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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
88: | [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]
189: | [[1785]] — [[1790]], [[1904]] — [[1906]] (wi... - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
22: *[[Pêro de Barcelos]] ([[15th century]]/[[16th century]] [[Portuguese...
33: *[[Joseph René Bellot]] [[France|French]] [[Arctic]] ex...
42: *[[Lafayette Bunnell]], (1824-1903), described [[Yosemite Valley]]
47: ...ian]] navigator in [[England|English]] service, crossed the [[Atlantic Ocean]] to [[North America]]
51: *[[Alvise Cadamosto]] (1432-1488), [[Portuguese]] explorer of [[Ven... - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
5: ...r with several powerful political groups which opposed her husband. Well read, Catherine kept up-to-da...
9: ... disbanded the commission before it took effect, possibly having turned more conservative after the [[...
11: ...ich were more manageable for the government. In [[1785]] Catherine issued a charter that: allowed the ge...
25: ... had lost 50 to 60 ships and 9,500 men. Swedish losses were 6 ships and 6,000 to 7,000 killed. A tre...
33: ...the Enlightenment]] and considered herself a "philosopher on the throne." She became known as a patron... - 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 ... - Jane Austen (5805 bytes)
3: ...rn canon]]. She stands as a model of the writer whose apparently sheltered life did nothing to reduce ...
5: ...relative in [[Oxford]] then [[Southampton]]. In [[1785]]-[[1786]], she was educated at the Reading Ladie...
7: ...[Gothic novel]]s of [[Ann Radcliffe]], Austen is most famous for her later works, which took the form ...
10: ...d characters of ordinary life which is to me the most wonderful I ever met with''.
12: ...e story, without a word of formal moralising. Almost every scene in her novels features women, purpor... - 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...
39: ...n its adoption. Before this question had been disposed of, Adams was placed at the head of the Board o...
41: ...John Adams, as depicted on a two-cent American [[postage stamp]].]] - 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...
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
123: ...r. In later years he was negligent in dress and loose in bearing. - Geology (12007 bytes)
1: ...e [[science]] and study of the [[Earth]], its composition, structure, physical properties, history, an...
3: ... such as [[asbestos]], [[perlite]], [[mica]], [[phosphates]], [[zeolites]], [[clay]], [[pumice]], [[qu...
10: ...he [[mountain]]s and by [[Deposition (geology)|deposition]] of [[silt]].
12: ...ve for millennia. However, its interpretation of fossils was not overturned until after the [[Scientif...
18: ...dering [[rock strata]] (layers) by examining the fossils contained in them. - Virginia (23198 bytes)
12: PostalAbbreviation = VA |
52: ...n on [[January 26]], [[1870]], after a period of post-war military rule.
57: ...stone was laid by Governor [[Patrick Henry]] in [[1785]].
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 ... - 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]] - List of painters (54090 bytes)
28: *[[Oswald Achenbach]] ([[1827]]-[[1905]])
37: *[[Josef Albers]] ([[1888]]-[[1976]])
68: *[[John James Audubon]] ([[1785]]-[[1851]])
93: *[[Vladimir Baranoff-Rossine]] ([[1888]]-[[1944]])
158: *[[Ross Bleckner]] ([[1949]]-) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
15: *[[Joseph Aspdin]], British inventor of cement in 1824
34: *[[Joseph-Armand Bombardier]] — [[snowmobile]]
36: *[[Rudjer Boscovich|Ruđer Bošković]], (1711-1787...
51: ...[Arthur C. Clarke]], (born 1917),[[England]], [[geosynchronous satellite]]
54: ... Cros]], (1842-1888) — [[phonograph]]... almost - 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...
18: *[[1770]] - [[Boston Massacre]]
22: *[[1773]] - [[Boston Tea Party]]
26: ** [[Boston Port Act]] ([[March 31]])
47: *[[1785]] - [[Treaty of Hopewell]] - Aaron Burr (20716 bytes)
14: ...Westchester County, a region between the British post at Kingsbridge and that of the Americans about 1...
18: ...or her beauty and accomplishments. She married [[Joseph Alston]] of [[South Carolina]] in [[1801]], an...
20: ... a famous duel, an irony which was hopefully not lost on the younger Hamilton.
24: ...he [[New_York_State_Assembly]] from [[1784]] to [[1785]], but Burr became seriously involved in politics...
28: ...'s access to the [[National Archives|archives]], possibly because the former colonel had been a noted ... - Montgolfier brothers (3356 bytes)
3: The '''Montgolfier brothers''', '''Joseph-Michel Montgolfier''' ([[August 26]], [[1740]]...
22: ...g a crossing of the English Channel on January 7, 1785, by Jean-Pierre Blanchard and John Jeffries. Bal...
25: .../webprojects2003/hetherington/final/montgolfier_bros.html "Lighter than air: the Montgolfier brothers"... - Steamboat (11603 bytes)
8: ...he term ''steamer'' is occasionally used, out of nostalgia, for [[diesel]] motor driven vessels, prefi...
15: ...working at the same time. One of the first to propose the idea (around [[1690]]) was the physicist [[D...
19: ... new [[paddle steamer]], the [[PS Pyroscaphe|''Pyroscaphe'']], successfully steamed up the [[river Sa&...
21: ...lliam Henry, had made a model paddle steamer in [[1785]], and subsequently developed propulsion by float...
23: ...Forth and Clyde canal were thwarted by fears of erosion of the banks, development was taken up both in... - Continental Congress (4041 bytes)
4: ...communication with one another as their common opposition to Britain grew. It lasted only from [[Sept...
8: ...re reopened in defiance of the Navigation Acts. Most importantly, on [[July 4]], [[1776]], they adopt...
27: *Jan 11, 1785- Nov. 4, 1785 [[New York, New York]]
28: *Nov. 7, 1785- Nov. 3, 1786
44: *Lynn Montross; ''The Reluctant Rebels; the Story of the Contin... - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
2: ...775]], Franklin became the first [[United States Postmaster General]].
4: ...]s, improvements to the [[glass harmonica]], and possibly [[bifocals]].
9: Franklin's father, Josiah Franklin, was born at [[Ecton]], [[Northampton...
11: In around [[1677]], Josiah married a one Anne Child at Ecton; and over th...
13: ...), and Joseph ([[June 30]], [[1689]]) (the first Joseph having died soon after birth).
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