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1. Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
   1: [[Image:Boston Massacre.jpg|thumb|"The Boston Massacre," an engraving by patriot Paul Re...
   3: ...United States history]] concerns events from '''[[1760]] to [[1789]]'''.
   5: === [[1760s]] ===
   6: *[[1760]] - [[King George III]] crowned
   11: ...e Act of 1764|Revenue Act]] is passed to enforce the [[Sugar Act]]

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1. Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
   1: ...f more production machines for manufacturing in other industries.
   3: ...growth of the [[internal combustion engine]] and the development of [[Electric power|electrical power ...
   5: ... often compared to the [[Neolithic revolution]], when mankind developed [[agriculture]] and gave up it...
   7: ... [[Louis-Auguste Blanqui]] in the second half of the [[19th century]].
   10: ... But one of the main causes was the invention of the steam engine.
2. Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
   1: ...Yelizaveta Petrovna, Empress and Autocrat of all the Russias (1709-62)]]
   3: ...nment and not a single person was executed during her reign.
   7: ...by political opponents to challenge her right to the throne.
   9: ...rom her earliest years she delighted every one by her extraordinary beauty and vivacity.
   11: ... found herself at the age of eighteen practically her own mistress.
3. Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
   7: ...d her half-sister, [[Mary I of England|Mary I]]. She reigned during a period of great religious turmoi...
   9: ...uding [[Trinity College, Dublin]] ([[1592]]) and the [[British East India Company]] ([[1600]]).
   11: ...during Elizabeth's reign. Elizabeth also reduced the number of [[Privy Council|Privy Counsellors]] fro...
   13: ... [[United States]], was named after Elizabeth I, the "Virgin Queen".
   16: ...ter [[Edward VI of England|Prince Edward]] under the [[English Act of Succession|Act of Succession 154...
4. Phillis Wheatley (3014 bytes)
   1: [[image:Phillis_Wheatley.jpg|thumb|right|Phillis Wheatley]]
   3: ...plished poet, with her first poem published when she was only 13.
   5: ...gdon]] and the [[Earl of Dartmouth]] helped with the publication.
   7: ...f [[the Dunciad]] are to her, as [[Hercules]] to the author of that poem."
   9: ...tistic ability were to bring her prosperity, and she died in poverty in 1784.
5. John Hancock (8787 bytes)
   3: ...ature DOI.jpg|right|frame|Hancock's signature on the [[United States Declaration of Independence|Unite...
   5: ... become an [[eponym]] for "signature". However, other examples show that Hancock always wrote his sign...
   8: ...aking him the wealthiest man in Massachusetts at the time.
   10: ...ly and virtuously, the same. With his generosity, he was regarded as a man of integrity and honor.
   13: ... trade business naturally disposed him to resist the [[Stamp Act 1765|Stamp Act]], which attempted to ...
6. French and Indian War (5652 bytes)
   1: ...siana in compensation for its loss of Florida to the British.
   5: ...and became part of the North American portion of the [[British Empire]].
   9: .... The prior three wars, fought more as secondary theatres to European conflicts, resulted in little te...
   13: ...garrison led by [[Louis-Joseph de Montcalm]] and then captured New France's capital.
   15: ...ions in [[Acadia]] to Louisiana – creating the [[Cajun]] population – but this would not b...
7. Seven Years' War (11256 bytes)
   1: ...hile a force from the [[neutrality|neutral]] [[Netherlands]] was attacked in [[India]].
   3: ...3), not the nine-year North American conflict or the Indian [[campaign]]s which lasted 15 years (inclu...
   5: ...e fighting between Prussia and Austria is called the [[Silesian Wars|3rd Silesian War]].
   8: ...[[Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle]] in order to rebuild her [[Army|military forces]] and to forge new [[Mili...
   10: ...his allowed Britain to focus her soldiers towards her colonies.
8. List of painters (54090 bytes)
   1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painte...
   10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian...
   16: *[[Rembrandt]], ([[1606]]-[[1669]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[painter]]
   22: *[[Hans von Aachen]] ([[1552]]-[[1615]])
   27: *[[Andreas Achenbach]] ([[1815]]-[[1910]])
9. American Revolution (17069 bytes)
   1: ...d by [[Spain]]. Note that this map does not show the bulk of [[British North America]] of that time.]]
   2: .... "The Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people."
   4: ...urrent interpretations fall somewhere in between these two positions.
   7: ...fore the revolution, and the trends which led to the coming revolution -->
   10: ...selves loyal subjects of the British Crown, with the same rights and obligations as people in Britain.
