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- 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... - James Madison (15187 bytes)
18: ... Hamilton]], of the [[Federalist Papers]], and is traditionally regarded as the ''[[List of people kno...
23: ...nted in the new Congress, Madison was one of the strongest advocates of state representation depending...
29: ...e governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself."
31: ...ed Jefferson and believed strongly in limiting centralized power.
33: ...[Dolley Madison|Dolley Payne Todd]], who cut as attractive and vivacious a figure as he did a sickly a... - Andrew Jackson (23546 bytes)
18: ...'''" or the "'''Jacksonian Era'''" — an era traditionally seen as dominating the years between t...
22: ... This [[anglophobia]] would be combined with a distrust and dislike of Eastern aristocrats stemming fr...
26: ... its bravery and success. He was popular with his troops and was said to have been "tough as old hicko...
38: ...bered for introducing the [[spoils system]], or patronage, to American politics. Upon his election as ...
43: ...ems caused by the War of 1812. Both Banks were instrumental in the growth of the U.S. economy, but Jac... - James Buchanan (15634 bytes)
23: | [[April 23]], [[1791]]
50: ... been criticized for failing to prevent the [[country]] from [[sliding]] into [[schism]] and the [[Ame...
53: ... of the [[United States District Court for the District of Missouri]]. Buchanan served as Minister to...
59: ... during which he negotiated the [[1846]] [[Oregon Treaty]] establishing the 49th parallel as the north...
66: ... it. The Court was considering the legality of restricting slavery in the territories, and two justice... - United States (58223 bytes)
2: ...fty [[U.S. state|states]] located primarily in central [[North America]]. The United States has land b...
4: {{Infobox Country |
9: ...>([[Latin]]: "Out of Many, One")<br>''[[In God We Trust]]'' ([[1956]]–present) |
52: ...ence|Declaration of Independence]]. However, the structure of the United States was profoundly changed...
58: ...ion|Constitution]] in [[1789]], forming a more centralized [[federalism|federal]] government. Prior to... - Canada (35540 bytes)
1: ... believe you have arguments or evidence to the contrary, please provide them on the talk page, and wai...
3: ...is already too long and should serve only as an introduction for Canada. To keep this overview article...
6: '''Canada''' is a country in [[North America]], the northern-most in the w...
21: ...heavily on the abundance of natural resources and trade, particularly with the [[United States|U.S.]],...
37: ..., Saskatchewan|Regina]]||-7 (Mountain),<br>-6 (Central) - Washington (20186 bytes)
45: ...d [[whale]] hunting. In the east, nomadic tribes travelled the land and missionaries such as the Whit...
49: ...uimper]] in [[1790]] and [[Francisco Eliza]] in [[1791]], then by British Captain [[George Vancouver]] i...
51: ...ia river]] and, beginning in 1792, he established trade in [[Sea Otter]] pelts. In [[1805]] the [[Lewi...
53: ...ritain ceded their claims to this land with the [[Treaty of Oregon]].
55: Due to the migration along the [[Oregon Trail]], many settlers wandered north to what is now... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
24: AdmittanceDate = [[March 4]], [[1791]] |
38: ...nch and Indian War]]. For many years, rightful control of the area was disputed by the surrounding [[1...
46: ...their relatively low altitude allows for little [[tree-line|timberline]], form a north-south spine run...
50: ...ng Vermont some of New England's best [[cross-country skiing]] areas.
52: ...ch to the presence of a particular variant of the tree; it rather results from a number of soil and cl... - Texas (39610 bytes)
25: ...TimeZone = [[Central Standard Time Zone|Central]]: [[UTC]]-6/[[Daylight saving time|-5]]<br />[...
44: * [[state tree]] — the [[pecan]]
52: ...th an area of [[1 E11 m?|690,000]] [[square kilometre|km<sup>2</sup>]], Texas forms the second-largest...
57: Texas lies in the south-central part of the United States of America. Depending...
70: ...a]] Tribes of Texas, the [[Kickapoo]] Traditional Tribe of Texas, and the [[Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo]] of... - Pennsylvania (32594 bytes)
38: ...y Bell]], [[Independence Hall]], and a thriving metropolitan area, and [[Pittsburgh]], a busy inland [...
42: ...so-called "Pennsylvania Dutch" region in south-central Pennsylvania is another favorite of sightseers....
51: ... Eriez, [[Shawnee]] and other [[Native American]] tribes.
53: ...f Philadelphia, was settled by [[Sweden]], but control later passed to the [[Netherlands]], and then t...
