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1. Stamp Act 1765 (7443 bytes)
   2: ...the colonists' concerns about the intent of the British Parliament and added fuel to the growing [[Sep...
   6: ...aid only around 1 shilling a year back to London. It was therefore reasoned that the colonists should ...
   8: ...n for a number of years, and were viewed as an equitable source of income. Taxes applied to all forms ...
   11: ...]. The tax on newspapers raised considerable opposition, especially from the newspapers themselves.
   13: ...o support actions in Canada and the west, with limited compensation from the Crown.

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1. November 4 (10686 bytes)
   2: ...n [[leap year]]s) in the [[Gregorian Calendar]], with 57 days remaining.
   7: ...[[Antwerp (city)|Antwerp]] (after three days the city was nearly destroyed).
   8: ...nder command of [[Dmitri Mikhailovich Pozharski|Dmitry Pozharsky]]
   10: ...dinia|Sardinia]], which soon expanded to become [[Italy]].
   11: ...attle]], [[Washington]] as the Territorial University
2. List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
   5: *[[Evaristo Abaco|Abaco, Evaristo]], (1675-1742), Italian composer and violinist
   10: *[[Firmin Abauzit|Abauzit, Firmin]], (1679-1767), French scientist
   15: ...bandando|Abbandando, Frank]], (1910-1942), Mafia hitman
   30: ...rge Abbot|Abbot, George]], (1603-1648), English writer
   31: ... Abbot|Abbot, Robert]], (1588?-1662?), English Puritan divine
3. List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
   5: ...aries, Louis]], (born 1954), boxer, former world title challenger, now promoter
   8: ..., Marcel]], (1899-1974), playwrighter and scriptwriter
   9: ... Achebe|Achebe, Chinua]], (born 1930), Nigerian writer
   36: ...cob Fidelis Ackermann|Ackermann, Jacob Fidelis]] (1765-1815)
4. Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
   6: ...an monarchs agreed to the Pragmatic Sanction when it was issued, on Charles' death ([[1740]]) the [[Wa...
   8: ...ce|King Louis XVI]]. She had 16 children by him, with 6 daughters (all of whom were named "Marie _____...
   12: ...beth (1737-1740). [[Heiress-presumptive]] to the title [[List of rulers of Austria|Archduchess of Aust...
   14: ...line (1740-1741). [[Heiress-presumptive]] to the title [[List of rulers of Austria|Archduchess of Aust...
   15: ...767); no surviving issue. [[Holy Roman Emperor]]: 1765; [[List of rulers of Austria|Archduke of Austria]...
5. Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
   5: ...entricities and policies, including an obsession with neighboring and enemy country Prussia, alienated...
   9: ... the law, but she disbanded the commission before it took effect, possibly having turned more conserva...
   11: ...es full control over their serfs and lands. In addition, Catherine gave land in [[Ukraine]] to favored...
   13: ...t, she established the [[Free Economic Society]] (1765) to encourage the modernization of agriculture an...
   16: ...reat's coronation coach is exhibited in the [[Hermitage Museum]], [[Saint Petersburg|St. Petersburg]]....
6. Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
   1: [[Image:DiderotVanLoo.jpg|thumb|right|''Portrait of Diderot'' by [[Louis-Michel van Loo]], 1767]]
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   5: ... as the author of the essay ''Regrets on Parting with My Old Dressing Gown'', upon which many an artic...
   7: ... had affairs with the writer Madame Puisieux and with Sophie Voland, to whom he was constant for the r...
   10: ... ''Inquiry Concerning Virtue and Merit'' (1745), with some original notes of his own. He composed a vo...
7. George Washington (29551 bytes)
   2: | nationality=american
   19: ... [[History of the United States Constitution|Constitutional Convention]].
   26: ...h in July [[1752]], he rented and eventually inherited the estate, [[Mount Vernon (plantation)|Mount V...
   29: ...72.JPG|thumb|right|275px|This, the earliest portrait of Washington, was painted in [[1772]] by [[Charl...
   31: ...ecame an international incident, and helped to ignite the [[French and Indian War]], which eventually ...
8. John Hancock (8787 bytes)
   2: ...ancock [[:Image:JohnHancockLarge.jpeg|(full portrait)]]]]
   3: ...the [[United States Declaration of Independence|United States Declaration of Independence]]]]
   5: ...III of the United Kingdom|George III]] could read it, causing his name to become an [[eponym]] for "si...
   8: ...s return from England, his uncle died and he inherited the fortune and business, making him the wealth...
   10: ...his generosity, he was regarded as a man of integrity and honor.
9. John Adams (18716 bytes)
   2: | nationality=american
   15: | party=[[United States Federalist Party|Federalist]]
   18: ... Quincy Adams]], was the sixth President of the United States ([[1825]]–[[1829]]).
   24: ... out, at length, his recollections of this scene; it is instructive to compare the two accounts.
   26: In [[1764]] Adams married Miss [[Abigail Smith]] ([[1744]]–[[1818]]), the daughter of a [...