10. Timeline of United States history (2967 bytes)
    5: *[[Timeline of United States history (1760-1789)|1760-1789]]
    8: ...Civil War|Civil War origins]] (events leading to the American Civil War)
    14: *[[Timeline of the united states history 1990 to present]]
    17: * [[History of the United States]]
    20: ...tory of the United States (1776-1861)|History of the United States ]]([[1776]]-[[1861]])
11. Timeline of United States pre-history (1700-1759) (3760 bytes)
    1: ..., is still remembered for his sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God."]]
    3: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns ev...
    6: *[[1702]] - [[Queen Anne's War]] (War of the Spanish Succession) begins
    10: *[[1713]] - Queen Anne's War ends with the [[Treaty of Utrecht (1713)|Treaty of Utrecht]]
    17: ...begins with the preaching of [[Jonathan Edwards (theology)|Jonathan Edwards]]
12. Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
    1: [[Image:Boston Massacre.jpg|thumb|"The Boston Massacre," an engraving by patriot Paul Re...
    3: ...United States history]] concerns events from '''[[1760]] to [[1789]]'''.
    5: === [[1760s]] ===
    6: *[[1760]] - [[King George III]] crowned
    11: ...e Act of 1764|Revenue Act]] is passed to enforce the [[Sugar Act]]
13. Timeline of United States history (1790-1819) (6951 bytes)
    3: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns ev...
    8: *[[1791]] - [[First Bank of the United States]] chartered
    9: ... [[Vermont]], formerly part of New York, becomes the 14th state
    10: ...[[Kentucky]], formerly part of Virginia, becomes the 15th state
    13: ...paves way for passage of [[Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution|11th Amendment]]
14. Michigan (29427 bytes)
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    36: ... more recreational boats than any other state in the union.
    40: ... The population grew slowly until the opening of the [[Erie Canal]] in 1825, which brought large numbe...
    42: ...er Peninsula]] as a concession, formally entered the Union on [[January 26]], [[1837]].
    44: ...]], [[iron]], and [[copper]], which would become the state's most sought-after natural resources.
15. Dodo (9332 bytes)
    1: ... | color=pink | name=Dodo}}<br />{{StatusExtinct|when=[[1681]]}}
    9: ...r = [[Mathurin Jacques Brisson|Brisson]] | date = 1760}}
    15: ...ich is now extinct, lived on fruit and nested on the ground.
    18: ... the Dodo extant today. The decaying remnants of the last stuffed Dodo, in [[Oxford]]'s [[Ashmolean Mu...
    20: ...]]s, stout yellow legs, and a tuft of curly [[feather]]s high on its rear end. Dodos were very large b...
16. Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
    3: The '''Age of Enlightenment''' refers to the [[18th century]] in [[Europe | European philosoph...
    4: ...e arts, and receives contemporary application in the unity of science movement which includes [[logica...
    6: ...[Jean-Jacques Rousseau]] questioned and attacked the existing institutions of both [[Church]] and [[St...
    8: ...government]] and sciences such as [[physics]], [[chemistry]] and [[biology]].
    10: ...g period). Furthermore, [[Romanticism]] followed the Enlightenment.
17. List of chemists (10401 bytes)
    1: This is a list of famous chemists:
    6: *[[Emil Abderhalden]], (1877-1950), German chemist
    7: *[[Richard Abegg]], (1869-1910), German chemist
    8: *[[Arthur Aikin]], (1773-1854), English chemist and mineralogist
    9: ...[[Johan August Arfwedson]], (1792-1841), Swedish chemist
18. List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
    30: *[[Arnold Henry Bergier]]
    45: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]] (1475 - 1564)
    97: *[[Victor Fisher]] (1938-)
    103: *[[Daniel Chester French]] (1850 - 1931)
    108: *[[Henri Gaudier-Brzeska]] (1891 - 1915)
19. History of India (31279 bytes)
    5: ...aked between the [[26th century BC|2600 BC]] and the [[20th century BC|1900 BC]].
    8: ...ry]] onwards the [[Gupta|Gupta dynasty]] oversaw the period referred to as India's "Golden Age".
    11: ...y|philosophy]] flourished under the patronage of these kings.
    14: ...the [[Vijayanagara Empire]], which declined with the 16th Century AD.
    17: ...[Madhya Pradesh]] built by emperor [[Ashoka]] in the 3rd century BC .]]
20. American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
    1: ...n the thirteen colonies and the establishment of the [[United States|United States of America]].
    3: ...luding the origins and aftermath of the war, see the [[American Revolution]].
    5: ... it is one of the most famous images relating to the American Revolutionary War.]]
    10: ...ipline of regular troops, but could be effective when led by talented officers.
    12: ...r of men that Washington personally commanded in the field at any one time was fewer than 17,000.

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