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- Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
3: ...s history]] concerns events from '''[[1760]] to [[1789]]'''.
19: *[[1771]] - [[Battle of Alamance]] in [[North Carolina]]
20: *[[1772]] - [[Samuel Adams]] organizes the [[Committees of Correspondence]]
28: ** [[Massachusetts Government Act]] ([[May 20]]),
31: *[[1775]] - [[Battle of Lexington and Concord]] - History of the United States (1776-1789) (19792 bytes)
5: ...e subjected to continual sniper attacks. The [[Battle of Lexington and Concord]], coming after a doze...
9: ... was reviewed by Franklin at length and then submitted to the Congress where numerous changes were mad...
11: ...ican Revolutionary War]] against Great Britain, settled by the [[Treaty of Paris (1783)|Treaty of Pari...
17: In 1789, the [[Constitution of the United States]] was pu...
21: ...essary to world Empire. The British Parliament's attempt to raise taxes on the North American colonist...
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- List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
21: *[[Sharon Acker|Acker, Sharon]] (born 1935)[http://imdb.com/name/nm0009943]
39: ... Gottlieb Ackermann|Ackermann, Johann Christian Gottlieb]] (1756-1801)
43: ...rlotte Ackermann|Ackermann, Marie Magdalene Charlotte]] (1757-1775)
46: ...ophie Charlotte Ackermann|Ackermann, Sophie Charlotte]] (1714-1792)
48: ...Heinrich Ackermann|Ackermann, Wilhelm Heinrich]] (1789-1848) - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
5: ... and [[Johanna Elisabeth von Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp | Elizabeth of Holstein]]. In [[1744]], Tsarin...
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... - 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)
27: ...thumb|'''[[George Washington]]''', 1st President (1789-1797)]]
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68: || [[1789]]|| [[1797]] || ''No party'' || [[John Adams]]
253: *[[April 30]], [[1789]] - [[March 4]], [[1797]]: The trivial case of [[...
272: | [[September 24]], [[1789]] ||align=right| $25,000 - George Washington (29551 bytes)
6: | date1=[[April 30]], [[1789]]
19: ...ited States]] under the [[U.S. Constitution]]. ([[1789]]–[[1797|97]]). He also served as President...
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 ... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Braintree]], [[Massachusetts]]
13: | place of death=[[Quincy]], [[Massachusetts]]
18: ...]] – [[July 4]], [[1826]]) was the first ([[1789]]–[[1797]]) [[Vice President of the United ...
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... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
13: | place of death=[[Charlottesville, Virginia]]
23: ...]] for several generations. He attended and then attempted to institute many reforms at the [[College ...
25: ...herman]], and [[Robert R. Livingston]]. The committee met and unanimously solicited Jefferson to prep...
27: ...e definitive book on the original buildings, or [http://etext.virginia.edu/jefferson/grizzard Academic...
29: [[Image:Jefferson1web.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Letter to Col. Skipwith, concerning millet seed]] - James Madison (15187 bytes)
21: ...od years. In [[1769]], he left the plantation to attend [[Princeton University]] (it was called the ''...
33: ...[[Dolley Madison|Dolley Payne Todd]], who cut as attractive and vivacious a figure as he did a sickly ...
40: ...], the [[Treaty of Ghent]] ended the war. The [[Battle of New Orleans (1815)]], in which [[Andrew Jack...
83: ...n="left"|[[Attorney General of the United States|Attorney General]]||align="left"|'''[[Caesar A. Rodne...
107: === States Admitted to the Union === - United States (58223 bytes)
9: national_motto = <br>''[[E Pluribus Unum]]'' ([[1789]]–present)<br>([[Latin]]: "Out of Many, One...
22: population_estimate = 333,287,557 [http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/popclock] |
37: ...[1787]]<br>[[May 23]], [[1788]]<br>[[March 4]], [[1789]]|
52: ...cientific]], [[technological]] and [[cultural]] matters.