57: ...Wales|Welsh]] [[Quaker]]s and called the "[[Welsh Tract]]". Even today many cities and towns in that a... - 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]] - Biography (6028 bytes)
8: ...e lives of [[chief]]s, [[kings]], [[tribes]], [[patriarchs]] and [[prophets]]. ...
12: ... reign of the [[Roman Empire]], the [[Gospels]] attributed to [[John]], [[Luke]], [[Mark]] and [[Matth...
16: ...dern biographies. Their subjects were usually restricted to [[church father]]s, [[martyr]]s, [[papacy...
24: ...ell]]'s ''[[Life of Johnson]]'' (first edition, [[1791]]). Filled with seemingly verbatim accounts of th... - Thirteen Colonies (4707 bytes)
1: [[Image:Pilgrims_church.jpg|right|thumb|Illustration of Pilgrims in Church. Picture provided by [...
2: ...ited States|American flag]] with 13 stars and 13 stripes representing each of the 13 colonies.]]
10: ...s (the division into three regions is a later construct of historians):
29: ...untry from 1777 until it became the 14th state in 1791. Today it is considered part of [[New England]].
45: '''Future independent countries''' - List of painters (54090 bytes)
14: ...[1912]]-[[1956]]), US [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[painter]]
188: *[[P. Rostrup Bøyesen]] ([[1882]]-[[1952]])
206: *[[Bertram Brooker]] ([[1888]]-[[1955]])
219: *[[William Partridge Burpee]] ([[1846]]-[[1940]])
287: *[[Pietro da Cortona]] ([[1596]]-[[1669]]) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
10: *[[Thomas Ahearn]], inventor of the electric stove in [[1892]]
13: ...orge Armstrong]] — [[hydraulic crane]], Armstrong breech-loading gun
18: *[[Charles Babbage]], (1791-1871), [[England]] — [[Analytical engine]]
24: ...rdeen]], (1908-1991) — co-inventor of the [[transistor]]
25: *[[Trevor Baylis]], (1937- ) — [[clockwork radio]... - Timeline of United States history (1790-1819) (6951 bytes)
7: *[[1791]] - [[United States Bill of Rights|Bill of Rights...
8: *[[1791]] - [[First Bank of the United States]] chartered
9: *[[1791]] - [[Vermont]], formerly part of New York, becom...
16: *[[1795]] - [[Treaty of Greenville]]
17: *[[1795]] - [[Jay Treaty]] - Sloth Bear (2146 bytes)
4: {{Taxobox regnum entry | taxon = [[Animal]]ia}}
5: {{Taxobox phylum entry | taxon = [[Chordata]]}}
6: {{Taxobox classis entry | taxon = [[Mammal]]ia}}
7: {{Taxobox ordo entry | taxon = [[Carnivora]]}}
8: {{Taxobox familia entry | taxon = [[Ursidae]]}} - History of California (38344 bytes)
5: ... populated by [[missionary|missionaries]] and fur trappers, to a land of opportunity and wealth, first...
11: ...and, California|Santa Rosa Island]] are among the traces of a very early inhabitation, dated to the la...
13: ...ada]] foothills collected [[acorn]]s from [[oak]] trees, ground them, and leached out the acidic [[tan...
19: ...ries of [[Zihuatanejo|Ciguatan]], a wonderful country far to the northwest, populated with [[Amazons|A...
30: ... applied in the account of this voyage. It can be traced back to a series of romances that were very p... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
2: ...he popular imagination. It downplays the previous trend of absolutism and people as subjects and ampli...
21: ...r-General of the Finances in [[1783]], pursued a strategy of conspicuous spending as a means of convin...
25: ...inced the short-term creditors on whom the French treasury depended to maintain its day to day operati...
33: ... meeting. Although it would appear that the magistrates were not specifically aware of the "forms of ...
53: ...f the military joined the mob; others remained neutral. - List of people associated with the French Revolution (16148 bytes)
29: *[[Charles Alexandre de Calonne]] - French Controller-General of Finances from 1783 to 1787, whose...
30: ... under [[Napoleon Bonaparte|Bonaparte]], chief contributor to the [[Napoleonic Code]]
33: ...son of the Duke of Orleans, he defected to the Austrians along with [[Charles Dumouriez|Dumouriez]] in...
43: ...ustin de Coulomb]] - major contributor to the [[metric system]]
53: ...irondist cabinet, eventually defected to the [[Austria]]ns
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