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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...t utility vehicle|SUV]], see [[Ford Expedition]] (especially replacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For th...
6: *[[Diogo de Azambuja]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: *[[Pêro de Alenquer]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
8: ...Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]])
9: ...fonso de Albuquerque]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]]) - Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
1: ...[[1780]]. Also see [[Maria Theresa of Spain]], a less known relative of hers, who was the queen consor...
3: ... Hungary and Bohemia, Archduchess of Austria, Duchess of Parma, Piacenza, and Guastalla]]
4: ...emia]] from [[1740]] to [[1780]]. She became empress when her husband was elected [[Holy Roman Empire...
6: ...arles' death ([[1740]]) the [[War of Austrian Succession]] began.
8: ...ne]] with whom she had sixteen children. Her youngest daughter was [[Marie Antoinette]] who would be p... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=George Washington
3: | image name=Seal_us_presdent.jpg|thumb
5: | order=1st President
11: | place of birth=[[Westmoreland County, Virginia|Westmoreland]], [[Virginia]]
17: | vicepresident=[[John Adams]] - John Hancock (8787 bytes)
3: ...ted States Declaration of Independence|United States Declaration of Independence]]]]
5: ... [[eponym]] for "signature". However, other examples show that Hancock always wrote his signature this...
8: ...d the fortune and business, making him the wealthiest man in Massachusetts at the time.
10: Despite his wealth, Hancock remained, ethically and v...
13: ...[[Stamp Act 1765|Stamp Act]], which attempted to restrict colonial trading. - United States (58223 bytes)
1: ...USA''', '''the U.S.''', '''America''', '''the States''', and
2: ... possessions around the world. Each of the 50 states has a high level of local autonomy under the [[fe...
5: native_name = United States of America |
6: common_name = the United States |
9: ...ne")<br>''[[In God We Trust]]'' ([[1956]]–present) | - James Watt (5070 bytes)
2: <div style="float:right">[[image:James Watt small.jpg]]</div>
3: '''James Watt''' ([[January 19]], [[1736]]–[[August ...
9: * [[1754]]: Learned the trade of mathematical-instrument m...
11: ...ugh the [[Glasgow Green]]'s ''"Golf Course"'', comes upon the idea of a separate condensing chamber fo...
14: * [[1774]]: Started a business in [[Soho, Birmingham|Soho]], near Birmingham, w... - French and Indian War (5652 bytes)
1: ... The war resulted in France's loss of all its possessions in North America except for some Caribbean i...
5: ...as the ''Guerre de la conqu괥'' (War of the Conquest), since it is the war in which [[New France]] wa...
7: ==Series of North American conflicts, 1600-1700s==
9: ...ore as secondary theatres to European conflicts, resulted in little territorial change.
13: ...raham]] outside of [[Quebec City]], in which [[James Wolfe]] defeated a French garrison led by [[Louis... - Seven Years' War (11256 bytes)
1: The '''Seven Years' War''' ([[1754]] and [[1756]]–[[1763]]) pitted [[Kingdom o...
3: ...name "Seven Years' War" is used in the United States to refer only to the [[Europe]]an portions of the...
5: ... and Austria is called the [[Silesian Wars|3rd Silesian War]].
8: ...ces]] and to forge new [[Military alliance|alliances]].
10: ...d Britain to focus her soldiers towards her colonies. - List of painters (54090 bytes)
12: ..., ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
14: ...1956]]), US [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[painter]]
17: ..., ([[1841]]-[[1919]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
33: *[[Jacques-Laurent Agasse]] ([[1767]]-[[1848]])
42: *[[Mikolas Ales]] ([[1852]]-[[1913]]) - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
1: ...on was claimed by [[Spain]]. Note that this map does not show the bulk of [[British North America]] of...
2: ...nd the creation of the [[United States|United States of America]]. The [[American Revolutionary War]] ...
4: ...rrent interpretations fall somewhere in between these two positions.
10: ...ost white colonists in America considered themselves loyal subjects of the British Crown, with the sam...
16: ...separation of church and state]] and other liberties. - Isaac Newton (23339 bytes)
2: ...work for [[classical mechanics]]. Newton also shares credit with [[Gottfried Leibniz|Gottfried Wilhelm...
