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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: ...ved far less success. She annexed [[Crimea]] in [[1783]], a mere nine years after it had gained independ...
27: ...[[War in Defense of the Constitution]], Russia divided all of the Commonwealth territory with Prussia ... - 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... - Jane Austen (5805 bytes)
3: ...el of the writer whose apparently sheltered life did nothing to reduce the stature and drama of her fi...
5: ...inchester]] to seek medical attendance, but so rapid was the progress of her malady that she died ther...
12: ...r novels features women, purportedly because she did not know how men spoke when not in the presence o...
17: * ''[[Pride and Prejudice]]'' (1813)
39: Reference: David Cecil, ''A portrait of Jane Austen'' (1978) - Phillis Wheatley (3014 bytes)
5: ...[Calvinist]] [[George Whitefield]] that received widespread acclaim in Boston. In [[1772]] she was exa...
9: ...free black grocer named John Peters. She herself did domestic work as a servant. Neither hard work nor...
13: ...amuel Cooper, Who Departed This Life December 29, 1783'' - 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 ... - 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 ... - United States (58223 bytes)
15: ...br>[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] |
16: leader_names = [[Joe Biden]]<br>[[Kamala Harris]] |
36: ...]]<br> [[July 4]], [[1776]]<br>[[September 3]], [[1783]]<br><br><br>
52: ...n" (became part of the United States). Since the mid-[[20th century]], the United States has become a ...
57: ...eorge-Washington.jpg|thumb|250px|left|First [[President of the United States]], [[George Washington]]]... - The Gambia (13678 bytes)
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2: ... 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
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11: | align="center" width="140px" | (Full size) - New Jersey (35646 bytes)
28: Width = 110 |
39: ...was also settled by the [[Sweden|Swedes]] in the mid-1600's as part of the Swedish colony of [[New Swe...
41: ...Peter Stuyvesant]]. The newly taken lands were divided by [[Charles II of England|King Charles II of E...
55: ...ew Jersey on the [[obverse_and_reverse|reverse]] side of the 1999 [[State_Quarters|New Jersey State Qu...
59: ...earned of the signing of the [[Treaty of Paris]] (1783) which ended the war. - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
22: * [[Animal husbandry]] in the [[Middle East]]
54: ...d]] wheel [[chariot]] in the [[Ancient Near East|Middle East]]
70: ...Clockwork]] (the [[Antikythera mechanism]]): [[Posidonius]]?
99: ...280s]]: [[Glasses|Eyeglasses]] in [[Italy in the Middle Ages|Northern Italy]]
119: * [[1620]]: [[Slide rule]]: [[William Oughtred]] - Thirteen Colonies (4707 bytes)
1: ...b|Illustration of Pilgrims in Church. Picture provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipa...
6: .... The colonies of [[East Florida]] and [[West Florida]] also remained loyal during the American Revolu...
15: ...ions]], later [[Rhode Island|Rhode Island and Providence Plantations]]
17: * [[Middle Colonies]]:
29: ...it became the 14th state in 1791. Today it is considered part of [[New England]]. - History of science (41710 bytes)
4: ...e evaluation of [[knowledge]]. This change is considered to be so fundamental that older inquiries are...
11: ...emphasize the view that scientific data is self-evident, value-free, and context-free.
21: ... some fields of [[study]] which are no longer considered scientific). An account of the development o...
27: ...ommunicated across generations with much greater fidelity. Combined with the [[Origins of agriculture|...
31: ...my]] was practiced in several civilizations. Considerable observation of macrobiotic flora and fauna ... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
45: *[[David Allan]] ([[1744]]-[[1796]])
110: *[[David Bates (painter)|David Bates]] ([[1952]]-)
144: *[[George Biddle]] ([[1885]]-[[1973]])
162: *[[David G. Blythe]] ([[1815]]-[[1865]])
170: *[[David Bomberg]] ([[1890]]-[[1957]]) - Aviation history (39698 bytes)
5: ...s were controlled by moving your entire body ([[glider]]s) or warping the planes' wings ([[Wright brot...
15: ...y and the prototype actually flew. However, a considerable amount of interpretation of his design, wit...
17: ... confident that the problem would be solved. He said "It seems easier to talk of such a machine than t...
19: ...rage" in Europe in the late [[18th century]], providing the first detailed understanding of the relati...
21: ...half of the 20th century, the [[airship]] was considered to be a serious option for air transport. - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
2: ... [[American Revolutionary War]] ([[1775]]–[[1783]]) was one part of the revolution, but the revolu...
4: ...Revolution was not revolutionary at all, that it did not radically transform colonial society, but sim...
10: ...ern frontier. Most white colonists in America considered themselves loyal subjects of the British Crow...
16: ...this European Enlightenment and were a source for ideas regarding [[separation of church and state]] a...
19: ...ished church. The revival placed emphasis on individual conscience and experience as the source of val... - United States territorial acquisitions (5763 bytes)
3: ...ndence]]. The treaty with the United Kingdom in [[1783]] defined the original borders of the [[United St...
5: ...on (1746-1813)|Robert Livingston]] during the presidency of [[Thomas Jefferson]]; the territory was ac...
9: *'''[[Florida Purchase]]''', made in [[1819]] from [[Spain]], ...
11: ...g supporter of territorial expansion, won the presidency, but before he took office, Congress approved...
15: ...]] as Texas' Southern border. The United States paid Mexico $15 million. In addition, the United State... - Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
46: *[[1783]] - [[Treaty of Paris (1783)]] ends [[United States Revolutionary War]]
55: *[[1789]] - [[George Washington]] becomes President
75: *[http://classroomclipart.com/cgi-bin/kids/imageFolio.cgi?direct=History/United_States Hist...
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...
11: ... Great Britain, settled by the [[Treaty of Paris (1783)|Treaty of Paris]], which endowed the nascent Uni...
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... - Michigan (29427 bytes)
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42: ...d due to a boundary dispute with Ohio, with both sides claiming a 468 square mile (1,210 km?) strip of...
48: [[Grand Rapids, Michigan|Grand Rapids]], the second-largest city in Michigan, is also ...
50: ... southern U.S. states. Still, with 10 million residents, Michigan remains a large and influential sta...
60: ...ded the [[American Revolutionary War]]. The U.S. did not take control of the territory until 1796.
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