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- 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: ...s history]] concerns events from '''[[1760]] to [[1789]]'''.
11: ...e Act of 1764|Revenue Act]] is passed to enforce the [[Sugar Act]]
15: *[[1767]] - [[Townshend Acts]]
20: *[[1772]] - [[Samuel Adams]] organizes the [[Committees of Correspondence]] - History of the United States (1776-1789) (19792 bytes)
5: ... the British Parliament, marked the beginning of the American Revolution.
7: ... Continental Army, and dispatched him to Boston, where local militia were besieging a British Army.
9: ...ress where numerous changes were made, including the exclusion of his charges against George III regar...
11: ...c to the Mississippi River, and including the southern Great Lakes region.
13: ...tion of States, without fully clarifying whether the United States was to be a nation-state or a mere ...
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- List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
9: *[[Chinua Achebe|Achebe, Chinua]], (born 1930), Nigerian writer
10: *[[Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford|Acheson, Archibald]] (1776-1849), 2nd Earl of Gosford
11: *[[Dean Acheson|Acheson, Dean]], (1893-1971), USA Secretary
12: *[[Edward Goodrich Acheson|Acheson, Edward Goodrich]] (1856-1931)
13: *[[Kenny Acheson|Acheson, Kenny]] (born 1957) - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
2: ... of Sweden]] and [[Charles XIII of Sweden]], Catherine exemplified an "[[enlightened absolutism|enli...
5: ...illness, but is rumored to have been killed by Catherine's supporters.
9: ...e conservative after the [[Yemelyan Pugachev|Pugachev uprising]] of [[1773]] - [[1774]].
11: ...bles and granted them serfs. She also encouraged the [[colonization]] of [[Alaska]] and of conquered a...
13: ... the censorship law and encouraged education for the nobles and middle class. - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
1: ...e-Antoinette, painted by Wagenschon shortly after her marriage in [[1770]]]]
2: ...uis XVII]]. She was guillotined at the height of the [[French Revolution]].
4: ...w baby as "a small, but completely healthy Archduchess."
6: ...rl ? already had important official roles within the [[Hapsburg]] Empire.
7: ...re Antoinette's birth. She was considered one of the most brilliant political figures in Europe.]] - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
1: ...sdent.jpg|200px|thumb|[[Seal of the President of the United States]]]]
3: ...deral government]] and [[commander-in-chief]] of the [[United States armed forces|armed forces]].
5: ...dent was sometimes referred to as "the leader of the free world," a phrase that is still invoked today...
7: ...]]. Today the office is widely emulated all over the world in nations with a [[presidential system]] o...
9: The current President of the United States is [[George W. Bush]]. - George Washington (29551 bytes)
6: | date1=[[April 30]], [[1789]]
19: ...served as President of the [[1787]] [[History of the United States Constitution|Constitutional Convent...
21: ...n [[democracy]] that served as an example around the world.
24: ...or [[Lady Day]]) at the time of his birth, hence the difference in his birth year. His birthplace was ...
26: ...uly [[1752]], he rented and eventually inherited the estate, [[Mount Vernon (plantation)|Mount Vernon]... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
18: ...[John Quincy Adams]], was the sixth President of the United States ([[1825]]–[[1829]]).
22: ...], to [[Massachusetts]] in about [[1636]]; his mother was Susanna Boylston Adams.
24: ...ions of this scene; it is instructive to compare the two accounts.
26: ...ional]] minister at [[Weymouth]], Massachusetts. Their son, John Quincy Adams, was born in [[1767]].
28: ...usness to be a handicap in his political career. These qualities were particularly manifested at a lat... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
14: ...tha Wayles Skelton Jefferson|Martha]] died before he took office
18: ...[slavery|slaveowner]], [[author]] and founder of the [[University of Virginia]].
20: ...residency include the [[Louisiana Purchase]] and the [[Lewis and Clark Expedition]].
23: ...e founding his own vision of higher education at the [[University of Virginia]].
25: ...usly solicited Jefferson to prepare the draft of the Declaration alone. - James Madison (15187 bytes)
18: ...n as the father or mother of something|Father of the]] [[United States Constitution]]''.
