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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
1: ...r the state with the same name, see [[Rio de Janeiro (state)]].''
3: [[Image:Rio_de_Janeiro-Ipanema_Beach.jpg|thumbnail|250px|right|Ipanema b...
5: ...thumb|250px|A NASA satellite image of Rio de Janeiro]]
7: ...Portuguese]]) is the name of both a [[Rio de Janeiro (state)|state]] and a city in southeastern [[Braz...
9: ...area of 1256 km? (485 sq. miles). The larger [[metropolitan area]] population is estimated at 10-13 mi... - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
3: ...a, Joseph M.]] (born 1967), first Puerto Rican Astronaut
5: ...1954), boxer, former world title challenger, now promoter
21: *[[Sharon Acker|Acker, Sharon]] (born 1935)[http://imdb.com/name/nm0009943]
31: *[[Dorothea Ackermann|Ackermann, Dorothea]] (born 1752)
33: ... Ackermann|Ackermann, Georg Christian Benedict]] (1763-1833) - Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
1: ...Maria Theresa), ruler of the [[Habsburg Empire]] from [[1740]]-[[1780]]. Also see [[Maria Theresa of S...
3: ...MariaTheresa.JPG|frame|H.I.M. Maria Theresa, Holy Roman Empress, Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, Archduc...
4: ... women of her time, ruling over most of central Europe.
6: ...erit his united lands on his death. While many European monarchs agreed to the Pragmatic Sanction whe...
8: ...ir apparent to the king of France, who was later crowned [[Louis XVI of France|King Louis XVI]]. She h... - Middle Kingdom of Egypt (5374 bytes)
2: ...Fourteenth dynasty of Egypt|Fourteenth dynasty]], roughly between [[1986 BC]] and [[1633 BC]].
5: ...ally dated to when [[Pharaoh]] [[Mentuhotep II]] from [[Thebes, Egypt|Thebes]] defeated the last king ...
6: ...rovided by <br> [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
8: ...ed, there was a smooth transition into the illusturous Twelfth dynasty. The first Pharaoh of the Twelf...
10: ...encies lasted throughout the Twelfth dynasty and provided great stability. - Conventional Egyptian chronology (10774 bytes)
1: This is a '''Conventional Egyptian chronology'''.
3: ==Introduction==
5: ...tury but not including any of the major revision proposals that have also been made in that time.
7: ...er several possible dates or even several whole chronologies as possibilities. Consequently, there may...
9: ...ional Chronology” that is quoted by [[David Rohl]] in ''A Test of Time'' (1995, Century). - Canada (35540 bytes)
1: ...ve arguments or evidence to the contrary, please provide them on the talk page, and wait until the con...
3: ... of the many "main" articles about Canada linked from this article, e.g., [[Politics of Canada]], [[Ge...
8: ...of Canada|territories]]. Initially constituted through the [[British North America Acts|British North...
15: ...overnor General of Canada]], who exercises the prerogatives of the head of state (the monarch), and th...
21: ...deposits, [[nuclear energy]] generation, and [[hydroelectric power]] capacity. Its diversified [[Econo... - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (8955 bytes)
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59: ... 5,000 black Caribs were eventually deported to [[Roatan]], an island off the coast of [[Honduras]].
63: ... representative assembly was authorized in 1776, Crown Colony government installed in 1877, a legislat... - James Watt (5070 bytes)
3: ...ish]] [[mathematician]] and [[engineer]] whose improvements to the [[steam engine]] were a key stage i...
10: ...ne]], which started him thinking about ways to improve the engine.
11: * [[1765]]: While wandering through the [[Glasgow Green]]'s ''"Golf Course"'', com...
14: ...m, with [[Matthew Boulton]] to manufacture his improved [[Watt steam engine]].
15: * [[1781]]: Converted reciprocal engine motion to rotary motion. - Delaware (15006 bytes)
40: ...by [[Sweden | Swedes]] (led by [[Peter Minuit]]) around [[Fort Christina]] (now [[Wilmington, Delaware...
42: ... of the colony of [[Virginia]]. The deed to the property that is now Delaware was granted to [[Willia...
44: ... [[Charles Mason]] and [[Jeremiah Dixon]] between 1763 and 1767. Part of the Line now forms the east-wes...
50: ...ter [[Abraham Lincoln|Lincoln]]'s [[Emancipation Proclamation]].
54: ...[[Governor of Delaware]] and the judicial branch provides for a hierarchy of courts with the state Sup... - Wisconsin (18812 bytes)
40: ...words meaning "Gathering of the Waters" or "Great Rock." ''Wisconsin'' originally was applied to the W...
47: ... explorer. The French controlled the area until [[1763]], when it was ceded to the British.
51: ...cialist, [[Daniel Hoan]], was mayor of Milwaukee from [[1916]] to [[1940]]. During both the [[2000]] a...
53: ... mines in which they worked until adequate above-ground shelters were built and were thus compared to ...
