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- Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
23: ...ator in the [[War of the Bavarian Succession]] ([[1778]]-[[1779]]) between Prussia and Austria. In [[178... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
43: ...uite clear to the queen that he cannot serve in England or in any other Embassy." It was obvious that ...
61: ...tcy. [[Louis XIV]]'s wars with [[William III of England|William of Orange]] had left [[France]] with t...
63: ... marriage was soon consummated and by [[April]] [[1778]], the queen could happily announce that she was ...
66: ...ce of Versailles|Versailles]] 19th [[December]] [[1778]]. She was forced to endure the humiliation of a ...
91: ...amond Necklace. The Comtesse later escaped to [[England]], where she continued to insult the queen and... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
24: ...n (new style) calendar date. Also note that the English year began on [[March 25]] ([[Annunciation]] D...
26: ...]] - [[August 25]], [[1789]]) were of [[England|English]] descent. He spent much of his boyhood at Fer...
31: ...gton could not read.) The "[[Battle of Jumonville Glen|Jumonville affair]]" became an international in...
49: ...k at the [[Battle of Monmouth]] on [[June 28]], [[1778]].
93: ...erson]] wrote, "The moderation and virtue of a single character probably prevented this Revolution fro... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
22: ...of Henry Adams, who emigrated from [[Devon]], [[England]], to [[Massachusetts]] in about [[1636]]; his...
31: ...the Stamp Act was a part of the never-ending struggle between individualism and corporate authority; i...
35: ...f the [[Continental Congress]] from [[1774]] to [[1778]]. In June [[1775]], with a view to promoting the...
44: In [[1778]], Adams sailed for [[France]] to supersede [[Sil...
48: ... States and foreign powers after that of February 1778 with France. - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
123: ...tiveness of his exterior. In later years he was negligent in dress and loose in bearing.
125: ...ing charm. Beneath a quiet surface he was fairly aglow with intense convictions and a very emotional t...
139: ...nch of the [[Anglicanism|Anglican]] [[Church of England]], Jefferson was a [[vestryman]] in his local ...
167: ... ideas of the Polish Brethren were continued in English-speaking countries by [[Unitarianism|Unitarian...
175: ...slaves in Virginia, but he was unsuccessful. In [[1778]], the legislature passed a bill he proposed to b... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
22: ...e [[first language]] was not [[English language|English]].
27: ...re he studied under [[William Peter van Ness]] ([[1778]]-[[1826]]), an eminent lawyer and later [[Aaron ...
49: ... avoided entanglement in the Jackson-Calhoun imbroglio.
53: ...tions to Louis McLane, the American minister to England, regarding the opening of the West India trade...
117: ...[[Okay|OK]]''', the popular expression in the [[English language]] and other languages of the [[Wester... - Geology (12007 bytes)
7: ...gy" was first used by Jean-Andreluc in the year [[1778]] and introduced as a fixed term by Horace-Bedict...
24: ...ist)|William Smith]]'s stratigraphic studies on England and Scotland.
26: ... is the theory that Earth's features formed in single, catastrophic events and remained unchanged ther...
28: ...] and [[continental drift]] illustrated on relief globe of the [[Field Museum]] ]]
40: ...ults are younger than the rocks they cut; accordingly, if a fault is found that penetrates some format... - Equatorial Guinea (13387 bytes)
33: ... /> 28,051 [[square kilometre|km²]] <br /> Negligible
113: ...se in 1474. The Portuguese retained control until 1778, when the island, adjacent islets, and commercial... - Hawaii (34434 bytes)
5: Flaglink = [[Flag of Hawaii]] |
11: ...iian language|Hawaiian]] and [[Hawaiian English|English]] |
12: Governor = [[Linda Lingle]] |
37: ...i''' ([[Hawaiian language|Hawaiian]]/[[Hawaiian English]]: '''Hawai‘i''', with the ''[[okina|&ls...
46: ...e [[Hawaiian language|Hawaiian]] and [[Hawaiian English]]. [[Hawaiian Pidgin]] is an unofficial langu... - Washington (20186 bytes)
5: Flaglink = [[Flag of Washington]] |
49: In [[1778]], [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] explorer ...
