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  1. Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
    3: ...s history]] concerns events from '''[[1760]] to [[1789]]'''.
    49: *[[1786]] - [[Annapolis Convention]] fails
    52: *[[1787]] - [[Delaware]], [[Pennsylvania]] and [[New Jersey]] become states
    53: *[[1788]] - [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[Connecticut]], [[Massachusetts]], [[Maryland]], [[Sout...
    54: *[[1789]] - [[Constitution]] ratified
  2. History of the United States (1776-1789) (19792 bytes)
    5: ...lonies and the British Parliament, marked the beginning of the American Revolution.
    7: ...North America]], began meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Congress immediately began to organ...
    17: In 1789, the [[Constitution of the United States]] was pu...
    27: ... to the outskirts of Boston. The appearance of cannon on Dorchester heights, above the city, led the ...
    31: ...land from the rest. Failed communications and planning resulted in the army descending from Canada, c...

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  1. 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)
  2. Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
    5: ...ugustus]], Prince of [[Anhalt-Zerbst]], and [[Johanna Elisabeth von Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp | Eliza...
    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...
    25: ...tory losses. After [[Denmark]] declared war in [[1789]], things looked bleak for the Swedes. However, ...
    35: ...f the peasants held as serfs, Catherine had him banned to [[Siberia]].
  3. Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
    4: ...r brother, [[Joseph II|Archduke Josef]] and ''Johanna'' in honour of Saint John the Evangelist. A cour...
    13: ...red to speak German. However, when her sister Johanna-Gabriella died of smallpox in [[1762]], Maria-An...
    15: ... of Austria|Maria Theresa]]'s daughters. With Johanna-Gabriella dead, it was decided that Maria-Antoni...
    17: ...osses for all shoulders." Maria-Antonia left [[Vienna]] in [[April]] [[1770]], when she was fourteen. ...
    19: Two and half weeks after leaving [[Vienna]], Maria-Antonia was handed over to messengers f...
  4. President of the United States (42878 bytes)
    14: ...igan]] [[List of Governors of Michigan|Gov.]] [[Jennifer Granholm]], born in [[British Columbia]], [[C...
    25: ... the modern electoral process is concerned with winning [[swing state]]s, through frequent visits and ...
    27: ...thumb|'''[[George Washington]]''', 1st President (1789-1797)]]
    35: ...le, including 1 million active-duty military personnel. In addition, the president has important [[leg...
    55: * [[John F. Kennedy]], born [[May 29]], [[1917]], was the first pr...
  5. George Washington (29551 bytes)
    6: | date1=[[April 30]], [[1789]]
    19: ...ited States]] under the [[U.S. Constitution]]. ([[1789]]–[[1797|97]]). He also served as President...
    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...
    26: ...743]]) and Mary Ball ([[1708]] - [[August 25]], [[1789]]) were of [[England|English]] descent. He spent ...
  6. John Adams (18716 bytes)
    18: ...]] – [[July 4]], [[1826]]) was the first ([[1789]]–[[1797]]) [[Vice President of the United ...
    22: ...achusetts]] in about [[1636]]; his mother was Susanna Boylston Adams.
    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...
  7. Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
    20: ...[[John F. Kennedy]] welcomed 49 [[Nobel Prize]] winners to the [[White House]] in [[1962]], saying, "I...
    32: ... his [[ambassador]]ship to [[France]] ([[1784]]-[[1789]]) he took extensive trips through [[France|Frenc...
    37: ...y of State]] of the United States, serving from [[1789]] until [[1795]]. He was also the second vice pre...
    125: There was grace, nevertheless, in his manners; and his frank and earnest address, his quick ...
    141: ...n — [[Rhode Island]], [[Delaware]], and [[Pennsylvania]] never having had established religion.
  8. James Madison (15187 bytes)
    21: ...most of modern-day [[Ohio]], [[Kentucky]] and [[Tennessee]]) to the [[Continental Congress]].
    122: "I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of t...
    124: ...n danger, have been always the instruments of tyranny at home. Among the Romans it was a standing maxi...
    144: ...re=''(none)''| after=''(district system)''| years=1789-1791}}
  9. United States (58223 bytes)
    9: national_motto = <br>''[[E Pluribus Unum]]'' ([[1789]]&ndash;present)<br>([[Latin]]: "Out of Many, One...
    11: national_anthem = ''[[The Star-Spangled Banner]]'' |
    37: ...[1787]]<br>[[May 23]], [[1788]]<br>[[March 4]], [[1789]]|
    58: ... [[United States Constitution|Constitution]] in [[1789]], forming a more centralized [[federalism|federa...
    66: ... world's leading economic and military power. Beginning in the [[1990s]], the United States became ver...
