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- Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
1: ...769-70.jpg|thumbnail|Marie-Antoinette, painted by Wagenschon shortly after her marriage in [[1770]]]]
2: ...f [[Louis XVI]] and mother of [[Louis XVII]]. She was guillotined at the height of the [[French Revolu...
4: ...ristened Maria-Antonia-Josepha-Johanna. ''Maria'' was in honour of the [[Virgin Mary]], ''Antonia'' in...
6: Maria-Antonia was brought up in the company of her closest sister,...
7: ... for fifteen years before Antoinette's birth. She was considered one of the most brilliant political f... - Sheng (instrument) (1217 bytes)
5: ...re known in Europe centuries earlier. However, it was only in the early [[1800s]] that Amiot's sheng i... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=George Washington
15: | wife=[[Martha Washington]]
19: ...ontinental Army]] in the [[American Revolutionary War]] ([[1775]]–[[1783]]) and later the first ...
21: ...tarily relinquished power even though some others wanted him to retain that power for life (as [[monar...
24: ... the difference in his birth year. His birthplace was Pope's Creek Plantation, south of [[Colonial Bea... - John Hancock (8787 bytes)
5: ...show that Hancock always wrote his signature this way.
8: ...d received a business degree in [[1754]], when he was 17. Upon graduation, he worked for his uncle. Fr...
10: ...and virtuously, the same. With his generosity, he was regarded as a man of integrity and honor.
15: ... arriving from England, his [[sloop]] ''Liberty'' was impounded by British customs officials for viola...
19: ...ngly condemning the British. In the same year, he was unanimously elected president of the Provisional... - United States (58223 bytes)
2: ...fifty states, [[Alaska]], an [[exclave]], and [[Hawaii]], an [[archipelago]], are not contiguous with ...
13: capital = [[Washington, D.C.]] |latd=38|latm=53|latNS=N|longd=77...
21: percent_water = 4.66% |
34: sovereignty_type = [[American Revolutionary War|Independence]] |
52: ...ce]]. However, the structure of the United States was profoundly changed in [[1788]] when the states r... - Flag of Delaware (1314 bytes)
1: [[Image:Delaware_flag.jpg|thumb|right|Flag of Delaware.Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com ...
2: ...ect the colors of the uniform of General [[George Washington]].
4: ...an [[ox]] standing on grass, all representing Delaware's agriculture. Above the shield is a sailing sh...
6: ...giments from Delaware during the [[American Civil War]] flew a similar flag with the state coat of arm...
9: Wyatt, Rick. 2004. "Delaware (U.S.)" http://www.fotw.net/flags/us-de.html - Boat (6417 bytes)
1: A '''boat''' is a [[watercraft]], usually smaller than most [[ship]]s. S...
3: ... [[Paddle_steamer|paddlewheels]] or a [[pump-jet|water jet]].
62: * [[Water taxi]]
71: ...[[crew]]. This use is uncommon in the case of a [[warship]].
77: [[image:badewannenrennen.jpg|thumbnail|190px|right|Bathtub racin... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
17: WaterArea = 949 |
18: PCWater = 3.8 |
38: ...er the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]]. Famous for its scenery, [[dairy]] products an...
42: ... it the 43rd largest in land area and the 47th in water area.
44: ...tate's geographic center is [[Washington, Vermont|Washington]], three miles east of [[Roxbury, Vermont... - Texas (39610 bytes)
17: WaterArea = 17,333 |
18: PCWater = 2.5 |
55: ...on the north (across the [[Red River (Mississippi watershed)|Red River]]), and [[Louisiana]] (across t...
70: ...]], [[Comanche]], [[Cherokee]], [[Kiowa]], [[Tonkawa]], and [[Wichita (tribe)|Wichita]]. Currently, t...
74: Prior to [[1821]], Texas was part of the [[Spain|Spanish]] colony of [[New Sp... - New Jersey (35646 bytes)
10: LargestCity = [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]] |
17: WaterArea = 3,378 |
18: PCWater = 14.9 |
39: ... of [[New Sweden]], which included parts of [[Delaware]] and southeastern [[Pennsylvania]]. These terr...
