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- History of the United States (1776-1789) (19792 bytes)
15: The perceived need for a more powerful and complete federal government led, in 1787, to the callin...
27: ...ty, led the British to evacuate Boston, March 17, 1776.
29: On July 4, [[1776]], the Second [[Continental Congress]], still mee...
31: ...England from the rest. Failed communications and planning resulted in the army descending from Canada...
35: ...nch not to seek a separate peace, which would cripple French efforts to gain concessions from the Brit...
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- List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
1: {{List of people A}}
4: ... Patriarch]], (died 489), patriarch of Constantinople
8: *[[Marcel Achard|Achard, Marcel]], (1899-1974), playwrighter and scriptwriter
10: ...cheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford|Acheson, Archibald]] (1776-1849), 2nd Earl of Gosford - Phillis Wheatley (3014 bytes)
3: ...[Bible|Biblical]] studies. She became a very accomplished poet, with her first poem published when she...
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...
9: ..., personally ensure Gauss's safety. The general explained to Gauss that Germain had asked that he be p...
12: ...eveal only to those who have the courage to go deeply into it. But when a person of the sex which, acc...
15: ...fted to [[applied mathematics]], and he stopped replying to her letters.
17: ...[[Germany|German]] mathematician, attempting to explain [[Ernst Chladni]]'s study on [[vibration]]s of... - 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.
25: ...ncock sent Washington a copy of the [[July 4]], [[1776]] congressional resolution calling for independen...
27: ... sought out for his ability to raise funds and supplies for American troops. Despite his skill in the ... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Braintree]], [[Massachusetts]]
13: | place of death=[[Quincy]], [[Massachusetts]]
28: ...ly manifested at a later period—as, for example, during his term as president.
37: ...he Congress until their adoption on [[July 2]], [[1776]].
39: ...ore this question had been disposed of, Adams was placed at the head of the Board of War and Ordinance... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
10: | place of birth=Shadwell, [[Virginia]]
13: | place of death=[[Charlottesville, Virginia]]
20: Many people consider Jefferson to be among the most brillian...
23: ... ([[February 20]], [[1720]]–[[March 31]], [[1776]]), both from families who had settled in [[Virgi...
30: ...84]], Jefferson avoided the common practice of simply digging downwards until something turned up. In... - 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|
36: ..._dates = From [[Great Britain]]<br> [[July 4]], [[1776]]<br>[[September 3]], [[1783]]<br><br><br>
52: ... profoundly changed in [[1788]] when the states replaced the [[Articles of Confederation]] with the [[...
58: ...er long [[Federalist papers|debate]], this was supplanted by the [[United States Constitution|Constitu... - Argentina (30219 bytes)
52: ...named the river of Solís, Río de la Plata (River of the Silver).
57: ...g the [[Viceroyalty of the R�de la Plata]] in [[1776]], and Buenos Aires became a flourishing port. Bu...
63: ...r, known as [[Evita]] ([[1919]]-[[1952|52]]), played a key role in developing support for her husb...
65: ...to a number of emergency decrees, including the implementation of special executive authority to deal ...
67: ...til [[December 10]], [[1983]]. The armed forces applied harsh measures against terrorists and many sus... - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (8955 bytes)
59: ...ted coffee, tobacco, indigo, cotton, and sugar on plantations worked by African slaves. In [[1763]], S...
61: ...in [[1834]]; the resulting labor shortages on the plantations attracted Portuguese immigrants in the 1...
63: ...tish. A representative assembly was authorized in 1776, Crown Colony government installed in 1877, a leg...
65: ... associate statehood status in 1969, giving it complete control over its internal affairs. Following a...
67: ...nd 1987, hurricanes devastated banana and coconut plantations; 1998 and 1999 also saw very active hurr... - Flag of North Carolina (1696 bytes)
4: ...ng in black letters the inscription: "April 12th, 1776."
6: ...egislature adopted this flag in March, 1885, to replace the original state flag that had been adopted ...