10. Eli Whitney (3270 bytes)
    1: [[Image:Eli_whitney.jpg|thumb|Eli Whitney Image courtesy of [http://classroomclipart.co...
    2: ...], [[1765]] - [[January 8]], [[1825]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[inventor]] and manufacturer...
    6: ...of a farmer, Whitney graduated from [[Yale University|Yale]] College in [[1792]], where he was elected...
    14: ...to become more sustainable at a critical point in its development.
    16: ...and designs were readily duplicated by others. Whitney's company that produced cotton gins went out o...
11. James Watt (5070 bytes)
    11: * [[1765]]: While wandering through the [[Glasgow Green]]'...
    14: ...s in [[Soho, Birmingham|Soho]], near Birmingham, with [[Matthew Boulton]] to manufacture his improved ...
    22: ...ghout the working cycle of the engine, so showing its efficiency.
    26: ...her engineers until his patents expired in 1800. With his partner Matthew Boulton he battled against r...
    28: ...wer output of steam engines, his version of the unit is equivalent to 550 foot-pounds per second (abou...
12. Connecticut (28543 bytes)
    8: Nickname = The Constitution State |
    9: Capital = [[Hartford, Connecticut|Hartford]] |
    10: LargestCity = [[Bridgeport, Connecticut|Bridgeport]] |
    21: DensityRank = 4^th |
    22: 2000Density = 271.40 |
13. Oregon (26551 bytes)
    9: Capital = [[Salem, Oregon|Salem]] |
    10: LargestCity = [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]] |
    21: DensityRank = 39^th |
    22: 2000Density = 13.76 |
    23: AdmittanceOrder = 33^rd |
14. List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
    5: ...|Yadav, Laloo Prasad]] (born 1948), [[India]]n politician
    11: *[[Yakubu Gowon]] (born 1934), military leader of [[Nigeria]]
    13: ...ihu Yale|Yale, Elihu]] (1649-1721), [[Yale University]] benefactor
    20: ... Minoru]] (1912-1986), [[United States|US]] [[architect]]
    21: *[[Tomoyuki Yamashita|Yamashita, Tomoyuki]] (1885-1946), Japanese lieutenant gen...
15. List of painters (54090 bytes)
    10: ...[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[sculptor]] and [[painter]]
    11: *[[Leonardo da Vinci]], ([[1452]]-[[1519]]), Italian painter, sculptor and inventor
    15: ...llo Santi|Raphael]], ([[1483]]-[[1520]]), [[Italy|Italian]] [[painter]]
    90: *[[Edward Mitchell Bannister]] ([[1828]]-[[1901]])
    105: *[[Georg Baselitz]] ( [[1938]]-)
16. List of inventors (14020 bytes)
    15: *[[Joseph Aspdin]], British inventor of cement in 1824
    22: ... - (1938-) U.S. solar inventor and developer; architectural designer.
    28: ...Emile Berliner]], (1851-1929) [[Germany]] and [[United States|USA]] — [[gramophone]]
    31: *[[Bi Sheng]] — primitive movable [[printing]] types
    40: ...her von Braun]], (1912-1977), [[Germany]] and [[United States|USA]] — [[rocket]] technology
17. American Revolution (17069 bytes)
    1: ... Note that this map does not show the bulk of [[British North America]] of that time.]]
    2: ...Lexington and Concord]] and continued after the British surrender at [[Battle of Yorktown (1781)|Yorkt...
    4: ...pretations fall somewhere in between these two positions.
    7: ... summarize the political, social, economic, etc. situations before the revolution, and the trends whic...
    10: ...th the same rights and obligations as people in Britain.
18. Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
    3: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns events from '''[[1760...
    9: *[[1763]] - [[British Royal Proclamation of 1763]]
    12: *[[1765]] - [[Stamp Act 1765|Stamp Act]] passed
    13: *[[1765]] - [[Stamp Act Congress]] convenes
    14: *[[1765]] - [[First Quartering Act]]
19. Colonial America (32872 bytes)
    2: ...[[social]], [[religion|religious]], [[politics|political]], and [[economics|economic]] structures.
    4: ...re, at odds with the [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] government on issues of [[taxation]] and [[r...
    9: ...terest in [[geography]] and an intellectual curiosity about the world that had subsided during the Mid...
    11: ... mounted an effort of colonization and conquest. Within a few years, they had divided up lucrative [[S...
    13: ...ly close to Europe, Spain and Portugal had taken little interest in them, so as far as the Europeans w...
20. History of California (38344 bytes)
    3: ... of the known '''history of California''' begins with European exploration.
    5: ...lands and prodigious oil fields, and finally with its high-technology leadership.
    10: ...e:Tunnel view.jpg|thumb|300px|California's [[Yosemite Valley]].]]
    11: ...sland]] are among the traces of a very early inhabitation, dated to the last [[ice age]] ([[Wisconsin ...
    13: ...ared, they found many [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] tribes living in the p...

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