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1. Stamp Act 1765 (7443 bytes)
   2: ... of the British Parliament and added fuel to the growing [[Separatism|separatist]] movement that later...
   5: ==Background==
   6: ...s whilst citizens of [[Massachusetts]] paid only around 1 shilling a year back to London. It was there...
   8: ...legal documents. The rate of these taxes ranged from a half penny on a pamphlet or one-page newspaper...
   10: ==Protests and repeal==

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1. November 4 (10686 bytes)
   7: ...twerp]] (after three days the city was nearly destroyed).
   8: ...2]] - [[Moscow]] China Town taken by [[Russia]]n troops under command of [[Dmitri Mikhailovich Pozhars...
   12: ...ard a [[United States|Union]] supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material.
   14: ...]: [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Grover Cleveland]] defeats [[United States Republican...
   15: ...ility, paving the way for him to be crowned [[emperor]].
2. List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
   16: ...orge Robert Aberigh-Mackay|Aberigh-Mackay, George Robert]], (1848-1881), author
   18: ...ob Abbadie|Abbadie, Jakob]], (1654?-1727), Swiss Protestant preacher
   31: *[[Robert Abbot|Abbot, Robert]], (1588?-1662?), English Puritan divine
   49: *[[Abd-el-Aziz IV]], (1880-), sultan of Morocco
   57: *[[Rosa Mustafa Abdulkhaleq|Abdulkhaleq, Rosa Mustafa]], (born 1976), Yemeni pilot
3. 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)
   36: ...cob Fidelis Ackermann|Ackermann, Jacob Fidelis]] (1765-1815)
4. 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...
5. Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
   2: ...at''', reigned as [[tsar|empress]] of [[Russia]] from [[June 28]], [[1762]], to her death on [[Novembe...
   5: ...nths later, on [[July 17]], [[1762]], Peter died from illness, but is rumored to have been killed by C...
   9: ...-Bonesana|Beccaria]] and [[Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu|Montesquieu]], Catherine drew up ...
   11: ...e status hereditary; and gave the nobles full control over their serfs and lands. In addition, Catheri...
   13: ...t, she established the [[Free Economic Society]] (1765) to encourage the modernization of agriculture an...
6. Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
   1: ...e:DiderotVanLoo.jpg|thumb|right|''Portrait of Diderot'' by [[Louis-Michel van Loo]], 1767]]
   3: ...ngres]], [[Champagne, France]] in 1713, he was a prominent figure in what became known as the [[The Ag...
   5: Diderot also contributed to [[literature]], notably with...
   7: ...743 he married Anne Toinette Champion, a devout [[Roman Catholic]]. He had affairs with the writer Mad...
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7. George Washington (29551 bytes)
   21: ...blic]]an [[democracy]] that served as an example around the world.
   26: ...nia. He visited [[Barbados]], with his sick half-brother Lawrence in [[1751]], and survived an attack ...
   31: ...eventually became the [[Seven Years' War]] in [[Europe]].
   33: ...tion]], which successfully drove the French away from [[Fort Duquesne]].
   37: ...n. In that year, he was chosen as a [[delegate]] from Virginia to the First [[Continental Congress]] a...
8. John Hancock (8787 bytes)
   5: ...However, other examples show that Hancock always wrote his signature this way.
   8: ...f his uncle's business. Shortly after his return from England, his uncle died and he inherited the for...
   10: ... ethically and virtuously, the same. With his generosity, he was regarded as a man of integrity and ho...
   13: ... naturally disposed him to resist the [[Stamp Act 1765|Stamp Act]], which attempted to restrict colonial...
   15: ... lead, paper and tea. In [[1768]], upon arriving from England, his [[sloop]] ''Liberty'' was impounded...
9. John Adams (18716 bytes)
   22: ...eration descendant of Henry Adams, who emigrated from [[Devon]], [[England]], to [[Massachusetts]] in ...
   24: ...758]], he was admitted to the [[bar_(law)|bar]]. From an early age he developed the habit of writing d...
   28: ...[Samuel Adams]]; instead, his influence emerged through his work as a constitutional lawyer. Impetuous...
   31: ...which he pronounced the Stamp Act invalid on the ground that Massachusetts, being without representati...
