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- Stamp Act 1765 (7443 bytes)
2: ...ies. The Act passed unanimously on [[March 22]], 1765 and went into effect on [[November 1]] of that ye...
6: ...and represented an ongoing expense. The average annual tax burden on a British citizen at the time wa...
8: ...ts. The rate of these taxes ranged from a half penny on a pamphlet or one-page newspaper to fifty pou...
17: ...eld at [[Federal Hall]] in New York in October of 1765.
22: ...y [[John Dickinson (lawyer)|John Dickinson]] of Pennsylvania. Its wording has ominous significance. Th...
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- November 4 (10686 bytes)
47: *[[1744]] - [[Johann Bernoulli, III]], [[Switzerland|Swiss]] mathemati...
48: *[[1765]] - [[Pierre Girard]], [[France|French]] mathemat...
69: *[[1961]] - [[Kathy Griffin]], comedienne, actress
91: *[[1982]] - [[Dominique Dunne]], actress (b. [[1959]])
106: ...October 4]] - [[December 4]] - more [[historical anniversaries]] - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
25: *[[Lynn Abbey|Abbey, Lynn]], (born 1948), US author
62: *[[Louis Abeille|Abeille, Louis]], (1765-1832), German composer
93: ...ilhelm Hermann von Abich|Abich, Otto Wilhelm Hermann von]], (1806-1886), German mineralogist, geologis...
116: *[[Dannie Abse|Abse, Dannie]], (born 1923), British poet - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
13: *[[Kenny Acheson|Acheson, Kenny]] (born 1957)
19: *[[Johann Heinrich Acker|Acker, Johann Heinrich]] (1647-1719)
30: *[[Anton Ackermann|Ackermann, Anton]] (1905-1973)
31: *[[Dorothea Ackermann|Ackermann, Dorothea]] (born 1752)
32: *[[Ernst Christian Wilhelm Ackermann|Ackermann, Ernst Christian Wilhelm]] (1761-1835) - Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
6: ...s VI]] whose sole male heir - his son Leopold Johann - died as an infant in [[1716]]. In [[1713]] Char...
13: *HI&RH Archduchess Marie Anna (1738-1739)
15: ...767); no surviving issue. [[Holy Roman Emperor]]: 1765; [[List of rulers of Austria|Archduke of Austria]...
20: ...1745-1792); had issue. [[Grand Duke of Tuscany]]: 1765 (abdicated 1790); [[Holy Roman Emperor]]: 1790; [...
22: *HI&RH Archduchess Marie Johanna (1750-1762) - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
5: ...ugustus]], Prince of [[Anhalt-Zerbst]], and [[Johanna Elisabeth von Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp | Eliza...
13: ...t, she established the [[Free Economic Society]] (1765) to encourage the modernization of agriculture an...
17: ...]], exercised considerable influence from the beginning of her reign. Though a shrewd statesman, Panin...
21: ...lish example, but achieved far less success. She annexed [[Crimea]] in [[1783]], a mere nine years aft...
35: ...f the peasants held as serfs, Catherine had him banned to [[Siberia]]. - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
7: ...me a bookseller in [[Paris]]. In 1743 he married Anne Toinette Champion, a devout [[Roman Catholic]]. ...
16: ...ties, and he was thrown into the prison of [[Vincennes]]. Here he remained for three months; then he w...
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31: ... the enterprise and other powerful colleagues, [[Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune]], among t...
36: - George Washington (29551 bytes)
21: For the role he played in winning and securing American independence, George Was...
24: ...e that the English year began on [[March 25]] ([[Annunciation]] Day, or [[Lady Day]]) at the time of h...
53: ...ewburgh conspiracy|conspiracy]] that was being planned by some of his officers who were upset about ba...
58: ...hen meeting at the [[Maryland State House]] in [[Annapolis]]. This action was of great significance fo...
83: ...ather, he gave the [[famous non-quotation]]: "I cannot tell a lie. It was I who chopped down the cherr... - John Hancock (8787 bytes)
13: ... naturally disposed him to resist the [[Stamp Act 1765|Stamp Act]], which attempted to restrict colonial...
19: ...itish rule. On [[March 5]], [[1774]], the fourth anniversary of the [[Boston Massacre]], he gave a spe...
30: ...tate, is not regularly forwarded to the Army, I cannot consider myself as responsible for the maintena...
51: * Fradin, Dennis Brindell & McCurdy, Michael (2002). ''The Signe... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
22: ...achusetts]] in about [[1636]]; his mother was Susanna Boylston Adams.
31: ...ndividualism and corporate authority; in December 1765 he delivered a speech before the governor and cou...
35: ...ce in Congress was great, and almost from the beginning he was impatient for a separation of the colon...
44: ... [[Massachusetts constitution]] of [[1780]]. He penned the first draft along with [[James Bowdoin]] an...
