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- Seven Years' War (11256 bytes)
1: ... later drawn into the [[conflict]], while a force from the [[neutrality|neutral]] [[Netherlands]] was ...
3: ... [[campaign]]s which lasted 15 years (including [[Pontiac's Rebellion]]).
8: ...strian Succession]]. During that conflict, King [[Frederick II of Prussia]] had gained the rich provin...
10: ...e)|Hanoverian]] possession as being threatened by France. Great Britain's alliance with Prussia was a ...
14: ...ire|Great Britain]] and [[French colonial empires|France]]. - 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: ...he revolution originated around the time of the [[French and Indian War]] ([[1754]]–[[1763]]), a...
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... - 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]]
8: *[[1763]] - [[Pontiac's Rebellion]] begins - Michigan (29427 bytes)
36: ...ake Michigan]], which in turn is believed to come from the [[Chippewa]] Indian word ''meicigama'', mea...
40: Michigan was explored and settled by French voyageurs in the 17th century. In [[1701]], ...
55: ...Br? and his fellow explorers from [[Grenoble]], [[France]], were probably the first white men to see [...
59: *[[1760s]] [[Chief Pontiac]] led a major revolt of the [[Ottawa tribe]] agai...
68: ...appointed by the U.S. President who selected them from eighteen persons chosen by the people. The Coun... - Illinois (27007 bytes)
37: ...ry]]. Its name was given by the state's [[France|French explorers]] after the indigenous [[Illiniwek]...
39: ...e its largest city is [[Chicago]], along the waterfront of [[Lake Michigan]]. Most of the state's pop...
48: ...lt of their exploration, Illinois was part of the French empire until [[1763]], when it passed to the ...
56: ...Illinois in the Civil War]]), which were numbered from the 7th IL to the 156th IL. Seventeen cavalry r...
60: ...ing from traditions cultivated during the state's frontier era. As codified in the state constitution... - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
1: [[Image:B franklin.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Benjamin Franklin Image provided by [http://classroomclipart....
2: ...d a Fellow of the [[Royal Society]]. In [[1775]], Franklin became the first [[United States Postmaster...
4: Franklin's [[invention]]s include the [[Franklin stove]], the medical [[catheter]], the [[li...
9: ...]] on [[December 23]], [[1657]] the son of Thomas Franklin, a blacksmith and farmer, and Jane White. H...
11: ...dren, all of whom being half-siblings of Benjamin Franklin. They included: Elizabeth ([[March 2]] [[16... - Stamp Act 1765 (7443 bytes)
2: ...y|tax stamp]]. The Act was enacted in order to defray the cost of maintaining the military presence p...
6: ...pinion was reinforced by the rebellion of [[Chief Pontiac]]. Ten [[regiments]], or about 6,000 troops, woul...
8: ... legal documents. The rate of these taxes ranged from a half penny on a pamphlet or one-page newspape...
11: ...papers raised considerable opposition, especially from the newspapers themselves.
13: ...in Canada and the west, with limited compensation from the Crown. - 18th century (8231 bytes)
3: ...entury''''' refers to the [[century]] that lasted from [[1701]] through [[1800]] in the [[Gregorian ca...
5: ...ial]] capacity) were: [[Austria]], [[Britain]], [[France]], [[Prussia]], and [[Russia]].
9: ...t and create new competition in Europe other than France, England, and Spain.
11: ... parents. In [[Asia]], exploration and influences from Europe were beginning to shake the structures o...
20: * [[1715]]: [[Louis XIV of France|Louis XIV]] dies - 18th century new (49640 bytes)
2: The '''18th century''' lasted from [[1701]] to [[1800]] in the [[Gregorian calenda...
4: ..., [[July 14]], [[1789]], an iconic event of the [[French Revolution]]]][[File:Washington Crossing the ...
6: ...urope embraced enlightenment ideals, but with the French revolution, they were on the side of the coun...
8: ...became a major power worldwide with the defeat of France in the Americas in the 1760s and the conquest...
21: ...]]-[[1715]]: [[Camisard|Camisard Rebellion]] in [[France]]. - Automobile (19750 bytes)
13: ...first motor bike) and [[Austrian]] inventor [[Siegfried Marcus]] in [[Vienna]].
15: ...en automobiles were built in Britain in 1895 by [[Frederick William Lanchester]] who also patented the...
19: ... initially saw little application in his native [[France]], and the center of innovation passed to [[U...
23: There are offers to get a new car for free or get paid to drive them in return for display...
31: ...e design of their predecessor. Through the period from 1900 to the mid [[1920s]], development of autom...
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