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- 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
14: *[[1765]] - [[First Quartering Act]]
23: *[[1774]] - First [[Continental Congress]]
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- Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...The development of all-metal machine tools in the first two decades of the nineteenth century enabled ...
3: ... Revolution is not exact, but it covers roughly [[1760]]-[[1830]], in effect, the reigns of [[George III...
10: ...l]] are also cited as factors, as is the [[scientific revolution]] of the 17th century. But one of the...
14: ...kly from 1700 onwards, because there was a scientific and technological improvement, growth of supply ...
24: ...sed the amount of food produced and supplied a sufficient amount of food for the workers working in th... - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
3: ...tion of the [[Imperial Academy of Arts|Academy of Fine Arts]] in [[Saint Petersburg|St. Petersburg]]. ...
19: ... existing government. The idea seems to have been first suggested to her by the French ambassador, La ...
25: ...this may be added that she was ever ready to sacrifice the prejudices of the woman to the duty of the ...
29: ...Sweden ceded to Russia all the southern part of [[Finland]] east of the river Kymmene, which thus beca...
39: ...lness of the empress, which began with a fainting-fit at [[Tsarskoe Selo]] (September 19, 1757), nor t... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...Good Queen Bess''', Elizabeth I was the fifth and final monarch of the [[Tudor dynasty]], having succe...
9: ...is era. In addition, [[Francis Drake]] became the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe; [[Fran...
18: ... before her death. Later, Parker would become the first Archbishop of [[Canterbury]] after Elizabeth b...
25: .... In [[1553]], however, Edward died at the age of fifteen, having left a will which purported to super...
27: ...r house arrest under the guard of Sir Henry Bedingfield; by the end of that year, when Mary was falsel... - Phillis Wheatley (3014 bytes)
3: ...es. She became a very accomplished poet, with her first poem published when she was only 13.
5: ...e on the death of the [[Calvinist]] [[George Whitefield]] that received widespread acclaim in Boston. ...
7: Her work was lauded by some of the leading figures of the [[American Revolution]], including [[... - John Hancock (8787 bytes)
5: ...resident of the [[Continental Congress]], and the first person to sign the [[United States Declaration...
8: ... Upon graduation, he worked for his uncle. From [[1760]]–[[1764]], Hancock lived in England while ...
15: ...]] ''Liberty'' was impounded by British customs officials for violation of revenue laws. This caused a...
17: ... region's resistance to British authority and his financial contributions led Bostonians to joke that ...
19: ...mdash;soldiers who claimed they could be ready to fight in sixty seconds—and his boycott of [[te... - French and Indian War (5652 bytes)
13: ...agara]], [[Fort Duquesne]], and – most significantly of all– at the [[Plains of Abraham]] ...
17: The war officially ended with the signing of the [[1763 Treaty...
23: ...of the opening engagements of the war, marked the first and only instance of [[George Washington]] sur...
48: *[[Battle of Sainte-Foy]] ([[April 28]], [[1760]])
49: *[[Battle of Montreal]] (1760) - Seven Years' War (11256 bytes)
3: ...st Nations]]) sided with France although some did fight alongside the British. The name "Seven Years' ...
5: ...ndia is termed the [[2nd Carnatic War]] while the fighting between Prussia and Austria is called the [...
18: ...on]] opposing him, Frederick determined to strike first. On [[August 29]], his well prepared army cros...
26: ...city, but had to lift the siege after Frederick's first defeat at the [[Battle of Kolin]].
28: ...urope's finest general and his men as the world's finest soldiers. - List of painters (54090 bytes)
120: *[[Jasmine Becket-Griffith]]
218: *[[Charles Ephraim Burchfield]] ([[1893]]-[[1967]])
381: *[[Beverly K. Effinger]] ([[1955]]-)
394: *[[Mikhail Evstafiev]] ([[1963]]-)
412: *[[Stanislaw Fijalkowski]] ([[1922]]-) - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
2: ...he revolution began before the [[first shot]] was fired at [[Battle of Lexington and Concord|Lexington...
4: ...on was a unique and radical event, producing significant changes that had a profound impact on world h...
10: ...llion]]—had, if not conquered, at least pacified the western frontier. Most white colonists in A...
16: ...asoning. The implications of the earlier [[scientific revolution]] began to have a greater effect on e...
