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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...on]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].''
6: *[[Diogo de Azambuja]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] ...
10: *[[Antonio de Abreu]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] explo...
11: ...]] [[Portuguese]] missionary and explorer in [[Ethiopia]])
21: ...sh Empire|British]] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]] - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
2: ... guillotined at the height of the [[French Revolution]].
13: ...red as child, Maria-Antonia had little real education. She was flighty, artistic and read almost nothi...
22: ...lection of gems was valued at approximately 2 million [[livre]]s. Marie-Antoinette then received King ...
27: ...nt back to [[Austria]]. The young dauphine's position was not helped by the fact that she had earned t...
30: ...she was assisted out of bed and dressed by the various high-ranking noblewomen who were her ladies-in-... - Jane Austen (5805 bytes)
3: ...othing to reduce the stature and drama of her fiction.
5: ...novelist, she continued to live in relative seclusion, and began to suffer ill-health. It is now thoug...
7: ...ly ''[[Emma]]'', are often cited for their perfection of form, while modern critics continue to uneart...
12: ...ary types, are drawn with such firmness and precision, and with such significant detail as to retain t...
14: ...er novels is different from that of their publication. They are: - Second Intermediate Period of Egypt (3576 bytes)
2: The '''Second Intermediate Period''' marks a period when [[History of Ancient Egypt|Ancient Egypt]] ...
4: ...welfth Dynasty]] came to an end around [[1780s BC|1786 BC]], and was succeeded by the much weaker [[Thir...
6: ...corded that it was during the reign of one "Tutimaios" (who has been identified with [[Dudimose I]] of...
8: ...e power of this dynasty, weak to begin with, deteriorated. The later king [[Merneferre Ai]] (ruled c.[...
10: ...e [[Tao II the Brave]] and [[Kamose]], whom tradition credited with the final defeat of the Hyksos. Wi... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
14: | place of death=[[Mount Vernon (plantation)|Mount Vernon]], [[Virginia]]
19: ... United States Constitution|Constitutional Convention]].
21: ...gures in U.S. history. Unlike many other [[revolution]]ary leaders, he voluntarily relinquished power ...
24: ...irth year. His birthplace was Pope's Creek Plantation, south of [[Colonial Beach, Virginia|Colonial Be... - John Hancock (8787 bytes)
3: ...Declaration of Independence|United States Declaration of Independence]]]]
5: ... first person to sign the [[United States Declaration of Independence]]. According to legend, he signe...
8: ...4]], Hancock lived in England while building relationships with customers and suppliers of his uncle's...
15: ...s for violation of revenue laws. This caused a [[riot]] among some infuriated Bostonians, depending as...
17: ...e to British authority and his financial contributions led Bostonians to joke that "[[Samuel Adams|Sam... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
18: ...ical philosophy|political philosopher]], [[revolutionary]], [[Agriculture|agriculturalist]], [[Horticu...
20: ...siana Purchase]] and the [[Lewis and Clark Expedition]].
22: ==Biographical information==
23: ...h; before founding his own vision of higher education at the [[University of Virginia]]. - Malaysia (27892 bytes)
1: ...theast Asia]]. It consists of two geographical regions divided by the [[South China Sea]]:
20: ...="vertical-align: top;" colspan=2 | <small>''[[National motto]]: Bersekutu Bertambah Mutu<br>([[Malay ...
22: ...pan=2 style="background: #ffffff;" | [[image:LocationMalaysia.png]]
39: ...ulation]]'''<br> - Total<br> - [[Population density|Density]]
40: | [[List of countries by population|Ranked 46th]]<br> 25,720,000 (Q3-2004)<br> 78/km... - Connecticut (28543 bytes)
8: Nickname = The Constitution State |
12: PostalAbbreviation = CT |
36: ...ted against British rule in the [[American Revolution]].
43: ...was adopted in [[1965]]. The traditional abbreviation of the state's name is "Conn."
47: ...ght of which provide additional services to a section of town. One, [[Naugatuck]], is a merged town-b... - Virginia (23198 bytes)
8: Nickname = Old Dominion |
12: PostalAbbreviation = VA |
36: ...thern States|South]] or, alternately, as an extension of the [[Mid-Atlantic_States|Mid-Atlantic]]. It...
38: ...ited States, but the former was admitted to the Union as a separate state in [[1792]] while the latter...
