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- 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." - James Monroe (11107 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Westmoreland County, Virginia]]
14: | wife=[[Elizabeth Kortright Monroe]]
16: | vicepresident=[[Daniel D. Tompkins]]
22: ...]]) and Elizabeth Jones (born ca. [[1729]]) were well-to-do farmers.
24: ... direction of President [[Thomas Jefferson]], he helped negotiate the [[Louisiana Purchase]]. - John Quincy Adams (11783 bytes)
16: | vicepresident=[[John Caldwell Calhoun]]
22: ... from [[Harvard University]] in [[1787]], and was elected to [[Phi Beta Kappa]]. He studied law, then ...
24: ...ppointed him Minister to the [[Netherlands]] in [[1794]], Minister to [[Portugal]] in [[1796]] and Minis...
26: ...1808]], when he resigned, a successor having been elected six months early after Adams broke with the ...
30: ...egotiated the [[Adams-On�Treaty]] and helped develop the [[Monroe Doctrine]], which warned European ... - Eli Whitney (3270 bytes)
1: [[Image:Eli_whitney.jpg|thumb|Eli Whitney Image courtesy of [http://classroomclip...
2: '''Eli Whitney''' ([[December 8]], [[1765]] - [[January...
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... - 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]]) - Flag (13245 bytes)
1: [[Image:Delaware_flag.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Delaware State Flag]]
9: ...me believe flags originated in [[China]], others held that the [[Roman Empire]]'s ''vexillum'' was the...
15: ...rld War I]] these were withdrawn from the battlefields, and have been used only at ceremonial occasion...
22: ... [[Flag of Finland|Finland]], [[Flag of Iceland|Iceland]], [[Flag of Norway|Norway]], [[Flag of Sweden...
25: ...94. ''Examples'' among many: [[Flag of Ireland|Ireland]], [[Flag of Italy|Italy]], [[Flag of Mexico|M... - 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]] - Timeline of United States history (1790-1819) (6951 bytes)
3: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns events fro...
11: *[[1793]] - [[Eli Whitney]] invents [[cotton gin]]
13: ...rgia]]'' 2 US 419 1793 paves way for passage of [[Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution...
14: *[[1794]] - [[Whiskey Rebellion]]
15: *[[1794]] - [[Battle of Fallen Timbers]] - Causes of the French Revolution (11170 bytes)
2:
5: ...imilarly, the peasants covetously eyed the relatively greater prerogatives of the townspeople.
7: ... they were in frequent contact with the French intellectuals; furthermore, contact between the America...
9: ...he bourgeoisie, as they did in France in 1793 and 1794, <nowiki>[</nowiki>that is to say, during the [[R...
13: ...ture taxes, the purchasers of titles were effectively buying an [[annuity]]. - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
2: ...apoleon Bonaparte]], the revolution nonetheless spelled a definitive end to the ''[[ancien r駩me]]'',...
8: ...the face of a changing world; to some extent, it fell to the ambitions of a rising [[bourgeoisie]], al...
16: * [[Food]] scarcity in the months immediately before the revolution.
21: ...om court factions, and both ministers were ultimately dismissed. [[Charles Alexandre de Calonne]], wh...
25: ...attack, attempting to disband the parlements entirely and collect the new taxes in spite of them. Thi... - List of people associated with the French Revolution (16148 bytes)
16: *[[Louis Alexandre Berthier]] - General, effectively [[Napoleon Bonaparte]]'s chief of staff
19: ... was invaluable to his brother's success. Later fell out with Napoleon.
33: ...ppe of France|Louis Philippe, duc de Chartres]] - eldest son of the Duke of Orleans, he defected to th...
38: ...ris Commune|Paris Commune (French Revolution)]], belated [[The Mountain|''Montagnard'']] (faction), on...
40: ... de Condorcet]] - philosopher, mathematician, loosely associated with the [[Girondist]] faction, proba... - Napoleonic Wars (44488 bytes)
3: ...asion of [[Russia]], and Napoleon's empire ultimately suffered complete military defeat, resulting in ...
