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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...icle|SUV]], see [[Ford Expedition]] (especially replacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For the science fic...
6: ... de Azambuja]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ... de Alenquer]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
8: ...lmeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]])
9: ...uerque]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]]) - Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
24: ...d I of the Two Sicilies|HM King Ferdinand IV of Naples and Sicily]] (1751-1825); had issue
26: ...ouis XVI of France|HM King Louis XVI of France]] (1754-1793); had issue
29: ...dditionally, the army was weak and the treasury depleted due to two wars near the end of her father's ...
35: ...52]] she established a military academy, and in [[1754]] she established an academy of engineering scien...
37: ... years later and became more closeted from her people. Her focus changed from attempting to regain Si... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
11: | place of birth=[[Westmoreland County, Virginia|Westm...
14: | place of death=[[Mount Vernon (plantation)|Mount Vernon]], [[Virginia]]
21: ...[republic]]an [[democracy]] that served as an example around the world.
24: ...n his birth year. His birthplace was Pope's Creek Plantation, south of [[Colonial Beach, Virginia|Colo...
26: ... eventually inherited the estate, [[Mount Vernon (plantation)|Mount Vernon]] in [[Fairfax County, Virg... - John Hancock (8787 bytes)
5: ...an [[eponym]] for "signature". However, other examples show that Hancock always wrote his signature th...
8: ...hile building relationships with customers and suppliers of his uncle's business. Shortly after his re...
15: ...iated Bostonians, depending as they did on the supplies on board.
27: ... sought out for his ability to raise funds and supplies for American troops. Despite his skill in the ...
30: ...uation, and future prospects. If therefore the supply of Beef Cattle demanded by the requisitions of C... - United States (58223 bytes)
9: national_motto = <br>''[[E Pluribus Unum]]'' ([[1789]]–present)<br>([[Lat...
35: ...s Constitution|'''Constitution''']]<br> - completed<br> - ratified<br> - effective|
52: ... profoundly changed in [[1788]] when the states replaced the [[Articles of Confederation]] with the [[...
58: ...ior to all these was the [[Albany Congress]] in [[1754]], in which a union was first seriously proposed.
60: ... rebellion, though full emancipation did not take place until after the end of the war in [[1865]], th... - James Watt (5070 bytes)
9: * [[1754]]: Learned the trade of mathematical-instrument m...
33: ... emerging Industrial Revolution, and greatly multiplied its productive capacity. (Without it, humans m... - French and Indian War (5652 bytes)
1: ...can]] name for the decisive nine-year conflict ([[1754]]-[[1763]]) in [[North America]] between [[Great ...
13: ...– most significantly of all– at the [[Plains of Abraham]] outside of [[Quebec City]], in w...
27: *[[Battle of Jumonville Glen]] ([[May 28]], [[1754]])
28: ...ka the [[Battle of Great Meadows]] ([[July 3]], [[1754]])
47: *[[Battle of the Plains of Abraham]] ([[September 13]], [[1759]]) - Seven Years' War (11256 bytes)
1: The '''Seven Years' War''' ([[1754]] and [[1756]]–[[1763]]) pitted [[Kingdom o...
10: ... Britain's alliance with Prussia was a logical complement. The British already had the most formidable...
18: ...]] in the [[Ohio River]] area of North America in 1754. The war spread to Europe on [[May 15]],[[1756]],...
28: ...rians at the [[Battle of Leuthen]]. With these complete victories at hand, Frederick had once again es...
47: ...eph de Montcalm|Montcalm]] at the [[Battle of the Plains of Abraham]] leading in the following year to... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painters'''.
281: *[[John Singleton Copley]] ([[1737]]-[[1815]])
616: *[[Leon Kaplinski]] ([[1826]]-[[1873]])
943: *[[Giovanni Battista Piazzetta]] ([[1682]]-[[1754]])
958: *[[Stefan Planinc]] ([[1925]]-) - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
2: ... Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people."
4: ...adically transform colonial society, but simply replaced a distant government with a local one. The op...
10: ...Crown, with the same rights and obligations as people in Britain.
16: ...ication and communications between like-minded people opened new areas to question and consideration. ...
19: ... the wisdom of an established church. The revival placed emphasis on individual conscience and experie... - Isaac Newton (23339 bytes)
2: ... the [[Gregorian calendar]]) was an [[English (people)|English]] [[physicist]], [[mathematician]], [[a...
4: ...athematical substantiation for [[Kepler's laws of planetary motion]]. He would expand these laws by ar...
6: ...binomial theorem]] in its entirety; and the principles of conservation of [[momentum]] and [[angular m...
