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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
5: ...ate !! Capital !! Year of current [[capitol]] construction
57: ...[[1876]] (design), [[1884]] — [[1887]] (construction)
124: | [[Trenton, New Jersey|Trenton]]
189: | [[1785]] — [[1790]], [[1904]] — [[1906]] (wi...
215: * http://www.cupola.com/html/bldgstru/statecap/cap01.htm - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...a explorers]], [[astronaut]], [[conquistador]], [[travelogue]], the [[History of Science and Technolog...
26: ...rich Barth]] ([[1821]]-[[1865]]), Northern and Central Africa
29: *[[George Bass]] - [[Australia]]n explorer
30: ...isited [[Mecca]] several times, travelled to [[Central Asia]], [[East Africa]], [[China]], [[Tomboucto...
31: ... [[France|French]] explorer, mapped the West [[Australia]]n coastline. - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
5: ... a distant castle, and Catherine took the throne, triumphant about her bloodless and widely supported ...
11: ...le status hereditary; and gave the nobles full control over their serfs and lands. In addition, Cather...
13: ...courage the modernization of agriculture and industry. Second, she encouraged foreign investment in ec...
19: ...titions of Poland|partitions]] among Russia, [[Austria]] and [[Prussia]] (1772, 1793 and 1795).
21: ...gn. This war ([[1787]]-[[1792]]) ended with the [[Treaty of Jassy]], which legitimated the Russian cla... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
2: ...ber]] [[1793]]) Daughter of [[Maria Theresa of Austria]], wife of [[Louis XVI]] and mother of [[Louis ...
4: ...r) of the Austrian empress, [[Maria Theresa of Austria|Maria Theresa]] and [[Francis I, Holy Roman Emp...
7: ...ther, the Empress Maria-Theresa, had ruled the Austrian Empire for fifteen years before Antoinette's b...
15: ...that he should marry one of [[Maria Theresa of Austria|Maria Theresa]]'s daughters. With Johanna-Gabri...
19: ... a Thanksgiving Mass was held in her honour. The streets of the city where covered in flowers, which M... - Jane Austen (5805 bytes)
1: ...Austen (chopped) 2.jpg|thumb|Jane Austen, in a portrait based on one drawn by her sister Cassandra]]
5: ...sease]], the cause of which was then unknown. She travelled to [[Winchester, Hampshire|Winchester]] to...
12: ...y. Her view of life seems largely genial, with a strong dash of gentle but keen satire: she appeals ra...
39: Reference: David Cecil, ''A portrait of Jane Austen'' (1978) - John Hancock (8787 bytes)
2: ...f Hancock [[:Image:JohnHancockLarge.jpeg|(full portrait)]]]]
8: Hancock was born in [[Braintree, Massachusetts]] (Now [[Quincy, Massachusetts]]...
13: ...Stamp Act]], which attempted to restrict colonial trading.
17: ...istance to British authority and his financial contributions led Bostonians to joke that "[[Samuel Ada...
19: ...ary of the [[Boston Massacre]], he gave a speech strongly condemning the British. In the same year, he... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Braintree]], [[Massachusetts]]
22: ...Old Style]], [[Julian Calendar]]), 1735 in [[Braintree, Massachusetts]]. His father, a farmer, also na...
24: ...length, his recollections of this scene; it is instructive to compare the two accounts.
31: ... to the Stamp Act was a part of the never-ending struggle between individualism and corporate authorit...
33: ...our colonists during the [[Boston Massacre]]. The trial resulted in an [[acquittal]] of the officer wh... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
20: ... in [[1962]], saying, "I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge...
25: ... of Independence]], and a source of many other contributions to American political and civil culture. ...
32: ...n Virginia, to say nothing of the rest of the country.
35: ... agricultural nation of [[yeoman]] farmers, in contrast to the vision of [[Alexander Hamilton]], who e...
41: Jefferson's portrait appears on the U.S. [[United States Two dollar... - Geology (12007 bytes)
1: ...e]] and study of the [[Earth]], its composition, structure, physical properties, history, and the proc...
5: [[Astrogeology]] refers to the application of geologic p...
7: ... used by Jean-Andreluc in the year [[1778]] and introduced as a fixed term by Horace-Bedict de Saussur...
10: ...ssil]] [[animal shell|shell]]s in a geological [[stratum]] in a mountain hundreds of miles from the oc...
12: ...until after the [[Scientific Revolution]]. It was translated into [[Latin]] and the other languages of... - Virginia (23198 bytes)
48: ...ded by Virginia [[History of Washington, DC|was retroceded to Virginia]] effective [[1847]], and is n...
54: ... since [[Reconstruction era (United States)|Reconstruction]] when he was elected Governor of Virginia.