21: ...day [[Ohio]], [[Kentucky]] and [[Tennessee]]) to the [[Continental Congress]].
23: ...resented in the new Congress, Madison was one of the strongest advocates of state representation depen...
25: ...adison's arguments were powerfully influenced by the political thought of [[Charles de Secondat, Baron...
27: ...e thirty of the eighty-five essays that comprise the Federalist Papers. His most famous passage comes ... - United States (58223 bytes)
1: ...'''the USA''', '''the U.S.''', '''America''', '''the States''', and
2: ... states has a high level of local autonomy under the [[federation|federal]] system.
6: common_name = the United States |
8: image_coat = Great Seal of the US.png|20px |
9: national_motto = <br>''[[E Pluribus Unum]]'' ([[1789]]–present)<br>([[Latin]]: "Out of Many, One... - U.S. state (14432 bytes)
1: ... citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of residence.
3: ...frastructure are generally the responsibility of the states.
5: ...al tendency has been toward centralization, with the federal government playing a much larger role tha...
13: The states, with their [[U.S. postal abbreviations]], [[Traditional U....
46: ...T'''<td>Mont.<td>[[Montana]]<td>[[Helena, Montana|Helena]]</tr> - North Carolina (18268 bytes)
8: Nickname = [[Tar Heel]] State |
25: AdmittanceDate = [[November 21]], [[1789]] |
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37: ...ia]] on the north, and the [[Atlantic Ocean]] on the east.
39: The [[USS North Carolina|USS ''North Carolina'']] was... - Hawaii (34434 bytes)
8: Nickname = The Aloha State |
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37: ...olulu, Hawaii|Honolulu]] is the largest city and the state capital.
39: ...ial producer of [[coffee]], and [[chocolate]] in the nation.
41: ...pular [[Hawaii (novel)|1959 novel]] by [[James Michener]] and its [[Hawaii (1966 movie)|1966 movie ada... - Maryland (22654 bytes)
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36: ...colonies]] that revolted against British rule in the [[American Revolution]]. ''See: [[Annapolis Conve...
41: ...[1632]]. The new colony was named in honour of [[Henrietta Maria]], Queen Consort of Charles I.
43: ...tian]]), and is sometimes seen as a precursor to the [[First Amendment]].
45: ...xon line]] which would form the boundary between their two colonies. - Washington (20186 bytes)
8: Nickname = The Evergreen State |
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36: ...sidents are called "Washingtonians" (emphasis on the third syllable, which rhymes with ''bone'').
38: ...e capital is often called simply '''D.C.''', and the state often called '''Washington State'''.
40: ...n is the only state named after a [[President of the United States|president]], which was [[George Was... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
8: Nickname = The Green Mountain State |
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36: ...he [[Canada|Canadian]] province of [[Quebec]] to the north.
38: ...tal is [[Montpelier, Vermont|Montpelier]], while the largest city is [[Burlington, Vermont|Burlington]...
42: ...m?), making it the 43rd largest in land area and the 47th in water area. - New Jersey (35646 bytes)
8: Nickname = The Garden State |
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36: ...state is named after the island of [[Jersey]] in the [[English Channel]].
39: ...by the Dutch in 1654 and incorporated into New Netherland.
41: ...ersey) to two friends who had been loyal through the [[English Civil War]]: [[George Carteret|Sir Geor... - Thirteen Colonies (4707 bytes)
2: ...ith 13 stars and 13 stripes representing each of the 13 colonies.]]
4: ...can Revolutionary War]] and the establishment of the [[United States|United States of America]].
6: ... and [[West Florida]] also remained loyal during the American Revolution.
8: ==The Thirteen Colonies==
10: ... order, roughly from north to south, as follows (the division into three regions is a later construct ... - History of the United States (21226 bytes)
5: ''For details, see the main [[Pre-Colonial America]] article.''
7: ...he area until the influx of European settlers in the early [[17th century]].
10: ''For details, see the main [[Colonial America]] article.''
12: ...British policy of benign neglect which permitted the development of an American spirit and culture whi...
14: ==History of the United States (1776-1789)== - 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]]) - 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.
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