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- Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
5: ...k the throne, triumphant about her bloodless and widely supported coup d'etat. Six months later, on [[...
13: ... law and encouraged education for the nobles and middle class.
17: ...ita Ivanovich Panin|Nikita Panin]], exercised considerable influence from the beginning of her reign. ...
21: ...atherine made Russia the dominant power in the [[Middle East]] after her [[Russo-Turkish War, 1768-177...
23: ...ator in the [[War of the Bavarian Succession]] ([[1778]]-[[1779]]) between Prussia and Austria. In [[178... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
7: ...teen years before Antoinette's birth. She was considered one of the most brilliant political figures i...
9: ...d him what he would like as a reward, Mozart is said to have responded by saying he would like the han...
15: ...daughters. With Johanna-Gabriella dead, it was decided that Maria-Antonia should be sent to France to ...
25: ...n their wedding night. They had only a very vague idea of sex and this increased the awkwardness betwe...
36: ...r knees in prayer, with Louis saying "Dear God, guide and protect us. We are too young to reign." Mari... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=George Washington
5: | order=1st President
17: | vicepresident=[[John Adams]]
19: ...[1789]]–[[1797|97]]). He also served as President of the [[1787]] [[History of the United States...
31: ...n|Jumonville affair]]" became an international incident, and helped to ignite the [[French and Indian ... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=John Adams
4: | order=2nd President
16: | vicepresident=[[Thomas Jefferson]]
18: ...His son, [[John Quincy Adams]], was the sixth President of the United States ([[1825]]–[[1829]])...
28: ...iod—as, for example, during his term as president. - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Thomas Jefferson
4: | order=Third President
16: | vicepresident=[[Aaron Burr]]; [[George Clinton (politician)|...
18: ...sh;[[1809]]) [[President of the United States|President]] of the [[United States]] and an American [[s...
20: ...s Jefferson dined alone." Achievements of his presidency include the [[Louisiana Purchase]] and the [[... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
5: <tr><td>'''Order:'''</td><td>8th President</td></tr>
15: <br>(daughter-in-law, widowed)</td></tr>
18: ...'''[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]:'''</td><td>[[Richard M. Johnson]]</td></tr>
22: ...]] of the [[United States]]. He was the first President born after the signing of the [[United States ...
27: ...]]. Van Buren made the acquaintance of Burr, but did not fall under his influence. In [[1803]] he was ... - Geology (12007 bytes)
3: ...ed into [[tectonic plates]] that move over a [[rheid|rheic]] upper [[Mantle (geology)|mantle]] ([[asth...
7: ...gy" was first used by Jean-Andreluc in the year [[1778]] and introduced as a fixed term by Horace-Bedict...
26: ... believed in uniformitarianism, the idea was not widely accepted at the time.
36: ...geology. Many of these involve the ability to provide the relative ages of strata or the manner in whi...
46: ...on of modern marine and nonmarine sediments in a wide variety of environments supports this generaliza... - Equatorial Guinea (13387 bytes)
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11: | align="center" width="140px" | (Full size) - Hawaii (34434 bytes)
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39: ...tely in the [[tropics]]. As one of two states outside the [[continental United States|contiguous Unite...
46: ...Hawaiian]] and [[Hawaiian English]]. [[Hawaiian Pidgin]] is an unofficial language. The [[state song...
54: ...presently active. The last volcanic eruption outside the Island of Hawaii happened at [[Haleakala]] o...
56: ...lands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and the wide range of environments to be found on high island... - Washington (20186 bytes)
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36: ...e state work force numbered about 3.1 million. Residents are called "Washingtonians" (emphasis on the ...
38: ...[[Washington, D.C.]], the nation's capital. To avoid confusion, the capital is often called simply '''...
40: ...amed after a [[President of the United States|president]], which was [[George Washington]].
42: ...USS ''Washington'']] was named originally for President Washington, but was later renamed in honor of ... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
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44: ...h, from east to west, is 89 miles (the narrowest width is at 37 miles). The state's geographic center ...
