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- Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
2: ...VII]]. She was guillotined at the height of the [[French Revolution]].
4: ... [[Maria Theresa of Austria|Maria Theresa]] and [[Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor]]. She was born at the...
13: ...as flighty, artistic and read almost nothing. Her French was imperfect and she preferred to speak Germ...
15: ... was decided that Maria-Antonia should be sent to France to marry the dauphin.
17: ...arewell, my dearest child. Do so much good to the French people that they can say that I have sent the... - Sheng (instrument) (1217 bytes)
3: ...[[Pinyin]] ''shēng'') is a [[mouth]]-blown [[free reed instrument]] (the first) consisting essent...
5: ...the first shengs back to Europe in [[1740]] and [[1777]] respectively, although some believe shengs were... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
26: ...e was initiated as a [[Freemasonry|Freemason]] in Fredericksburg on [[4 February]] [[1752]]. On Lawren...
28: ==French and Indian War and afterwards==
31: ...nternational incident, and helped to ignite the [[French and Indian War]], which eventually became the...
33: ...ition]], which successfully drove the French away from [[Fort Duquesne]].
37: ...en. In that year, he was chosen as a [[delegate]] from Virginia to the First [[Continental Congress]] ... - John Hancock (8787 bytes)
2: [[Image:JohnHancockSmall.jpeg|right|frame|Portrait of Hancock [[:Image:JohnHancockLarge....
3: [[Image:John Hancock Signature DOI.jpg|right|frame|Hancock's signature on the [[United States Dec...
8: ...of his uncle's business. Shortly after his return from England, his uncle died and he inherited the fo...
15: ..., lead, paper and tea. In [[1768]], upon arriving from England, his [[sloop]] ''Liberty'' was impounde...
17: ...o newspapers] and John Hancock pays the postage" (Fradin & McCurdy, 2002). - United States (58223 bytes)
36: established_dates = From [[Great Britain]]<br> [[July 4]], [[1776]]<br>[...
58: ... political structure was a [[confederation]] in [[1777]], ratified in [[1781]] as the [[Articles of Conf...
60: ... the [[Emancipation Proclamation]], mandating the freedom of all slaves in states in rebellion, though...
62: ...e U.S. acquired a number of overseas possessions, from [[Cuba]] to the [[Philippines]], though it gave...
70: ... American people. Americans enjoy [[universal suffrage]]. ''More information at the Main article: [[P... - Flag of Delaware (1314 bytes)
4: ...nter of the flag was adopted on [[January 17]], [[1777]]. It depicts a shield of horizontal red, blue an...
6: ... was adopted on [[July 24]], [[1913]]. Regiments from Delaware during the [[American Civil War]] flew... - Boat (6417 bytes)
72: ... In [[cockney rhyming slang]], "boat" means face, from "boat race".
74: ...e one of the massive cars manufactured in America from the 1950s through the 1970s.
85: ...nd stern, respectively and are used only when the frame of reference is within the vessel. Outside the...
89: ...owing is the windward The side of the vessel away from the wind is termed the lee side side. The direc...
94: ...oor is properly, a structural member which ties a frame to the keelson and keel.) The underside of a d... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
38: ...British possession after France's defeat in the [[French and Indian War]]. For many years, rightful co...
44: ...north to south, is 159 miles. Its greatest width, from east to west, is 89 miles (the narrowest width ...
52: ...particular variant of the tree; it rather results from a number of soil and climate conditions unique ...
58: ...ing the era Native Americans migrated year-round. From [[1000 BCE]] to [[1600|1600 CE]] was the Woodla...
60: ..., [[1609]], [[French colonization of the Americas|French explorer]] [[Samuel de Champlain]] claimed th... - Texas (39610 bytes)
38: ...nguage]] of the [[Hasinai]], ''tejas'', meaning ''friends'' or ''allies''; [[Spain|Spanish]] explorers...
42: ...ist of U.S. state mottos | state motto]] — "Friendship"
50: ** flying — [[Mexican free-tailed bat]]
57: ...om you talk to (and which part of Texas they come from), Texas forms part of the [[U.S. Southern State...
62: ...ve flown over its soil: the [[Fleur-de-lis]] of [[France]], and the national flags of [[Spain]], [[Mex... - New Jersey (35646 bytes)
41: ...]] (the land that would become New Jersey) to two friends who had been loyal through the [[English Civ...
43: ...lish Crown and gave sanctuary to the King. It was from the Royal Square in St. Helier that [[Charles I...
45: ...was in the Hudson River region and came primarily from New England. The first permanent English settl...
