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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
87: | [[Massachusetts]]
88: | [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]
189: | [[1785]] — [[1790]], [[1904]] — [[1906]] (wi... - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
140: ...p it to [[Albany, New York|Albany]], discovered [[Hudson Bay]]
141: *[[Alexander von Humboldt]], (1769-1859), German naturalist, explored...
142: *[[Hamilton Hume]] - [[Australia]]n explorer
192: *[[Hugh McNeil]], Lewis and Clark Party member
215: *[[Nathaniel Pryor]], (c. 1785-1850), US explorer - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
5: ...veral powerful political groups which opposed her husband. Well read, Catherine kept up-to-date on cur...
11: ...ich were more manageable for the government. In [[1785]] Catherine issued a charter that: allowed the ge...
16: ...Buberel Coronation coach Catherine the Great.jpg|thumb|250px|Catherine the Great's coronation coach is...
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: ...relative in [[Oxford]] then [[Southampton]]. In [[1785]]-[[1786]], she was educated at the Reading Ladie...
7: While her first novel, the posthumously published ''[[Northanger Abbey]]'', pokes f...
20: * ''[[Northanger Abbey]]'' (1818) posthumous - John Hancock (8787 bytes)
8: ... business, making him the wealthiest man in Massachusetts at the time.
13: ...f Representatives|representative]] to the [[Massachusetts General Court]], his colonial trade business...
19: ...ver its Committee of Safety. Under Hancock, Massachusetts raised bands of "[[Minutemen (militia)|minut...
22: [[Image:Hancock-John-LOC.jpg|thumb|John Hancock]]
27: ...Congress's demand for [[beef]] cattle to feed the hungry army. On [[January 19]], [[1781]], General Wa... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Braintree]], [[Massachusetts]]
13: | place of death=[[Quincy]], [[Massachusetts]]
22: ...emigrated from [[Devon]], [[England]], to [[Massachusetts]] in about [[1636]]; his mother was Susanna ...
24: ... of [[James Otis]] in the superior court of Massachusetts as to the legality of [[Writs of Assistance]...
26: ...[Congregational]] minister at [[Weymouth]], Massachusetts. Their son, John Quincy Adams, was born in [... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
20: ...s the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the ...
29: [[Image:Jefferson1web.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Letter to Col. Skipwith, concerning...
32: ...e the many vine diseases native to the Americas. Thus, Jefferson himself was never able to produce win...
34: [[Image:TJeff.jpe|thumb|190px|left|Thomas Jefferson]]
56: [[Image:Jefferson memorial 1.jpg|right|thumb|The [[Jefferson Memorial]] in [[Washington, DC]... - Geology (12007 bytes)
10: ...hell]]s in a geological [[stratum]] in a mountain hundreds of miles from the ocean, he inferred that t...
16: ...olcanic]] origins of this part of France. [[James Hutton]] recorded his ''Theory of the Earth'' in the...
20: ...often viewed as the first modern geologist. In [[1785]] he presented a paper entitled ''Theory of the E...
22: Followers of Hutton were known as ''[[Plutonism |Plutonists]]'' b...
26: ... events and remained unchanged thereafter. Though Hutton believed in uniformitarianism, the idea was n... - Virginia (23198 bytes)
57: ...stone was laid by Governor [[Patrick Henry]] in [[1785]].
79: *Secretary of Health and Human Resources
92: [[Image:National-atlas-virginia.PNG|left|thumb|Map of Virginia]]
107: [[Image:virginia topographic.jpg|thumb|500px|centre|Virginia - topographic map]]
167: *[[Falls Church, Virginia|Falls Church]] - 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]] - List of painters (54090 bytes)
68: *[[John James Audubon]] ([[1785]]-[[1851]])
84: *[[Ludolf Bakhuysen]] ([[1631]]-[[1708]])
89: *[[Balthus]] ([[1908]]-[[2001]])
187: *[[Arthur Boyd]] ([[1920]]-[[1999]])
264: *[[Frederick Edwin Church]] ([[1826]]-[[1900]]) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
35: *[[Hugo Borchardt]] (1844-1924) German–American i...
51: *[[Arthur C. Clarke]], (born 1917),[[England]], [[geosynch...
68: *[[Karl Drais]], (1785-1851), [[Germany]] — [[bicycle]] ([[Draisin...
132: ...Kotelnikov]] - [[Russia]]n inventor of the [[parachute]].
178: ..., invented the Jolly Jumper baby harness with her husband, circa. [[1959]] - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
1: [[Image:map of territorial growth 1775.jpg|thumb|300px|Before the Revolution: The [[13 colonies]...
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 ...
36: [[Image:Boston Massacre.jpg|300px|right|thumb|This exaggerated depiction of the "[[Boston Mas... - 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...
47: *[[1785]] - [[Treaty of Hopewell]]
53: ... (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[Connecticut]], [[Massachusetts]], [[Maryland]], [[South Carolina]], [[New H... - Aaron Burr (20716 bytes)
1: [[Image:AaronBurr-flipped.jpg|thumb|Vice President Aaron Burr]]
13: [[Image:Aaron_burr.jpg|thumb|250px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipar...
14: ...ce missions for Revolutionary generals such as Arthur St. Clair, and he rallied a group of [[Yale Univ...
20: ...n she realized her fortune was dwindling from her husband's land speculation, they separated after onl...
24: ...nder Hamilton's father-in-law, General [[Philip Schuyler]] -- for a seat in the [[United States Senate... - Montgolfier brothers (3356 bytes)
1: [[Image:Jacques_Montgolfier.jpg|thumb|250px|Jacques Étienne Montgolfier]]
11: ...I of France]], to gain his permission for a trial human flight. A tear occured on the top of the ballo...
15: ...November 21]], [[1783]], the first free flight by humans was made by [[Pilâtre de Rozier]] and the [[...
22: ...g a crossing of the English Channel on January 7, 1785, by Jean-Pierre Blanchard and John Jeffries. Bal... - Steamboat (11603 bytes)
1: [[Image:steamboat_lucerne_small.jpg|right|thumb|240px|Paddle steamers - [[Lake Lucerne|Lucerne]...
2: [[Image:paddle_wheel_small.jpg|right|thumb|240px|Left: original [[paddlewheel]] from a pad...
3: [[Image:PS Waverley leaving Dunoon 1989.jpg|thumb|right|240px|[[PS Waverley|PS ''Waverley'']] lea...
17: In [[1736]] Jonathan Hulls took out a patent in [[England]] for a [[Thoma...
21: ...lliam Henry, had made a model paddle steamer in [[1785]], and subsequently developed propulsion by float... - Continental Congress (4041 bytes)
27: *Jan 11, 1785- Nov. 4, 1785 [[New York, New York]]
28: *Nov. 7, 1785- Nov. 3, 1786 - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
1: [[Image:B franklin.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Benjamin Franklin Image provided by...
9: ... Abiah Folger, was born in [[Nantucket]], [[Massachusetts]] on [[August 15]], [[1667]], to Peter Folge...
13: ...d]] for [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]], [[Massachusetts]]; and while in Boston, they had several mor...
15: ..., on [[November 25]] [[1689]] in the [[Old South Church]] of Boston by the Rev. Samuel Willard.
20: [[Image:B_franklin_6.jpg|thumb|300px|]]
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