72: ...s's claims in Vermont and New Hampshire were invalid and fixed Massachusetts's northern boundary at it...
78: ...nited States|slavery]], [[suffrage]] for men who did not own land, and public schools. The tavern has ...
80: ...d the anniversary of the battle became a legal holiday in Vermont, known as "Bennington Day." - South Carolina (11968 bytes)
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42: ...overnment on March 15, 1776. On [[February 5]], [[1778]] South Carolina became the first state to ratify...
44: ...he newly-elected President [[Abraham Lincoln]] decide the matter. On April 12, 1861, Confederate batte...
54: ...teen judicial circuits, each with at least one resident circuit judge.
56: ... panels with three judges each. The Court may preside in any state county. - Oregon (26551 bytes)
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36: ...; east of the Cascades the climate is much more arid. In fact, on average Oregon is as dry as Texas, ...
38: ....ə.ˌgɑn]}} is also common, but considered incorrect by locals.
41: :''state of scenic grandeur and easygoing individualism [that] is writing the preface to what may b...
43: ... Bottle Bill]], but has also suffered from the rapid pace of logging in its forests. - Spinning Jenny (3557 bytes)
6: ...p with demand, and Hargreaves spent some time considering how to improve the process. The most common ...
8: Whatever the inspiration, the basic idea was developed as a machine with eight spindles ...
16: ...oderate success" Hargreaves' death on April 22nd, 1778. That year [[Samuel Crompton]] invented the [[spi... - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
30: *[[Tim Berners-Lee]] — [[World Wide Web]]
62: ...o DaVinci]], (1452-1519), [[Italy]] — [[euclidean geometry]]
81: *[[James Fergason]] — [[liquid crystal display]]
95: ...], (1882-1945), [[United States|USA]] — liquid fuel rocket
98: *[[Bette Nesmith Graham]] — [[Liquid Paper]] - Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
39: *[[1778]] - [[Treaty of Alliance]]
55: *[[1789]] - [[George Washington]] becomes President
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76: *[http://classroomclipart.com/cgi-bin/kids/imageFolio.cgi?direct=History/United_States/Amer...
77: *[http://classroomclipart.com/cgi-bin/kids/imageFolio.cgi?direct=History/United_States/Civi... - History of the United States (1776-1789) (19792 bytes)
5: ... confronted a much larger group of militia at a bridge in [[Concord, Massachusetts|Concord]], and were...
13: ... Confederation]], proposed and put into effect in 1778, but not fully ratified until 1781. The Articles...
15: ..., in 1787, to the calling of a convention, to consider revising the Articles. That Convention, meetin...
17: ...[[George Washington]] was elected the first [[President of the United States]].
21: ... in danger. The colonial elite had inherited a decidedly Whigish political viewpoint, which clashed wi... - History of California (38344 bytes)
13: ...[[oak]] trees, ground them, and leached out the acidic [[tannin]] to make the flour edible.
19: ...bout [[1530]], [[Nuño Beltrán de Guzmán]] (President of [[New Spain]]) was told by an Indian slave ...
23: ...n as the peninsula of [[Baja California]]), and laid out and founded the city that was to become LaPaz...
50: ...e's, which they reinforced, and which remained valid when the colonies became states. These territori...
67: * [[1683]]: [[Ysidro Otondo]] - Independence Day (United States) (6238 bytes)
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15: ...alled the '''Fourth of July''', is a [[federal holiday]] celebrating the adoption of the [[United Stat...
34: * In [[1778]], General [[George Washington]] marked the Fourt...
35: ...ls on a Sunday. Starting a long tradition, the holiday is celebrated on Monday, [[July 5]].
37: ...Congress|U.S. Congress]] made July 4 an unpaid holiday for federal employees. - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
38: *[[Humphry Davy]], (1778-1829)
69: *[[Victor Goldschmidt]], (1888-1947) Father of Modern Geochemistry
192: *[[Johannes Diderik van der Waals]], (1837-1923)
206: ...1995]]), [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] chemist ([[alkaloids]])
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