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- Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
5: ...veral powerful political groups which opposed her husband. Well read, Catherine kept up-to-date on cur...
16: ...Buberel Coronation coach Catherine the Great.jpg|thumb|250px|Catherine the Great's coronation coach is...
21: ...ved far less success. She annexed [[Crimea]] in [[1783]], a mere nine years after it had gained independ...
25: ...the Russians, the Swedes were faced with mounting human and territory losses. After [[Denmark]] decla...
27: ...narchies. Catherine took advantage of [[Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth]] impotent government, before t... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
1: [[Image:MarieAntoinette1769-70.jpg|thumbnail|Marie-Antoinette, painted by Wagenschon sho...
7: [[Image:MariaTheresa.JPG|thumb|right|Marie-Antoinette's mother, the Empress Ma...
21: ...ouis_xvi.jpg|right|thumb|260px|Marie-Antoinette's husband, Louis-Auguste (the future [[Louis XVI]]). A...
22: ...the other members of the royal family. Her future husband, the Dauphin [[Louis XVI|Louis-Auguste]] was...
24: ...Marie-Antoinette wearing a magnificent dress with huge white hoops covered in diamonds and pearls. The... - Jane Austen (5805 bytes)
1: [[Image:Jane Austen (chopped) 2.jpg|thumb|Jane Austen, in a portrait based on one drawn b...
2: [[Image:Jane Austen (House in Chawton).jpg|thumb|House of Jane Austen (today it is a museum)]]
5: ...s went to sea, eventually becoming admirals. In [[1783]], she was educated briefly by a relative in [[Ox...
7: While her first novel, the posthumously published ''[[Northanger Abbey]]'', pokes f...
20: * ''[[Northanger Abbey]]'' (1818) posthumous - Phillis Wheatley (3014 bytes)
1: [[image:Phillis_Wheatley.jpg|thumb|right|Phillis Wheatley]]
5: ...atley went to London, where [[Selina, Countess of Huntingdon]] and the [[Earl of Dartmouth]] helped wi...
13: ...amuel Cooper, Who Departed This Life December 29, 1783'' - George Washington (29551 bytes)
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19: ... [[American Revolutionary War]] ([[1775]]–[[1783]]) and later the first [[President of the United ...
29: [[Image:Washington 1772.JPG|thumb|right|275px|This, the earliest portrait of Wash...
40: [[Image:Washington Crossing the Delaware.png|thumb|left|350px|''[[Washington Crossing the Delaware...
41: ...ntal Army]] on [[June 15]], [[1775]]. The [[Massachusetts]] delegate [[John Adams]] suggested his appo... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
33: ...08]], moved from Kinderhook to [[Hudson, New York|Hudson]], and in [[1816]] he took up his residence i...
49: ...gainst the appointment of [[Samuel Swartwout]] ([[1783]]-[[1856]]), who was later a defaulter to a large...
65: ... and his nomination obviously failed to arouse enthusiasm or even inspire confidence. The revolt again... - United States (58223 bytes)
36: ...]]<br> [[July 4]], [[1776]]<br>[[September 3]], [[1783]]<br><br><br>
57: [[Image:George-Washington.jpg|thumb|250px|left|First [[President of the United Stat...
58: ...volutionary War|Revolutionary War]] (1775–[[1783]]). The original political structure was a [[conf...
73: [[Image:Uscapitolindaylight.jpg|thumb|350px|right|United States Capitol]]
74: ...nd relations between the states, and protecting [[human rights]]. In addition to these explicitly stat... - The Gambia (13678 bytes)
61: ...the regions of the Senegal and Gambia Rivers. The 1783 Treaty of Versailles gave Great Britain possessio...
63: ... Gambia. They established the military post of Bathurst (now Banjul) in 1816. In the ensuing years, Ba...
84: ..., an independent judiciary, and the protection of human rights.
89: [[Image:Ga-map.png|292px|thumb|Map of the Gambia]]
119: ...rgest, followed by the Fula, Wolof, Jola, and Serahule. Approximately 3,500 non-Africans live in The G... - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (8955 bytes)
59: ...ed a revolt fomented by the French radical Victor Hugues. More than 5,000 black Caribs were eventually...
67: ...1999 also saw very active hurricane seasons, with hurricane Lenny in 1999 causing extensive damage to ...
85: [[Image:Vc-map.png|thumb|Map of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]]
96: ...problem..[[Image:Port Elizabeth, Bequia.jpg|left|thumb|340px|Port Elizabeth, Bequia]]
97: [[Image:Mother & children, Bequia.jpg|thumb|340px|Mother & children, Bequia]] - New Jersey (35646 bytes)
41: ...lony). James then granted the land between the [[Hudson River]] and the [[Delaware River]] (the land ...
45: ...or the first ten years of English rule was in the Hudson River region and came primarily from New Engl...
59: ...earned of the signing of the [[Treaty of Paris]] (1783) which ended the war.
74: ...n, New Jersey|Princeton]]; [[Essex County]] and [[Hudson County]], the state's two most urban counties...