4: ...r's laws of planetary motion]]. He would expand these laws by arguing that [[orbit]]s (such as those o...
6: ...nomial theorem]] in its entirety; and the principles of conservation of [[momentum]] and [[angular mom...
17: ...l|E.T. Bell]] (1937, Simon and Schuster) and H. Eves:
19: ...ge of 19. As Newton became engrossed in his studies, the romance cooled and Miss Storey married someo... - Ohio (19444 bytes)
10: LargestCity = [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]] |
30: HighestElev = 472 |
32: LowestElev = 139 |
36: ...e Midwest admitted to the Union under the [[Northwest Ordinance]]. Its U.S. postal abbreviation is '''...
42: ...|Shawnees]], [[Ottawa (tribe)|Ottawa]]s, and [[Eries]]. During the [[18th century]], the [[France|Fren... - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
2: ...s|political]], and [[economics|economic]] structures.
4: ...]] government on issues of [[taxation]] and [[representation]].
6: ==Motives for exploration and colonization==
9: ...seafaring]] technologies needed to make long voyages across open water.
11: ...uickly mounted an effort of colonization and conquest. Within a few years, they had divided up lucrati... - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
2: ... [[1775]], Franklin became the first [[United States Postmaster General]].
8: ===Ancestry===
17: ... [[1692]]), Mary ([[September 26]], [[1694]]), James ([[February 4]], [[1697]]), Sarah ([[July 9]], [[...
21: ...n [[apprenticeship|apprentice]] to his brother James, a printer who published the ''New England Couran...
23: ...tual young man earned him a great deal of social respect. - March 23 (10340 bytes)
6: *[[752]] - [[Pope Stephen II|Stephen II]] becomes [[Pope]].
7: ...and [[Charles IX of France]] make substantial concessions to the [[Huguenots]].
8: *[[1708]] - [[James Francis Edward Stuart]] lands at the [[Firth of F...
13: ...''[[John Wickliffe (ship)|John Wickliffe]]'' arrives at [[Port Chalmers]] carrying the first Scottish ...
16: ... [[Land run]]: [[President of the United States|President]] [[Benjamin Harrison]] opens [[Oklahoma]] t... - Augusta, Maine (4876 bytes)
6: seal = AugustaMEseal.gif |
8: founded = [[1754]] |
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24: ...S. state|state]] of [[Maine]] in the [[United States]]. It is located on the [[Kennebec River]] at the...
28: ...rading post. Located on the Kennebec River at highest tidal eddy. Around that time it was given the na... - Albany, New York (8184 bytes)
3: ...of [[New York]] in the [[United States|United States of America]]. As of the [[2000]] census, it has ...
5: The '''City of Albany''' lies 145 miles (233 kilometers) north of and slightly east from ...
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33: ... York and Albany, who later became [[James VII|James VII of Scotland and II of England]]. The Duke of ...
37: ...ion, the first formal proposal to unite the colonies. - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
16: *[[Maria Gaetana Agnesi]] (Italy, [[1718]] - [[1799]])
18: *[[Ahmes]] (Egypt, roughly around [[17th century BC]])
23: *[[Giacomo Albanese]] (Italy, Brazil)
31: *[[Anthemius of Tralles]] (Constantinople c. [[474]] - c. [[534]])
36: *[[Archimedes]] (Syracuse, [[287 BC|287 B.C.]] - [[212 BC|212 B... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
16: *[[Alessandro Achillini]], (1463-1512)
26: *[[Aedesius]], (d. 355)
27: *[[Aenesidemus]], (1st century BC){{fn|R}}
44: *[[Alcibiades]], (c. 450-404 BC)
51: *[[Alexander of Hales]], (d. 1245){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}} - Ottoman Empire (15917 bytes)
31: | '''[[Rise of the Ottoman Empire|Establishment]]'''
43: ... center;" | Part of the [[History of Turkey]] series
45: ... the [[Osmanlı]] dynasty. In diplomatic circles it was often referred to as the ''[[Sublime Porte...
47: ...s were captured by the [[Allies]], Ottoman elites established modern [[Turkey]] during the [[Turkish W...
53: ...Eastern culture|East]] and the [[Western Culture|West]].
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