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- James Madison (15187 bytes)
21: ...ve their northwestern territories (consisting of most of modern-day [[Ohio]], [[Kentucky]] and [[Tenne...
23: ...ith a [[bicameral legislature]]. When the issue arose of how states would be represented in the new Co...
27: ... essays that comprise the Federalist Papers. His most famous passage comes in Federalist No. 51:
31: ...s home state of [[Virginia]]. He successfully proposed the first ten [[amendment]]s to the Constitutio...
33: ...ion's shortest president and frequently ill. In [[1794]] Madison married [[Dolley Madison|Dolley Payne T... - James Monroe (11107 bytes)
22: ...eland County, Virginia]], as an only child to a prosperous family, Monroe attended the school of Campe...
24: ... States Senator]]. As Minister to [[France]] in [[1794]]-[[1796]], he displayed strong sympathies for th...
28: ...onary War]] veteran to serve as president, was almost uncontested in his two elections.
32: ...lings", in part because partisan politics were almost nonexistent. The [[United States Federalist Part...
34: ...y undiminished, followed nationalist policies. Across the facade of [[nationalism]], ugly sectional cr... - John Quincy Adams (11783 bytes)
22: ... admitted to the bar and commenced practice in [[Boston, Massachusetts]].
24: ...n merchant living abroad. Despite his father's opposition to him having a foreign-born wife, Adams wed...
28: ...o [[1817]]. During this time, Adams and his wife lost to illness an infant daughter, born in [[1811]].
30: .... He is sometimes called the "Lone Wolf" for his positions during this time, because he often did not ...
32: ...emained the only American president unanimously chosen by the [[U.S. Electoral College|electoral colle... - Eli Whitney (3270 bytes)
18: ...tney received a [[patent]] for on [[March 14]], [[1794]], and its constituent elements should rightly be...
24: ...ubassemblies as identical and interchangeable as possible by machinery, then assembling the parts on a... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
28: *[[Oswald Achenbach]] ([[1827]]-[[1905]])
37: *[[Josef Albers]] ([[1888]]-[[1976]])
93: *[[Vladimir Baranoff-Rossine]] ([[1888]]-[[1944]])
114: *[[Thomas Mann Baynes]] ([[1794]]-[[1854]])
158: *[[Ross Bleckner]] ([[1949]]-) - Flag (13245 bytes)
3: ...ssaging or [[advertising]], or for decorative purposes, though at this less formal end the distinction...
15: ...Eventually these flags posed too much danger to those carrying them, and by [[World War I]] these were...
20: One of the most popular uses of a flag is to symbolize a [[natio...
22: ...is flag, called the [[Dannebrog]], inspired the cross design of other [[Nordic countries]]. ''Example...
23: ...e rise to the emblem of the [[International Red Cross]], which is a safe conduct in war zones under in... - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
15: *[[Joseph Aspdin]], British inventor of cement in 1824
33: *[[Theobald Boehm]], ([[1794]]-[[1881]]), [[Germany]] — inventor of the ...
34: *[[Joseph-Armand Bombardier]] — [[snowmobile]]
36: *[[Rudjer Boscovich|Ruđer Bošković]], (1711-1787...
51: ...[Arthur C. Clarke]], (born 1917),[[England]], [[geosynchronous satellite]] - Timeline of United States history (1790-1819) (6951 bytes)
14: *[[1794]] - [[Whiskey Rebellion]]
15: *[[1794]] - [[Battle of Fallen Timbers]]
66: ...]] - [[Hartford Convention]]; [[New England]] proposes [[secession]]. - Causes of the French Revolution (11170 bytes)
2: ...[France]] in [[1789]] was one of the richest and most powerful nations in [[Europe]]; only in [[Great ...
7: ...om of the individual, brought about by such [[philosopher]]s as [[Voltaire]], [[Denis Diderot]], [[Ann...
9: ...he bourgeoisie, as they did in France in 1793 and 1794, <nowiki>[</nowiki>that is to say, during the [[R...
19: ...ileges, the king of France lacked the means to impose a "just and proportioned" tax. The desire to do ...
22: ...ike the trading nations, France could not rely almost solely on [[tariff]]s to generate income. While... - 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... - List of people associated with the French Revolution (16148 bytes)
12: *[[Antoine Pierre Joseph Marie Barnave]] - [[Constitutional monarchy|co...
