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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
55: ...d sailed up it to [[Montreal]]; failed in an attempt to set up a colony
90: *[[Leifur Eiríksson]], (born 970), attempted to colonize [[Vinland]], discovered [[the Ameri...
103: *[[John Franklin]], (1786-1847), disappeared exploring [[Arctic]] [[Canada]...
128: *[[Hannu]], [[ancient Egypt|ancient Egyptian]] explorer (around 2750 BC) and the first expl...
129: ...rlands|Dutch]] [[Dutch East India Company|VOC]] captain, charted mid-western coast of [[Australia]] - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
43: ...ortly after the coronation, Marie-Antoinette attempted to bring the [[duc de Choiseul]] back to court....
61: ... entire country was standing on the edge of bankruptcy. [[Louis XIV]]'s wars with [[William III of Eng...
71: ...uis-Charles]] in [[1785]] and Sophie-B顴rix in [[1786]].
75: ...ounds of [[Palace of Versailles|Versailles]] in [[1786]].
95: ...鰨, was terminally ill with [[tuberculosis|consumption]]. The child's condition deteriorated and Mari... - Jane Austen (5805 bytes)
5: ...in [[Oxford]] then [[Southampton]]. In [[1785]]-[[1786]], she was educated at the Reading Ladies boardin... - Second Intermediate Period of Egypt (3576 bytes)
1: {{Egyptian Dynasty list}}
2: ...f Egypt|Fifteenth]] and [[Sixteenth dynasty of Egypt|Sixteenth Dynasties]].
4: ... authority to form the [[Fourteenth dynasty of Egypt|Fourteenth Dynasty]]. The splintering of the lan...
6: ...inscribed with their names, called by modern [[Egyptologist]]s the Sixteenth Dynasty.
10: ...f the Hyksos. With the [[Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt|Eighteenth Dynasty]], the [[New Kingdom]] begins. - George Washington (29551 bytes)
35: ... widow of [[Daniel Parker Custis]]. Washington adopted Custis's two children and never fathered any of...
47: ...September 11]] and succeeded in his task. An attempt to dislodge the British, the [[Battle of Germanto...
53: ...ender there was the effective end of British attempts to quell the Revolution. In [[March]] of [[1783]...
62: ...heir labors. He adamantly enforced the secrecy adopted by the Convention during the summer. Many belie...
75: ... Washington died from either a [[strep throat|streptococcal infection of the throat]] or, since he was... - John Hancock (8787 bytes)
8: ... His father died when he was young, and he was adopted by his paternal uncle—Thomas Hancock, a h...
13: ...sist the [[Stamp Act 1765|Stamp Act]], which attempted to restrict colonial trading.
33: ...monstrate loyalty to the crown—with the exceptions of Hancock and Adams.
36: ..., from [[November 23]], [[1785]] to [[June 6]], [[1786]]. He was preceded in that position by [[Richard...
57: ...s=[[November 23]], [[1785]] – [[May 29]], [[1786]]}} - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
20: ...athered at the White House, with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone." Achieve...
23: ...or several generations. He attended and then attempted to institute many reforms at the [[College of W...
35: ...er of [[American exceptionalism]] (see also [[exceptionalism]]).
67: *[[Embargo Act of 1807]], an attempt to force respect for U.S. [[neutrality]] by endin...
125: ...amilton's, was the most impressible, the most receptive, mind of his time in America. The range of his... - Malaysia (27892 bytes)
74: ...ast Asia]]n commercial centre related to China. [[Ptolemy]] showed it on his early map with a label th...
82: ... Malacca. Penang was established in [[1786]] by Captain [[Francis Light]] as a commercial outpost gran...
88: ...e citizenship as opposed to the dual-citizenship option which would have allowed the significant immig...
90: ...nder the name of '''Malaysia''' was formed on [[September 16]], [[1963]] through a merging of the Fede...
190: ...y along racial lines. This incident led to the adoption of the [[Malaysian New Economic Policy|New Eco... - Connecticut (28543 bytes)
43: ...constitution]], the third for Connecticut, was adopted in [[1965]]. The traditional abbreviation of th...
47: ...have a merged city-town government. The sole exception is the [[Groton (city), Connecticut | City of ...
85: ...roads/ct/index.html] for a very complete and in-depth discussion of Connecticut roadways, current, pas...
93: ... [[transportation]] equipment (especially [[helicopters]], [[aircraft]] parts, and [[nuclear submarine...
107: ...76]] and was immediately enthralled with the concept of an "ever-saddled horse that eats nothing and r... - Virginia (23198 bytes)
48: ...n]]. On [[June 29]], [[1776]], the convention adopted a constitution that established Virginia as a c...
88: ...ncil-manager]] form of government. There are exceptions, notably [[Richmond, Virginia]], which has a ...
