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- 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...
25: ...e militia besieging the British Army occupying [[Boston]].
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- 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
44: *[[Rosemarie Ackermann|Ackermann, Rosemarie]] (born 1952)
53: *[[Jose de Acosta|Acosta, Jose de]] (1540-1600)
54: *[[Jos頊uliᮠAcosta|Acosta, Jos頊uliᮝ] (1825-1891) - Phillis Wheatley (3014 bytes)
3: ...60 she was purchased by the Wheatley family of [[Boston]], and was in fact practically adopted by the ...
5: ... was published in London because publishers in [[Boston]] had refused to publish the text. Phillis wit...
9: ...ard work nor artistic ability were to bring her prosperity, and she died in poverty in 1784.
14: ... Phillis Wheatley, a Native African and Slave'' (Boston: Published by Geo. W. Light, 1834), also by Ma...
16: ...Washington-history's most famous piece of work-in 1776 - Sophie Germain (4906 bytes)
3: '''Marie-Sophie Germain''' ([[April 1]], [[1776]] – [[June 27]], [[1831]]) was a [[France|F...
7: ...rticularly interested in [[Joseph Louis Lagrange|Joseph-Louis Lagrange]]'s teachings and submitted pap...
12: ... surmounting these obstacles and penetrating the most obscure parts of them, then without doubt she mu...
19: ...s, became quite significant as it restricted the possible solutions of [[Fermat's last theorem]]. - George Washington (29551 bytes)
21: ...Washington is generally recognized as one of the most important figures in U.S. history. Unlike many o...
26: ...enandoah Valley]] in Virginia. He visited [[Barbados]], with his sick half-brother Lawrence in [[1751]...
31: ...ting party, killing ten, including its leader, [[Joseph Coulon de Jumonville|Ensign Jumonville]]. Wash...
37: ... He did not support colonial independence until [[1776]], when he read [[Thomas Paine]]'s ''[[Common Sen...
40: ...he Delaware.png|thumb|left|350px|''[[Washington Crossing the Delaware]],'' by [[Emanuel Leutze]], 1851... - John Hancock (8787 bytes)
8: ...hant in [[New England]]. After graduating from [[Boston Latin School]], he attended [[Harvard College]...
10: ...ethically and virtuously, the same. With his generosity, he was regarded as a man of integrity and hon...
13: ...ourt]], his colonial trade business naturally disposed him to resist the [[Stamp Act 1765|Stamp Act]],...
15: ...ws. This caused a [[riot]] among some infuriated Bostonians, depending as they did on the supplies on ...
17: ...etters [to newspapers] and John Hancock pays the postage" (Fradin & McCurdy, 2002). - John Adams (18716 bytes)
31: ...and Feudal Law''), in which he argued that the opposition of the colonies to the Stamp Act was a part ...
33: ...of the officer who commanded the detachment, and most of the soldiers; but two soldiers were found gui...
35: ...my]]. His influence in Congress was great, and almost from the beginning he was impatient for a separa...
37: ...he Congress until their adoption on [[July 2]], [[1776]].
39: ...n its adoption. Before this question had been disposed of, Adams was placed at the head of the Board o... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
18: ... [[France]], [[Political philosophy|political philosopher]], [[revolutionary]], [[Agriculture|agricult...
20: ... ever been gathered at the White House, with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alo...
23: ... ([[February 20]], [[1720]]–[[March 31]], [[1776]]), both from families who had settled in [[Virgi...
37: ...s]] from [[1797]] until [[1801]], achieving that position after getting second place in the presidenti...
102: ...d States|Postmaster General]]||align="left"|'''[[Joseph Habersham]]'''||align="left"|1801 - United States (58223 bytes)
2: ...lso has a collection of overseas territories and possessions around the world. Each of the 50 states h...
36: ..._dates = From [[Great Britain]]<br> [[July 4]], [[1776]]<br>[[September 3]], [[1783]]<br><br><br>
52: ...unding date of the United States is [[July 4]], [[1776]], the date the Second [[Continental Congress]], ...
58: ...[1754]], in which a union was first seriously proposed.
60: ...on of slavery. The northern states had become opposed to slavery, while the southern states saw it as... - Argentina (30219 bytes)
11: capital = [[Buenos Aires]] |
13: largest_city = [[Buenos Aires]] |
57: ...n [[July 9]], [[1816]]. Argentines revere Gen. [[Jos頤e San Mart�], who campaigned in Argentina, Ch...
67: ...hizers. They restored basic order, but the human costs of what became known as "El Proceso," or the "[...
