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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
11: ...ncisco Alvarez]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] missionary and explorer in [[Ethiopia]])
42: ...Lafayette Bunnell]], (1824-1903), described [[Yosemite Valley]]
49: *[[Pêro Vaz de Caminha]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of...
53: *[[Alvaro Caminha]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of...
62: *[[Miguel Corte-Real]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]]... - Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...ment of an economy based on manual labor to one dominated by industry and machine manufacture. It bega...
3: ... from about [[1850]], when technological and economic progress gained momentum with the development of...
10: ...ial market]]s and accumulation of [[Capital (economics)|capital]] are also cited as factors, as is the...
16: ...d made the greatest gain from overseas trade. The middle class in England became wealthy from overseas...
22: ...didn’t worry about law and order, and set their minds into manufacturing. People earned a lot of mon... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
10: *[[Firmin Abauzit|Abauzit, Firmin]], (1679-1767), French scientist
16: ... Aberigh-Mackay|Aberigh-Mackay, George Robert]], (1848-1881), author
50: *[[Abd-el-Kader]], (circa 1807-1883), Emir of Mascara
61: ...Abegg, Richard Wilhelm Heinrich]] (1869-1910), chemist
65: ...s Abel|Abel, Frederick Augustus]] (1827-1902), chemist - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
48: ...ich Ackermann|Ackermann, Wilhelm Heinrich]] (1789-1848)
52: *[[Milton Acorn|Acorn, Milton]], (1923-1986), poet - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
21: ...Schwaetzer, Irmgard]], (1942-), German government minister
23: ==== Adami - Adamo ====
24: *[[Bojan Adamic|Adamic, Bojan]], (born 1912), composer and conductor.
25: ...i, Karol]], (1866-1933), Polish engineer and economist
59: *[[John Quincy Adams|Adams, John Quincy]], (1767-1848), sixth President of the United States - List of people by name: Af (1105 bytes)
9: ...Denis Auguste Affre|Affre, Denis Auguste]], (1793-1848), archbishop of [[Paris]]
16: ...[Lucius Afranius (consul)|Lucius Afranius]], (fl. mid-1st century BCE), legatus of Pompey, republican ... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
9: ...rial Revolution]], a period of great social, economic, and technological change in the United Kingdom....
14: ...le, the Prince of Wales, inherited the Crown, becoming King George IV. Though she occupied a high posi...
16: ...ecedent, Parliament did not create a council to limit the powers of the Regent.
18: ... German prince) and out of a sense of duty (his family desired the match). Whatever Albert's original ...
20: ...m|Queen Elizabeth II]]'s descendants a separate family surname, [[Mountbatten-Windsor]].) - Lucretia Mott (3249 bytes)
3: ...early [[1800s]] and is credited as the first "[[feminist]]", but more accurately, the launcher of wome...
5: ...She moved to [[Philadelphia]] and became a Quaker minister in [[1821]]. She quickly became known for h...
9: ...tative government's political advocacy to women coming up as women's and abolitionist advocates. In th...
11: ...vention]]" in [[Seneca Falls]], [[New York]] in [[1848]]. While [[Elizabeth Cady Stanton]] and [[Susan ...
19: ...ry_mott1.html Lucretia Mott's biography from the Smithsonian] - Elizabeth Cady Stanton (4406 bytes)
4: ...[[Lucretia Mott]], the primary organizer of the [[1848 Women's Rights Convention]] in Seneca Falls, New ...
6: ...tings about the movement in which they were so prominent. This anthology reached six volumes by vario...
12: ... husband, [[Henry Stanton]] and cousin, [[Gerrit Smith]], Elizabeth Cady Stanton was also active in th...
14: ...nd Margaret Livingston Cady. Daniel Cady was a prominent attorney who served a term in Congress and la...
19: *''Eighty Years and More: Reminiscences 1815-1897'' ISBN 1591020093 - Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (8386 bytes)
5: ...models that allowed her to mature into a nonconformist. She was cared for by servants who believed in ...
7: ...ars [[1848]] to [[1858]] traveling the world, claiming to have entered [[Tibet]] to study with the [[A...
9: ...] and [[laws]] of how they work rather than performing them herself.
13: She married her second husband, Michael C. Betanelly on [[April 3]], [[1875]] in New... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
14: ...ovakia]]; and [[Michigan]] [[List of Governors of Michigan|Gov.]] [[Jennifer Granholm]], born in [[Bri...
16: ...Eisenhower]] starting in [[1953]]) [[term limit|limits]] the president to either two four-year terms o...
21: ...ntial [[oath of office]], any federal judge can administer the oath — and even judges of [[feder...
23: ...n inaugural address which sets the tone for his administration.