127: ...g military installations concentrated in the [[Hampton Roads]] area, tobacco and peanut farming all th...
137: ...abeth River (Virginia)|Elizabeth River]] at [[Hampton Roads]], the [[James River (Virginia)|James Riv...
150: ...largest Protestant denominations in Virginia: [[Baptist]] (31% of the total state population), [[Metho... - Comet (30542 bytes)
3: ...ce. Comets typically move in highly [[ellipse|elliptical]] orbits, the [[aphelion|aphelia]] of which m...
9: ...tational interactions, falling into extremely elliptical orbits that bring them very close to the [[Su...
13: ...Cometorbit.png|thumb|400px|Comets have highly elliptical orbits. Note the two distinct tails.]]
17: ...d molecules. In these collisions, the ions will capture one or more electrons leading to emission of X...
21: ... explain why comets get perturbed into highly elliptical orbits, including close approaches to other [... - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
19: ...the colonies. It was also the first event that swept through all the British colonies, from New Englan...
54: ...he First [[Continental Congress]] convened on [[September 5]], [[1774]] in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvani...
58: ...etition]] -- [[July 5]], [[1775]], one final attempt by the Continental Congress to appeal to King Geo...
76: *[[Shays' Rebellion]] - 1786
80: ...tion did not produce the kind of epoch-breaking rupture with past customs and institutions as the [[Fr... - Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
38: *[[1777]] - [[Articles of Confederation]] adopted by the Second Continental Congress
48: *[[1786]] - [[Shays' Rebellion]]
49: *[[1786]] - [[Annapolis Convention]] fails - Timeline of United States history (1820-1859) (8457 bytes)
14: ...ary of State]], which Jackson calls their "[[Corrupt Bargain]]"
37: ... re-elected amid struggle with [[Nicholas Biddle (1786-1844)|Nicholas Biddle]] over the fate of the [[Se...
101: *[[1857]] - [[LeCompton Constitution]] rejected in [[Kansas Territory]] - List of people associated with the French Revolution (16148 bytes)
2: ...pporters and opponents of the revolution. It attempts to give identifying facts and ultimate fates. ''...
9: ...in [[1797]] after a ''[[coup d'etat|coup]]'' attempt
14: * [[Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte|Jean-Baptiste Jules Bernadotte]] - General, later king of [...
29: ...ery of the terrible state of French finances in [[1786]] precipitated the Revolution crisis
70: *[[Jean-Baptiste Jourdan]] - French general, victor at [[Battl... - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
6: ... on belief and piety. Some of its proponents attempted to use rationalism to demonstrate the existence...
12: ...ers/splitters|split]]; however, it is equally acceptable to think of them conjoined as one long period...
14: ... and [[René Descartes]], was based on extreme skepticism, and inquiry into the nature of "knowledge."...
16: ...tise On Wisdom ". . . identified the central concept of the Enlightenment and sketched its theoretical...
20: ...cts, such as Kepler's planetary motion, and the "opticks" which had explained lenses, and began to cre... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
44: *[[Jean Baptiste Dumas]], (1800-1884), French chemist
166: *[[Carl Wilhelm Scheele]], (1742-1786), Swedish [[18th century]] chemist, discovered nu...
209: *[[Ahmed H. Zewail]] (born 1946), [[Egyptian]], [[1999]] Nobel Prize Winner for his work on... - Shays' Rebellion (6569 bytes)
1: ...urdens. The rebellion started on [[August 29]], [[1786]].
9: ...tor courts in [[Northampton, Massachusetts|Northampton]], [[Worcester, Massachusetts|Worcester]], [[Co...
11: ...elham, Massachusetts|East Pelham]] and a former captain in the [[Revolutionary Army]]. Another leader... - Steamboat (11603 bytes)
15: ...powered or not is unclear. River boatmen took exception to the threat to their trade, and smashed it u...
17: ...England, made his own engine and in [[1763]] attempted to put it in a boat. The boat sank, and while h...
21: ...sion by floats on a chain, obtained a patent in [[1786]], then built a steamboat which underwent a succe...
44: ...s in the Solent"'' offering outings from [[Southampton]], [[England]] with views of the two triple exp...
60: *[http://www.rtptv.homestead.com/rtpcruisingworld.html Cruising The... - Continental Congress (4041 bytes)
4: ...osition to Britain grew. It lasted only from [[September 5]], 1774, to [[October 26]], 1774, in [[Phi...
8: ...ost importantly, on [[July 4]], [[1776]], they adopted the [[Declaration of Independence]]. This Cong...
14: *Sept. 5, 1774- Oct. 26, 1774 [[Philadelphia, Pennsylva...
20: *Mar. 5, 1777- Sept. 18- 1777 Philadelphia
21: *Sept. 27, 1777 (one day only) [[Lancaster, Pennsylvani...
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