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- Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
5: ...tat. Six months later, on [[July 17]], [[1762]], Peter died from illness, but is rumored to have been ...
11: ...ine issued a charter that: allowed the gentry to petition the throne as a legal body; freed the nobles...
13: ...y. First, she established the [[Free Economic Society]] (1765) to encourage the modernization of agric...
16: ...the [[Hermitage Museum]], [[Saint Petersburg|St. Petersburg]].]]
17: ...[ruble]]s to the creation of a "Northern Accord" between Russia, Prussia, Poland, Sweden, and perhaps ... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
1: ...:MarieAntoinette1769-70.jpg|thumbnail|Marie-Antoinette, painted by Wagenschon shortly after her marria...
2: '''Marie-Antoinette''', Queen of [[France]] and Archduchess of [[Au...
4: ...cial described the new baby as "a small, but completely healthy Archduchess."
7: ...he Austrian Empire for fifteen years before Antoinette's birth. She was considered one of the most bri...
9: ...ess's youngest daughter in marriage - Marie-Antoinette (much to the Empress's amusement.) - Jane Austen (5805 bytes)
5: ...s went to sea, eventually becoming admirals. In [[1783]], she was educated briefly by a relative in [[Ox...
10: ...ry life which is to me the most wonderful I ever met with''.
12: ... prominent marriages, to be unliberated and disquieting; however one should bear in mind that a "good ...
14: The order in which she began and completed her novels is different from that of their publ...
26: *The Watsons (incomplete novel) - Phillis Wheatley (3014 bytes)
3: ...lical]] studies. She became a very accomplished poet, with her first poem published when she was only ...
5: ..., [[Thomas Hutchinson]], the governor of Massachusetts, and his Lieutenant Governor [[Andrew Oliver]]....
7: ...fferson]] was among the harshest critics of her poetry, writing "The heroes of [[the Dunciad]] are to ...
9: ..., Phillis married a free black grocer named John Peters. She herself did domestic work as a servant. N...
13: ...amuel Cooper, Who Departed This Life December 29, 1783'' - George Washington (29551 bytes)
19: ... [[American Revolutionary War]] ([[1775]]–[[1783]]) and later the first [[President of the United ...
21: ...shed power even though some others wanted him to retain that power for life (as [[monarch]]s and [[dic...
33: ...and showed coolness under fire in organizing the retreat. In Virginia, Washington was acclaimed as a h...
40: ...uel Leutze]], 1851, [[Metropolitan Museum of Art|Metropolitan Museum]]]]
41: ...l Army]] on [[June 15]], [[1775]]. The [[Massachusetts]] delegate [[John Adams]] suggested his appoint... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
25: ...come to the [[New World]] in [[1631]] from the [[Netherlands]]. Martin's father was Abraham van Buren ...
27: ...ity|New York]], where he studied under [[William Peter van Ness]] ([[1778]]-[[1826]]), an eminent lawy...
33: ... Jackson|Jackson's]] [[United States Cabinet|cabinet]] in [[1829]].
39: ...suffrage]]. His course in the Senate was not altogether consistent, though in this respect he is not t...
43: ...rmation as [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]] notwithstanding the "corrupt bargai... - United States (58223 bytes)
2: (poetically) '''Columbia'''—is a [[democracy|demo...
35: ...Constitution|'''Constitution''']]<br> - completed<br> - ratified<br> - effective|
36: ...]]<br> [[July 4]], [[1776]]<br>[[September 3]], [[1783]]<br><br><br>
41: utc_offset = -5 to -10 |
43: utc_offset_DST = | - The Gambia (13678 bytes)
10: ...center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of The Gambia|In Detail]])
31: ...es by area|Ranked 158th]]<br>10,380 [[square kilometre|km²]]<br>11.5%
48: | '''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]'''
59: ...as confirmed by letters patent from [[Queen Elizabeth I]]. In [[1618]], [[King James I]] granted a cha...
61: ...Britain possession of The Gambia, but the French retained a tiny enclave at Albreda on the north bank ... - 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... - New Jersey (35646 bytes)
39: ...n by the Dutch in 1654 and incorporated into New Netherland.
41: ...h Civil War]]: [[George Carteret|Sir George Carteret]] and [[John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stra...
43: ... English Crown [[George Carteret|Sir George Carteret]], Jersey's Royalist Governor, was gifted a large...
45: ...es were united under a royal, rather than a proprietary, governor.
57: ...er [[Charles Cornwallis]] at the [[Battle of Princeton]]. - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
10: ... 60 KYA: [[Shipbuilding|Ships]] probably used by settlers of [[New Guinea]]
18: * 8700 BC: [[Metalworking]] ([[copper]] pendant in [[Iraq]])
34: * [[39th century BC|3800s BC]]: [[Sweet Track|Engineered roadway]] in [[England]]
51: * [[Alphabet]] in [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]]
60: * [[Odometer]] : [[Ancient Rome|Rome]]: [[Archimedes]]? - 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]]
58: ...tch colony as of 1776; [[British Honduras]], had settlements, but "unofficial" until at least a couple...
75: ...a/namerica.htm British North American Colonies to 1783 - Military History & Institutions] - History of science (41710 bytes)
2: ...ating the [[universe]] known as the [[scientific method]]. The '''history of science''' traces these [...
4: ...n]] saw the inception of the modern [[scientific method]] to guide the evaluation of [[knowledge]]. Th...
6: ...nquires about other areas of knowledge, notably [[ethics]]. In practice, each of these fields is heavi...
11: ... what science ''is'', how it ''functions'', and whether it exhibits large-scale patterns and trends. T...
13: ...re can be [[demarcation problem|no demarcation]] between science and any other form of investigation. - List of painters (54090 bytes)
1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painters'''.
12: *[[Claude Monet]], ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|im...
16: *[[Rembrandt]], ([[1606]]-[[1669]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[painter]]
18: *[[Peter Paul Rubens]], ([[1577]]-[[1640]]), Belgian pai...
30: *[[Pieter Aertsen]] ([[1508]]-[[1575]]) - Aviation history (39698 bytes)
5: ...h is prized for its lightness and strength. The methods used to control planes have advanced signific...
15: ...mic principles in mind, was made. Leonardo also sketched designs for a helicopter, but this design wou...
17: ...as to accomplish that which we can only suggest. Yet there are sufficient proofs and examples from nat...
19: ...first detailed understanding of the relationship between altitude and the atmosphere.
25: ... a glider, which except for [[planform]] was completely modern in having a separate tail for control a... - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
2: ... [[American Revolutionary War]] ([[1775]]–[[1783]]) was one part of the revolution, but the revolu...
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... - United States territorial acquisitions (5763 bytes)
3: ...ndence]]. The treaty with the United Kingdom in [[1783]] defined the original borders of the [[United St...
5: *The '''[[Louisiana Purchase]]''', completed [[1803]], was negotiated by [[Robert Livingston...
21: ...quest of a government made up mainly of American settlers who had overthrown the [[Kingdom of Hawaii]]... - Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
28: ** [[Massachusetts Government Act]] ([[May 20]]),
46: *[[1783]] - [[Treaty of Paris (1783)]] ends [[United States Revolutionary War]]
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... - 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
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