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- Timeline of United States history (1790-1819) (6951 bytes)
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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
89: ...Red]], (c.950-1003), explored and colonized [[Greenland]]
90: ...ríksson]], (born 970), attempted to colonize [[Vinland]], discovered [[the Americas|America]]
131: ...ara Falls]] and the [[Saint Anthony Falls]] (the only [[waterfall]] on the [[Mississippi River|Mississ...
148: ...anish people|Danish]] explorer, Governor of [[Greenland]]
252: *[[Henry Morton Stanley]], (1841-1904), successfully searched for [[Dav... - Jules Dumont d'Urville (2251 bytes)
- Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
1: ...is page is about Maria Theresa of Austria (often only known as Empress Maria Theresa), ruler of the [[...
37: ...I, her eldest son, as coregent and emperor. She only allowed him limited powers because she felt he w...
41: She died in [[1780]], the only female to rule during the 650-year-long [[Habsbu... - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
2: ...therine exemplified an "[[enlightened absolutism|enlightened monarch]]."
13: ...erine proceeded to "Westernize" Russia. However, unlike [[Peter the Great]], Catherine scorned force a...
25: ...e of Svensksund]] (modern-day Ruotsinsalmi in [[Finland]]), July 9-10, 1790. The Russian navy, command...
33: Catherine subscribed to [[the Enlightenment]] and considered herself a "philosopher... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
22: ...s-Auguste]] was shy, awkward and distant. He was only a year older than she was and had no sexual or r...
25: ... supposed to do on their wedding night. They had only a very vague idea of sex and this increased the ...
36: ...-Auguste and Marie-Antoinette's life changed suddenly at 3 o'clock in the afternoon of 10th May [[1774...
85: ...me impatient with the jeweller and snapped, "Not only have I never commissioned you to make a jewel &h...
117: ...ds were massacred. She and her ladies-in-waiting only narrowly escaped with their lives before the cro... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
19: ...nt of the United States|Vice President]] are the only two nationally elected officials in the United S...
29: ...d defend the Constitution of the United States." Only presidents [[Franklin Pierce]] and [[Herbert Hoo...
162: | 25 || [[William McKinley]]{{ref 6}}
163: || [[Image:Mckinley.jpg|50px]]
262: Franklin D. Roosevelt is the only President to serve more than 8 years in the offi... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
21: ...e of the most important figures in U.S. history. Unlike many other [[revolution]]ary leaders, he volun...
79: ...the Army]] (five star), George Washington is the only President with military service to reenter the m...
95: ...ng the principle that even a former president is only, after all, a private citizen.
104: Unlike all the other slaveholding [[Founding Fathers]...
122: ...rthwest]] of the U.S. is also named for him, the only state named for a president. - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
39: ...es House of Representatives]]. Jefferson was the only Vice President elected to the Presidency to serv...
41: ... epitaph, written by him with an insistence that only his words and "not a word more" be inscribed, re...
141: ... had first submitted in [[1779]], and was one of only three accomplishments he put in his own epitaph....
143: ...nd material he considered preternatural, leaving only Jesus' moral philosophy, of which he approved. T...
149: ...s from leaving every one to profess freely and openly those principles of religion which are the induc... - James Monroe (11107 bytes)
22: Born in [[Westmoreland County, Virginia]], as an only child to a prosperous family, Monroe attended th...
30: ...r, [[John Quincy Adams]], as Secretary of State. Only [[Henry Clay]]'s refusal kept Monroe from adding...
38: ...n-of-war]]." Monroe accepted Adams's advice. Not only must [[Latin America]] be left alone, he warned,... - John Tyler (18019 bytes)
152: ...he could take office, which could mean he is the only American president to die on foreign soil, depen... - Connecticut (28543 bytes)
47: ...overnments or [[county seat]]s; rather, there is only the state government and the governments of the ...
89: ...her tax-paying businesses with them, and leaving only the [[urban poor]] in the now impoverished Conne...
97: ...ed that industry, in all senses of the word, not only strengthened individual moral fiber, but also se...
99: ...ract from the [[secretary of war]], which led to enlarging his factory to 8,500 square feet (790 m&sup...
105: ...and [[tool]]s continue to be manufactured by [[Stanley Corporation]] in [[New Britain]], despite havin... - Kentucky (15076 bytes)
- Washington (20186 bytes)
40: Washington is the only state named after a [[President of the United St...
71: ...(required by law) took place and, by a margin of only 42 votes out of more than 2.8 million cast, Ross...
79: ...ong the [[rain]]iest places in the world and the only rainforests in the continental [[United States]]...
83: ...ashington]], [[Inland Empire (Pacific Northwest)|Inland Empire]], [[Kitsap Peninsula]], [[Palouse]], [... - Virginia (23198 bytes)
- Vermont (39851 bytes)
36: ...along the [[Atlantic Ocean]], Vermont is noted mainly for the [[Green Mountains]] in the west and [[La...
66: ...ks]] burnt the settlement to the ground, leaving only chimneys and giving the area its name.
104: Vermont is the home state of the only two current members of the United States Congres...
121: Unlike other states, Vermont does not have a [[term l...
161: ...ampshire]], each bordered by five counties each. Only two of Vermont's counties—[[Lamoille Count... - Rhode Island (15004 bytes)
37: ...e fact that most of the state is part of the [[mainland]], the shortened name for the state of Rhode I...
52: ...igious freedom. Under the terms of the charter, only landowners could vote. Before the [[Industrial R...
72: ...imately 12 miles off the southern coast of the mainland. Within the Bay, there are over 30 islands. Th...
74: ...d's highest point is [[Jerimoth Hill]], which is only 812 feet above sea level. - Pennsylvania (32594 bytes)
38: ...ng metropolitan area, and [[Pittsburgh]], a busy inland [[river port]] and major center for educationa...
86: ...y, the Pittsburgh police magistrate court is the only true city-level court in the state.
115: Pennsylvania's saltwater "shore" line, only 89 miles by official US figures, is the shortest...
166: Pennsylvania has only one incorporated town, [[Bloomsburg, Pennsylvani...
255: ... the 15th President of the United States and the only President from that state. - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
110: * [[1510]]: [[Pocket watch]]: [[Peter Henlein]]
311: ...ormer]]: [[William Stanley (physicist)|William Stanley]]
321: ... [[1888]]: [[Pneumatic tube tire]]: [[John Boyd Dunlop]]
394: * [[1914]]: [[Tank]], military: [[Ernest Dunlop Swinton]] - Women's suffrage (11832 bytes)
1: ... '''women's suffrage''', led by suffragists (commonly called [[suffragette]]s), was a social, economic...
31: ... State after the [[American Revolution]], placed only one restriction on the general suffrage - the po...
33: ...e New York Legislature, though her petition bore only five signatures. She was shortly afterward join...
39: ...the right of voting to their women citizens, the only opposition being presented by the liquor interes...
41: ...it was again voted upon, and then it was lost by only one vote.
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