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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
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23: ...n]], founded Darién, oldest surviving European settlement in the South American continent.
27: *[[Robert Bartlett]] ([[1875]]-[[1946]]), notable Arctic explorer
30: *[[Ibn Battuta|Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Battuta]], ([[1304]]?-[[1377]]?), [[Morocco|Moroccan]]...
32: *[[Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen]], [[Russians|Russian]] ex... - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
8: ...n Adair (surveyor)|Adair, John]], (died 1722), Scottish surveyor and mapmaker
45: *[[Edwin Adams Cotto|Adams Cotto, Edwin]], (1978-2005), Puerto Rican who was conv...
65: ...2-1803), American patriot & Governor of Massachusetts
67: *[[Scott Adams|Adams, Scott]], (born 1957), American creator of the [[Dilbert...
112: ... of Cambridge|Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge]], (1774-1850) - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
5: ... and [[Johanna Elisabeth von Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp | Elizabeth of Holstein]]. In [[1744]], Tsarin...
9: ...lyan Pugachev|Pugachev uprising]] of [[1773]] - [[1774]].
21: ...mpire as a result of her first war with it. The Ottomans started a [[Russo-Turkish War, 1787-1792|sec...
25: ...em not faced by the anchored Swedish ships. At battle's end, the Russians had lost 50 to 60 ships and... - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
7: ...m he was constant for the rest of her life. His letters to her are among the most graphic of all the p...
14: ...ism to the concept of [[God]]. What makes the ''Lettre sur les aveugles'' interesting is its presentat...
16: His speculation in the ''Lettre sur les aveugles'' was too hardy for the author...
23: ...he Englishman [[John Mills]], and the German, [[Gottfried Sellius]]. Diderot accepted the proposal, bu...
25: ... volume was given to the world. The last of the letterpress was issued in 1765, but it was 1772 before... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
1: ...MarieAntoinette1769-70.jpg|thumbnail|Marie-Antoinette, painted by Wagenschon shortly after her marriag...
2: '''Marie-Antoinette''', Queen of [[France]] and Archduchess of [[Aus...
4: Marie-Antoinette was the fifteenth child (the youngest daughter; ...
7: ...e Austrian Empire for fifteen years before Antoinette's birth. She was considered one of the most bril...
9: ...ss's youngest daughter in marriage - Marie-Antoinette (much to the Empress's amusement.) - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
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289: ...sprawling retreat occasionally used as a casual setting for hosting foreign dignitaries.
315: ...gov/research_room/jfk/house_select_committee/committee_report_gunmen.html]
319: **[[Warren G. Harding]], died of [[heart attack]] in [[1923]]
367: ...nal "Presidents" who only held the office for a matter of hours or minutes. - George Washington (29551 bytes)
26: ...lf-brother Lawrence in [[1751]], and survived an attack of [[smallpox]], although his face was scarred...
31: ...rench, which Washington could not read.) The "[[Battle of Jumonville Glen|Jumonville affair]]" became ...
33: ...[[Braddock Expedition#Battle of the Monongahela|Battle of the Monongahela]]. Washington distinguished ...
37: By [[1774]], Washington had become one of the colonies' wea...
41: ... Army]] on [[June 15]], [[1775]]. The [[Massachusetts]] delegate [[John Adams]] suggested his appointm... - John Hancock (8787 bytes)
8: ...iness, making him the wealthiest man in Massachusetts at the time.
13: ...o resist the [[Stamp Act 1765|Stamp Act]], which attempted to restrict colonial trading.
17: ...oke that "[[Samuel Adams|Sam Adams]] writes the letters [to newspapers] and John Hancock pays the post...
19: ...eady to fight in sixty seconds—and his boycott of [[tea]] imported by the [[British East India C...
27: ... the Continental Congress's demand for [[beef]] cattle to feed the hungry army. On [[January 19]], [[1... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Braintree]], [[Massachusetts]]
13: | place of death=[[Quincy]], [[Massachusetts]]
22: ...rated from [[Devon]], [[England]], to [[Massachusetts]] in about [[1636]]; his mother was Susanna Boyl...
24: ...[[James Otis]] in the superior court of Massachusetts as to the legality of [[Writs of Assistance]]. O...
26: ...gregational]] minister at [[Weymouth]], Massachusetts. Their son, John Quincy Adams, was born in [[176... - James Monroe (11107 bytes)
22: ...rginia. His parents Spence Monroe (ca. [[1727]]-[[1774]]) and Elizabeth Jones (born ca. [[1729]]) were w...
34: ...avery in [[Missouri]] precipitated two years of bitter debate in Congress. The [[Missouri Compromise]]...