57: ...stone was laid by Governor [[Patrick Henry]] in [[1785]].
59: ...rtant and new. It gave Virginians a chance to control their own government for the first time. At fi...
61: ...fficials, reformed local governments, and a more streamlined judiciary. - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
3: ''Note:'' Dates for inventions are often controversial. Inventions are often invented by several...
7: * 2 MYA: [[Origin of language|Language]] (controversial - this is the earliest likely)
8: * 1 MYA: Controlled [[fire]] in [[Cradle of Humankind|Africa]]
34: * [[39th century BC|3800s BC]]: [[Sweet Track|Engineered roadway]] in [[England]]
67: * [[150s BC]]: [[Astrolabe]]: [[Hipparchus]] - List of painters (54090 bytes)
14: ...[1912]]-[[1956]]), US [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[painter]]
68: *[[John James Audubon]] ([[1785]]-[[1851]])
188: *[[P. Rostrup Bøyesen]] ([[1882]]-[[1952]])
206: *[[Bertram Brooker]] ([[1888]]-[[1955]])
219: *[[William Partridge Burpee]] ([[1846]]-[[1940]]) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
10: *[[Thomas Ahearn]], inventor of the electric stove in [[1892]]
13: ...orge Armstrong]] — [[hydraulic crane]], Armstrong breech-loading gun
24: ...rdeen]], (1908-1991) — co-inventor of the [[transistor]]
25: *[[Trevor Baylis]], (1937- ) — [[clockwork radio]...
37: ... Brattain]], (born 1902), US co-inventor of the [[transistor]] - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
4: ...t revolutionary at all, that it did not radically transform colonial society, but simply replaced a di...
7: ...c, etc. situations before the revolution, and the trends which led to the coming revolution -->
16: ...ilosophy]] and began to replace arguments born of tradition and authority with those based on observat...
18: ===Religious trends===
23: ...e stable and profitable, new economic and land distribution policies were implemented. Colonial resent... - Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
1: ...pg|thumb|"The Boston Massacre," an engraving by patriot Paul Revere.]]
7: *[[1763]] - [[Treaty of Paris (1763)]] ends [[French and Indian Wa...
27: ** [[Administration of Justice Act]] ([[May 20]]),
39: *[[1778]] - [[Treaty of Alliance]]
46: *[[1783]] - [[Treaty of Paris (1783)]] ends [[United States Revolu... - Aaron Burr (20716 bytes)
3: ...ton]] and his trial and acquittal on charges of [[treason]].
13: ...urr under his wing, and by his vigilance in the retreat from [[Long Island]] Burr saved an entire brig...
14: ...s from both armies. Burr established a thorough patrol system, rigorously enforced [[martial law]], an...
24: ...he [[New_York_State_Assembly]] from [[1784]] to [[1785]], but Burr became seriously involved in politics...
26: ... nomination. Nevertheless, Hamilton masked his hatred of Burr for a decade, remaining outwardly frien... - Montgolfier brothers (3356 bytes)
9: On [[June 5]], [[1783]], as a first public demonstration, they sent up at Annonay a 900 m³ linen...
11: ...uis XVI of France]], to gain his permission for a trial human flight. A tear occured on the top of the...
15: ...tres above [[Paris]] for a distance of nine kilometres.
22: ...not return until the [[1960s]], when [[Raven Industries]] improved the safety of the classic Montgolfi... - Steamboat (11603 bytes)
15: ...ver boatmen took exception to the threat to their trade, and smashed it up.
21: ...en built a steamboat which underwent a successful trial in [[1787]]. The following year a second boat ...
23: ...us development of steamboats. Although plans to introduce boats on the Forth and Clyde canal were thwa...
30: ... few of which survive to the present day, most destroyed by boiler explosions or fires. One of the fe...
32: ...identally, the cartoon ''[[Steamboat Willie]]'' introduced steamboat pilot [[Mickey Mouse]] to the pub... - Continental Congress (4041 bytes)
8: ...anted payment and the military who wanted more control. However, despite these problems, with the hel...
26: *Nov. 1, 1784- Dec. 24, 1784 [[Trenton, New Jersey]]
27: *Jan 11, 1785- Nov. 4, 1785 [[New York, New York]]
28: *Nov. 7, 1785- Nov. 3, 1786
44: *Lynn Montross; ''The Reluctant Rebels; the Story of the Cont... - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
2: ...is many quotations and his experiments with [[electricity]]. Franklin was a member of the [[Freemasons...
8: ===Ancestry===
21: Benjamin Franklin was born on Milk Street in [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]. His fathe...
23: ...vvy about cultivating a positive image of an industrious and intellectual young man earned him a great...
27: ...t]] partly contributed to the American colonies' struggle to maintain their privileges.
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