57: ... week after victory at [[Trenton]], on January 3, 1777, the American forces scored an important victory ...
63: ... However, by the close of the Civil War, several African-Americans in New Jersey were still in bondage... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
6: * 2.4 MYA: [[Oldowan|Stone tools]] in [[Africa]]
8: ...YA: Controlled [[fire]] in [[Cradle of Humankind|Africa]]
26: * [[Cloth]] woven from [[flax]] fiber
112: * [[1589]]: [[Stocking frame]]: [[William Lee]]
134: ...quadrant]]: [[Thomas Godfrey (inventor)|Thomas Godfrey]] - Thirteen Colonies (4707 bytes)
6: ...ish North American possessions—the former [[French colony]] of [[Quebec]] and the colonies of [[...
10: ...isted the colonies in geographical order, roughly from north to south, as follows (the division into t...
29: ...*</nowiki>Vermont was an independent country from 1777 until it became the 14th state in 1791. Today it ... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
7: *[[Paul Cezanne]], ([[1839]]-[[1906]]), French artist
12: *[[Claude Monet]], ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
17: *[[Pierre-Auguste Renoir]], ([[1841]]-[[1919]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
29: *[[Franklin Adams]]
59: *[[Fra Angelico]] ([[1387]]-[[1445]]) - Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
3: ...meline of United States history]] concerns events from '''[[1760]] to [[1789]]'''.
7: *[[1763]] - [[Treaty of Paris (1763)]] ends [[French and Indian War]]
35: *[[1777]] - [[Battle of Oriskany]] ([[August 6]])
36: *[[1777]] - [[Battle of Saratoga]] ([[October 7]])
37: *[[1777]] - [[Vermont]], as the [[Republic of Vermont]], ... - History of the United States (1776-1789) (19792 bytes)
5: ...een." Further along their line of march, they confronted a much larger group of militia at a bridge i...
7: ...nd [[Continental Congress]], with representatives from 13 of the [[United_Kingdom|British]] [[colonies...
9: ...rson]]. However, Jefferson's work was reviewed by Franklin at length and then submitted to the Congres...
11: ... States with a great wilderness empire stretching from the Atlantic to the Mississippi River, and incl...
21: ...Seven Years' War]] and in North America, as the [[French and Indian War]], in 1763, Britain had emerge... - January 2 (10888 bytes)
6: *[[366]] - [[Alamanni]] cross the frozen [[Rhine]] in large numbers, invading [[Roman ...
19: *[[1879]] - [[Fred Spofforth]] claims the first [[Hat-trick]] in [...
28: ... - [[DeYoung Museum]] in [[Golden Gate Park]] San Francisco opens.
33: ...ship]] program with a stated goal of building 200 freighters. Over 2,700 ships will eventually be con...
39: *[[1957]] - [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]] and [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angele... - Independence Day (United States) (6238 bytes)
17: ...e been associated with the Fourth of July since [[1777]].
23: ... even that was kept secret to protect the members from British reprisal.
27: ...ons, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward for evermore.
29: ...delphians heard the official news of independence from the Continental Congress, as opposed to rumors ...
33: * In [[1777]], British officers noted the firing of 13 guns, ... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
1: {{French Revolution}}
2: ...]]'', and eclipses both subsequent revolutions in France in the popular imagination. It downplays the ...
6: ''See main article [[Causes of the French Revolution]].''
8: ...As the revolution proceeded and as power devolved from the monarchy to legislative bodies, the conflic...
21: ...tial creditors of the confidence and stability of France's finances. - Baboon (5672 bytes)
9: ...Christian Polycarp Erxleben|Erxleben]] | date = [[1777]]}}
13: ... The English word ''Baboon'' is thought to derive from that of the Egyptian baboon-god [[Babi (mytholo...
16: ...ight. They can raid human dwellings and in South Africa they have been known to prey on sheep and goat...
20: ... prey for a leopard and large males will often confront them.
22: ...'P. anubis'' ([[Olive Baboon]], found in central African [[savanna]]) and ''P. cynocephalus'' (Yellow ... - Bobcat (4586 bytes)
12: ...ristian Daniel von Schreber|Schreber]] | date = [[1777]]}}
15: ...at the shoulder. The male Bobcat typically weighs from [[1 E1 kg|11–16 kg (24–35 lb)]] and...
20: ... today than in colonial times. They have vanished from parts of the midwest where most suitable habita...
41: ...n). Bobcat tracks can generally be distinguished from feral or house cat tracks by their size (feral ...
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