41: ...ds who had been loyal through the [[English Civil War]]: [[George Carteret|Sir George Carteret]] and [... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
6: * 2.4 MYA: [[Oldowan|Stone tools]] in [[Africa]]
34: ...ntury BC|3800s BC]]: [[Sweet Track|Engineered roadway]] in [[England]]
55: * [[Water clock]] in [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]]
110: * [[1510]]: [[Pocket watch]]: [[Peter Henlein]]
142: * [[1767]]: [[Carbonated water]]: [[Joseph Priestley]] - Thirteen Colonies (4707 bytes)
4: ...ritain]], leading to the [[American Revolutionary War]] and the establishment of the [[United States|U...
6: ...nd the colonies of [[Nova Scotia]] and [[Prince Edward Island]]—remained loyal to the British Cr...
10: Contemporaneous documents almost always listed the colonies in geographical order, roug...
21: ...], the "Lower Counties on Delaware"), later [[Delaware]]
29: ...*</nowiki>Vermont was an independent country from 1777 until it became the 14th state in 1791. Today it ... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
28: *[[Oswald Achenbach]] ([[1827]]-[[1905]])
48: *[[Washington Allston]] ([[1779]]-[[1843]])
90: *[[Edward Mitchell Bannister]] ([[1828]]-[[1901]])
147: *[[Anna Bilinska-Bohdanowiczowa]] ([[1857]]-[[1893]])
471: *[[John William Godward]] ([[1861]]-[[1922]]) - Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
7: ...Treaty of Paris (1763)]] ends [[French and Indian War]]
24: *[[1774]] - [[Dunmore's War]]
35: *[[1777]] - [[Battle of Oriskany]] ([[August 6]])
36: *[[1777]] - [[Battle of Saratoga]] ([[October 7]])
37: *[[1777]] - [[Vermont]], as the [[Republic of Vermont]], ... - History of the United States (1776-1789) (19792 bytes)
7: ...ir own governance. The Congress appointed George Washington to head a Continental Army, and dispatche...
9: ...o [[Thomas Jefferson]]. However, Jefferson's work was reviewed by Franklin at length and then submitte...
11: ...entually able to win the [[American Revolutionary War]] against Great Britain, settled by the [[Treaty...
13: ...ithout fully clarifying whether the United States was to be a nation-state or a mere league of States,...
15: ...a, chose, instead, to write a Constitution, which was ratified by eleven States in 1788. - January 2 (10888 bytes)
15: ...iscovery of the planet [[Vulcan (planet)|Vulcan]] was announced at a meeting of the [[AcadéŠe des Sci...
25: *[[1905]] - [[Russo-Japanese War]]: The [[Russia]]n fleet surrenders at [[L?ou|Po...
32: ... the bank of the [[River Taff]] in [[Cardiff]], [[Wales]].
33: ... will eventually be constructed by the end of the war.
34: *[[1942]] - [[World War II]]: [[Manila]] is captured by [[Japan]]ese for... - Independence Day (United States) (6238 bytes)
13: ...ly fireworks.jpg|thumb|These fireworks over the [[Washington Monument]] are typical of Fourth of July ...
17: ...e been associated with the Fourth of July since [[1777]].
23: ...ned by the members of the Congress, but even that was kept secret to protect the members from British ...
27: ...of this continent to the other, from this time forward for evermore.
29: ...ess, was first adopted by the vote of the 4th. It was also the first day Philadelphians heard the offi... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
2: ...lute monarchy]] and the [[Roman Catholic Church]] was forced to undergo radical restructuring. While [...
8: ... [[bourgeoisie]], allied with aggrieved peasants, wage-earners, and individuals of all classes who had...
13: ...ntment of the [[seigneurial system]] by peasants, wage-earners, and, to a lesser extent, the bourgeois...
21: ...d [[Jacques Necker]] (Director-General of Finance 1777–1781), unsuccessfully proposed to revise th...
23: ... France's financial situation, determined that it was not sustainable, and proposed a uniform land tax... - Baboon (5672 bytes)
9: ...Christian Polycarp Erxleben|Erxleben]] | date = [[1777]]}}
26: The Hamadryas Baboon was a sacred animal to the ancient Egyptians as the ...
32: ...em. After scarcely one year the young animals are waened and to reach the sexual maturity in five to e... - Bobcat (4586 bytes)
12: ...ristian Daniel von Schreber|Schreber]] | date = [[1777]]}}
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