25: ...]]s) each select a nominee to unite behind; the nominee in turn selects a [[running mate]] to join him... - John Quincy Adams (11783 bytes)
12: | date of death=[[February 23]], [[1848]]
18: ...n Adams]] and First Lady [[Abigail Adams|Abigail Smith]].
22: ...to [[Phi Beta Kappa]]. He studied law, then was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in [[Boston...
24: ...[1794]], Minister to [[Portugal]] in [[1796]] and Minister to [[Prussia]] in [[1797]]. While serving a...
28: ...gotiated the [[Treaty of Ghent]] in [[1814]], and Minister to [[United Kingdom|Britain]] from [[1815]]... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
25: ...village), New York|Kinderhook]], [[New York]], 20 miles south of [[Albany, New York|Albany]], the [[st...
27: ...ot fall under his influence. In [[1803]] he was admitted to the bar and continued in active and succes...
35: ...0]], for a resolution opposing the admission of [[Missouri]] as a slave state. In the same year he was...
43: ... the debate on the "[[Tariff of 1828|tariff of abominations]]" in [[1828]] he took no part, but voted ...
45: ...on crucial questions is hardly borne out by an examination of his senatorial career. In February [[182... - John Tyler (18019 bytes)
25: ...born the son of John Tyler (1747-1813) and Mary Armistead. He studied law with his father, who became...
47: *John Alexander Tyler ([[April 7]], [[1848]] - [[September 1]], [[1883]]).
65: ...ould experience great reluctance in employing the military power of Government against any portion of ...
73: ...lding states and unbalancing the [[Missouri Compromise]]. The consequences of this act, which trigge...
138: === States Admitted to the Union === - Millard Fillmore (12296 bytes)
3: <caption><font size="+1">'''Millard Fillmore '''</font></caption>
4: ...nter" colspan=2><div style="float:center">[[Image:Millard Fillmore.jpg|250px|]]</div></td></tr>
20: '''Millard Fillmore''' ([[January 7]], [[1800]] – ...
26: ...w York]] would complement Taylor, a slave-holding military man from the south.
31: ...made no public comment on the merits of the compromise proposals, but a few days before President Tayl... - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
48: ...tment), revived national banking and banks, and admitted [[West Virginia]] and [[Nevada]] as states. H...
50: ...he end of the Civil War, made him a [[martyr]] to millions of Americans. He is usually ranked as one o...
53: ...Illinois River|Illinois]] and [[Mississippi River|Mississippi]] [[river]]s. While in [[New Orleans, Lo...
59: ...d as a captain in a company of the [[Illinois]] [[militia]] drawn from New Salem during the [[Black Ha...
61: ... both injustice and bad policy." [http://www.hti.umich.edu/l/lincoln/] - Ulysses S. Grant (23281 bytes)
24: ...e one of America's worst presidents, who led an administration plagued by severe [[scandal]] and [[cor...
26: ...nd looked with more understanding upon its shortcomings.
30: ...mont County, Ohio|Clermont County]], [[Ohio]], 25 miles (40 km) north of [[Cincinnati, Ohio|Cincinnati...
32: ...tion, Grant adopted the form of his new name with middle initial only, never acknowledging that the "S...
34: ...t]] ([[1826]]–[[1902]]) on [[August 22]], [[1848]]. They had four children: [[Frederick Dent Grant... - Henry Wilson (2604 bytes)
5: ...er and editor of the ''Boston Republican'' from [[1848]] to [[1851]].
7: ...tary Affairs and the Militia and the Committee on Military Affairs. In [[1861]] he raised and command...
12: ...ategory:U.S. Republican Party vice presidential nominees|candidate]]|before=[[Schuyler Colfax]]|after=... - Chester A. Arthur (12210 bytes)
18: ...nt of the United States|Vice President]] in the administration of [[James Garfield]]. Garfield was sh...
20: ...ds. Interestingly, Chester Arthur pronounced his middle name, Alan, with the stress on the ''second''...
29: ... part in the reorganization of the New York State militia.
31: ... widely praised for his service. He was later commissioned as inspector general, and appointed quarte...
33: ... attack from reformers. He insisted upon honest administration of the Customs House, but staffed it wi... - Canada (35540 bytes)
1: ...s article to change the name of the country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anythi...
8: ...a Act of 1867]] and styled the "[[Canada's name|Dominion of Canada]]", it is governed as a [[Parliamen...
10: ...ion estimate for [[as of 2005|June 2005]] is 32.2 million people [http://www.statcan.ca/english/edu/cl...
15: ...onarch), and the [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]], who is the head of government, have offi...
79: Historically the title '''Dominion of Canada''' has also been used.
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