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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
8: *[[Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explore...
75: *[[Alexandra David-Néel]], (1868-1969), French explorer, visited [[...
83: *[[David Douglas]], Scottish explorer, botanist
103: *[[John Franklin]], (1786-1847), disappeared exploring [[Arctic]] [[Canada]...
104: ...s Republican Party|Republican]] nominee for [[President of the United States]] - 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) - Second Intermediate Period of Egypt (3576 bytes)
2: ...between the end of the [[Middle Kingdom of Egypt|Middle Kingdom]], and the start of the [[New Kingdom ...
4: ...welfth Dynasty]] came to an end around [[1780s BC|1786 BC]], and was succeeded by the much weaker [[Thir...
6: ...during the reign of one "Tutimaios" (who has been identified with [[Dudimose I]] of the Fourteenth Dyn... - 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 Hancock (8787 bytes)
5: ...ll>[[Gregorian calendar|(N.S.)]]</small>) was President of the [[Continental Congress]], and the first...
15: ...ng some infuriated Bostonians, depending as they did on the supplies on board.
19: ...he Provisional Congress of Massachusetts, and presided over its Committee of Safety. Under Hancock, Ma...
23: ...the [[Continental Congress]], succeeding [[Henry Middleton]]. He would serve until [[October 30]], [[1...
25: In the first month of his presidency, on [[June 19]], [[1775]], Hancock commission... - 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 [[... - Malaysia (27892 bytes)
1: ...sia]]. It consists of two geographical regions divided by the [[South China Sea]]:
3: ...ore|connected by a causeway and the second-link bridge]] on the south with the island of [[Singapore]]...
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16: | align="center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Malaysia|Flag]]) - Connecticut (28543 bytes)
10: LargestCity = [[Bridgeport, Connecticut|Bridgeport]] |
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43: ...n [[Algonquin]] Indian word meaning "on the long tidal river". Connecticut is one of the original 13 s...
47: ... also 9 incorporated boroughs, eight of which provide additional services to a section of town. One, ...
52: ...n]]s in Connecticut. There is an ongoing civic pride and economic competition between Hartford and Ne... - Virginia (23198 bytes)
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36: ...ly, as an extension of the [[Mid-Atlantic_States|Mid-Atlantic]]. Its official name is the '''Commonwe...
40: ...chary Taylor]] round out the list of American Presidents from the Commonwealth of Virginia. (Historica...
48: ...rginia, from 1776 to 1779, and again from 1784 to 1786. On [[June 12]], [[1776]], the [[Virginia Convent...
50: ...ng the [[American Civil War|Civil War]]. When it did, some counties were separated as [[State of Kanaw... - Comet (30542 bytes)
3: ...omets are composed largely of frozen [[carbon dioxide]], [[methane]] and [[water]] with [[dust]] and v...
5: ...[[volatile]] materials may come to resemble asteroids.
9: ... rather than an orbital trajectory. While the solid body of the comet (called the ''nucleus'') is gen...
11: ...dually vanish out of sight. They were usually considered bad omens of deaths of kings or noble men, or...
17: ...ons]] fly through a cometary atmosphere, they collide with cometary atoms and molecules. In these coll... - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
2: ...can Revolution''' refers to the series of events, ideas, and changes that resulted in the political se...
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... - Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
48: *[[1786]] - [[Shays' Rebellion]]
49: *[[1786]] - [[Annapolis Convention]] fails
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... - Timeline of United States history (1820-1859) (8457 bytes)
13: *[[1824]] - First presidential nominating [[political convention]]
14: ...Andrew Jackson]] and [[Henry Clay]] in [[U.S. presidential election, 1824|election of 1824]]; Adams im...
16: *[[1825]] - [[John Quincy Adams]] becomes President
20: ...[1828]] - [[John C. Calhoun]] (Jackson's vice-president) anonymously publishes ''South Carolina Exposi...
21: *[[1829]] - [[Andrew Jackson]] becomes President, appoints his "[[Kitchen Cabinet]]" - List of people associated with the French Revolution (16148 bytes)
2: ...larify complexities is in the article on the individual in question.''
10: *[[Jean Sylvain Bailly]] - President of the [[Third Estate]] who administered the [...
11: ...tain|''Montagnard'']], then a [[9 Thermidor|Thermidorian]], finally the main executive leader during ...
17: ...bespierre|Robespierre]], but survived on [[9 Thermidor]]; was later deported to [[French Guiana]]
19: ...itician under the Directory whose presence as President of the Assembly of the 500 at the time of the ... - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
4: ...lled the "[[Dark Ages]]"). This movement also provided a framework for the [[American Revolution|Ameri...
8: ... rise of [[empiricism | empirical]] philosophical ideas, and their application to [[political economy]...
14: ... the universe where God and Nature were one. This idea became central to the Enlightenment from Newton...
16: ...natural philosophy]] of [[Sir Isaac Newton]]. The ideas of Newton, which combined the mathematics of [...
18: ...s merely the most visible and famous example. The idea of uniform laws for natural phenomena mirrored ... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
69: *[[Victor Goldschmidt]], (1888-1947) Father of Modern Geochemistry
166: *[[Carl Wilhelm Scheele]], (1742-1786), Swedish [[18th century]] chemist, discovered nu...
192: *[[Johannes Diderik van der Waals]], (1837-1923)
206: ...1995]]), [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] chemist ([[alkaloids]]) - Shays' Rebellion (6569 bytes)
1: ...urdens. The rebellion started on [[August 29]], [[1786]].
3: ...lion_9.jpg|thumb|250px|Shays Rebellion, Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipa...
9: ...alled out to fight the Regulators often switched sides.
13: ...ton-area bankers then assembled 4,400 privately-paid mercenaries (who were later legitimized as a mili...
17: ...tions that replaced some [[incumbent]]s with individuals sympathetic to the rebellion (including many ... - Steamboat (11603 bytes)
15: ...at the same time. One of the first to propose the idea (around [[1690]]) was the physicist [[Denis Pap...
21: ...sion by floats on a chain, obtained a patent in [[1786]], then built a steamboat which underwent a succe...
27: In [[Scotland]] the ideas of the ''Charlotte Dundas'' were taken up by [...
32: Incidentally, the cartoon ''[[Steamboat Willie]]'' intr...
37: ...[[Loch Katrine]], while on Loch Lomond the [[PS Maid of the Loch]] is being restored. - Continental Congress (4041 bytes)
4: ...]. [[Peyton Randolph]] served as the first [[President of the Continental Congress]].
8: ...ms, with the help of the Continental Congress?s guidance throughout the war, the colonists prevailed.
28: *Nov. 7, 1785- Nov. 3, 1786
29: *Nov. 6, 1786- Oct. 30, 1787
36: *[[President of the Continental Congress]]
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