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- War of 1812 (34444 bytes)
7: |Conflict||'''War of 1812'''
9: |Date||1812–1815
39: <u>First Nations</u>: 3,500
54: ...1812 is also sometimes referred to as the "War of 1812."
56: ...itia]]. Additionally, many [[Native Americans]]/[[First Nations]] fought in the war for reasons of the...
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- Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
5: |'''Period in Office:'''
27: ...servative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] and the figurehead of a political philosophy that became kno...
33: Her popularity finally declined when she replaced the unpopular [[R...
36: ...cal politics, serving as an [[Alderman]] (while officially described as '[[Whig|Liberal]] Independent'...
38: .... She was a member of the team that developed the first soft frozen ice cream. - Carpet (15753 bytes)
1: ...ing of trade routes in the 17th century were significant numbers of [[Persian rug]]s introduced to Wes...
3: ...d rug. The former indicates a covering that is affixed to a floor and the latter a floor covering tha...
16: ...the Jacquard mechanism (see [[Jacquard loom]]) in 1812 in France and c. 1825 in England. The addition o...
34: ...rtical red stripe near the hoist side, containing five carpet guls (designs used in producing rugs).
41: ...d, angular calligraphy called [[Kufic]], pseudo-Kufic, or Kufesque. - Clarinet (18825 bytes)
2: ... word ''clarino'' meaning ''[[trumpet]]'', as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that ...
11: ... writing. Additionally, improvements made to the fingering systems of the clarinet over time have ena...
15: ...h school music and beyond, and sometimes earlier. Finally, the most advanced range goes up further bey...
20: .... The instrument uses a single wooden (sometimes "fiber" or plastic) [[reed (music)|reed]] which is he...
24: ...between the upper and lower joint. This hourglass figure is not visible to the naked eye, but helps in... - James Madison (15187 bytes)
21: ...fferson]]. In this capacity he became a prominent figure in [[Virginia]] state politics, helping to dr...
25: ...[[Federalist Papers]], which are considered the definitive contemporary commentary on the [[Constituti...
27: Madison wrote thirty of the eighty-five essays that comprise the Federalist Papers. His...
29: ... men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable government to control the governed; and...
31: ... federal government to form its own bank that the first political parties in the United States were fo... - James Monroe (11107 bytes)
18: ...], [[1758]] – [[July 4]], [[1831]]) was the fifth ([[1817]]–[[1825]]) [[President of the U...
24: ...alist]]s in the [[Virginia Convention]] which ratified the Constitution, and in [[1790]], an advocate ...
28: Following the [[War of 1812]], Monroe was elected president in the [[U.S. pre...
38: ...lso Russia must not encroach southward on the Pacific coast. "... the American continents," he stated,...
42: ...ntation to pay off the debts, since then he never financially recovered. As a result, he and his wife ... - Andrew Jackson (23546 bytes)
18: ...seen as dominating the years between the [[War of 1812]] and the [[American Civil War|Civil War]].
22: ...When he refused to clean the boots of a British officer, the irate redcoat slashed him with a sword, g...
26: ...ave been "tough as old hickory" wood on the battlefield, which gave him his nickname. The war, and par...
32: ...lection, 1828|second attempt]] in [[1828]] as the first nominee of the [[Democratic Party (United Stat...
34: ...John Adams. Jackson's election represented a significant break from that past. - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
6: <tr><td>'''Term of Office:'''</td><td>[[March 4]], [[1837]]–[[March...
14: <tr><td>'''[[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]]:'''</td><td>[[Angelica Van Buren]]
22: ...n-[[England|Anglo descent]], and the only whose [[first language]] was not [[English language|English]...
27: ...nued in active and successful practice for twenty-five years.
29: ...[1808]] until [[1813]], when he was removed. In [[1812]] he entered the state Senate, and he also became... - James Buchanan (15634 bytes)
13: | '''Term of Office:'''
37: | '''[[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]]:'''
50: ...[[resident]] of [[Pennsylvania]] to hold that [[office]]. He has been criticized for failing to preve...
53: ...hairman of the Committee on the Judiciary (Twenty-first Congress). He was not a candidate for renomin...
57: ...c Party|Democrat]] to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Willia... - Henry Wilson (2604 bytes)
3: '''Henry Wilson''' ([[February 16]], [[1812]]–[[November 22]], [[1875]]) was a [[United...
7: ...d [[United States Democratic Party|Democrats]] to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of [[Edwa... - Printing press (12986 bytes)
1: ...of a [[text]] on rectangular sheets of [[paper]]. First invented in [[China]] in [[1041]], the printin...
4: ...ostly used to print [[Bible]]s. Because of the difficulties inherent in carving massive quantities of ...
