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- Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...ntury|18th]] and early [[19th century]] resulting from the replacement of an economy based on manual l...
3: ... merged into the [[Second Industrial Revolution]] from about [[1850]], when technological and economic...
7: ...erm industrial ''revolution'' was introduced by [[Friedrich Engels]] and [[Louis-Auguste Blanqui]] in ...
10: ...itain. The steam engine was created to pump water from coal mines, enabling them to be deepened]]effic...
12: ... occurred in Britain. In other nations, such as [[France]], markets were split up by local regions, wh... - Connecticut (28543 bytes)
43: ... permanently in Connecticut were English Puritans from Massachusetts in 1633. Its first constitution, ...
49: ...rrently has five [[U.S. Congressional Delegations from Connecticut|representatives in the House]].
56: ...strial cities, located along the coastal highways from the New York border to New Haven, then northwar...
65: ... the state, and at times there are minor cultural frictions between the regions and their major cultur...
79: ...les (tv)|Miracles]], the protagonist took a train from Boston directly to Hartford, causing Connecticu... - Dinosaur (35313 bytes)
2: ...ption = Skull of ''[[Tyrannosaurus rex|T. Rex]]'' from the <br /> [[United States Department of the In...
16: ...of the [[Cretaceous]] period. Dinosaurs are known from both fossils and nonfossils including [[fossil]...
20: ...on|classifying]] dinosaurs, which are still known from a spotty [[fossil record]].
27: ... fear or trepidation at their size and formidable arsenal.
34: ...are [[morphology|morphologically]] quite distinct from their reptilian ancestors, and referring to bir... - History of the United States (21226 bytes)
12: ...an American spirit and culture which was distinct from that of its European founders.
17: ...his period the United States won its independence from the [[Kingdom of Great Britain]] during the [[A...
22: ...sippi River waterway, removed the French presence from the western border of the United States, and pr...
24: ...The United States, dependent on European revenues from the export of agricultural goods, tried to expo...
26: ...r]], Britain sought to impose a stranglehold over French overseas trade ties. Thus, in retaliation aga... - Space exploration (14877 bytes)
3: ==From fiction to fact==
6: ...eum in [[Huntsville, Alabama]] next to [[Redstone Arsenal]] displays many articles of space hardware, inclu...
11: From a spaceflight perspective, the definition of sp...
15: ... The first [[organisms]] launched into space were fruit flies and corn seeds aboard a U.S.-launched V2...
22: The [[Canadian Space Agency]] (CSA or, in French, the ASC) is the government department respon... - Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War (11837 bytes)
6: ...tablishing the Ohio River as the boundary between free and slave territory in the region between the A...
9: ...ons for the future admittance of slave states and free states.
45: |[[Frederick Douglas]] publishes his autobiography.
51: ...he [[Wilmot Proviso]] helps to consolidate the "[[free soil]]" forces.
54: ... Hidalgo]], ceding vast tracts of land to the US. Free Northern farmers do not want to compete against... - History of the United States (1945-1964) (29139 bytes)
8: ...ited States]] and [[Britain]] would open a second front on the European continent; but the Allied inva...
11: ...er [[Winston Churchill]] (left), U.S. President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] (center), and Soviet First S...
13: ...came to be called the [[Oder-Neisse Line]]. Aside from a few minor adjustments, this would be the "iro...
15: ...autarky versus exports, of state planning against free enterprise, were to vie for the allegiance of t...
17: ...emerge intact—and even greatly strengthened from an economic perspective—was the United St... - Earthquake (13859 bytes)
1: ...s are called [[interplate earthquake]]s; the less frequent events that occur in the interior of the li...
7: ...6.JPG|thumb|200px|none|Damage from the [[1906 San Francisco earthquake]].]]
9: ...yCa1989.jpg|thumb|200px|none|Section of collapsed freeway after the 1989 [[Loma Prieta earthquake]].]]
11: ...sm]]s. It is usually possible to identify a point from which the earthquake's [[seismic wave]]s appear...
30: ...y, earthquakes (in a broad sense) can also result from the detonation of [[explosive]]s. Thus scienti... - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
1: ''This article refers to the former French president, Charles de Gaulle. For the [[Paris...
10: | [[President of France]]
13: | From [[January 8]], [[1959]]<br> to [[April 28]], [[...
40: ...|French military]] leader and statesman. ({{audio|fr-Charles_de_Gaulle.ogg|pronunciation of his name}}...
42: ...ism]], which left a major influence in subsequent French politics. - Federal government of the United States (13380 bytes)
1: ...em of the [[Articles of Confederation]] (in force from [[1781]] to [[1788]]). The Constitution is curr...
2: ...s time as a [[French colonization of the Americas|French colony]]) and [[Puerto Rico]] (based on [[Spa...
4: ...vernment, the [[President of the United States]], frequently is referred to as "the most powerful man ...
7: ...ntatives]]. The Senate is composed of two members from each state as provided by the Constitution. Its...
