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- 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 === - James Monroe (11107 bytes)
22: ...chool of Campelltown Academy in Viginia and then attended the [[College of William and Mary]], fought ...
24: ... States Senator]]. As Minister to [[France]] in [[1794]]-[[1796]], he displayed strong sympathies for th...
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 == - John Quincy Adams (11783 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Braintree]], [[Massachusetts]]
22: ...bar and commenced practice in [[Boston, Massachusetts]].
24: ...ppointed him Minister to the [[Netherlands]] in [[1794]], Minister to [[Portugal]] in [[1796]] and Minis...
26: He was elected to the [[Massachusetts]] State Senate in [[1802]], and was an unsuccess...
37: ...ew Jackson|Jackson]], who defeated Adams in the latter's quest for re-election, was sworn in to replac... - Eli Whitney (3270 bytes)
1: ...hitney.jpg|thumb|Eli Whitney Image courtesy of [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
6: ...pa]]. On [[January 6]], [[1817]] he married Henrietta Edwards and they had four children.
10: [[Image:Cotton-gin.jpg|left|thumb|Cotton gin]]
12: ===Cotton gin===
14: ...Southern states]] of the United States, a prime cotton growing area; some historians believe that this... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
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38: *[[Mariotto Albertinelli]] ([[1474]]-[[1515]])
102: *[[Jennifer Bartlett]] ([[1941]]-)
114: *[[Thomas Mann Baynes]] ([[1794]]-[[1854]])
130: *[[Bernardo Bellotto]] ([[1721]]-[[1780]]) - Flag (13245 bytes)
3: ...a flag if it is flown like a flag, with one side attached, though many flags are recognisable if displ...
9: ...s, the origin of flags in the modern sense is a matter of dispute. Some believe flags originated in [[...
11: ... [[Middle Ages]], flags were used mainly during battles to identify individual leaders: in [[Europe]] ...
14: ...Australiaflag.jpg|thumb|250px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
15: ...y [[World War I]] these were withdrawn from the battlefields, and have been used only at ceremonial oc... - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
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32: *[[Katherine Blodgett]], (1898-1979) — nonreflective [[glass]]
33: *[[Theobald Boehm]], ([[1794]]-[[1881]]), [[Germany]] — inventor of the ...
37: *[[Walter Houser Brattain]], (born 1902), US co-inventor of the [[transi...
60: *[[Gottlieb Daimler]], (1834-1900), [[Germany]] — [... - Timeline of United States history (1790-1819) (6951 bytes)
11: *[[1793]] - [[Eli Whitney]] invents [[cotton gin]]
14: *[[1794]] - [[Whiskey Rebellion]]
15: *[[1794]] - [[Battle of Fallen Timbers]]
58: *[[1811]] - [[Battle of Tippecanoe]]
65: *[[1814]] - [[Treaty of Ghent]] settles [[War of 1812]] - Causes of the French Revolution (11170 bytes)
7: ...volutionary ideals to the French. Many in France attacked the [[democracy|undemocratic]] nature of the...
9: ...e: absolutism, feudalism and [[philistinism]]." [http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/12/15...
22: ... private collectors ("tax farmers") who were permitted to raise far more than the government requested...
28: ===Attempts at reforms===
30: ... this position hereditarily (the so-called ''Paulette'' tax). Membership in such courts, or appointmen... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
23: ..., and proposed a uniform land tax as a means of setting France's finances in order in the long term. ...
25: ...ing's tactlessness), Brienne went on the attack, attempting to disband the parlements entirely and col...
33: ...part of the opposition that the government would attempt to gerrymander an assembly to its liking. In...
35: Almost immediately the "Committee of Thirty", a body of liberal Parisians, mostly...
37: ...ker and Lamoignon, the keeper of the seals, did little to give guidance to the deputies, who were rema... - List of people associated with the French Revolution (16148 bytes)
2: ...h supporters and opponents of the revolution. It attempts to give identifying facts and ultimate fates...
9: ...ned in [[1797]] after a ''[[coup d'etat|coup]]'' attempt
14: ...an-Baptiste Bernadotte|Jean-Baptiste Jules Bernadotte]] - General, later king of [[Sweden]]
17: *[[Jacques Nicolas Billaud-Varenne]] - on [[Committee of Public Safety]], more radical [[Maximilien R...