15: *[[Joséphine de Beauharnais]] - Empress, wife of Napole...
18: *[[Joseph Bonaparte]] - oldest Bonaparte brother, suppor...
19: ...r of Napoleon, a politician under the Directory whose presence as President of the Assembly of the 500...
26: *[[Edmund Burke]] - English philosopher and politician, author of a famous 1790 pole... - Napoleonic Wars (44488 bytes)
3: ...ench power rose quickly, [[Conquest|conquering]] most of Europe; the fall was also rapid, beginning wi...
12: ... United Kingdom's industrial economy made it the most powerful commercial nation as well.
13: * In most European countries, the importation of the ideal...
20: ...ming independent and mobile artillery units as opposed to the previous tradition of attaching artiller...
26: ...ought at sea, bringing the total for France to almost 3 million combatants. - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
3: ...o the [[18th century]] in [[Europe | European philosophy]], and is often thought of
4: ...ity of science movement which includes [[logical positivism]].
6: ... of the age. However, prominent Enlightenment philosophers such as [[Voltaire]] and [[Jean-Jacques Rou...
8: ... continued rise of [[empiricism | empirical]] philosophical ideas, and their application to [[politica...
11: == History of Enlightenment philosophy == - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
18: *[[Joseph Black]], (1728-1799), chemist
19: *[[Carl Bosch]], (1872-1940), German chemist
57: *[[Franz Joseph Emil Fischer]]
82: *[[Jaroslav Heyrovsk?1890-1967), Czech chemist
104: *[[Antoine Lavoisier]], (1743-1794), French pioneer chemist - James Cook (14770 bytes)
8: ...ould need one day to command his own ship. Cook rose in the ranks of the merchant fleet but declined ...
18: ...] to observe and record a [[transit of Venus]] across the [[Sun]]. Leaving in [[1768]], he arrived on...
24: ... found there. The later name ''Botany Bay'' was chosen to reflect the diverse range of flora found the...
26: ...the mouth of the Endeavour River. While there, [[Joseph Banks]] and [[Daniel Solander]] made their fir...
30: By this point in the voyage, Cook had lost no men to [[scurvy]], a remarkable and unheard-o... - Honolulu, Hawaii (19495 bytes)
33: ...trict boundary follows Hālawa Stream, then crosses Red Hill and runs just west of Aliamanu Crater...
35: ...), Koko Crater, Salt Lake, and Āliamanu are most conspicuous.
43: ... of England was the first foreigner to sail, in [[1794]], into what is now Honolulu Harbor. More foreig...
72: ...ke, Hawaii|Salt Lake]]''' and Āliamanu are (mostly) residential areas built in extinct [[volcanic...
80: ...H-1: at [[Aloha Stadium]] and [[Fort Shafter]]. Close to H-1 and Aloha Stadium, H-201 has an exchange ... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
61: *[[Yehoshua Bar-Hillel]], (Israel, [[1915]]-[[1975]])
76: *[[Joseph Louis Francois Bertrand]] (France, [[1822]] - ...
111: *[[Rudjer Josip Boscovich|Ruđer Josip Bošković]] ([[Republic of Dubrovnik]]...
163: *[[Paul Cohen|Paul Joseph Cohen]] (USA, [[1934]] - )
168: *[[Marquis de Condorcet]] (France, [[1743]] - [[1794]]) - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
17: *[[Paul Oswald Ahnert]] ([[Germany]], [[1897]] – [[198...
39: *[[Aristarchus]] ([[Samos]], circa [[310 BC]] – circa [[230 BC]])
45: *[[Joseph Ashbrook]] ([[United States|USA]], [[April 4]]...
54: *[[Oskar Backlund]] ([[Sweden]], [[1846]] – [[191...
85: *[[Rudjer Josip Boscovich|Ruđer Josip Bošković]] ([[Dalmatia]], [[1711]] &n... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ... non-philosophers important in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
17: *[[Uriel Acosta]], (1585-1640)
21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}}
38: *[[Albert of Saxony (philosopher)|Albert of Saxony]] (c. 1316-1390){{fn|C}}{{...
41: *[[Albinus (philosopher)|Albinus]] (c. 130) - Cotton gin (2185 bytes)
2: ...e screen, while brushes continuously remove the loose cotton lint to prevent jams.
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