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- 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: Catherine proceeded to "Westernize" Russia. However, unlike [[P... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
4: ...ony of Padua, ''Josepha'' in honour of her elder brother, [[Joseph II|Archduke Josef]] and ''Johanna''...
6: ...d Ferdinand-Karl ? already had important official roles within the [[Hapsburg]] Empire.
7: ... one of the most brilliant political figures in Europe.]]
11: ...a]] and Maria-Antonia's favourite sister, Maria-Carolina, was married to King Ferdinand of the [[Naple...
15: ...heir was his grandson, Louis-Auguste, and it was proposed that he should marry one of [[Maria Theresa ... - 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... - 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... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
16: | vicepresident=[[Aaron Burr]]; [[George Clinton (politician)|George Cli...
18: ...ulturalist]], [[Horticulture|horticulturist]], [[Property|land owner]], [[architect]], [[Archaeology|a...
23: ...]], [[1720]]–[[March 31]], [[1776]]), both from families who had settled in [[Virginia]] for sev...
25: ..., [[Benjamin Franklin]], [[Roger Sherman]], and [[Robert R. Livingston]]. The committee met and unani...
27: The [[Library of Congress]] was founded from the sale of his collection (the Library was foun... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
4: <tr><td style="background:#efefef;" align="center" colspan=2>[[Image:Mar...
25: ...[[February 16]], [[1817]]) who also had children from a previous marriage.
27: ...1778]]-[[1826]]), an eminent lawyer and later [[Aaron Burr]]'s second in the duel with [[Alexander Ham...
29: ...e a member of the [[Court for the Correction of Errors]], the highest [[Court (judicial)|court]] in Ne...
33: ...a Federalist. He had already, in [[1808]], moved from Kinderhook to [[Hudson, New York|Hudson]], and i... - Geology (12007 bytes)
1: ...structure, physical properties, history, and the processes that shape it. It is one of the [[Earth sci...
3: ...]] and [[coal]], as well as [[metals]] such as [[iron]], [[copper]], and [[uranium]]. Additional econo...
5: [[Astrogeology]] refers to the application of geologic pr...
7: ...used by Jean-Andreluc in the year [[1778]] and introduced as a fixed term by Horace-Bedict de Saussure...
10: ...ocean, he inferred that the land was formed by [[erosion]] of the [[mountain]]s and by [[Deposition (g... - Equatorial Guinea (13387 bytes)
1: ...tries in continental [[Africa]]. It borders [[Cameroon]] on the north, [[Gabon]] on the south and east...
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28: | [[Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo]]
42: | '''[[Gross Domestic Product|GDP]]''' (PPP) - Hawaii (34434 bytes)
39: ... capital of the world and is the only industrial producer of [[coffee]], and [[chocolate]] in the nati...
41: Hawaii is also the namesake and backdrop of a popular [[Hawaii (novel)|1959 novel]] by [[...
46: ...]] to be ''Ua mau ke ea o ka aina i ka pono'', a pronouncement of King Kamehameha III meaning, "The li...
51: ...f the island chain. These islands are, in order from the northwest to southeast, Niihau, Kauai, OE...
54: ...med by [[volcano]]es arising from the sea floor through a vent described in geological theory as a [[h... - Washington (20186 bytes)
36: ... the [[2000]] census, the state population was approximately 5.9 million and the state work force numb...
45: ...e]]s and their ornately carved canoes and masks. Prominent among their industries were [[salmon]] fish...
47: The first [[European]] record of a landing on the Washington coast...
49: In [[1778]], [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] explorer ...
51: ...bly Britain and then the United States. Captain [[Robert Gray]] (for whom [[Grays Harbor]] county is n... - 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... - South Carolina (11968 bytes)
2: Name = South Carolina |
3: Fullname = State of South Carolina |
4: Flag = South Carolina state flag.png |
5: Flaglink = [[Flag of South Carolina]] |
6: Seal = SouthCarolinastateseal.jpg | - 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. - Spinning Jenny (3557 bytes)
2: ...ramatically reduced the amount of work needed to produce yarn, with a single worker able to work eight...
6: ...had been, and he could place them vertically in a row.
8: ... the proper thickness. A clamp-like device in the roving beam allowed the operator to then release all...
10: ...stronger yarn for the warp. Later developments improved the quality of the yarn and increased the numb...
12: ...flee to Nottingham in 1767. There he set up shop producing jennies in secret for one Mr. Shipley, with... - 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 - 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]]
19: *[[1771]] - [[Battle of Alamance]] in [[North Carolina]]
39: *[[1778]] - [[Treaty of Alliance]] - 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: ... Confederation]], proposed and put into effect in 1778, but not fully ratified until 1781. The Articles... - 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... - Independence Day (United States) (6238 bytes)
23: ...even that was kept secret to protect the members from British reprisal.
25: ...ip (politics)|whip]] of the independence-minded, wrote his wife [[Abigail Adams|Abigail]] on [[July 3]...
27: ...ns, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward for evermore.
29: ...elphians heard the official news of independence from the Continental Congress, as opposed to rumors i...
33: ...e]]s, speeches, [[prayer]]s, [[music]], parades, troop [[review]]s and fireworks. Ships were decked wi... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
11: *[[Amedeo Avogadro]], (1776-1856), Italian physicist
22: *[[Robert Bunsen|Robert Wilhelm Bunsen]], (1811-1899), German invento...
28: *[[Heinrich Caro]], (1834-1910), German chemist
29: *[[Wallace Carothers]] (1896-1937), American chemist
33: *[[Robert Curl]], winner of 1996 [[Nobel Prize in Chemi...
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