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1. James Madison (15187 bytes)
   1: {{Infobox President | name=James Madison
   3: | image name=Seal_us_presdent.jpg|thumb
   4: | order=4th President
   8: | succeeded=[[James Monroe]]
   15: | party=[[United States Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican...
2. James Monroe (11107 bytes)
   1: {{Infobox President | name=James Monroe
   3: | image name=jamesmonroe-npgallery.jpg
   4: | order=5th President
   7: | preceded=[[James Madison]]
   10: | place of birth=[[Westmoreland County, Virginia]]
3. John Quincy Adams (11783 bytes)
   1: {{Infobox President | name=John Quincy Adams
   3: | image name=Seal_us_presdent.jpg
   4: | order=6th President
   7: | preceded=[[James Monroe]]
   16: | vicepresident=[[John Caldwell Calhoun]]
4. Eli Whitney (3270 bytes)
   1: ...age:Eli_whitney.jpg|thumb|Eli Whitney Image courtesy of [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
   2: ...]] - [[January 8]], [[1825]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[inventor]] and manufacturer.
   6: Born in [[Westborough, Massachusetts|Westborough]], [[Massachusetts]], the son of a farmer...
   14: ...can [[slavery]] system in the Southern United States to become more sustainable at a critical point in...
   16: ...ompany that produced cotton gins went out of business in [[1797]].
5. 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]])
6. Flag (13245 bytes)
   3: ...ng]], or for decorative purposes, though at this less formal end the distinction between a flag and a ...
   9: ...flag-like symbols have been used by ancient cultures for thousands of years, the origin of flags in th...
   11: ...Middle Ages]], flags were used mainly during battles to identify individual leaders: in [[Europe]] the...
   13: ...me the preferred means of communications at sea, resulting in various systems of flag signals (see [[I...
   15: ... to those carrying them, and by [[World War I]] these were withdrawn from the battlefields, and have b...
7. List of inventors (14020 bytes)
   11: *[[Archimedes]], (circa 287 BC-212 BC), [[Greece]]
   14: ...of Agriculture — instant mashed potato flakes
   18: *[[Charles Babbage]], (1791-1871), [[England]] — [[Ana...
   22: ...U.S. solar inventor and developer; architectural designer.
   28: ...liner]], (1851-1929) [[Germany]] and [[United States|USA]] — [[gramophone]]
8. 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
9. Causes of the French Revolution (11170 bytes)
   2: ...egislative bodies, the conflicting interests of these initially allied groups would become the source ...
   5: ... covetously eyed the relatively greater prerogatives of the townspeople.
   7: ...Catholic Church]] and the prerogatives of the nobles.
   9: ... just a [[plebeian]] way of dealing with the enemies of the bourgeoisie: absolutism, feudalism and [[p...
   13: ...e holder from future taxes, the purchasers of titles were effectively buying an [[annuity]].
10. French Revolution (36529 bytes)
    2: ...d of absolutism and people as subjects and amplifies the power of the people, boosting them to the sta...
    5: == Causes ==
    6: ''See main article [[Causes of the French Revolution]].''
    8: ...egislative bodies, the conflicting interests of these initially allied groups would become the source ...
    10: Certainly, causes of the revolution must include all of the followi...
11. 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]]
12. Napoleonic Wars (44488 bytes)
    3: ...at, resulting in the [[Bourbon Dynasty, Restored|restoration of the Bourbon monarchy in France]].
    5: ...ovember 20]], 1815, is sometimes (though rarely these days) referred to as the [[Great French War]].
    9: The Napoleonic Wars brought some great changes upon the face of Europe:
    11: ...nant power in Europe, as it had been since the times of [[Louis XIV of France|Louis XIV]].
    12: ... nation in the world. The [[Royal Navy]] held unquestioned naval superiority throughout the world, and...
13. 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...
14. 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...
15. James Cook (14770 bytes)
    1: ...scookportrait.jpg|thumb|250px|British explorer James Cook, portrait by Nathaniel Dance, c. 1775, Natio...
    3: ... the [[Pacific Ocean]], in which its main shorelines were mapped. Cook was also a [[cartographer|map m...
    7: ...ook was one of five children born to Grace and James, Sr., who worked as a day laborer on a farm. As...
    8: ... the [[Seven Years War]] to start again at the lowest level in the British [[Royal Navy]].
    10: [[Image:Nfld chartofcook.jpg|thumb|200px|James Cook's 1775 Chart of Newfoundland]]
16. Honolulu, Hawaii (19495 bytes)
    21: west_coord = 157.8262|
    25: ...sland of O‘ahu (approximately 600 square miles).
    29: ...in July is 74/88 °F (23/31 °C). Temperatures exceed 90 °F (32 °C) only rarely with low...
    33: ...lawa Stream, then crosses Red Hill and runs just west of Aliamanu Crater, so that [[Aloha Stadium]], [...
    35: ...Head, Hawaii|Diamond Head]], [[Koko Head]] (includes [[Hanauma Bay]]), Koko Crater, Salt Lake, and &#2...
17. 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...
18. List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
    8: *[[Marc Aaronson]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1950]] – [[1987]])
    9: *[[George Ogden Abell]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1927]] – [[1983]])
    12: *[[Charles Greeley Abbot]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1872]] – [[1973]])
    13: *[[Charles Hitchcock Adams]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1868]] – [[1951]])
    15: *[[Walter Sydney Adams]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1876]] – [[1956]])
19. 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}}
20. Cotton gin (2185 bytes)
    2: ...to pull the cotton through the screen, while brushes continuously remove the loose cotton lint to prev...
    6: ...ith Eli Whitney (along with other historical figures such as [[George Washington|George]] and [[Martha...
    8: ...e hand-powered; larger ones were harnessed to horses or [[water wheel]]s.
    10: ...e processed in a day by tenfold. This made the widespread raising of cotton profitable in the [[Americ...
    16: ... Plan:[http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/lessons/cotton_gin_patent/cotton_gin_patent.html Eli ...

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