46: ...Comte de Vergennes|Charles Gravier, Comte de Vergennes?]] insistence, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jeffer... - Eli Whitney (3270 bytes)
2: '''Eli Whitney''' ([[December 8]], [[1765]] - [[January 8]], [[1825]]) was an [[United Stat...
8: ==Invention and innovation==
16: While his ideas were innovative and useful, they were so easy to understan...
20: ===Other innovations===
22: ...etween [[New Haven, Connecticut]] and [[Hamden, Connecticut]], on a road which is now named [[Whitney ... - James Watt (5070 bytes)
11: * [[1765]]: While wandering through the [[Glasgow Green]]'...
40: ...h Ayrshire Campus) and Greenock (2 in Greenock, Finnart Campus and Waterfront Campus) and a campus in ... - Connecticut (28543 bytes)
2: Name = Connecticut |
3: Fullname = State of Connecticut |
4: Flag = Connecticut state flag.png |
5: Flaglink = [[Flag of Connecticut]] |
6: Seal = Connecticut state seal.png | - Oregon (26551 bytes)
43: ...n the first place. The state has pioneered some innovative solutions to the nation's environmental pr...
49: ...can]] tribes, including the [[Bannock (tribe) | Bannock]], [[Chinook]], [[Klamath]], and [[Nez Perce]]...
59: ... in earnest following the construction of the [[Bonneville Dam]] in [[1943]] on the Columbia River. Th...
65: ...earliest known use of this proper noun was in a [[1765]] petition by Major [[Robert Rogers (soldier)|Rob...
117: ...[[Union]]" and "[[Confederate]]" States, Oregon banned Negroes from moving into the State in the vote ... - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
14: ...[[Linus Yale, Jr.|Yale, Linus Jr.]] (1821-1868), innovator of locks
34: *[[Chelsea Quinn Yarbro|Yarbro, Chelsea Quinn]], (born 1942), US horror author
73: *[[Stephen Yenser|Yenser, Stephen]], Whitman winner–''The Fire In All Things''
91: ...o Ylpp?pp?rvo]], ([[1887]]-[[1992]]), [[Finland|Finnish]] [[pediatrician]]
99: *[[Yoannis I of Alexandria]], ([[496]]-[[505]]), Coptic Po... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
7: *[[Paul Cezanne]], ([[1839]]-[[1906]]), French artist
55: *[[Anna Ancher]] ([[1859]]-[[1935]])
75: *[[Ivan Ayvazovsky|Hovhannes Ayvazovski]] ([[1817]]-[[1900]])
90: *[[Edward Mitchell Bannister]] ([[1828]]-[[1901]])
94: *[[Giovanni Francesco Barbieri]] ([[1591]]-[[1666]]) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
12: *[[Manfred von Ardenne]], (1907-1997), [[Germany]]
41: ...England — [[lawnmower]] and [[adjustable spanner]]
66: *[[W.K. Dickson|William Kennedy Laurie Dickson]], motion picture camera
90: *[[Robert Fulton]], (1765-1815) — steamboat engine
105: *[[Johann Gutenberg]], (circa 1390s-1468), [[Germany]] &mda... - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
32: ...ed in 1765, when Grenville passed the [[Stamp Act 1765|Stamp Act]] as a way to finance the quartering of...
34: ...sent a formal protest to Parliament in October of 1765. Parliament responded by repealing the Stamp Act,...
54: ...on [[September 5]], [[1774]] in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]], and endorsed the [[Suffolk Resolves]],...
80: ...ned (including the right of rebellion against tyranny); the delegation of power through written consti... - Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
12: *[[1765]] - [[Stamp Act 1765|Stamp Act]] passed
13: *[[1765]] - [[Stamp Act Congress]] convenes
14: *[[1765]] - [[First Quartering Act]]
49: *[[1786]] - [[Annapolis Convention]] fails
52: *[[1787]] - [[Delaware]], [[Pennsylvania]] and [[New Jersey]] become states - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
2: ... The [[Quakers]] of [[Province of Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]], the [[Puritans]] of [[New England]], t...
29: ...source documents indicate that some turned to [[cannibalism]]. However, the colony survived, in large ...
42: ''For details on each specific colony, see [[Connecticut Colony]], [[Province of Massachusetts Bay]...
54: ...y religious, socially tight-knit and politically innovative culture that still lingers on in the moder...
56: ...uritan community. Another important example is [[Anne Hutchinson]] ([[1595]] - [[1643]]), an intellige... - History of California (38344 bytes)
3: ...tate of [[California]] has been occupied for millennia, the lack of a written record and the significa...
10: [[Image:Tunnel view.jpg|thumb|300px|California's [[Yosemite Va...
13: ...rees, ground them, and leached out the acidic [[tannin]] to make the flour edible.
40: ...l]], one of the [[Channel Islands (California)|Channel Islands]], Cabrillo suffered a fall and broke h...
71: ...vasion by [[Imperial Russia|Tsarist Russia]] in [[1765]], however, that King [[Charles III of Spain]] fe...
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