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- Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
4: ...onour of her elder brother, [[Joseph II|Archduke Josef]] and ''Johanna'' in honour of Saint John the E...
6: ... year younger.) Her other brothers ? [[Joseph II|Josef]], [[Leopold II|Leopold]], and Ferdinand-Karl ?...
7: ...ntoinette's birth. She was considered one of the most brilliant political figures in Europe.]]
13: ... education. She was flighty, artistic and read almost nothing. Her French was imperfect and she prefer...
15: ...r was his grandson, Louis-Auguste, and it was proposed that he should marry one of [[Maria Theresa of ... - Sheng (instrument) (1217 bytes)
5: ...the first shengs back to Europe in [[1740]] and [[1777]] respectively, although some believe shengs were...
9: ...e reeds of the respective pipes. A player would close up one or more holes to play a desired [[note]]. - 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: ... colonies' wealthiest men. In that year, he was chosen as a [[delegate]] from Virginia to the First [[...
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). - United States (58223 bytes)
2: ...lso has a collection of overseas territories and possessions around the world. Each of the 50 states h...
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...
62: ...Cuba]] to the [[Philippines]], though it gave up most of these over time. ''See also [[United States t...
66: ...]]s and [[peacekeeping]], including actions in [[Kosovo]], [[Haiti]], [[Somalia]] and [[Liberia]], and... - Flag of Delaware (1314 bytes)
4: ...nter of the flag was adopted on [[January 17]], [[1777]]. It depicts a shield of horizontal red, blue an... - Boat (6417 bytes)
1: ...oat''' is a [[watercraft]], usually smaller than most [[ship]]s. Some boats are commonly carried by a ...
78: ...e floating vehicles have been used for sports purposes as well. For example, the [[Bathtub Boat]] is u...
85: ...f the two curved structures each side of the foremost point of he hull. It is the same word as that us...
100: ...ards" while the principal ones for adjusting the positions of the sails are called "sheets".
116: * [[Steamboat]] (1777) - 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 ... - Texas (39610 bytes)
12: PostalAbbreviation = TX |
36: ...]] in [[1845]]. It has the [[U.S. Postal Service|postal abbreviation]] '''TX'''.
42: * [[List of U.S. state mottos | state motto]] — "Friendship"
55: ...nd [[Arkansas]] on the east. To the southwest, across the [[Rio Grande]], Texas borders the [[Mexico|M...
94: ...an [[Vermont Republic|independent]] Republic in [[1777]], and joined the Union in [[1791]], operated aut... - New Jersey (35646 bytes)
12: PostalAbbreviation = NJ |
36: ...he [[United States of America]] and has the U.S. postal abbreviation of '''NJ'''. It is also the fift...
41: ...] and [[Maryland]] as a proprietary colony (as opposed to a royal colony). James then granted the lan...
51: ...r for Independence, British and American armies crossed New Jersey several times.
53: ...anuel Gottlieb Leutze]]'s painting [[Washington Crossing the Delaware]]. - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
65: * [[3rd century BC|200s BC]]: [[Crossbow]] in [[History of China|China]]
70: ...[[Clockwork]] (the [[Antikythera mechanism]]): [[Posidonius]]?
82: * [[673]]: [[Greek fire]]: [[Kallinikos]]
118: * [[1609]]: [[Microscope]]: [[Galileo Galilei]]
142: * [[1767]]: [[Carbonated water]]: [[Joseph Priestley]] - 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...
29: ...*</nowiki>Vermont was an independent country from 1777 until it became the 14th state in 1791. Today it ...
47: * [[Barbados]] - List of painters (54090 bytes)
28: *[[Oswald Achenbach]] ([[1827]]-[[1905]])
37: *[[Josef Albers]] ([[1888]]-[[1976]])
93: *[[Vladimir Baranoff-Rossine]] ([[1888]]-[[1944]])
158: *[[Ross Bleckner]] ([[1949]]-)
171: *[[Rosa Bonheur]] ([[1822]]-[[1899]]) - 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...
18: *[[1770]] - [[Boston Massacre]]
22: *[[1773]] - [[Boston Tea Party]]
26: ** [[Boston Port Act]] ([[March 31]])
35: *[[1777]] - [[Battle of Oriskany]] ([[August 6]]) - 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]]. - January 2 (10888 bytes)
6: *[[366]] - [[Alamanni]] cross the frozen [[Rhine]] in large numbers, invading ...
38: *[[1955]] - [[Panama]]nian president [[Jose Antonio Remon]] is assassinated.
39: ...ia|San Francisco]] and [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] [[stock exchange]]s merge.
49: ...3]] - Leaders of the three warring factions in [[Bosnia]] meet to discuss peace plans.
58: *[[1777]] - [[Christian Daniel Rauch]], German sculptor (... - Independence Day (United States) (6238 bytes)
17: ...e been associated with the Fourth of July since [[1777]].
23: Though the Fourth of July is almost iconic to Americans, some claim the date itself ...
27: :The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epocha in the history of America. I am...
29: ...independence from the Continental Congress, as opposed to rumors in the street about secret votes.
33: * In [[1777]], British officers noted the firing of 13 guns, ... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
2: ...subjects and amplifies the power of the people, boosting them to the status of citizens.
15: ...both caused by and exacerbating the burden of a grossly inequitable system of [[tax]]ation.
21: ...l of Finance 1777–1781), unsuccessfully proposed to revise the French tax system to a more unifo...
23: ..., determined that it was not sustainable, and proposed a uniform land tax as a means of setting France...
25: ...[Grenoble]]. Even more importantly, the chaos across France convinced the short-term creditors on who... - Baboon (5672 bytes)
9: ...Christian Polycarp Erxleben|Erxleben]] | date = [[1777]]}}
16: ... found in [[savanna]], open woodland and hills across [[Africa]]. Their diet is omnivorous, but usuall...
29: ...s is not unusual. There are however also subtler possibilities; some males try to win the "friendship"... - Bobcat (4586 bytes)
12: ...ristian Daniel von Schreber|Schreber]] | date = [[1777]]}}
15: ...tat is [[deciduous]] forests and wooded areas in most of the western and southeastern [[United States]...
18: ... [[snow]]s. Bobcats move about their home ranges most actively in the hours near dawn and dusk, huntin...
20: ...ey have vanished from parts of the midwest where most suitable habitat has been replaced by cultivated...
50: ...direct=Animals Classroom Clipart Pictures and Photos of Animals]
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