76: ...rris County]] and [[Warren County]]. Somerset and Hunterdon counties, more suburban counties in the re... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
8: * 1 MYA: Controlled [[fire]] in [[Cradle of Humankind|Africa]]
22: * [[Animal husbandry]] in the [[Middle East]]
27: * [[Wine]] in [[Jiahu|Jiahu,China]]
67: * [[150s BC]]: [[Astrolabe]]: [[Hipparchus]]
77: * [[3rd century|200s]]: [[Wheelbarrow]]: [[Zhuge Liang]] - Thirteen Colonies (4707 bytes)
1: ...urch.jpg|right|thumb|Illustration of Pilgrims in Church. Picture provided by [http://classroomclipart....
2: [[Image:us flag large Betsy Ross.png|right|thumb|[[Betsy Ross]] purportedly sewed the first [[Fl...
14: ... [[Province of Massachusetts Bay]], later [[Massachusetts]] and [[Maine]]
40: [[image:map_of_territorial_growth_1775.jpg|thumb|In 1775, the [[Britain|British]] claimed author...
75: ...a/namerica.htm British North American Colonies to 1783 - Military History & Institutions] - History of science (41710 bytes)
2: ...ir pre-cursors back in [[time]], all the way into human [[prehistory]].
11: ... ([[science studies]]) has been to emphasize the "human component" to scientific knowledge, and to de-...
15: ...fic community and those in the social sciences or humanities (for example, the "[[Science wars]]").
19: [[Image:Aristotle.jpg|thumb|120px|right|[[Aristotle]] (sculpture)]]
31: Some basic facts about internal human anatomy were known in some places, and [[alche... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
84: *[[Ludolf Bakhuysen]] ([[1631]]-[[1708]])
89: *[[Balthus]] ([[1908]]-[[2001]])
187: *[[Arthur Boyd]] ([[1920]]-[[1999]])
264: *[[Frederick Edwin Church]] ([[1826]]-[[1900]])
377: *[[Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg]] ([[1783]]-[[1853]]) - Aviation history (39698 bytes)
1: [[Image:Landon-IcarusandDaedalus.jpg|right|thumb|Icarus and Daedalus]]
3: Humanity's desire to fly probably dates back to the ...
9: [[Image:Ornithopter_leonardo1.jpg|thumb|left|200 px| da Vinci's Ornithopter body ]]
11: [[Image:Ornithopter_leonardo2.jpg|thumb|left|200 px| da Vinci's Ornithopter wings ]]
17: ...es greater force and less weight than exists in a human body. The science of mechanics might perhaps s... - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
1: [[Image:map of territorial growth 1775.jpg|thumb|300px|Before the Revolution: The [[13 colonies]...
2: ... [[American Revolutionary War]] ([[1775]]–[[1783]]) was one part of the revolution, but the revolu...
16: ...ere a source for ideas regarding [[separation of church and state]] and other liberties.
19: ...alled into question the wisdom of an established church. The revival placed emphasis on individual con...
28: ...forcement became the practice. In [[1761]], Massachusetts lawyer [[James Otis]] argued that the writs ... - United States territorial acquisitions (5763 bytes)
1: ...erritorial-acquisition-uscensus-bureau.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Census Bureau map depicting territorial a...
3: ...ndence]]. The treaty with the United Kingdom in [[1783]] defined the original borders of the [[United St... - Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
1: [[Image:Boston Massacre.jpg|thumb|"The Boston Massacre," an engraving by patriot ...
28: ** [[Massachusetts Government Act]] ([[May 20]]),
40: [[Image:Map of territorial growth 1775.jpg|right|thumb|The extent of America's territorial growth as o...
46: *[[1783]] - [[Treaty of Paris (1783)]] ends [[United States Revolutionary War]]
53: ... (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[Connecticut]], [[Massachusetts]], [[Maryland]], [[South Carolina]], [[New H... - History of the United States (1776-1789) (19792 bytes)
5: ... group of militia at a bridge in [[Concord, Massachusetts|Concord]], and were turned back. Retreating...
11: ... Great Britain, settled by the [[Treaty of Paris (1783)|Treaty of Paris]], which endowed the nascent Uni...
25: ...in the aftermath of armed clashes between [[Massachusetts]] militia and British Regular Army detachmen...
27: ...[cannon]] through the wilderness of western Massachusetts to the outskirts of Boston. The appearance ...
31: ...ritish Army, which was supposed to advance up the Hudson to meet Burgoyne, went, instead, to Philadelp... - Michigan (29427 bytes)
60: ...in to the United States by the [[Treaty of Paris (1783)|Treaty of Paris]] that ended the [[American Revo...
64: ...] designated as the seat of government. [[William Hull]] appointed as governor. Detroit was destroyed ...
116: [[Image:National-atlas-michigan.png|thumb|350px|Michigan, showing rivers and roads]]
124: ....P.") is as large as Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island combined, but has less tha...
126: ... peninsulas of Michigan are [[Lake Erie]], [[Lake Huron]], [[Lake Michigan]] and [[Lake Superior]]. No...
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