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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
9: ...n area of 1256 km? (485 sq. miles). The larger [[metropolitan area]] population is estimated at 10-13 ...
15: ...s formed with nearby native tribes to defend the settlement against invaders - neighbor [[Niter, f...
17: The exact place of Rio's foundation is at the feet of now world famous Sugar Loaf mountain (P㯭de-A...
19: ...than farther [[Salvador da Bahia|Salvador]]. In [[1763]], the colonial administration in Portuguese Amer...
23: ...Rio de Janeiro as the capital of his new empire, yet the city region was losing importance - economic ... - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
11: ...ean Acheson|Acheson, Dean]], (1893-1971), USA Secretary
33: ... Ackermann|Ackermann, Georg Christian Benedict]] (1763-1833)
51: *[[Peter Ackroyd|Ackroyd, Peter]], (born 1949), English author, novelist
52: *[[Milton Acorn|Acorn, Milton]], (1923-1986), poet
57: *[[Oscar Zeta Acosta|Acosta, Oscar Zeta]] (1935-1974) - Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
8: ...children. Her youngest daughter was [[Marie Antoinette]] who would be promised in marriage to Louis, h...
12: *HI&RH Archduchess Marie Elisabeth (1737-1740). [[Heiress-presumptive]] to the titl...
15: ...-1790), married HRH Infanta Isabel of Spain (1741-1763), then HSH Princess Marie Josephe of Bavaria (173...
17: ...lisabeth of Austria|HI&RH Archduchess Marie Elisabeth]] (1743-1808)
26: *[[Marie Antoinette|HM Queen Marie Antoinette of France]], n饠HI&RH Archduchess Marie Antoni... - Middle Kingdom of Egypt (5374 bytes)
2: ...h dynasty of Egypt|Fourteenth dynasty]], roughly between [[1986 BC]] and [[1633 BC]].
5: .... Some authorities point to cultural differences between the Eleventh and [[Twelfth dynasty of Egypt|T...
10: ... Senuseret, campaigning against Lybian invaders, returned to Iljtawy with haste to prevent a takeover ...
12: [[Senusret I]] ([[1917 BC]] - [[1872 BC]]) continued the pol...
14: Senusret's successor [[Amenemhat II]] ([[1875 BC]] - [[184... - Conventional Egyptian chronology (10774 bytes)
7: ...lities. Consequently, there may be discrepancies between dates shown here and in articles on particula...
9: ...uld be noted that there is a 60 year discrepancy between the dates proposed by these two authors. Ther...
20: ...s developed by [http://www.petrie.ucl.ac.uk/ The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology].)
45: *Djet
49: *Semerkhet - Canada (35540 bytes)
3: ... [[Politics of Canada]], [[Geography of Canada]], etc. Thank you.}}
8: ...archy]] with [[Elizabeth II of Canada|Queen Elizabeth II]] as [[head of state]].
52: ...]]||[[Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island|Charlottetown]]
70: ...ry, Alberta]].<br> See [[List of the 100 largest metropolitan areas in Canada]], [[List of the 100 lar...
75: ...Iroquoian]] word ''Kanata'', meaning "village", "settlement", or "collection of huts" [http://www.cana... - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (8955 bytes)
10: ...| ([[Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines|In Detail]])
14: ...op;" colspan=2 | <small>''[[National motto]]: Pax et justitia<br>([[Latin]]: Peace and justice)''</sma...
25: | [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Elizabeth II]]
50: | '''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]'''
59: ...e [[Treaty of Versailles]] in [[1783]]. Conflict between the British and the black Caribs continued un... - James Watt (5070 bytes)
5: ...England]]. He was a key member of the [[Lunar Society]]. Many of his papers are in [[Birmingham Centra...
9: ...hematical-instrument making in [[London]] before returning to [[Glasgow]]
10: * [[1763]]: Repaired a [[Thomas Newcomen|Newcomen]] [[stea...
30: ...ral other things, not least a copying device for letters.
38: He is also remembered by the [[Lunar Society Moonstones|Moonstones]], two individual statues,... - Delaware (15006 bytes)
40: ...y]] established by [[Sweden | Swedes]] (led by [[Peter Minuit]]) around [[Fort Christina]] (now [[Wilm...
44: ...speninsular Line]]. Several towns on the borders between Delaware and Maryland are divided by these li...
48: ...ntry was chartered in Delaware by former-slave [[Peter Spencer]] in 1813 as the "[[Spencer Churches|Un...
67: ...he [[Delmarva Peninsula]], a geographical unit stretching far down the Mid-Atlantic coast.
71: ...delphia, Pennsylvania]] and the southern part by network stations in [[Salisbury, Maryland]]. - Wisconsin (18812 bytes)
40: Although the exact etymology of the name is uncertain, "Wisconsin" is t...
47: ... explorer. The French controlled the area until [[1763]], when it was ceded to the British.
51: ... to its residents being relatively equally split between voting for the [[United States Democratic Par...
53: ...Indian treaties opened up southwest Wisconsin to settlement, thousands of miners—many of them im...
