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1. Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
   3: ...United States history]] concerns events from '''[[1760]] to [[1789]]'''.
   5: === [[1760s]] ===
   6: *[[1760]] - [[King George III]] crowned
   13: *[[1765]] - [[Stamp Act Congress]] convenes
   20: ...[Samuel Adams]] organizes the [[Committees of Correspondence]]

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1. Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
   1: ...ction machines for manufacturing in other industries.
   3: ...ut [[1850]], when technological and economic progress gained momentum with the development of steam-po...
   5: ...[agriculture]] and gave up its [[nomad|nomadic lifestyle]].
   9: ==Causes==
   10: ...on]] of the 17th century. But one of the main causes was the invention of the steam engine.
2. Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
   1: ...s.jpg|thumb|270px|H.I.M. Yelizaveta Petrovna, Empress and Autocrat of all the Russias (1709-62)]]
   3: ...[[St Petersburg]]. Generally, she was one of the best loved Russian monarchs, because she didn't allow...
   5: ==Life before becoming Empress==
   7: Elizabeth, the youngest daughter of [[Peter the Great]] and [[Catherine ...
   9: ...es with more fluency than accuracy. From her earliest years she delighted every one by her extraordina...
3. Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
   7: ...irgin Queen''', '''Gloriana''', or '''Good Queen Bess''', Elizabeth I was the fifth and final monarch ...
   9: ...en saved her from political and marital misalliances. Like her father [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VI...
   11: ...ies, one [[earl|earldom]] and seven [[baron|baronies]] in the [[Peerage of England]], and one barony i...
   13: ...ica]] and afterwards a member of the [[United States]], was named after Elizabeth I, the "Virgin Queen...
   16: ... under the [[English Act of Succession|Act of Succession 1544]].
4. Phillis Wheatley (3014 bytes)
   3: ...eek language|Greek]], and [[Bible|Biblical]] studies. She became a very accomplished poet, with her fi...
   5: ...ial Wheatley went to London, where [[Selina, Countess of Huntingdon]] and the [[Earl of Dartmouth]] he...
   7: ... heroes of [[the Dunciad]] are to her, as [[Hercules]] to the author of that poem."
   9: ...lack grocer named John Peters. She herself did domestic work as a servant. Neither hard work nor artis...
   22: ...w.jmu.edu/madison/center/main_pages/madison_archives/era/african/free/wheatley/poems/poems.htm JMU sit...
5. 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.
6. 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 conquê´¥'' (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...
7. Seven Years' War (11256 bytes)
   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.
   12: ...e of the soldiers had gained her their undivided respect.
8. 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]])
9. 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.
10. Timeline of United States history (2967 bytes)
    1: This is a '''timeline of United States history'''.
    2: *[[Timeline of United States history (Before 1600)|Before 1600]]
    3: *[[Timeline of United States history (1600-1699)|1600-1699]]
    4: *[[Timeline of United States history (1700-1759)|1700-1759]]
    5: *[[Timeline of United States history (1760-1789)|1760-1789]]
11. Timeline of United States pre-history (1700-1759) (3760 bytes)
    3: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns events from '''[[1700]] to [[1...
    6: ...]] - [[Queen Anne's War]] (War of the Spanish Succession) begins
    7: ...t Jersey]] and [[west Jersey]] become crown colonies
    17: ...[1734]] - The [[Great Awakening]] ([[1730s]] to [[1760s]]) begins with the preaching of [[Jonathan Edwar...
    18: ... Peter Zenger]] trial on freedom of the press issues.
12. Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
    3: ...United States history]] concerns events from '''[[1760]] to [[1789]]'''.
    5: === [[1760s]] ===
    6: *[[1760]] - [[King George III]] crowned
    13: *[[1765]] - [[Stamp Act Congress]] convenes
    20: ...[Samuel Adams]] organizes the [[Committees of Correspondence]]
13. Timeline of United States history (1790-1819) (6951 bytes)
    3: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns events from '''[[1790]] to [[1...
    6: *[[1790]] - [[Rhode Island]] becomes a state
    7: *[[1791]] - [[United States Bill of Rights|Bill of Rights]] ratified
    8: *[[1791]] - [[First Bank of the United States]] chartered
    9: ...]] - [[Vermont]], formerly part of New York, becomes the 14th state
14. Michigan (29427 bytes)
    8: ... Nickname = "Wolverine State" or "Great Lakes State" |
    10: LargestCity = [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]] |
    25: ... time|-4]] <br><small>(Some Upper Peninsula counties bordering Wisconsin are Central time.)</small> |
    30: HighestElev = 603 |
    32: LowestElev = 174 |
15. Dodo (9332 bytes)
    6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[bird|Aves]]}}
    7: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[dove|Columbiformes]]}}
    9: ...r = [[Mathurin Jacques Brisson|Brisson]] | date = 1760}}
    10: {{Taxobox_species_entry | taxon = '''''R. cucullatus'''''}}
    15: ...e Dodo, which is now extinct, lived on fruit and nested on the ground.
16. Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
    4: ...tion in the unity of science movement which includes [[logical positivism]].
    6: ...h as [[Voltaire]] and [[Jean-Jacques Rousseau]] questioned and attacked the existing institutions of b...
    8: ...o [[political economy]], [[government]] and sciences such as [[physics]], [[chemistry]] and [[biology]...
    12: ...The Age of Reason]]." For the present purposes, these two eras are [[lumpers/splitters|split]]; howeve...
    14: ...ngs of [[Michel de Montaigne]] and [[René Descartes]], was based on extreme skepticism, and inquiry i...
17. List of chemists (10401 bytes)
    20: *[[Johannes Nicolaus Br?d]], (1879-1947), Danish chemist
    40: * Sir [[James Dewar]]
    59: *[[Carl Remigius Fresenius]]
    60: *[[Wilhelm Fresenius]], son of Carl, German chemist, (1913-2004)
    64: *[[Johan Gadolin]], (1760&ndash;1852), [[Finns|Finnish]] chemist
18. List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
    11: *[[Alessandro Algardi]] (1595 - 1654)
    26: *[[Harry Bates (sculptor)|Harry Bates]] (1850 - 1899)
    41: *[[Georges Braque]] (1882 - 1963)
    42: *[[Filippo Brunelleschi]]
    58: *[[Danese Cattaneo]]
19. History of India (31279 bytes)
    5: ...Madhya Pradesh]] are found the earliest known traces of human life in [[India]]: [[Stone Age]] rock sh...
    8: ...om [[Central Asia]] followed, with the successive establishment in northern India of the [[Indo-Greek]...
    11: ...|philosophy]] flourished under the patronage of these kings.
    14: ...indigenous kingdoms remained in or rose to power, especially in the relatively sheltered south, where ...
    17: ... [[Sanchi|Sanchi stupa]] in Sanchi, [[Madhya Pradesh]] built by emperor [[Ashoka]] in the 3rd century...
20. American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
    1: ...e establishment of the [[United States|United States of America]].
    5: ...ted or parodied, it is one of the most famous images relating to the American Revolutionary War.]]
    10: ...). Each colony instead provided for its own defenses through the use of local [[militia]]. Militiamen ...
    12: ...arms for the colonies in any given year. The greatest number of men that Washington personally command...
    15: ...rn estimates, total British strength in the colonies did not exceed 20,000 men at any one time.

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