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- Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
3: ...s history]] concerns events from '''[[1760]] to [[1789]]'''.
8: *[[1763]] - [[Pontiac's Rebellion]] begins
20: *[[1772]] - [[Samuel Adams]] organizes the [[Committees of Corresponde...
47: *[[1785]] - [[Treaty of Hopewell]]
48: *[[1786]] - [[Shays' Rebellion]] - History of the United States (1776-1789) (19792 bytes)
7: ...Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Congress immediately began to organize a federal government for the 1...
11: With the help of an alliance with France, the United States we...
15: ...d, to write a Constitution, which was ratified by eleven States in 1788.
17: ...put into operation, and [[George Washington]] was elected the first [[President of the United States]]...
21: ... of self-government, were in danger. The colonial elite had inherited a decidedly Whigish political vi...
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- 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: *[[Jacob Fidelis Ackermann|Ackermann, Jacob Fidelis]] (1765-1815)
47: *[[Wilhelm Ackermann|Ackermann, Wilhelm]], (1896-1962), mathematician - 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. - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
4: ...al described the new baby as "a small, but completely healthy Archduchess."
11: ...ied off to European royalty. Maria-Christina, the eldest, was married to the Regent of the [[Netherlan...
13: ...eak German. However, when her sister Johanna-Gabriella died of smallpox in [[1762]], Maria-Antonia bec...
15: ...ia|Maria Theresa]]'s daughters. With Johanna-Gabriella dead, it was decided that Maria-Antonia should ...
17: ...ple that they can say that I have sent them an angel." - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
7: ...ernment in a [[republic]]. Today the office is widely emulated all over the world in nations with a [[...
14: ...ates Secretary of State|Secretary of State]] [[Madeleine Albright]], born in [[Czechoslovakia]]; and [...
18: ==Presidential elections==
19: ...es (provided that such a number was a majority of electors) became President, while the individual who...
21: ...ffice on [[January 20]] of the year following the election, an event called [[Inauguration Day]]. Alt... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
6: | date1=[[April 30]], [[1789]]
11: ...e of birth=[[Westmoreland County, Virginia|Westmoreland]], [[Virginia]]
19: ...ited States]] under the [[U.S. Constitution]]. ([[1789]]–[[1797|97]]). He also served as President...
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]]. - John Adams (18716 bytes)
18: ...]] – [[July 4]], [[1826]]) was the first ([[1789]]–[[1797]]) [[Vice President of the United ...
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... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
10: | place of birth=Shadwell, [[Virginia]]
14: | wife= None; wife [[Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson|Martha]] died before he took office
20: .... President [[John F. Kennedy]] welcomed 49 [[Nobel Prize]] winners to the [[White House]] in [[1962]...
25: ... and civil culture. The [[Continental Congress]] delegated task of writing the Declaration which inclu...
27: ...]; it included automatic [[door]]s, the first swivel [[chair]], and other convenient devices invented ... - James Madison (15187 bytes)
13: | place of death=[[Montpelier]], [[Virginia]]
16: ...[[George Clinton (politician)|George Clinton]]; [[Elbridge Gerry]]
21: ... politics, helping to draft their declaration of religious freedom and persuading [[Virginia]] to give...
23: ...onvention]], and his overall influence at [[Philadelphia]] in [[1787]] has led some historians to call...
29: ...ed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself." - United States (58223 bytes)
2: ...nd the world. Each of the 50 states has a high level of local autonomy under the [[federation|federal]...
9: national_motto = <br>''[[E Pluribus Unum]]'' ([[1789]]–present)<br>([[Latin]]: "Out of Many, One...
12: ...Languages in the United States|None at federal level]];<br> [[English language|English]] [[de facto]] ...
37: ...[1787]]<br>[[May 23]], [[1788]]<br>[[March 4]], [[1789]]|
55: ..., [[Military history of the United States]], [[Timeline of United States history]], [[List of U.S. mil... - U.S. state (14432 bytes)
3: ...l government while retaining the remainder for itself. The tasks of education, health, transportation...
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25: ...<td>'''DE'''<td>Del.<td>[[Delaware]]<td>[[Dover, Delaware|Dover]]</tr>
30: ...d>[[Illinois]]<td>[[Springfield, Illinois|Springfield]]</tr> - North Carolina (18268 bytes)
8: Nickname = [[Tar Heel]] State |
11: Governor = [[Michael Easley]] |
25: AdmittanceDate = [[November 21]], [[1789]] |
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37: ...th the ''[[okina|‘okina]]'') is the [[archipelago]] of the [[Hawaiian Islands|Hawaiian Islands]]...
39: ...ted States, it is the only state that lies completely in the [[tropics]]. As one of two states outside... - Maryland (22654 bytes)
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43: ...irst laws that explicitly tolerated varieties of religion (as long as it was [[Christianity|Christian]...
45: ..., because the northern boundary would put [[Philadelphia]], the major city in [[Pennsylvania]], within... - Washington (20186 bytes)
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36: ...2000]] census, the state population was approximately 5.9 million and the state work force numbered ab...
45: ...whale]] hunting. In the east, nomadic tribes travelled the land and missionaries such as the Whitmans... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
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38: .... The state capital is [[Montpelier, Vermont|Montpelier]], while the largest city is [[Burlington, Ver... - New Jersey (35646 bytes)
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36: ...er the island of [[Jersey]] in the [[English Channel]].
39: ...ony of [[New Sweden]], which included parts of [[Delaware]] and southeastern [[Pennsylvania]]. These t... - Thirteen Colonies (4707 bytes)
4: ... [[colony|colonies]] in [[North America]], separately chartered and governed, that signed the [[United...
21: ...76]], the "Lower Counties on Delaware"), later [[Delaware]]
32: Britain held several other colonies in North America and the ...
63: ...can Revolution|History of the United States (1776-1789): Independence and the American Revolution]]
76: ...t Yale Law School: Colonial Charters, Grants and Related Documents] - History of the United States (21226 bytes)
12: ...h policy of benign neglect which permitted the development of an American spirit and culture which was...
14: ==History of the United States (1776-1789)==
15: ...see the main [[History of the United States (1776-1789)]] article.''
17: ...[[American Revolutionary War]] and established itself as the United States of America with 13 States.
19: ==History of the United States (1789-1849)== - 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]]) - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
4: ...the first [[President of the United States]] in [[1789]]. Beyond that, interpretations vary. At one end ...
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...
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