19: ...]] views throughout the colonies. It was also the first event that swept through all the British colon... - Timeline of United States history (2967 bytes)
5: *[[Timeline of United States history (1760-1789)|1760-1789]] - Timeline of United States pre-history (1700-1759) (3760 bytes)
17: ...[1734]] - The [[Great Awakening]] ([[1730s]] to [[1760s]]) begins with the preaching of [[Jonathan Edwar...
19: *[[1739]] - [[George Whitefield]] tours the colonies ([[1739]]-[[1741]]) to pr...
39: ...">[[Timeline of United States history (1760-1789)|1760-1789]]</td> - 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
14: *[[1765]] - [[First Quartering Act]]
23: *[[1774]] - First [[Continental Congress]] - Timeline of United States history (1790-1819) (6951 bytes)
7: ...United States Bill of Rights|Bill of Rights]] ratified
8: *[[1791]] - [[First Bank of the United States]] chartered
35: ...rt]] to invalidate law passed by [[Congress]] for first time, the [[Judiciary Act (United States)#Judi...
44: *[[1806]] - [[Noah Webster]]'s first [[dictionary]]
57: ...]] - ''[[Fletcher v. Peck]]'' 10 US 87 1810 marks first time [[U.S. Supreme Court]] invalidates state ... - Michigan (29427 bytes)
13: OfficialLang = ''English'' |
46: ...of the automotive industry, with [[Henry Ford]]'s first plant in the [[Highland Park, Michigan|Highlan...
55: ... from [[Grenoble]], [[France]], were probably the first white men to see [[Lake Superior]].
56: ...] established [[Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan]], the first European settlement in Michigan
58: *[[1760]] Detroit was captured by the [[Great Britain|Bri... - Dodo (9332 bytes)
9: ...r = [[Mathurin Jacques Brisson|Brisson]] | date = 1760}}
22: The breast structure was insufficient to have ever supported flight and it is beli...
27: ...|Portuguese]] in [[1505]], but the Dutch were the first permanent settlers on the island.)
29: ...[Asia]], but neither historical nor archeological findings corroborate this. Dodos were hardly ever ea...
31: However, when humans first arrived on Mauritius, they also brought with t... - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
4: ...s the [[Age of Reason]]. The term also more specifically refers to a historical intellectual movement...
16: ...observation, resulted in a coherent system of verifiable predictions and set the tone for much of what...
18: ...If the previous era was the age of reasoning from first principles, Enlightenment thinkers saw themsel...
20: ...s shift united the pure empiricism of Renaissance figures such as Sir [[Francis Bacon (philosopher)|Fr...
24: ... reflected the intrinsic quality of a person as defined by the philosophers of the age. [[John Locke]]... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
56: *[[Hermann Emil Fischer]], (1852-1919), not to be confused with :
57: *[[Franz Joseph Emil Fischer]]
58: *[[Hans Fischer]], German organic chemist, [[1930]] [[Nobel ...
64: *[[Johan Gadolin]], (1760–1852), [[Finns|Finnish]] chemist
107: *[[Primo Levi]], (1919-1987), resistance fighter, [[chemist]] and novelist - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
42: *[[Filippo Brunelleschi]]
95: *[[Mino da Fiesole]] (c.1429 - 1484)
96: *[[Steve Fiorilla]]
97: *[[Victor Fisher]] (1938-)
219: *[[Landolin Ohmacht]] (1760-1834) - History of India (31279 bytes)
5: ...Age]] rock shelters decorated with paintings. The first known permanent settlements appeared 9,000 yea...
8: ...do-Scythian]] and [[Indo-Parthian]] kingdoms, and finally of the [[Kushan Empire]]. From the [[3rd cen...
11: ...blishment of a number of indigenous dynasties. We find reference, in the edicts of the Mauryan Emperor...
18: ...Image:Lightmatter vishnu1.jpg|thumb|130px|right|A figurine of [[Vishnu]], a [[Hindu]] god, in the ''Na...
20: ...in [[1857]] popularly known as the [[Sepoy Mutiny|First War of Indian Independence]], resulted in Indi... - American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
10: ...ps, but could be effective when led by talented officers.
12: ...f men that Washington personally commanded in the field at any one time was fewer than 17,000.
15: ...erican colonists who sided with the British—fielded perhaps 50,000 men during the war years. How...
19: ... American nation and sent no troops to America to fight alongside the Americans. The Netherlands enter...
25: ... the largest group, the [[Iroquois Confederacy]], fielded about 1,500 warriors against the American re...
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