32: ...te Carnot]] - mathematician, physicist, on [[Committee of Public Safety]], the "Organizer of Victory,"... - Napoleonic Wars (44488 bytes)
5: ...vember]] [[1815]], following Napoleon's final [[Battle of Waterloo|defeat at Waterloo]] and the [[Trea...
13: ...ary than that of previous monarchs (or for that matter the [[Jacobin]] and Directory regimes of France...
20: ...ry units as opposed to the previous tradition of attaching artillery pieces in support of other troop ...
28: ... ever have more than 100,000 under arms were the Ottoman Empire, Italy, Naples and Poland (not includi...
32: ...fore the [[Battle of Fleurus]], on [[June 26]], [[1794]]. There were also advances in [[ordnance]] and [... - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
6: ...e]] and [[Jean-Jacques Rousseau]] questioned and attacked the existing institutions of both [[Church]]...
12: ...resent purposes, these two eras are [[lumpers/splitters|split]]; however, it is equally acceptable to ...
16: ...ced by the ideas of [[Blaise Pascal|Pascal]], [[Gottfried Leibniz|Leibniz]], [[Galileo Galilei|Galileo...
24: ... as England's own "[[Star Chamber]]" court would attest to. However, once the concept established that...
28: ... to use your own intelligence! is therefore the motto of the enlightenment.'' - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
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14: *[[Neil Bartlett]], (born 1932), English/Canadian/American chemist
41: *[[Otto Diels]], (1876-1954), German chemnist, winner of...
74: *[[Otto Hahn]], (1879-1968)
77: *[[Charles Hatchett]], (1765-1847), English chemist who discovered [[... - James Cook (14770 bytes)
12: ...st of [[Newfoundland]], which brought him to the attention of the [[Royal Society]].
14: Cook's huge achievements can be attributed to a combination of excellent [[seamanship...
28: ...ts name to the [[Space Shuttle Endeavour|Space Shuttle ''Endeavour'']], as well the Endeavour River.
32: ... [[Joseph Banks]] was a bigger hero. Banks even attempted to take command of Cook's second voyage, bu...
41: ...hen travelled south again, in a second fruitless attempt to find the supposed continent, bringing with... - Honolulu, Hawaii (19495 bytes)
41: ...ameha I]] conquered [[Oahu|O‘ahu]] in the Battle of [[Nuuanu Pali|Nu‘uanu Pali]], he moved...
43: ... of England was the first foreigner to sail, in [[1794]], into what is now Honolulu Harbor. More foreig...
48: ...he [[United States]], and the [[Japan|Japanese]] attack on [[Pearl Harbor]], Honolulu would remain the...
51: ...aii_state_map.jpg|thumb|250px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
64: ...ues. World-famous '''Waikīkī Beach''' attracts thousands of visitors a year. Just west of ... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
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62: *[[Grigory Barenblatt|Grigory Isaakovich Barenblatt]] (Russia, USA, [[1927]] - )
63: *[[Charlotte Barnum]] (1860-1934)
82: *[[Bhargav Bharat Bhatt]] (India)
86: *[[Errett Bishop]] ([[1928]] - [[1983]]) - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
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10: *[[Antonio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1846]] – [[1928]])
11: *[[Georgio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1882]] – [[1982]])
136: *[[Pablo Cottenot]] ([[France]])
150: *[[William Rutter Dawes]] ([[Britain]], [[1799]] – [[1868]]... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
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39: *[[Leone Battista Alberti]], (1404-1472)
43: *[[Rogers Albritton]]
55: *[[Francesco Algarotti]], (1712-1764)
57: *[[Archibald Alison (Scottish author)|Archibald Alison]], (1757-1839){{fn|R}... - Cotton gin (2185 bytes)
1: ...right|thumb|300px|Cotton gin. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
2: ...en, while brushes continuously remove the loose cotton lint to prevent jams.
4: ...of a [[cat]] clawing a [[chicken]] through the slatted walls of its coop and retrieving a paw full of ...
6: ...]] should be credited with the invention of the cotton gin, or at least its inception. It is known th...
8: Small cotton gins were hand-powered; larger ones were harnes...
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