9: ...plus four joint permanent committees with members from both houses overseeing the Library of Congress,... - Venice (22017 bytes)
8: ...from Verona in 1178, opening a lifeline to silver from Germany; the last autocratic doge, Vitale Michi...
16: ...actice, a number of Doges were forced by pressure from their [[oligarchy|oligarchical]] peers to resig...
20: ...]]. This apparent lack of zeal contributed to its frequently coming into conflict with the [[Papacy]]....
24: ...nice during the [[First Coalition]]. The [[France|French]] conqueror brought to an end the most fascin...
26: ...e city on [[January 18]], [[1798]]. It was taken from Austria by the [[Treaty of Pressburg]] in [[180... - Bill Clinton (59225 bytes)
19: ...) was the 42nd [[President of the United States]] from [[1993]] to [[2001]]. Before his Presidency, C...
23: ... conviction of many staff members, associates and friends, though never himself. He became the second ...
25: ...ssumption of office marked a "generational shift" from the former Presidents who were mostly World War...
27: ...-the-time the largest American [[budget deficit]] from his predecessor [[George H. W. Bush|President G...
38: ...popular anger over the escape of Cuban prisoners (from the [[Mariel Boat Lift]]) detained in [[Fort Ch... - Franklin D. Roosevelt (74009 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Franklin Delano Roosevelt
18: ...f reform. His family and close friends called him Frank. To the public he was usually known as "[[FDR ...
20: ...nal organization to preserve peace was brought to fruition as the [[United Nations]] after his death.
22: ...nd his failure to advance [[civil rights]] for [[African Americans]]. Some conservatives such as [[Ron...
26: ...matter of great pride to his great-great-grandson Franklin. - Shays' Rebellion (6569 bytes)
1: ...uprising in [[Western Massachusetts]] that lasted from [[1786]] to [[1787]]. Many of the rebels, know...
5: ...emely bad weather. The resulting feeling of disenfranchisement led to discussions of reform and/or se...
9: ...e of the [[Riot Act]], the Regulators seized arms from the [[Springfield Armory]]. [[Militia]] groups...
11: ...nized army, led by one [[Daniel Shays]], a farmer from [[East Pelham, Massachusetts|East Pelham]] and ...
13: ...ary]] army, they planned to return to the federal arsenal in [[Springfield, Massachusetts]] for more weapon... - Stonewall Jackson (15247 bytes)
20: ... a "bad order", to withdraw his troops, he was confronted by another superior. He explained his ration...
26: ... began a Sunday school for blacks, both slave and free.
30: ...]], Jackson married again. Mary Anna Morrison was from North Carolina, where her father was the first ...
32: ... | John Brown]] following his raid on the federal arsenal at [[Harpers Ferry, West Virginia | Harpers Ferry...
36: ...ginia infantry regiments. All of these units were from the [[Shenandoah Valley]] region of Virginia. - Henry the Navigator (6878 bytes)
3: ...with tapping into that wealth, as well as with [[Africa]] in general, and with the legend of [[Prester...
7: ... and granted Henry a "royal fifth" of all profits from trading within the areas discovered as well as ...
9: ... technological base for exploration, with a naval arsenal, an observatory, and a school for the study of ge...
11:
15: ... to Europeans on the unpromising desert coast of Africa, although the [[Periplus]] of the Carthaginian... - Cuban Missile Crisis (13015 bytes)
1: ... '''Cuban Missile Crisis Gooney''' was a tense confrontation between the [[Soviet Union]] and the [[Un...
7: ...USSR and would provide little warning of a launch from Cuba.
9: ...edy's administration had received repeated claims from Soviet diplomats that there were no missiles in...
13: ...— first, to defend this new Communist state from an American or American-sponsored invasion, and...
19: ...ge of 4,000 km (2,400 statute miles). The planned arsenal was forty launchers, an increase in Soviet first ... - Charlemagne (11466 bytes)
2: ...January 28]], [[814]]) was king of the [[Franks]] from [[771]] to [[814]], nominally King of the [[Lom...
5: ...lemagne was born out of wedlock, and he inherited from his parents. Another date is given in the ''Ann...
8: Arguably the founder of the [[Frankish Empire]] in [[Western Europe]], Charlemagne...
10: ... of the "History of the Emperors" (Library of the Arsenal).]]
12: ...]], leaving Charlemagne the leader of a reunified Frankish kingdom. Charlemagne was engaged in almost ... - Franklin Delano Roosevelt (74009 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Franklin Delano Roosevelt
18: ...f reform. His family and close friends called him Frank. To the public he was usually known as "[[FDR ...
20: ...nal organization to preserve peace was brought to fruition as the [[United Nations]] after his death.
22: ...nd his failure to advance [[civil rights]] for [[African Americans]]. Some conservatives such as [[Ron...
26: ...matter of great pride to his great-great-grandson Franklin.
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