46: ...to the whole area explored by the [[1584]] expedition of Sir [[Walter Raleigh]] along the coast of [[N... - Comet (30542 bytes)
3: ...], [[methane]] and [[water]] with [[dust]] and various [[mineral]] aggregates mixed in.
5: ...onsisting of debris left over from the [[condensation]] of the [[solar nebula]]; the outer edges of su...
9: ...an the Sun, and the tails can extend over 150 million km (1 [[Astronomical unit]]) or more.
11: ...o be visible with the naked eye. Before the invention of the telescope, comets seemed to appear out of...
15: ... objects known to exist in the solar system. The Giotto probe found that [[Comet Halley]]'s nucleus re... - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
1: ... the [[French and Indian War]], and the orange region was claimed by [[Spain]]. Note that this map doe...
2: ...War commenced," wrote [[John Adams]]. "The Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people."
4: ...etations fall somewhere in between these two positions.
7: ...on, and the trends which led to the coming revolution -->
10: ...he British Crown, with the same rights and obligations as people in Britain. - Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
1: ...|thumb|"The Boston Massacre," an engraving by patriot Paul Revere.]]
3: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] con...
8: *[[1763]] - [[Pontiac's Rebellion]] begins
9: *[[1763]] - [[British Royal Proclamation of 1763]]
27: ** [[Administration of Justice Act]] ([[May 20]]), - Timeline of United States history (1820-1859) (8457 bytes)
1: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] con...
4: [[Image:National-atlas-1970-1820.png|thumb|U.S. territorial ext...
13: ... First presidential nominating [[political convention]]
14: ...Clay]] in [[U.S. presidential election, 1824|election of 1824]]; Adams immediately appoints Clay his n...
15: ...1824]] - ''[[Gibbons v. Ogden]]'' cements Congressional control over [[interstate commerce]] - List of people associated with the French Revolution (16148 bytes)
1: {{French_Revolution}}
2: ...ities is in the article on the individual in question.''
6: ...nçois Augereau]] - officer throughout the Revolutionary era and [[First French Empire|Empire]], gener...
12: ...|constitutional monarchist]] / [[Feuillant]] (faction)
23: ...yal Council of Finances shortly before the Revolution - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
4: ...od in the arts, and receives contemporary application in the unity of science movement which includes ...
6: ...au]] questioned and attacked the existing institutions of both [[Church]] and [[State]].
8: ...ciences such as [[physics]], [[chemistry]] and [[biology]].
10: ...n]] preceded it (if it is thought of as a long period). Furthermore, [[Romanticism]] followed the Enli...
12: ...eptable to think of them conjoined as one long period. - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
31: ...ka-Curie]], (1867-1934), Polish-born French radiation physicist
37: ...mist, winner of the [[1943]] [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]]
42: ...mist, winner of the [[1943]] [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]]
47: ...mist, winner of the [[1908]] [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]]
75: *[[John Haldane]], British biochemist - Shays' Rebellion (6569 bytes)
1: ...urdens. The rebellion started on [[August 29]], [[1786]].
3: ...o consumers, in large part small farmers. In addition, the tax system at the time was highly [[regress...
5: ...isement led to discussions of reform and/or secession in both areas.
7: ...ting of [[fiat money]], which would cause [[inflation]] and therefore reduce the debt burden on the fa...
9: ...ord]], and elsewhere. After the passage of the [[Riot Act]], the Regulators seized arms from the [[Spr... - Steamboat (11603 bytes)
8: ...e prefix "'''PS'''". The term ''steamer'' is occasionally used, out of nostalgia, for [[diesel]] motor...
15: ...wered or not is unclear. River boatmen took exception to the threat to their trade, and smashed it up.
21: ...nd in [[1790]] a third boat ran a series of excursions on the [[Delaware River]], but then patent disp...
23: ...rth and Clyde canal were thwarted by fears of erosion of the banks, development was taken up both in [...
30: ... surviving Mississippi sternwheelers from this period, ''[[Julius C. Wilkie]]'', is preserved as a [[m... - Continental Congress (4041 bytes)
1: ...volutionary War]] and the [[Articles of Confederation]]. There were two Continental Congresses.
4: ...unication with one another as their common opposition to Britain grew. It lasted only from [[Septembe...
6: ...ess was the drafting of the [[Articles of Association]] on [[October 20]]. The Articles formed a comp...
8: ... [[July 4]], [[1776]], they adopted the [[Declaration of Independence]]. This Congress nobly tried to...
10: ==Dates and places of sessions==
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