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- Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
3: ...s history]] concerns events from '''[[1760]] to [[1789]]'''.
7: *[[1763]] - [[Treaty of Paris (1763)]] ends [[French and Indian War]]
54: *[[1789]] - [[Constitution]] ratified
55: *[[1789]] - [[George Washington]] becomes President
56: ...ed States)#Judiciary Act of 1789|Judiciary Act of 1789]] - 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...
17: In 1789, the [[Constitution of the United States]] was pu...
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- List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
26: *[[Franz Ackerman|Ackerman, Franz]] (c1330-1387)
34: *[[Georg Friedrich Ackermann|Ackermann, Georg Friedrich]] (1787-1843)
48: ...Heinrich Ackermann|Ackermann, Wilhelm Heinrich]] (1789-1848) - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
2: ...eat''', reigned as [[tsar|empress]] of [[Russia]] from [[June 28]], [[1762]], to her death on [[Novemb...
5: ...onths later, on [[July 17]], [[1762]], Peter died from illness, but is rumored to have been killed by ...
11: ...tion the throne as a legal body; freed the nobles from state service and taxes; made noble status here...
13: ...the Russian society. First, she established the [[Free Economic Society]] (1765) to encourage the mode...
17: ...|Nikita Panin]], exercised considerable influence from the beginning of her reign. Though a shrewd sta... - 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... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
5: ...t was sometimes referred to as "the leader of the free world," a phrase that is still invoked today, m...
14: ...ciety. Prominent public officials that are barred from the presidency because they were not born U.S. ...
25: ... concerned with winning [[swing state]]s, through frequent visits and [[mass media]] advertising drive...
27: ...thumb|'''[[George Washington]]''', 1st President (1789-1797)]]
29: ...titution of the United States." Only presidents [[Franklin Pierce]] and [[Herbert Hoover]] have chosen... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
6: | date1=[[April 30]], [[1789]]
19: ...ited States]] under the [[U.S. Constitution]]. ([[1789]]–[[1797|97]]). He also served as President...
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... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
18: ...]] – [[July 4]], [[1826]]) was the first ([[1789]]–[[1797]]) [[Vice President of the United ...
22: ...neration descendant of Henry Adams, who emigrated from [[Devon]], [[England]], to [[Massachusetts]] in...
24: ...1758]], he was admitted to the [[bar_(law)|bar]]. From an early age he developed the habit of writing ...
35: ...of a series of committees to study naval matters. From that time onward, Adams championed the establis...
37: ... "these colonies are, and of a right ought to be, free and independent states," acting as champion of ... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
18: ...nd an American [[statesman]], [[ambassador]] to [[France]], [[Political philosophy|political philosoph...
23: ...0]], [[1720]]–[[March 31]], [[1776]]), both from families who had settled in [[Virginia]] for se...
25: ...ch included Jefferson, [[John Adams]], [[Benjamin Franklin]], [[Roger Sherman]], and [[Robert R. Livin...
27: ...[curriculum]] of which Jefferson also designed. [[Frank E. Grizzard]], Jr., a scholar at the Universit...
30: ...at the layers of occupation, and draw conclusions from them. - James Madison (15187 bytes)
21: ..., helping to draft their declaration of religious freedom and persuading [[Virginia]] to give their no...
25: ...the thinking of what Thomas Jefferson (who was in France at the time) called an "assembly of demi-gods...
31: ... States_House_of_Representatives|Representative]] from his home state of [[Virginia]]. He successfully...
33: ..., Madison was the nation's shortest president and frequently ill. In [[1794]] Madison married [[Dolley...
38: ...th any nation that would not remove the blockade: France did, and Britain did not. - United States (58223 bytes)
9: national_motto = <br>''[[E Pluribus Unum]]'' ([[1789]]–present)<br>([[Latin]]: "Out of Many, One...
36: established_dates = From [[Great Britain]]<br> [[July 4]], [[1776]]<br>[...