6: ...o used Chinese characters in literature), the benefit of the technique is not as apparent as with alph...
8: ...ake the text. Gutenberg is also credited with the first use of an oil-based [[ink]], and using "rag" [...
12: ...r day. Books produced in this period, between the first work of Johann Gutenberg and the year 1500, ar... - Canada (35540 bytes)
1: ...d resulted in the consensus that the country's *official* name is now "Canada", not anything else. If ...
10: ...ench language|French]]. Its [[Statistics Canada|official]] population estimate for [[as of 2005|June 2...
15: ...Minister]], who is the head of government, have official residences in Ottawa.
17: ...f Nations]], and [[La Francophonie]]. Canada is officially [[Bilingualism in Canada|bilingual]]:
21: ... and [[hydroelectric power]] capacity. Its diversified [[Economy of Canada|economy]] relies heavily on... - Romania (19812 bytes)
14: official_languages = [[Romanian language|Romanian]] |
64: ... side [[Bessarabia]] to the [[Russian Empire]] in 1812 (though partially regained it with the Treaty of ...
68: ...]]. [[Union]] of Tranylvania with Romania was ratified in the [[Treaty of Trianon]] in [[1920]].
74: ...resident on [[December 12]], [[2004]], and took office [[December 20]]. Traian Băsescu managed to...
86: ...ve branch, is also elected by popular vote, every five years (until 2005, four years). - Connecticut (28543 bytes)
13: OfficialLang = ''English'' |
43: ... English Puritans from Massachusetts in 1633. Its first constitution, the "[[Fundamental Orders of Con...
49: ...Lieberman]] (Democrat). Connecticut currently has five [[U.S. Congressional Delegations from Connectic...
56: ... to the rolling mountains and farms of the [[Litchfield Hills]] and the casinos of [[Southeastern Conn...
65: ...sts, new residents, and internal state pride. Fairfield County's "[[Gold Coast, Connecticut|Gold Coast... - Louisiana (26375 bytes)
12: OfficialLang = None; [[English language|English]] a...
27: AdmittanceDate = [[April 30]], [[1812]] |
45: ...al]] heritage. While the state has no declared "official language", its law recognizes both [[English ...
60: ...Louis XIV of France|Louis XIV]] in [[1682]]. The first permanent settlement was founded by [[Pierre L...
64: ...f the colony; from [[1722]] on [[New Orleans]] fulfilled that role. - Maryland (22654 bytes)
13: OfficialLang = [[English language|English]] |
43: ...]), and is sometimes seen as a precursor to the [[First Amendment]].
53: During the War of 1812 the British military attempted to capture the por...
63: ...ranch|judicial]]. Unlike most other states, significant autonomy is granted to many of Maryland's [[C...
101: bio-research laboratories, as well as staffing of satellite government headquarters in the sub... - Missouri (16086 bytes)
1: ...tory/slogan.asp Show-Me] State''; the U.S. Post Office abbreviation for Missouri is '''MO''' and the s...
15: OfficialLang = [[English language|English]] |
67: ...kansas, S. E. Kansas, and N. E. Oklahoma. [[Springfield, Missouri]] in southwestern Missouri lies on t...
69: ... of the great [[New Madrid Earthquake]] of 1811 - 1812.
86: ...n of the state. Missouri also ranks first or near first among the production of lime. - Oregon (26551 bytes)
13: OfficialLang = ''None'' |
25: ...Malheur County, Oregon|Malheur County]] is in Pacific)</small> |
36: ...ited States]]' northwest, and bordering the [[Pacific Ocean]], [[California]], [[Washington]], [[Idaho...
43: ...hout losing what attracts people to Oregon in the first place. The state has pioneered some innovativ...
49: ...ritain|British]] gained control of all of the Pacific Fur Company posts. - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
3: ...re is ambiguity, the date of the first practical, fielded version of the invention is used here.
8: * 1 MYA: Controlled [[fire]] in [[Cradle of Humankind|Africa]]
26: * [[Cloth]] woven from [[flax]] fiber
82: * [[673]]: [[Greek fire]]: [[Kallinikos]]
84: * [[852]]: [[Parachute]]: [[Armen Firman]] - History of the United States (21226 bytes)
12: Colonial America was defined by ongoing battles with Native Americans, a se...
24: ...nies. Both sides permitted this trade when it benefitted them, but opposed it when it did not.
30: ...effersonians, Congress declared war on Britain in 1812 under the pretext of opposing British interferenc...
32: ...ronts. Crucially, the [[Treaty of Ghent]] which officially ended the war saw the end of the British al...
45: ... Confederate General [[Pierre Beauregard]] opened fire upon [[Fort Sumter]]. - 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]]-)
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