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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]]) - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
2: ... [[16 October]] [[1793]]) Daughter of [[Maria Theresa of Austria]], wife of [[Louis XVI]] and mother o...
4: ... baby as "a small, but completely healthy Archduchess."
6: ...erdinand-Karl ? already had important official roles within the [[Hapsburg]] Empire.
7: ...nsidered one of the most brilliant political figures in Europe.]]
9: ...r in marriage - Marie-Antoinette (much to the Empress's amusement.) - Jane Austen (5805 bytes)
3: ...ovelist]] whose work is considered part of the [[Western canon]]. She stands as a model of the writer ...
5: ...ere two months later and was buried in the [[Winchester_Cathedral|cathedral]].
7: ... modern critics continue to unearth new perspectives on Austen's keen commentary regarding the predica...
10: :''That young lady has a talent for describing the involvements of feelings and character...
12: ...ocial security other than degrading work as governess, or living as hanger-on in a relative's househol... - Second Intermediate Period of Egypt (3576 bytes)
2: ...and [[Sixteenth dynasty of Egypt|Sixteenth Dynasties]].
4: ...amily in [[Xois]], located in the marshes of the western Delta, broke away from the central authority ...
6: ...nown primarily by scarabs inscribed with their names, called by modern [[Egyptologist]]s the Sixteenth...
8: ...assal of the Hyksos princes ruling there; his successors held onto their diminished office until c.[[1...
10: ...tive Egyptian ruling house in [[Thebes, Egypt|Thebes]] declared its independence from the vassal dynas... - 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. - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Thomas Jefferson
3: | image name=Seal_us_presdent.jpg
4: | order=Third President
8: | succeeded=[[James Madison]]
13: | place of death=[[Charlottesville, Virginia]] - Malaysia (27892 bytes)
3: ...ysia]] (Peninsular Malaysia, Malay Peninsula) shares a land border on the north with [[Thailand]] and ...
5: ... Sultanate of [[Brunei]] on the east, south, and west.
37: | [[List of countries by area|Ranked 64th]] <br> 329,750 [[square kilom...
40: | [[List of countries by population|Ranked 46th]]<br> 25,720,000 (Q3-20...
45: | '''[[Gross Domestic Product|GDP]]''' (PPP) <br> - Total ([[20... - Connecticut (28543 bytes)
10: LargestCity = [[Bridgeport, Connecticut|Bridgeport]]...
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36: ...ticut was one of the [[13 colonies|thirteen colonies]] that revolted against British rule in the [[Ame...
43: ...river". Connecticut is one of the original 13 states. The first Europeans to settle permanently in Con... - Virginia (23198 bytes)
10: LargestCity = [[Virginia Beach, Virginia|Virginia Be...
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36: ...ommonwealth of Virginia'''; it is one of four states which use the name [[commonwealth]].
38: ...nia at the time of the founding of the United States, but the former was admitted to the Union as a se... - Comet (30542 bytes)
3: ...r]] with [[dust]] and various [[mineral]] aggregates mixed in.
5: ...ost all their [[volatile]] materials may come to resemble asteroids.
9: ... the comet (called the ''nucleus'') is generally less than 50km across, the coma may be larger than th...
11: ...ayeux Tapestry]], which records the [[Norman conquest]] of [[England]] in [[1066]].{{hnote|Reading Mus...
15: ...metary surfaces allows them to absorb the heat necessary to drive their outgassing. - 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. - Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
3: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns events from '''[[1760]] to [[1...
13: *[[1765]] - [[Stamp Act Congress]] convenes
20: ...[Samuel Adams]] organizes the [[Committees of Correspondence]]
21: *[[1773]] - [[British Parliament]] passes [[Tea Act]]
23: *[[1774]] - First [[Continental Congress]] - Timeline of United States history (1820-1859) (8457 bytes)
1: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns events from '''[[1820]] to [[1...
7: *[[1820]] - [[Maine]] becomes a state
8: *[[1821]] - [[Missouri]] becomes a state
9: *[[1822]] - [[Denmark Vesey]] executed
13: *[[1824]] - First presidential nominating [[political convention]] - List of people associated with the French Revolution (16148 bytes)
2: ...lexities is in the article on the individual in question.''
5: *[[Charles X of France|Charles, comte d'Artois]] - younger brother of Louis XVI ...
6: ...ançois Charles Augereau, duc de Castiglione|Charles Pierre François Augereau]] - officer throughout ...
10: ...[Jean Sylvain Bailly]] - President of the [[Third Estate]] who administered the [[Tennis Court Oath]],...
14: * [[Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte|Jean-Baptiste Jules Bernadotte]] - General, later king of [[Sweden]] - 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... - 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)
77: *[[Charles Hatchett]], (1765-1847), English chemist who disc... - Shays' Rebellion (6569 bytes)
1: ...urdens. The rebellion started on [[August 29]], [[1786]].
3: ...ed to sell their land to meet their debts, often less than 1/3 real price.
5: ...nchisement led to discussions of reform and/or secession in both areas.
7: ...f the people in Western Massachusetts became restless.
9: ...led out to fight the Regulators often switched sides. - Steamboat (11603 bytes)
6: ...red ships and submarines use steam to drive turbines, but are not referred to as steamships or steambo...
8: ...d, out of nostalgia, for [[diesel]] motor driven vessels, prefix "'''MV'''".
15: ...ist [[Denis Papin]] who was developing steam engines. In [[1707]] he constructed a paddle-powered boat...
17: ...roved model he does not seem to have had much success, though he may have inspired others.
19: ...ine failed, but bureaucracy thwarted further progress. - Continental Congress (4041 bytes)
1: ...federation]]. There were two Continental Congresses.
3: ==The Continental Congress==
4: ... as the first [[President of the Continental Congress]].
6: ...ble Acts" were not repealed. The boycott was successfully implemented, but its potential at altering ...
8: ...e problems, with the help of the Continental Congress?s guidance throughout the war, the colonists pre...
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