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1. 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 ...
2. James Monroe (11107 bytes)
   18: ... of the [[United States]]. He is the namesake of the [[Monroe Doctrine]], although it was his [[United...
   22: ...f William and Mary]], fought with distinction in the [[Continental Army]], and practiced law in [[Fred...
   24: ...sident [[Thomas Jefferson]], he helped negotiate the [[Louisiana Purchase]].
   28: ...ial election, 1820|re-elected in 1820]]. Monroe, the last American [[Revolutionary War]] veteran to se...
   30: ...ndividuals are considered outstanding leaders of their time.
3. John Quincy Adams (11783 bytes)
   14: | wife=[[Louisa Catherine (Johnson) Adams]]
   18: ...tes|President]] of the [[United States]]. He was the son of President [[John Adams]] and First Lady [[...
   22: ...ta Kappa]]. He studied law, then was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in [[Boston, Massachus...
   24: ...s after George Washington. (As of 2004, Adams is the only U.S. President to do so.)
   26: ... elected six months early after Adams broke with the Federalist Party.
4. Eli Whitney (3270 bytes)
   6: ...y 6]], [[1817]] he married Henrietta Edwards and they had four children.
   14: ...wed for the African [[slavery]] system in the Southern United States to become more sustainable at a c...
   16: ...concepts and designs were readily duplicated by others. Whitney's company that produced cotton gins w...
   18: ...hat she associated with Eli Whitney (along with other historical figures such as [[George Washington|G...
   20: ===Other innovations===
5. 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]])
6. Flag (13245 bytes)
   3: ...ugh many flags are recognisable if displayed in other forms.
   5: ...study of flags is known as [[vexillology]], from the Latin ''vexillum'' meaning flag or [[banner]].
   9: ...eld that the [[Roman Empire]]'s ''vexillum'' was the first true flag.
   11: ...nd in [[China]] they were the [[general]]s under the imperial army.
   13: ...d [[maritime flags]] of today. Flags also became the preferred means of communications at sea, resulti...
7. List of inventors (14020 bytes)
   10: *[[Thomas Ahearn]], inventor of the electric stove in [[1892]]
   14: ...n]] Department of Agriculture — instant mashed potato flakes
   24: ...hn Bardeen]], (1908-1991) — co-inventor of the [[transistor]]
   29: *[[Henry Bessemer]], (1813-1898), [[England]] — [...
   31: *[[Bi Sheng]] — primitive movable [[printing]] types
8. 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]]
9. Causes of the French Revolution (11170 bytes)
   2: ...ups would become the source of conflict and bloodshed.
   5: ...usly eyed the relatively greater prerogatives of the townspeople.
   7: ... the [[Catholic Church]] and the prerogatives of the nobles.
   9: ... [[plebeian]] way of dealing with the enemies of the bourgeoisie: absolutism, feudalism and [[philisti...
   13: ...le titles exempted the holder from future taxes, the purchasers of titles were effectively buying an [...
10. French Revolution (36529 bytes)
    2: ...lifies the power of the people, boosting them to the status of citizens.
    6: ''See main article [[Causes of the French Revolution]].''
    8: ...ups would become the source of conflict and bloodshed.
    10: ...ly, causes of the revolution must include all of the following:
    13: ...peasants, wage-earners, and, to a lesser extent, the bourgeoisie
11. List of people associated with the French Revolution (16148 bytes)
    2: ...ace to clarify complexities is in the article on the individual in question.''
    5: ...tois]] - younger brother of Louis XVI and one of the first émigrés.
    6: ...Pierre François Augereau]] - officer throughout the Revolutionary era and [[First French Empire|Empir...
    10: ...[[storming of the Bastille]], guillotined during the [[Reign of Terror]]
    11: ...rian]], finally the main executive leader during the [[French Directory|Directory]] regime
12. Napoleonic Wars (44488 bytes)
    3: ...n the [[Bourbon Dynasty, Restored|restoration of the Bourbon monarchy in France]].
    5: ...etimes (though rarely these days) referred to as the [[Great French War]].
    7: ==Political effects of the wars==
    9: ... Napoleonic Wars brought some great changes upon the face of Europe:
    11: ...a dominant power in Europe, as it had been since the times of [[Louis XIV of France|Louis XIV]].
13. 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.
14. 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
15. James Cook (14770 bytes)
    3: ...horelines were mapped. Cook was also a [[cartographer|map maker]].
    7: ...dlesbrough|Marton]] in [[North Yorkshire]], near the town of [[Middlesbrough]]. Cook was one of five ...
    8: ...ears War]] to start again at the lowest level in the British [[Royal Navy]].
    12: ...undland]], which brought him to the attention of the [[Royal Society]].
    14: ...tions and going beyond the instructions given by the [[Admiralty]].
16. Honolulu, Hawaii (19495 bytes)
    25: ...i|City & County of Honolulu]] encompasses all of the Island of O‘ahu (approximately 600 square m...
    29: ...d 90 °F (32 °C) only rarely with lows in the 50's ?F (15 °C) occurring once or twice a yea...
    31: ..._Hono.jpg|thumb|300px|left|Honolulu as seen from the International Space Station]]
    33: ...nd [[Hickam Air Force Base]] are actually all in the ‘Ewa District.
    35: ...]], [[Diamond Head, Hawaii|Diamond Head]], [[Koko Head]] (includes [[Hanauma Bay]]), Koko Crater, Salt...
17. List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
    1: The famous [[mathematician]]s are listed below in [[English language...
    7: *[[Abu'l-Hasan al-Uqlidisi]] (Arab mathematician, ? - ?)
    9: *[[Niels Henrik Abel]] (Norway, [[1802]] - [[1829]])
    13: *[[Wilhelm Ackermann]] (Germany, [[1896]] - [[1962]])
    29: *[[Alexander Anderson (mathematician)|Alexander Anderson]] (Scotland, [[1582]]...
18. List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
    38: *[[Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander]] ([[Germany]], [[1799]] &nda...
    41: *[[Svante Arrhenius]] ([[Sweden]], [[1859]] – [[1927]])
    42: *[[Arzachel (Al-Zarqali)]] (Muslim Spain, [[1028]] – [...
    68: *[[Wilhelm Beer]] ([[Germany]], [[1797]] – [[1850]])
    71: *[[Friedrich Bessel|Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel]] ([[Germany]], [[1784]] – [[1846]...
19. List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
    1: ...opher]]s''' ''(and non-philosophers important in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabeticall...
    13: *[[Johann Heinrich Abicht]], (1762-1816)
    21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}}
    25: *[[Theodor Adorno]], (1903-1969){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
    32: *[[Agrippa the Sceptic]], (1st/2nd century){{fn|R}}
20. Cotton gin (2185 bytes)
    2: ...gh the screen, while brushes continuously remove the loose cotton lint to prevent jams.
    4: ...alls of its coop and retrieving a paw full of feathers.
    6: ...a Washington]]). Additional credence is lent by the fact that women were not allowed patents in Ameri...
    8: ... larger ones were harnessed to horses or [[water wheel]]s.
    10: ...nd is often considered to have greatly increased the demand for [[slavery|slave labor]].

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