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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
19: ...than farther [[Salvador da Bahia|Salvador]]. In [[1763]], the colonial administration in Portuguese Amer...
21: ...l [[1808]], when the Portuguese Royal Family and most of the [[Lisbon]] nobles, fleeing from [[Napoleo...
23:
25: ...hek managed to have [[Bras�a]] built, at great cost, by [[1960]]. On April 21st that year, the capit...
35: ..., crosses a former Roman-style aqueduct - the "Arcos da Carioca" built in 1750 and converted to a tram... - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
3: *[[Joseph M. Acaba|Acaba, Joseph M.]] (born 1967), first Puerto Rican Astronaut
10: ...rd|Acheson, Archibald]] (1776-1849), 2nd Earl of Gosford
33: ... Ackermann|Ackermann, Georg Christian Benedict]] (1763-1833)
44: *[[Rosemarie Ackermann|Ackermann, Rosemarie]] (born 1952)
53: *[[Jose de Acosta|Acosta, Jose de]] (1540-1600) - Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
4: ...the most powerful women of her time, ruling over most of central Europe.
6: ...f [[Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles VI]] whose sole male heir - his son Leopold Johann - died a...
8: ...of her Austrian dominions, but she actually kept most of the power to herself.
15: ...el of Spain (1741-1763), then HSH Princess Marie Josephe of Bavaria (1739-1767); no surviving issue. [...
23: *HI&RH Archduchess Marie Josephe (1751-1767) - Middle Kingdom of Egypt (5374 bytes)
12: ...her to recapture [[Nubia]] and other territories lost during the First Intermediate Period. The Lybian...
14: ...nemhat II]] ([[1875 BC]] - [[1840 BC]]) made the position of the nomarchs hereditary again (weakening ...
20: ... [[Amenemhat IV]] ruled 10 years ([[1773 BC]] - [[1763 BC]]) before dying prematurely.
22: ...at IV briefly reigned as Queen [[Sobekneferu]] ([[1763 BC]] - [[1759 BC]]). As she apparently had no hei...
24: ... are credited with preserving for us some of the most fabulous of [[Ancient Egypt|Egyptian]] [[papyrus... - Conventional Egyptian chronology (10774 bytes)
5: ...y but not including any of the major revision proposals that have also been made in that time.
7: ... particular rulers. Often there are also several possible spellings of the names.
9: ...re is a 60 year discrepancy between the dates proposed by these two authors. There is no attempt to re...
63: ===Position uncertain===
65: *Ba (two different writings, possibly two separate kings) - Canada (35540 bytes)
6: ... is a country in [[North America]], the northern-most in the world and the second largest in area (aft...
21: ...ficient in energy due to its large fossil fuel deposits, [[nuclear energy]] generation, and [[hydroele...
90: ... was left of [[Acadia]] in the [[Treaty of Paris (1763)]].
92: ...and]], [[Nova Scotia]], the [[Province of Quebec (1763-1791)|Province of Quebec]], and [[Prince Edward I...
111: ...claim is not universally recognized. The northernmost settlement in Canada (and in the world) is Canad... - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (8955 bytes)
59: ...gar on plantations worked by African slaves. In [[1763]], St. Vincent was ceded to Britain. Restored to ...
63: From 1763 until independence, St. Vincent passed through va...
65: ...the region through a unified administration. The most notable was the [[West Indies Federation]], whic...
69: ''See'' [[Treaty of Paris (1763)]]
74: ...island by a [[governor general]], an office with mostly ceremonial functions. Control of the governmen... - James Watt (5070 bytes)
3: ...d|Scottish]] [[mathematician]] and [[engineer]] whose improvements to the [[steam engine]] were a key ...
10: * [[1763]]: Repaired a [[Thomas Newcomen|Newcomen]] [[stea...
22: ...pproximate straight-line motion (of which he was most proud) and the steam indicator to measure steam ...
26: Watt was opposed to the use of high-pressure steam and is held b...
33: ...ficiency]] and many applications. It was the foremost energy source in the emerging Industrial Revolut... - Delaware (15006 bytes)
12: PostalAbbreviation = DE |
40: ...rst settled in a [[Netherlands | Dutch]] trading post at "Zwaanendael" (or "Swaanendael," present-day ...
44: ... [[Charles Mason]] and [[Jeremiah Dixon]] between 1763 and 1767. Part of the Line now forms the east-wes...
56: ...ately. Delaware's U.S. Senators are [[Joe Biden|Joseph R. Biden]] (Democrat) and [[Thomas Carper]] (D...
74: ...hy; the Atlantic coast has many sand beaches, inclosing shallow lagoons. The largest of these are [[R... - Wisconsin (18812 bytes)
14: PostalAbbreviation = WI |
47: ... explorer. The French controlled the area until [[1763]], when it was ceded to the British.
51: ...sidential candidate [[John Kerry]], both of whom lost the national election.