68: ...n="left"|[[Attorney General of the United States|Attorney General]]||align="left"|'''[[Richard Rush]]'...
91: == States Admitted to the Union ==
107: *[http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/presiden/monroepa.h... - Madagascar (29377 bytes)
10: national_motto = Tanindrazana, Fahafahana, Fandrosoan...
53: ... trading posts along the east coast. From about [[1774]] to [[1824]], it was a favorite haunt for [[pira...
61: ...rising]] was suppressed after several months of bitter fighting. The French subsequently established r...
68: ...d, with no direct criticism of the president permitted in the press.
78: ...sirahonana]], the [[1997]] elections once again pitted Zafy and Ratsiraka, with Ratsiraka this time em... - James Watt (5070 bytes)
2: <div style="float:right">[[image:James Watt small.jpg]]</div>
3: ...dash;[[August 19]], [[1819]]) was a [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[mathematician]] and [[engineer]] whose imp...
14: ...Matthew Boulton]] to manufacture his improved [[Watt steam engine]].
22: Watt adopted the [[centrifugal governor]] to regulate ...
24: ...ting engine, a counter, an indicator, and a [[throttle]] valve) made the steam engine his life's work. - Vermont (39851 bytes)
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24: AdmittanceDate = [[March 4]], [[1791]] |
36: ...mplain]] in the northwest. It borders [[Massachusetts]] to the south, [[New Hampshire]] to the east, [...
38: ...ed by the surrounding [[13 colonies|colonies]]. Settlers who held land titles granted by the [[Provinc...
46: ...ecause their relatively low altitude allows for little [[tree-line|timberline]], form a north-south sp... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
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38: *[[Mariotto Albertinelli]] ([[1474]]-[[1515]])
102: *[[Jennifer Bartlett]] ([[1941]]-)
130: *[[Bernardo Bellotto]] ([[1721]]-[[1780]])
183: *[[Sandro Botticelli]] ([[1445]]-[[1510]]) - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
2: ... and continued after the British surrender at [[Battle of Yorktown (1781)|Yorktown]]. "The Revolution ...
4: ...ture and extent of the American Revolution is a matter of interpretation. It is generally agreed that ...
28: ...ement became the practice. In [[1761]], Massachusetts lawyer [[James Otis]] argued that the writs viol...
30: ...ance. In previous years, the colonies had shown little inclination towards collective action. Grenvill...
38: ...eized by customs officials in [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] on [[June 10]], [[1768]]. Angry protest... - Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
19: *[[1771]] - [[Battle of Alamance]] in [[North Carolina]]
20: *[[1772]] - [[Samuel Adams]] organizes the [[Committees of Correspondence]]
23: *[[1774]] - First [[Continental Congress]]
24: *[[1774]] - [[Dunmore's War]]
25: *[[1774]] - British pass [[Intolerable Acts]], including: - Polar bear (6417 bytes)
12: ...r = [[Constantine John Phipps|Phipps]] | date = [[1774]]}}
17: ...g|thumb|left|250px|Polar Bear photo courtesy of [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
22: ...that they have begun [[aquatic adaptation]]s to better catch their prey. They also hunt very efficient...
24: ...ns was caused by hunting, not by climate change [http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=...
25: ...ar.jpg|thumb|250px|Polar Bear photo courtesy of [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]] - History of California (38344 bytes)
3: ...has been occupied for millennia, the lack of a written record and the significant marginalization in t...
13: ...s]] and [[European colonization of the Americas|settlers]] appeared, they found many [[Native American...
19: ...silver. About the same time, Hernán Cortés was attracted by stories of [[Zihuatanejo|Ciguatan]], a w...
50: ... inscribed with Drake's claim to the new lands, fitting a description in Drake's own account, was disc...
71: ...necessary in Upper ("Alta") California. Between [[1774]] and [[1791]], the Crown sent forth a number of ... - List of popes (77758 bytes)
25: ...[[Jesus]] from whom, according to {{bibleverse||Matthew|16:18-19|}}, he received the keys to the kingd...
1230: | <small>[[Cittࠤi Castello]], Umbria, Italy</small>
1393: | <small>Ottobuono [[Fieschi]]</small>
1449: | <small>Benedetto Caetani</small>
1603: | <small>Giovanni Battista Cybo</small> - Michel de Montaigne (5245 bytes)
6: ...ised Protestant. Montaigne was sent to a small cottage with a peasant family and a tutor until he was...
18: ...al differences. It was published much later, in [[1774]], under the title ''Travel Journal''.
33: ...sdain for man's pursuit of lasting fame, and his attempts to detach himself from worldly things to pre...
35: ...his time, his belief that humans are not able to attain true certainty ([[skepticism]]), and even allu...
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