5: ...il [[November 20]], 1815, is sometimes (though rarely these days) referred to as the [[Great French Wa...
12: ...y made it the most powerful commercial nation as well.
14: ...European history forever. It was the force that spelled the beginning of some nations, and the end of ...
18: ... of Napoleon, European states had employed relatively small armies with a large proportion of mercenar... - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
4: ...mmonwealth|Polish]] [[Constitution of May 3]] as well as leading to the rise of [[capitalism]] and the...
6: ...ce of a supreme being. In this period, piety and belief were integral parts in the exploration of [[na...
12: ... Enlightenment cover much of the 17th century as well, though others term the previous era "[[17th cen...
14: ...is goal in the Age of Reason, which was built on self-evident axioms, reached its height with [[Baruch...
18: ...m overreaching to some in the present-day, where belief is that human beings apprehend a truth that is... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
17: *[[J?Jakob Berzelius]], (1779-1848), Swedish ''chemist''
22: *[[Robert Bunsen|Robert Wilhelm Bunsen]], (1811-1899), German inventor, chemist
23: *[[Eduard Buchner]], (1860-1917), [[1907]] [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]
26: ...1911-1997), American chemist, winner of 1961 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]
33: *[[Robert Curl]], winner of 1996 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] - James Cook (14770 bytes)
1: ...x|British explorer James Cook, portrait by Nathaniel Dance, c. 1775, National Maritime Museum, Greenwi...
3: ...s to the [[Pacific Ocean]], in which its main shorelines were mapped. Cook was also a [[cartographer|m...
8: ...Seven Years War]] to start again at the lowest level in the British [[Royal Navy]].
14: ...evements can be attributed to a combination of excellent [[seamanship]], his superior surveying and ca...
18: ...entific instrument]]s, there was no way to accurately measure it. - Honolulu, Hawaii (19495 bytes)
25: ...asses all of the Island of O‘ahu (approximately 600 square miles).
29: ...Temperatures exceed 90 °F (32 °C) only rarely with lows in the 50's ?F (15 °C) occurring o...
35: ... developments are located on a narrow but relatively flat coastal plain, while numerous ridges and va...
41: ...aikīkī]] in [[1804]]. His court later relocated, in [[1809]], to where [[downtown Honolulu]...
43: ... of Honolulu a focal point for merchant ships traveling between [[North America]] and [[Asia]]. - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: The famous [[mathematician]]s are listed below in [[English language|English]] [[alphabet]]ica...
9: *[[Niels Henrik Abel]] (Norway, [[1802]] - [[1829]])
13: *[[Wilhelm Ackermann]] (Germany, [[1896]] - [[1962]])
15: *[[Robert Adrain]] (Ireland)
19: *[[Selman Akbulut]] (Turkey) - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
9: *[[George Ogden Abell]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1927]] – [[198...
12: *[[Charles Greeley Abbot]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1872]] &ndash...
19: *[[George Biddell Airy]], ([[England]], [[1801]] – [[1892]])
37: *[[Sylvain Arend]] ([[Belgium]], [[1902]] – [[1992]])
38: *[[Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander]] ([[Germany]], [[1799]] – [[1875]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
9: *[[Jacob Friedrich von Abel]], (1751-1829)
10: *[[Pierre Ab鬡rd]] (or ''Peter Abelard''), (1079-1142){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
14: *[[Isaac Abrabanel|Isaac ben Judah Abravanel]], (1437-1508){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
15: *[[Judah Leon Abravanel|Judah ben Isaac Abravanel]], (1460?-1535?){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
17: *[[Uriel Acosta]], (1585-1640) - Cotton gin (2185 bytes)
2: ...hitney]] (granted a [[patent]] on [[March 14]], [[1794]]) to mechanize the production of [[cotton]] fibe...
4: ...tional account of Whitney's invention of the gin tells of his being inspired by the sight of a [[cat]]...
6: ...eption. It is known that she was associated with Eli Whitney (along with other historical figures suc...
8: ...arger ones were harnessed to horses or [[water wheel]]s.
12: ... is unrelated to the drink called [[gin]]; it is related to the word ''[[engine]]'' and means "device"...
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