17: According to [[Eric Temple Bell|E.T. Bell]] (1937, Simon and Schuster) and ...
23: ...y closed down as a precaution against the [[Great Plague]]. For the next two years Newton worked at ho... - Ohio (19444 bytes)
42: ...lly, the region was populated by several other peoples, principally the [[Miamis]], [[Wyandots]], [[De...
44: In [[1754]], France and [[Great Britain]] fought a war know...
48: ...to the approximately the size of present-day Ohio plus the eastern half of [[Michigan]]'s lower penins...
68: ...x|right|thumb|The Ohio coast of [[Lake Erie]] has played an important part in the history and economy ...
72: ...o is of low relief, but the unglaciated Allegheny Plateau features rugged hills and forests. - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
6: ==Motives for exploration and colonization==
9: ... [[Renaissance]], a development that encouraged exploration and colonization in many ways. A revival ...
11: ...power necessary to begin systematic attempts at exploration. Also, as the economy of Europe began to ...
13: ...ed States]] presented themselves as an attractive place for these new powers to establish colonies. T...
16: ...lation]] and the desire for [[religious freedom]] played their respective parts. - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
2: ...blic servant]], [[scientist]], [[librarian]], [[diplomat]], and [[inventor]]. One of the leaders of th...
11: ...ld at Ecton; and over the next few years, this couple had three children, all of whom being half-sibli...
25: ...y earned" are now commonly quoted every day by people all over the world.
27: ...o included works on history, geography, poetry, exploration and science. The success of this library e...
38: ...plied that lightning was electrical. See, for example, the [[1805]] painting by [[Benjamin West]] of '... - March 23 (10340 bytes)
10: ...with a sword, then [[strangle]]d, and finally trampled to death in his bedroom at St. Michael Palace.
11: ... Purchase]] and reaching the [[Pacific Ocean]], explorers [[Lewis and Clark]] and their "Corps of Disc...
18: ...eir invention of one of the first successful [[airplane]]s after much hard work.
44: *[[1749]] - [[Pierre Simon de Laplace]], French mathematician and astronomer (d. [[1...
45: *[[1754]] - Baron [[Jurij Vega]], [[Slovenes|Slovene]] [[... - Augusta, Maine (4876 bytes)
1: {{Template:US City infobox|
8: founded = [[1754]] |
28: ...as first inhabited by English settlers from the [[Plymouth Colony]] in [[1625]] as a trading post. Loc...
30: ... Kennebec River in Augusta. The fort was built in 1754 and was called ''Fort Western''.
34: ... to meet in [[Portland, Maine|Portland]] until completion of the new capitol building in [[1832]]. Aug... - Albany, New York (8184 bytes)
1: ...b|280px|right|New York State Capitol Building, completed in 1899 at a cost of $25 million was the most...
9: {{Template:US City infobox|
33: ...history began when Englishman [[Henry Hudson]], exploring for the [[Dutch East India Company]] on the ...
37: ...min Franklin of Pennsylvania presented the Albany Plan of Union, the first formal proposal to unite th...
51: ...census]]{{GR|2}} of [[2000]], there are 95,658 people, 40,709 households, and 18,400 families residing... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
31: *[[Anthemius of Tralles]] (Constantinople c. [[474]] - c. [[534]])
70: *[[Eric Temple Bell]] (Scotland, USA, [[1883]] - [[1960]])
386: *[[Johannes Kepler]] (Germany, [[1571]] - [[1630]])
420: *[[Pierre-Simon Laplace]] (France, [[1749]] - [[1827]])
508: *[[Abraham de Moivre]] (France, [[1667]] - [[1754]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
391: *[[Frederick Copleston]], (1907-1994)
896: *[[David Kaplan (philosopher)|David Kaplan]], (born 1933){{fn|O}}
897: *[[Mordecai Kaplan]], (1881-1983){{fn|R}}
907: *[[Johannes Kepler]], (1571-1630){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
973: *[[Pierre-Simon Laplace]], (1749-1827){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}} - Ottoman Empire (15917 bytes)
20: | [[Istanbul|İstanbul]] ([[Constantinople]]/[[Asitane]]/[[Konstantiniyye]] )
45: ...en referred to as the ''[[Sublime Porte]]'' or simply as ''the Porte'', from the [[French language|Fre...
47: ... [[Fall of Constantinople|captured]] [[Constantinople]] (modern [[Istanbul|İstanbul]]) from the ...
53: ...sultan]] (king). With the capture of [[Constantinople]] in [[1453]], the state became a mighty [[empir...
55: ...e. In Aceh, the Ottomans built a fortress and supplied huge cannon. The [[the Netherlands|Dutch]] [[...
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