53: ...te capital. By the 1840s the easily-accessible deposits were worked out, and experienced miners were d...
79: ... the [[Central Plain (Wisconsin)|Central Plain]] possesses some unique sandstone formations like the [... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
12: PostalAbbreviation = VT |
38: ...t was claimed by [[France]] but became a British possession after France's defeat in the [[French and ...
46: ...lain Valley]]. In the south of the valley is [[Bomoseen Lake]].
50: ...on, giving Vermont some of New England's best [[cross-country skiing]] areas.
52: In the autumn, Vermont's hills experience an explosion of red, orange and gold foliage caused by the ... - Thirteen Colonies (4707 bytes)
2: ...us flag large Betsy Ross.png|right|thumb|[[Betsy Ross]] purportedly sewed the first [[Flag of the Unit...
6: Other British North American possessions—the former [[French colony]] of [[Q...
10: Contemporaneous documents almost always listed the colonies in geographical order...
40: ...area of the 13 colonies after the Proclamation of 1763. (Map produced by U.S. Dept. of Interior.)]]
47: * [[Barbados]] - French and Indian War (5652 bytes)
1: ...e Spain gained Louisiana in compensation for its loss of Florida to the British.
13: ...olfe]] defeated a French garrison led by [[Louis-Joseph de Montcalm]] and then captured New France's c...
15: ...Cajun]] population – but this would not be possible in Canada.
17: ...he [[1763 Treaty of Paris]] on [[February 10]], [[1763]]. France agreed to cede Canada to Britain, prefe...
19: ...ts imposed by the [[British Royal Proclamation of 1763]] in the newly acquired French territories in the... - Seven Years' War (11256 bytes)
1: ...even Years' War''' ([[1754]] and [[1756]]–[[1763]]) pitted [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britai...
3: ...[[Europe]]an portions of the conflict (1756–1763), not the nine-year North American conflict or th...
10: ...t formidable [[navy]] in Europe, Prussia had the most formidable land force on continental Europe and ...
12: ...ccording to the Prussian system. Maria Theresa, whose knowledge of military affairs shamed many of her...
18: ...first. On [[August 29]], his well prepared army crossed the frontier of Saxony. - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
4: ...erpretations fall somewhere in between these two positions.
10: ...nquered, at least pacified the western frontier. Most white colonists in America considered themselves...
15: ===Philosophy and radical thought===
16: ... arguments born of tradition and authority with those based on observation and independent reasoning. ...
23: ... sought to overhaul his expansive North American possessions. In order to make the Empire more stable ... - Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
1: [[Image:Boston Massacre.jpg|thumb|"The Boston Massacre," an engraving by patriot Paul Revere...
7: *[[1763]] - [[Treaty of Paris (1763)]] ends [[French and Indian War]]
8: *[[1763]] - [[Pontiac's Rebellion]] begins
9: *[[1763]] - [[British Royal Proclamation of 1763]]
18: *[[1770]] - [[Boston Massacre]] - History of the United States (1776-1789) (19792 bytes)
5: ...|Concord]], and were turned back. Retreating to Boston, the British soldiers were subjected to contin...
7: ...o head a Continental Army, and dispatched him to Boston, where local militia were besieging a British ...
13: ... status by the [[Articles of Confederation]], proposed and put into effect in 1778, but not fully rati...
15: ...les. That Convention, meeting in Philadelphia, chose, instead, to write a Constitution, which was rat...
21: ...rth America, as the [[French and Indian War]], in 1763, Britain had emerged as the world's dominant powe... - Ohio (19444 bytes)
12: PostalAbbreviation = OH |
36: ...nion under the [[Northwest Ordinance]]. Its U.S. postal abbreviation is '''OH'''; its old-style abbrev...
42: ...the [[France|French]] set up a system of trading posts to control the [[fur trade]] in the region.
44: ...dian War]]. As a result of the [[Treaty of Paris (1763)|Treaty of Paris]], the French ceded control of O...
46: Britain soon passed the [[Proclamation of 1763]], which prohibited the [[American colonies|Ameri... - Michigan (29427 bytes)
12: PostalAbbreviation = MI |
40: ... to [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]] in 1763 and then to the new United States two decades lat...
44: ..., and [[copper]], which would become the state's most sought-after natural resources.
57: ...ant [[Alphonse de Tonty]], established a trading post on the [[Detroit River]] which they name ''Fort ...
61: *[[1796]] Detroit and other posts in Michigan were turned over to the United Stat... - Illinois (27007 bytes)
13: PostalAbbreviation = IL |
39: ...esides in Chicago and its [[suburb]]s. The U.S. postal abbreviation for the state is '''IL'''.
48: ...n, Illinois was part of the French empire until [[1763]], when it passed to the British. The area was c...
74: ...g and north of [[Interstate 80]]. This region is cosmopolitan, densely populated, industrialized, and ...
86: The 2003 total [[gross domestic product|gross state product]] for Illinois was $499 billion, p...
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