ...[wampum]]), which were produced from [[mussel]] shells using stone tools, while those in the northern ...
19: About [[1530]], [[Nuño Beltrán de Guzmán]] (President of [[New Spain]]) wa...
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