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- Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
5: ...ed a group of troops to the palace in which Peter was residing. He immediately fled to a distant castl...
9: ...ion representing all classes except the [[serf]]s was created to make this document the law, but she d...
17: ... succeed, Panin fell out of favor and in [[1781]] was dismissed.
21: ...usso-Turkish War]] during Catherine's reign. This war ([[1787]]-[[1792]]) ended with the [[Treaty of J...
23: ...ator in the [[War of the Bavarian Succession]] ([[1778]]-[[1779]]) between Prussia and Austria. In [[178... - 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... - 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 Adams (18716 bytes)
7: | preceded=[[George Washington]]
18: ... United States]]. His son, [[John Quincy Adams]], was the sixth President of the United States ([[1825...
22: ...o [[Massachusetts]] in about [[1636]]; his mother was Susanna Boylston Adams.
24: ...se of the American colonies. Years later, when he was an old man, Adams undertook to write out, at len...
26: ...h]], Massachusetts. Their son, John Quincy Adams, was born in [[1767]]. - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
14: | wife= None; wife [[Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson|Martha]] died before he too...
18: ...pril 13]], [[1743]] – [[July 4]], [[1826]]) was the third ([[1801]]–[[1809]]) [[President ...
23: ...he [[College of William & Mary]] — where he was a member of the secret [[Flat Hat Club]] —...
25: Jefferson was the primary author of the [[United States Declar...
27: ...nded from the sale of his collection (the Library was founded in [[1800]]; Jefferson sold his third li... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
22: ... descent]], and the only whose [[first language]] was not [[English language|English]].
25: ... farmer and popular [[tavern]]-keeper. His mother was Maria Hoes ([[February 27]], [[1747]]–[[Fe...
27: ... did not fall under his influence. In [[1803]] he was admitted to the bar and continued in active and ...
29: ...ia County]] from [[1808]] until [[1813]], when he was removed. In [[1812]] he entered the state Senate...
33: ...s a member of the Senate, until [[1819]], when he was displaced to make room for a Federalist. He had ... - Geology (12007 bytes)
7: ...n the year [[1779]]. An older meaning of the word was first used by [[Richard de Bury]]. He used it to...
10: ...f miles from the ocean, he inferred that the land was formed by [[erosion]] of the [[mountain]]s and b...
12: ...ned until after the [[Scientific Revolution]]. It was translated into [[Latin]] and the other language...
14: ...nd [[alum]], and administrative issues. The book was published in [[1556]].
26: ...gh Hutton believed in uniformitarianism, the idea was not widely accepted at the time. - Equatorial Guinea (13387 bytes)
32: ...'''[[Area]]'''<br /> - Total <br /> - % water
85: ...in government revenue. [[As of 2004]] [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1101-2004Sep6.ht...
91: ...ed in detail in [http://www.innercitypress.org/finwatch.html this Anti-Money Laundering Report from In...
112: ...ns. The [[Annobon]] population, native to Angola, was introduced by the Portuguese via S⯠Tom鮊
113: ...se in 1474. The Portuguese retained control until 1778, when the island, adjacent islets, and commercial... - Hawaii (34434 bytes)
2: Name = Hawaii |
3: ...te of Hawaii<br />Moku‘āina ‘o Hawai‘i |
4: Flag = Hawaii state flag.png |
5: Flaglink = [[Flag of Hawaii]] |
6: Seal = Hawaii state seal.png | - Washington (20186 bytes)
2: Name = Washington |
3: Fullname = State of Washington |
4: Flag = Washington state flag.png |
5: Flaglink = [[Flag of Washington]] |
6: Seal = Washington state seal.png | - 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... - South Carolina (11968 bytes)
17: WaterArea = 4,915 |
18: PCWater = 6 |
37: ...ited States]]. The [[Province of South Carolina]] was one of the [[13 colonies]] that revolted against...
42: ...overnment on March 15, 1776. On [[February 5]], [[1778]] South Carolina became the first state to ratify...
44: ...]] were among those firing the first shots of the war, though Edmund Ruffin is usually credited with f... - Oregon (26551 bytes)
17: WaterArea = 6,177 |
18: PCWater = 2.4 |
36: ...ordering the [[Pacific Ocean]], [[California]], [[Washington]], [[Idaho]], and [[Nevada]]. Its norther...
45: ... [[United States 2000 Census|population in 2000]] was 3,421,399, a 20.4% increase over 1990; [[as of 2...
49: ...st permanent white settlement in Oregon. In the [[War of 1812]], the [[Britain|British]] gained contro... - Spinning Jenny (3557 bytes)
2: ... jenny''' is a multi-spool [[spinning wheel]]. It was invented circa 1764 by [[James Hargreaves]] in S...
4: ...urn, in 1720. He received no formal education and was never taught how to read or write. He moved to S...
6: ...ason the spindles had to be horizontal, as they always had been, and he could place them vertically in...
8: Whatever the inspiration, the basic idea was developed as a machine with eight spindles at on...
10: ...e weft of the fabric, using stronger yarn for the warp. Later developments improved the quality of the... - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
14: *[[Edward Asselbergs]],(1927 - June, 1996)of the [[Canada...
36: ...1-1787) — [[Croatia]], ring-[[micrometer]], water [[telescope]]
37: *[[Walter Houser Brattain]], (born 1902), US co-invento...
48: *[[Wallace Carothers]], (1896-1937) — [[Nylon]]
49: *[[George Washington Carver]], (1860-1943), plant scientist - 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]]
39: *[[1778]] - [[Treaty of Alliance]]
46: ...Paris (1783)]] ends [[United States Revolutionary War]]
52: *[[1787]] - [[Delaware]], [[Pennsylvania]] and [[New Jersey]] become s... - 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. - History of California (38344 bytes)
11: The coast of California was an inviting pathway even for the earliest inhabitants of [[North Ame...
13: ...al tribes were a major source of trading beads ([[wampum]]), which were produced from [[mussel]] shell...
19: ... and silver. About the same time, Hernán Cortés was attracted by stories of [[Zihuatanejo|Ciguatan]]...
23: ...fornia]]), and laid out and founded the city that was to become LaPaz later that spring.
28: In July [[1539]], moved by the renewal of those stories, Cortés sent Francisco de Ullo... - Independence Day (United States) (6238 bytes)
13: ...ly fireworks.jpg|thumb|These fireworks over the [[Washington Monument]] are typical of Fourth of July ...
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...
34: * In [[1778]], General [[George Washington]] marked the Fourth with a double ration ... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
29: *[[Wallace Carothers]] (1896-1937), American chemist
38: *[[Humphry Davy]], (1778-1829)
40: * Sir [[James Dewar]]
42: * [[Edward Doisy]], (1893-), American biochemist, winner o...
134: *[[Wilhelm Ostwald]], (1853-1932), [[1909]] [[Nobel Prize in Chemi...
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