   35: ...f a series of committees to study naval matters. From that time onward, Adams championed the establish...
10. Eli Whitney (3270 bytes)
    1: ...age courtesy of [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
    2: '''Eli Whitney''' ([[December 8]], [[1765]] - [[January 8]], [[1825]]) was an [[United Stat...
    6: ...usetts]], the son of a farmer, Whitney graduated from [[Yale University|Yale]] College in [[1792]], wh...
    14: ...rn states]] of the United States, a prime cotton growing area; some historians believe that this inven...
    16: ...ly duplicated by others. Whitney's company that produced cotton gins went out of business in [[1797]]...
11. 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.
12. Connecticut (28543 bytes)
    43: ...permanently in Connecticut were English Puritans from Massachusetts in 1633. Its first constitution, t...
    47: ... of town. One, [[Naugatuck]], is a merged town-borough.
    49: ...rently has five [[U.S. Congressional Delegations from Connecticut|representatives in the House]].
    54: The Connecticut River cuts through the center of the state, flowing into Long Isl...
    56: ... up the coast near New London. Many towns center around a small park, known as a "green", ''e.g.'' [[N...
13. Oregon (26551 bytes)
    36: ...ey]], one of the most fertile and agriculturally productive regions in the world. Oregon is known for ...
    38: ...{IPA|[ˈɔɹ.ə.gən]}}. The pronunciation {{IPA|[ˈɔɹ.ə.ˌ...
    41: ...servation]], and [[urban growth boundary|limited growth]].''
    43: ...he [[Oregon Bottle Bill]], but has also suffered from the rapid pace of logging in its forests.
    45: ...as of 2004|as of July 2004]], the population had grown to an estimated 3,594,586.
14. List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
    16: *[[Yamagata Hiro]] (born 1964), author
    17: *[[Yamamoto Isoroku]] (1884-1943), Japanese admiral
    23: *[[Yan Chia-kan]] (1905-1993), ROC politician
    27: ...nkovic|Yankovic, "Weird Al"]] (born 1959), US [[parody]] musician
    31: ...ssociation|NBA]] [[Basketball]] player, [[Houston Rockets]]
15. List of painters (54090 bytes)
    10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[sculptor]] an...
    44: *[[Alessandro Algardi]] ([[1595]]-[[1654]])
    46: *[[Alessandro Allori]] ([[1577]]-[[1621]])
    52: *[[Altichiero]] ([[1320]]-[[1395]])
    54: *[[Rodolfo Amoedo]] ([[1857]]-[[1941]])
16. List of inventors (14020 bytes)
    13: ...rge Armstrong]] — [[hydraulic crane]], Armstrong breech-loading gun
    19: *[[Robert Baden Powell]]- scouting movement
    29: ...r]], (1813-1898), [[England]] — [[Bessemer process]]
    36: ...63;]], (1711-1787) — [[Croatia]], ring-[[micrometer]], water [[telescope]]
    40: ..., [[Germany]] and [[United States|USA]] — [[rocket]] technology
17. 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...
18. 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
    9: *[[1763]] - [[British Royal Proclamation of 1763]]
    12: *[[1765]] - [[Stamp Act 1765|Stamp Act]] passed
    13: *[[1765]] - [[Stamp Act Congress]] convenes
19. Colonial America (32872 bytes)
    2: ... Virginia|Jamestown]], and the [[convict]]s of [[Province of Georgia|Georgia]] each came to the new co...
    4: ...features no matter what sort of colony it sprang from. By the late [[18th century]], these different ...
    8: ===Europe===
    9: ...ring]] technologies needed to make long voyages across open water.
    11: ...lear that the first nation to find a direct trade route to the [[East Indies|"Indies"]] would benefit ...
20. History of California (38344 bytes)
    1: ...k|This article covers the History of California through 1900; for events in the 20th century and beyon...
    3: ...e known '''history of California''' begins with European exploration.
    5: ...49, then with its fertile agricultural lands and prodigious oil fields, and finally with its high-tech...
    11: ... Woman]] on [[Santa Rosa Island, California|Santa Rosa Island]] are among the traces of a very early i...
    13: ...othills collected [[acorn]]s from [[oak]] trees, ground them, and leached out the acidic [[tannin]] to...

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