37: ...[1787]]<br>[[May 23]], [[1788]]<br>[[March 4]], [[1789]]|
58: ... [[United States Constitution|Constitution]] in [[1789]], forming a more centralized [[federalism|federa...
60: ... the [[Emancipation Proclamation]], mandating the freedom of all slaves in states in rebellion, though... - U.S. state (14432 bytes)
3: ...of education, health, transportation, and other infrastructure are generally the responsibility of the...
34: ...'<td>Ky.<td>[[Kentucky]]<td>[[Frankfort, Kentucky|Frankfort]]</tr>
79: ...arianas]]) which do have a legal status different from the states.
85: ...ee to organize their judicial systems differently from the federal judiciary, as long as [[due process...
86: ...al approval, just as when [[Maine]] was split off from [[Massachussetts]] - North Carolina (18268 bytes)
25: AdmittanceDate = [[November 21]], [[1789]] |
44: ...the Continental Congress to vote for independence from the British crown.
46: ...n [[plank]] road, known as a "farmer's railroad," from [[Fayetteville, North Carolina|Fayetteville]] i...
48: ...press the "rebellion" that "you can get no troops from North Carolina." However, under his leadership...
54: *[[1868]]: This was framed in accordance with the [[Reconstruction]] Act... - Hawaii (34434 bytes)
39: ...o grow due to active [[lava]] flows, most notably from [[Kilauea|Kīlauea]]. Ethnically, it is the...
51: ...of the island chain. These islands are, in order from the northwest to southeast, Niihau, Kauai, O...
54: ...iian Islands were formed by [[volcano]]es arising from the sea floor through a vent described in geolo...
58: The movement of the Hawaiian royal family from the Island of Hawaii to Maui and subsequently t...
64: ...to extend their sway and defend their communities from predatory rivals. Warfare was endemic. The gen... - Maryland (22654 bytes)
8: Nickname = Old Line State; Free State |
47: ...sm mandatory, a large number of Puritans migrated from Virginia to Maryland, and were given land for a...
53: ... that [[the Star Spangled Banner]] was written by Francis Scott Key.
81: ...summers and cold winters. Growing climate varies from USDA Zone 8 on the Eastern Shore and in the cit...
149: ...ions of the state to Frederick, and I-70 connects Frederick with Baltimore. I-695 is the Baltimore bel... - Washington (20186 bytes)
45: Prior to the arrival of explorers from [[Europe]], this region of the Pacific Coast ha...
49: ...sh explorers [[Manuel Quimper]] in [[1790]] and [[Francisco Eliza]] in [[1791]], then by British Capta...
51: ...the northwest territory to explorers and trappers from other nations, most notably Britain and then th...
55: ...hat same year [[Washington Territory]] was formed from part of [[Oregon Territory]].
59: ...forests and the ports along Puget Sound prospered from the manufacturing and shipping of lumber produc... - 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... - 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...
61: On [[November 20]], [[1789]] the state became the first in the newly-formed ...
63: ... However, by the close of the Civil War, several African-Americans in New Jersey were still in bondage... - 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: ...wiki>*</nowiki>Vermont was an independent country from 1777 until it became the 14th state in 1791. To...
63: ...can Revolution|History of the United States (1776-1789): Independence and the American Revolution]] - History of the United States (21226 bytes)
12: ...an American spirit and culture which was distinct from that of its European founders.
14: ==History of the United States (1776-1789)==
15: ...see the main [[History of the United States (1776-1789)]] article.''
17: ...his period the United States won its independence from the [[Kingdom of Great Britain]] during the [[A...
19: ==History of the United States (1789-1849)== - 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]]) - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
1: ...ink area was claimed by Great Britain after the [[French and Indian War]], and the orange region was c...
2: ...ion of [[thirteen colonies]] in [[North America]] from the [[British Empire]] and the creation of the ...
4: ...the first [[President of the United States]] in [[1789]]. Beyond that, interpretations vary. At one end ...
10: ..., if not conquered, at least pacified the western frontier. Most white colonists in America considered...
19: ...vent that swept through all the British colonies, from New England to the Carolinas, as a common exper...
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