  10. U.S. state (14432 bytes)
    24: ...T'''<td>Conn.<td>[[Connecticut]]<td>[[Hartford, Connecticut|Hartford]]</tr>
    37: ...<td>Md.<td>[[Maryland]]<td>[[Annapolis, Maryland|Annapolis]]</tr>
    40: ...N'''<td>Minn.<td>[[Minnesota]]<td>[[Saint Paul, Minnesota|Saint Paul]]</tr>
    58: ...'''<td>Pa.<td>[[Pennsylvania]]<td>[[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania|Harrisburg]]</tr>
    62: ...TN'''<td>Tenn.<td>[[Tennessee]]<td>[[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]]</tr>
  11. North Carolina (18268 bytes)
    25: AdmittanceDate = [[November 21]], [[1789]] |
    37: ...rgia (U.S. State)|Georgia]] on the southwest, [[Tennessee]] on the west, [[Virginia]] on the north, an...
    44: ...ncompassed present-day [[South Carolina]] and [[Tennessee]] as well. In [[1712]], North Carolina becam...
    46: ...state's rural and commercial areas were further connected by construction of a 129 mile (208&nbsp;km) ...
    48: ...ernor Ellis, leader of the state at the war's beginning in 1861, famously declared in response to Pres...
  12. Hawaii (34434 bytes)
    56: ...ce on earth; it averages 11.7 m (460 in) of rain annually.
    76: ...ion was passed on [[July 7]], [[1898]], formally annexing Hawaii as a United States territory. In [[1...
    95: ...e standards as part of the regular curricula, beginning with preschool. With the help of the [[Office...
    152: ...dvertiser]]'' is owned by [[Gannett Corporation|Gannett Pacific Corporation]] while the ''[[Honolulu S...
    184: ...ght to the islands in the nineteenth century, beginning in the 1850's, to work on the sugar plantation...
  13. Maryland (22654 bytes)
    9: Capital = [[Annapolis, Maryland|Annapolis]] |
    36: ...sh rule in the [[American Revolution]]. ''See: [[Annapolis Convention]].''
    45: ... [[William Penn|Penn family]], which controlled Pennsylvania, engaged two surveyors, [[Charles Mason]]...
    47: ...d for a settlement called Providence (now called Annapolis). In 1650 the Puritans revolted against th...
    51: ...apolis in honor of [[Anne of Great Britain|Queen Anne]].
  14. Washington (20186 bytes)
    49: ...]], but the straits would not be explored until [[1789]] by Captain [[Charles W. Barkley]]. Further expl...
    51: ...ered the mouth of the [[Columbia river]] and, beginning in 1792, he established trade in [[Sea Otter]]...
    59: ... developed in the state include fishing, salmon canning and mining.
    71: ...inal hand count of the votes. Gregoire ended up winning this count by 129 votes and was inauguarated o...
    81: ...ake Washington]], and the [[Hood Canal Bridge]] connecting the [[Olympic Peninsula|Olympic]] and [[Kit...
  15. Vermont (39851 bytes)
    44: The west bank of the [[Connecticut River]] marks the eastern border of the st...
    46: ...ree-line|timberline]], form a north-south spine running the most of the length of the state, slightly ...
    50: ...(F) colder than the southern areas of the state. Annual [[snow]]fall averages between 60 to 100 inches...
    62: ...art of [[New France]], and erected [[Fort Sainte Anne]] on [[Isle La Motte, Vermont|Isle La Motte]] in...
    68: ...1761]] founding of [[Bennington (town), Vermont|Bennington]] in the southwest.
  16. New Jersey (35646 bytes)
    36: ...fter the island of [[Jersey]] in the [[English Channel]].
    39: ...cluded parts of [[Delaware]] and southeastern [[Pennsylvania]]. These territories were taken by the Du...
    45: ...rsey to [[Quakers]] in England (with [[William Penn]] acting as trustee for a time) who settled the D...
    61: On [[November 20]], [[1789]] the state became the first in the newly-formed ...
    63: ...refused to ratify the Constitutional Amendments banning Slavery and granting rights to America's black...
  17. Thirteen Colonies (4707 bytes)
    16: ** [[Connecticut Colony]], later [[Connecticut]]
    20: ** [[Province of Pennsylvania]], later [[Pennsylvania]]
    25: ...orth Carolina]], later [[North Carolina]] and [[Tennessee]]
    63: ...can Revolution|History of the United States (1776-1789): Independence and the American Revolution]]
  18. History of the United States (21226 bytes)
    7: ...]]n continent at some time between the [[9th millennium BC]] and 48,000 BC, and dominated the area unt...
    14: ==History of the United States (1776-1789)==
    15: ...see the main [[History of the United States (1776-1789)]] article.''
    19: ==History of the United States (1789-1849)==
    20: ...ils, see the main [[History of the United States (1789-1849)]] article.''
  19. List of painters (54090 bytes)
    7: *[[Paul Cezanne]], ([[1839]]-[[1906]]), French artist
    55: *[[Anna Ancher]] ([[1859]]-[[1935]])
    72: *[[Jules Robert Auguste]] ([[1789]]-[[1850]])
    75: *[[Ivan Ayvazovsky|Hovhannes Ayvazovski]] ([[1817]]-[[1900]])
    90: *[[Edward Mitchell Bannister]] ([[1828]]-[[1901]])
  20. American Revolution (17069 bytes)
    4: ...the first [[President of the United States]] in [[1789]]. Beyond that, interpretations vary. At one end ...
    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...
    95: ...line of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789)]]

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