65: ...entation was added by the state legislature as a protected category under existing anti-discrimination... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
36: ... York]] to the west, and the [[Canada|Canadian]] province of [[Quebec]] to the north.
38: ...tionary War]]. Famous for its scenery, [[dairy]] products and [[maple syrup]], Vermont has long been k...
44: ...hington]], three miles east of [[Roxbury, Vermont|Roxbury]].
50: ...ion, giving Vermont some of New England's best [[cross-country skiing]] areas.
52: ...articular variant of the tree; it rather results from a number of soil and climate conditions unique t... - Thirteen Colonies (4707 bytes)
1: ...ure provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
2: ...:us flag large Betsy Ross.png|right|thumb|[[Betsy Ross]] purportedly sewed the first [[Flag of the Uni...
4: ...ation of Independence]] in [[1776]] and formally broke with the [[Kingdom of Great Britain]], leading ...
6: ...ard Island]]—remained loyal to the British Crown and much later were united as [[Canada]]. The c...
10: ...sted the colonies in geographical order, roughly from north to south, as follows (the division into th... - French and Indian War (5652 bytes)
1: ...e for the decisive nine-year conflict ([[1754]]-[[1763]]) in [[North America]] between [[Great Britain]]...
9: ...hree wars, fought more as secondary theatres to European conflicts, resulted in little territorial cha...
13: ...ictories at [[Fort William Henry]], [[Fort Ticonderoga]], and against the [[Braddock Expedition]] and ...
15: ...tain gained control of a large French-speaking, [[Roman Catholic]] population in [[Lower Canada]]. Nea...
17: ...r]] crops and the ease with which it could be controlled. - Seven Years' War (11256 bytes)
1: ...later drawn into the [[conflict]], while a force from the [[neutrality|neutral]] [[Netherlands]] was a...
3: ...[[Europe]]an portions of the conflict (1756–1763), not the nine-year North American conflict or th...
7: ==Roots==
8: ... [[Frederick II of Prussia]] had gained the rich province of [[Silesia]]. Empress [[Maria Theresa of A...
10: ...as, as well as exert some influence on mainland Europe. Furthermore, this allowed Britain to focus her... - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
1: [[Image:map of territorial growth 1775.jpg|thumb|300px|Before the Revolution: Th...
2: ...volution was effected before the War commenced," wrote [[John Adams]]. "The Revolution was in the mind...
4: ... event, producing significant changes that had a profound impact on world history. Most current interp...
10: ...sidered themselves loyal subjects of the British Crown, with the same rights and obligations as people...
16: ...he proper form of government have roots in this European Enlightenment and were a source for ideas reg... - Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
3: ...eline of United States history]] concerns events from '''[[1760]] to [[1789]]'''.
6: *[[1760]] - [[King George III]] crowned
7: *[[1763]] - [[Treaty of Paris (1763)]] ends [[French and Indian War]]
8: *[[1763]] - [[Pontiac's Rebellion]] begins
9: *[[1763]] - [[British Royal Proclamation of 1763]] - History of the United States (1776-1789) (19792 bytes)
5: ...eir line of march, they confronted a much larger group of militia at a bridge in [[Concord, Massachuse...
7: ...d [[Continental Congress]], with representatives from 13 of the [[United_Kingdom|British]] [[colonies]...
9: ...ngth and then submitted to the Congress where numerous changes were made, including the exclusion of h...
11: ...States with a great wilderness empire stretching from the Atlantic to the Mississippi River, and inclu...
13: ...own status by the [[Articles of Confederation]], proposed and put into effect in 1778, but not fully r... - Ohio (19444 bytes)
24: ...ittanceDate = [[March 1]], [[1803]], declared retroactively on [[August 7]], [[1953]] |
36: ...ation is '''O.''' Ohio is an [[Iroquois language|Iroquois]] word meaning "great water." The name refer...
42: ...|French]] set up a system of trading posts to control the [[fur trade]] in the region.
44: ...is (1763)|Treaty of Paris]], the French ceded control of Ohio and the old Northwest to Great Britain.
46: ...ists]] from settling in Ohio Country. British control of the region ended with the American victory in... - Michigan (29427 bytes)
10: LargestCity = [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]] |
36: ...ke Michigan]], which in turn is believed to come from the [[Chippewa]] Indian word ''meicigama'', mean...
40: ...the opening of the [[Erie Canal]] in 1825, which brought large numbers of settlers.
44: ...was a rich and important source of [[lumber]], [[iron]], and [[copper]], which would become the state'...
46: ...It was a development that not only transformed Detroit and Michigan, but permanently altered the socio... - Illinois (27007 bytes)
12: Governor = [[Rod Blagojevich]] |
39: ... its largest city is [[Chicago]], along the waterfront of [[Lake Michigan]]. Most of the state's popu...
45: ... Illini suffered in the seventeenth century as [[Iroquois]] expansion forced them to compete with seve...
47: ===European exploration===
48: ...n, Illinois was part of the French empire until [[1763]], when it passed to the British. The area was c...
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