8: ...solves]] ([[April 12]], [[1776]]), documents that place North Carolina at the forefront of the America... - 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)
44: ... a royal colony seventeen years later. In April [[1776]], the colony became the first to instruct its de...
46: ...construction of a 129 mile (208 km) wooden [[plank]] road, known as a "farmer's railroad," from [...
48: ...d privation. Although few major engagements took place in North Carolina itself, her troops served in...
53: ...[1776]]: This one was ratified [[December 18]], [[1776]], as the first constitution of the independent s...
74: ...uilty pleas for minor misdemeanors, accept guilty pleas for traffic violations and accept waivers of t... - Delaware (15006 bytes)
46: ...ican Revolution]]. After the Revolution began in 1776, the three counties became "The Delaware State," ...
74: Delaware lies on a level plain, the highest elevation being less than 442 fee...
77: ...y of Delaware is a part of the [[Atlantic Coastal Plain]], the climate is moderated by the effects of ...
82: As of 2003, there were 817,491 people living in Delaware.
96: The religious affiliations of the people of Delware are: - Kentucky (15076 bytes)
41: ...irginia]] and ten constitutional conventions took place at the courthouse of Constitution Square in [[...
59: ...egion, the south-central and western [[Pennyroyal Plateau]], also sometimes termed "Pennyrile", the we...
77: As of 2003, there were 4,117,827 people living in Kentucky.
263: *[[Louisville Bats]] (Triple-A [[International League]] affiliate of the [[Ci...
291: *[[List of people from Kentucky|List of famous Kentuckians]] - Virginia (23198 bytes)
44: Among [[Native American]] people living in what now is Virginia were the [[Powhat...
46: ...long the coast of [[North America]], eventually applying to the whole coast from [[South Carolina]] to...
48: ...[United States Constitution]]. On [[June 29]], [[1776]], the convention adopted a constitution that est...
59: ...uld vote in the colony. Each county chose two people or burgesses to represent it, while the [[Colleg...
98: ...nia]]'), a part of the [[Delmarva Peninsula]], completely separate (an [[exclave]]) from the rest of t... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
36: ...he [[Green Mountains]] in the west and [[Lake Champlain]] in the northwest. It borders [[Massachusetts...
38: ...amous for its scenery, [[dairy]] products and [[maple syrup]], Vermont has long been known for its [[L...
44: ...iver itself is part of New Hampshire). [[Lake Champlain]], the major lake in Vermont, is the sixth-lar...
46: ...northwest off Lake Champlain is the fertile [[Champlain Valley]]. In the south of the valley is [[Bomo...
48: ... state is covered by forest, the rest in meadow, uplands, lakes, ponds and swampy wetlands. - Utah (29154 bytes)
68: Song = ''[[Utah, This is the Place]]'' |
87: ...Escalante Expedition—left [[Santa Fe]] in [[1776]], hoping to find a route to the [[California]] c...
89: ... trappers—including [[Jim Bridger]]—explored some regions of Utah in the early 1800s. The ...
92: ...gnated the capital. In [[1856]], Salt Lake City replaced Fillmore as the territorial capital.
96: ...edition" to quell the supposed rebellion and to replace Brigham Young as territorial governor with [[A... - South Carolina (11968 bytes)
42: ...ritain and set up its own government on March 15, 1776. On [[February 5]], [[1778]] South Carolina becam...
54: ...comprised of the Civil Court, the Court of Common Pleas, and the Court of General Sessions, which is t...
63: ...rolina's population was estimated at 4,147,152 people.
95: ...and Charleston. An unusual feature of the coastal plain is a large number of [[Carolina bays]], the or...
97: Just west of the coastal plain is the '''Sand Hills''' region, which is thoug... - Rhode Island (15004 bytes)
3: ... = The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations |
37: ...originally consisted of the mainland [[Providence Plantations]], which was originally all part of the ...
40: In 1614 the Dutch explorer Adriaen Block visited the island that is now ...
42: ... He called the site Providence and declared it a place of religious freedom for [[Baptist]] settlers....
44: ...assachusetts]] for expressing her beliefs that people could talk to God by themselves, not necessarily...
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