58: ... [[United States Constitution|Constitution]] in [[1789]], forming a more centralized [[federalism|federa... - U.S. state (14432 bytes)
9: ...p.jpg|400px|left|Map of USA. Clipart provded by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
21: ...Ark.<td>[[Arkansas]]<td>[[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock]]
38: ...Mass.<td>[[Massachusetts]]<td>[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]</tr>
79: ...le of [[Commonwealth]]: [[Kentucky]], [[Massachusetts]], [[Pennsylvania]], and [[Virginia]]. In these...
81: ...nty]] (coterminous with the [[borough]] of [[Manhattan]]) in that city. - North Carolina (18268 bytes)
10: ...rgestCity = [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]] |
24: AdmittanceOrder = 12<sup>th</sup> |
25: AdmittanceDate = [[November 21]], [[1789]] |
42: ...first American territory the [[England|English]] attempted to colonize. [[Sir Walter Raleigh]], for wh...
44: ...late [[seventeenth century]], several permanent settlements had taken hold in the Carolina territory, ... - Hawaii (34434 bytes)
23: AdmittanceOrder = 50<sup>th</sup> |
24: AdmittanceDate = [[August 21]], [[1959]] |
39: This state most recently admitted into the Union has many distinctions. In additi...
46: ...song]] is ''[[Hawai'i pono'i|Hawaii ponoi]]'', written by [[Kalakaua|King Kalākaua]] and composed...
56: ...unt Waialeale|Mount Waiʻaleʻale]] the wettest place on earth; it averages 11.7 m (460 in) of... - Maryland (22654 bytes)
23: AdmittanceOrder = 7<sup>th</sup> |
24: AdmittanceDate = [[April 28]], [[1788]] |
41: ...]. The new colony was named in honour of [[Henrietta Maria]], Queen Consort of Charles I.
43: ...e]] who on [[March 25]], [[1634]] led the first settlers into this area which would soon become one of...
47: ...Virginia to Maryland, and were given land for a settlement called Providence (now called Annapolis). ... - Washington (20186 bytes)
10: LargestCity = [[Seattle, Washington|Seattle]] |
23: AdmittanceOrder = 42<sup>nd</sup> |
24: AdmittanceDate = [[November 11]], [[1889]] |
36: ...st city in Washington is [[Seattle, Washington|Seattle]]. As of the [[2000]] census, the state populat...
42: The [[battleship]] [[USS Washington|USS ''Washington'']] was... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
23: AdmittanceOrder = 14<sup>th</sup> |
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... - New Jersey (35646 bytes)
23: AdmittanceOrder = 3<sup>rd</sup> |
24: AdmittanceDate = [[December 18]], [[1787]] |
39: ...ity]]. Some of southwestern New Jersey was also settled by the [[Sweden|Swedes]] in the mid-1600's as ...
41: ...t Baron Berkeley of Stratton|Lord Berkeley of Stratton]].
45: ...illiam Penn]] acting as trustee for a time) who settled the Delaware Valley region as a Quaker colony.... - Thirteen Colonies (4707 bytes)
1: ...tion of Pilgrims in Church. Picture provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
14: ...rovince of Massachusetts Bay]], later [[Massachusetts]] and [[Maine]]
49: * [[Nevis]], as part of [[Saint Kitts and Nevis]]
50: * [[St. Christopher]], now [[Saint Kitts]]
58: ...ch colony as of 1776; [[British Honduras]], had settlements, but "unofficial" until at least a couple ... - History of the United States (21226 bytes)
7: ...dominated the area until the influx of European settlers in the early [[17th century]].
12: ...and a British policy of benign neglect which permitted the development of an American spirit and cultu...
14: ==History of the United States (1776-1789)==
15: ...see the main [[History of the United States (1776-1789)]] article.''
19: ==History of the United States (1789-1849)== - List of painters (54090 bytes)
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38: *[[Mariotto Albertinelli]] ([[1474]]-[[1515]])
72: *[[Jules Robert Auguste]] ([[1789]]-[[1850]])
102: *[[Jennifer Bartlett]] ([[1941]]-)
130: *[[Bernardo Bellotto]] ([[1721]]-[[1780]]) - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
2: ... and continued after the British surrender at [[Battle of Yorktown (1781)|Yorktown]]. "The Revolution ...
4: ...the first [[President of the United States]] in [[1789]]. Beyond that, interpretations vary. At one end ...
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...
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