59: ...hipping of lumber products, particularly the [[Douglas fir]]. Other industries that developed in the s...
79: ...Range]] stretches for long distances without a single [[tree]]. [[Snow]]-covered peaks tower above the...
103: **[[Glacier Peak]] - Vermont (39851 bytes)
5: Flaglink = [[Flag of Vermont]] |
11: Governor = [[Jim Douglas]] |
36: ...smallest of the fifty states. As the only [[New England]] state not to have a [[coast]]line along the ...
42: Vermont is located in the New England region in the [[eastern United States]] and co...
50: ...ending on elevation, giving Vermont some of New England's best [[cross-country skiing]] areas. - South Carolina (11968 bytes)
5: Flaglink = [[Flag of South Carolina]] |
10: OfficialLang = [[English language|English]] |
37: ...]. The state is named after King [[Charles I of England]]. As of [[2004]], the state's population is ...
42: ...overnment on March 15, 1776. On [[February 5]], [[1778]] South Carolina became the first state to ratify...
73: ...), [[German-American|German]] (8.4%), [[England|English]] (8.4%), [[Ireland|Irish]] (7.9%). - Oregon (26551 bytes)
5: Flaglink = [[Flag of Oregon]] |
38: The state's name is properly [[IPA chart for English|pronounced]] {{IPA|[ˈɔɹ.ə....
43: ...er use of their [[natural resource]]s. They struggle to balance this with the desire to support the d...
49: ...z Perce]]. [[James Cook]] explored the coast in [[1778]] in search of the [[Northwest Passage]]. The [[L...
74: In [[1778]], [[Jonathan Carver]] used '''Oregon''' to label... - Spinning Jenny (3557 bytes)
2: ... amount of work needed to produce yarn, with a single worker able to work eight or more spools at once...
16: ...oderate success" Hargreaves' death on April 22nd, 1778. That year [[Samuel Crompton]] invented the [[spi... - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
18: *[[Charles Babbage]], (1791-1871), [[England]] — [[Analytical engine]]
29: *[[Henry Bessemer]], (1813-1898), [[England]] — [[Bessemer process]]
32: ...e Blodgett]], (1898-1979) — nonreflective [[glass]]
41: *[[Edwin Beard Budding]], (1795-1846) England — [[lawnmower]] and [[adjustable spanner...
51: *[[Arthur C. Clarke]], (born 1917),[[England]], [[geosynchronous satellite]] - Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
39: *[[1778]] - [[Treaty of Alliance]] - History of the United States (1776-1789) (19792 bytes)
13: ... Confederation]], proposed and put into effect in 1778, but not fully ratified until 1781. The Articles...
21: ...ears among the Americans, that their rights as "Englishmen," particularly their rights of self-governm...
31: ...ividing the colonies in two, and separating New England from the rest. Failed communications and plan...
41: ...merce and economic development, only aggravated a gloomy outlook.
51: ...tification convention became the focus for a struggle over the wisdom of adopting the Constitution. - History of California (38344 bytes)
11: ...ation, dated to the last [[ice age]] ([[Wisconsin glaciation]]) about 13,000 years ago.
45: ...national flags to fly over California: that of England, Russia, Spain, Mexico, the Republic of Califo...
50: ... and New Mexico "[[Nova Albion]]," and that all English colonial claims were made from the East Coast ...
112: ...gh his third and final voyage of exploration in [[1778]], sailed along the west coast of [[North America...
132: ...West Florida]] against the Spanish, it bears a single star. - Independence Day (United States) (6238 bytes)
23: ...im the date itself is somewhat arbitrary. [[New England]]ers had been fighting Britain since [[April]]...
34: * In [[1778]], General [[George Washington]] marked the Fourt...
43: ...s or limit the sizes and types allowed, but [[Smuggling|illicit traffic]] brings some of the more powe... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
8: *[[Arthur Aikin]], (1773-1854), English chemist and mineralogist
14: *[[Neil Bartlett]], (born 1932), English/Canadian/American chemist
38: *[[Humphry Davy]], (1778-1829)
77: *[[Charles Hatchett]], (1765-1847), English chemist who discovered [[niobium]]
85: * Sir [[Christopher Kelk Ingold]] (1893-1970), English chemist
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