69: ...ice 6 months early after Peronist candidate [[Carlos Saul Menem]] won the [[1989]] presidential electi... - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (8955 bytes)
63: ...tish. A representative assembly was authorized in 1776, Crown Colony government installed in 1877, a leg...
65: ...the region through a unified administration. The most notable was the [[West Indies Federation]], whic...
74: ...island by a [[governor general]], an office with mostly ceremonial functions. Control of the governmen...
91: ...ng sector and a small offshore financial sector whose particularly restrictive secrecy laws have cause...
96: Most Vincentians are the descendants of African slave... - Flag of North Carolina (1696 bytes)
4: ...ng in black letters the inscription: "April 12th, 1776."
8: ... and of the [[Halifax Resolves]] ([[April 12]], [[1776]]), documents that place North Carolina at the fo... - Flag of South Carolina (934 bytes)
2: ...Sullivan's Island]] from British attack in June [[1776]]. The flag remained the official state flag aft... - North Carolina (18268 bytes)
13: PostalAbbreviation = NC |
42: ...County is named for her. The demise of one, the "Lost Colony" of [[Roanoke Island]], remains one of th...
44: ... a royal colony seventeen years later. In April [[1776]], the colony became the first to instruct its de...
48: ...tonville]], a futile attempt by Confederate Gen. Joseph Johnston to slow Union Gen. Sherman's advance ...
53: ...[1776]]: This one was ratified [[December 18]], [[1776]], as the first constitution of the independent s... - Delaware (15006 bytes)
12: PostalAbbreviation = DE |
40: ...rst settled in a [[Netherlands | Dutch]] trading post at "Zwaanendael" (or "Swaanendael," present-day ...
44: ...ands in the southern portion of Pennsylvania and most of Delaware. Thus raged over 100 years of litig...
46: ...ican Revolution]]. After the Revolution began in 1776, the three counties became "The Delaware State," ...
56: ...ately. Delaware's U.S. Senators are [[Joe Biden|Joseph R. Biden]] (Democrat) and [[Thomas Carper]] (D... - Kentucky (15076 bytes)
13: PostalAbbreviation = KY |
38: Kentucky and its residents are probably most well known for [[thoroughbred horse]]s and [[hor...
41: ...erm [[shotgun]] was first coined in Kentucky in [[1776]]. After the war, it became Kentucky County, [[V...
45: Kentucky's name is possibly derived from the Cherokee word for "meadowla...
63: ...rn Kentucky]], an assemblage of smaller cities across the [[Ohio River]] from [[Cincinnati, Ohio]], al... - Virginia (23198 bytes)
12: PostalAbbreviation = VA |
48: ...[United States Constitution]]. On [[June 29]], [[1776]], the convention adopted a constitution that est...
52: ...n on [[January 26]], [[1870]], after a period of post-war military rule.
59: ...olk]], [[Williamsburg]], and [[Jamestown]] each chose one burgess. The Burgesses met to make laws for...
63: ...der the Constitution, the State Government is composed of three branches: legislative, executive, and ... - 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 ... - Utah (29154 bytes)
14: PostalAbbreviation = UT |
60: Fossil = [[Allosaurus]] |
74: ...s "higher up". The [[Paiute]], [[Navajo]], and [[Goshute]] nations also inhabit portions of the state....
76: ...002 Winter Olympics]], which gave a significant boost to the state's tourist industry (especially the ...
83: ...] have lived in Utah for several thousand years; most [[archeology|archeological]] evidence dates such... - South Carolina (11968 bytes)
13: PostalAbbreviation = SC |
42: ...ritain and set up its own government on March 15, 1776. On [[February 5]], [[1778]] South Carolina becam...
44: ...War]]. Students from [[The Citadel]] were among those firing the first shots of the war, though Edmund...
93: ...t by [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], located across the [[Savannah River]], and to the east by the [...
95: ...he '''Coastal Plain''', which is nearly flat, composed entirely of recent sediments such as sand, silt... - Rhode Island (15004 bytes)
12: PostalAbbreviation = RI |
37: ...|Portsmouth]] are located. Despite the fact that most of the state is part of the [[mainland]], the sh...
42: ...ed at the tip of [[Narragansett Bay]] near the [[Moshassuck River]]. He called the site Providence an...
52: ...vote. Before the [[Industrial Revolution]], when most people were employed as farmers, this was consid...
58: ... in America to declare its independence on May 4, 1776. Rhode Island was the last of the original 13 st...
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