61: ...y of Wisconsin]]), although a common nickname (sometimes used pejoratively) among non-residents is "[[... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
36: ...amplain]] in the northwest. It borders [[Massachusetts]] to the south, [[New Hampshire]] to the east, ...
38: ...ted by the surrounding [[13 colonies|colonies]]. Settlers who held land titles granted by the [[Provin...
48: ...rest in meadow, uplands, lakes, ponds and swampy wetlands.
50: ...areas of the state. Annual [[snow]]fall averages between 60 to 100 inches depending on elevation, givi...
57: ...95 feet. The state's average elevation is 1,000 feet.]] - Thirteen Colonies (4707 bytes)
2: ...Image:us flag large Betsy Ross.png|right|thumb|[[Betsy Ross]] purportedly sewed the first [[Flag of th...
14: ...Province of Massachusetts Bay]], later [[Massachusetts]] and [[Maine]]
40: ...area of the 13 colonies after the Proclamation of 1763. (Map produced by U.S. Dept. of Interior.)]]
58: ...tch colony as of 1776; [[British Honduras]], had settlements, but "unofficial" until at least a couple... - French and Indian War (5652 bytes)
1: ...onflict ([[1754]]-[[1763]]) in [[North America]] between [[Great Britain]] and [[France]], which was o...
9: ...omewhat confusingly, [[French and Indian Wars]]) between the British, the French, and their Indian all...
17: ...he [[1763 Treaty of Paris]] on [[February 10]], [[1763]]. France agreed to cede Canada to Britain, prefe...
19: ...ts imposed by the [[British Royal Proclamation of 1763]] in the newly acquired French territories in the... - Seven Years' War (11256 bytes)
1: ... while a force from the [[neutrality|neutral]] [[Netherlands]] was attacked in [[India]].
3: ...[[Europe]]an portions of the conflict (1756–1763), not the nine-year North American conflict or th...
5: ...rmed the [[2nd Carnatic War]] while the fighting between Prussia and Austria is called the [[Silesian ...
14: ...r war was formed by the heated colonial struggle between [[British Empire|Great Britain]] and [[French...
18: ...ons of the [[coalition]] opposing him, Frederick determined to strike first. On [[August 29]], his wel... - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
4: .... Most current interpretations fall somewhere in between these two positions.
7: ...riefly summarize the political, social, economic, etc. situations before the revolution, and the trend...
16: ...ywhere. Increased publication and communications between like-minded people opened new areas to questi...
28: ...cement became the practice. In [[1761]], Massachusetts lawyer [[James Otis]] argued that the writs vio...
30: ...ction. Grenville's policies were bringing them together. - Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
7: *[[1763]] - [[Treaty of Paris (1763)]] ends [[French and Indian War]]
8: *[[1763]] - [[Pontiac's Rebellion]] begins
9: *[[1763]] - [[British Royal Proclamation of 1763]]
28: ** [[Massachusetts Government Act]] ([[May 20]]),
53: ....S. state)|Georgia]], [[Connecticut]], [[Massachusetts]], [[Maryland]], [[South Carolina]], [[New Hamp... - History of the United States (1776-1789) (19792 bytes)
5: ...r a dozen years of escalating political conflict between the colonies and the British Parliament, mark...
7: ... the Atlantic Coast of [[North America]], began meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Congress i...
11: ...t United States with a great wilderness empire stretching from the Atlantic to the Mississippi River, ...
13: ... federation of States, without fully clarifying whether the United States was to be a nation-state or ...
15: ...nsider revising the Articles. That Convention, meeting in Philadelphia, chose, instead, to write a Co... - Ohio (19444 bytes)
24: ...dmittanceDate = [[March 1]], [[1803]], declared retroactively on [[August 7]], [[1953]] |
42: ...ring the [[18th century]], the [[France|French]] set up a system of trading posts to control the [[fur...
44: ...dian War]]. As a result of the [[Treaty of Paris (1763)|Treaty of Paris]], the French ceded control of O...
46: ...he [[American colonies|American colonists]] from settling in Ohio Country. British control of the regi...
50: ...bered only 45,000 in December [[1801]], Congress determined that the population was growing rapidly an... - Michigan (29427 bytes)
10: LargestCity = [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]] |
40: ... Canal]] in 1825, which brought large numbers of settlers.
46: .... It was a development that not only transformed Detroit and Michigan, but permanently altered the soc...
50: Since [[World War II]], Detroit's industrial base has eroded as auto companie...
56: ...Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan]], the first European settlement in Michigan - Illinois (27007 bytes)
45: ...tury as [[Iroquois]] expansion forced them to compete with several tribes for land. The Ilini were re...
48: ...n, Illinois was part of the French empire until [[1763]], when it passed to the British. The area was c...
51: ...Illinois became the 21st U.S. state. Early U.S. settlement began in the south part of the state and q...
64: *The '''[[Secretary of State of Illinois]]''' is [[Jesse White]] (...
74: ...ated, industrialized, and settled by a variety of ethnic groups. The city of Chicago is heavily [[Dem...
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