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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
17: *[[Roald Amundsen]], (1872-1928), [[Norway|Norwegian]], first at the [[South Pole]], first ...
103: *[[John Franklin]], (1786-1847), disappeared exploring [[Arctic]] [[Canada]...
131: ...lls]] and the [[Saint Anthony Falls]] (the only [[waterfall]] on the [[Mississippi River|Mississippi]]...
134: *[[Sir Edmund Hillary]], with [[Tenzing Norgay]] was the first person to the summit of [[Mount Everes...
189: *[[Joseph Nicollet]], (1786-1843), explorer of the Upper [[Mississippi River]... - 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... - Jane Austen (5805 bytes)
3: ...ember 16]], [[1775]]–[[July 18]], [[1817]]) was a prominent [[English literature|English noveli...
5: ...r malady that she died there two months later and was buried in the [[Winchester_Cathedral|cathedral]]...
9: ...ell received when they were published, with [[Sir Walter Scott]] in particular praising her work:
12: ...er one should bear in mind that a "good marriage" was then the only available form of social security ...
26: *The Watsons (incomplete novel) - Second Intermediate Period of Egypt (3576 bytes)
4: ...cated in the marshes of the western Delta, broke away from the central authority to form the [[Fourtee...
6: ...he founder of the Fifteenth Dynasty. This dynasty was succeeded by a group of Hyksos princes and chief...
8: ...ly appointive. One monarch late in the dynasty, [[Wahibra Yayebi]], may have even been a former vizier...
10: ... salvation of Egypt and would eventually lead the war of liberation that drove the Hyksos back into As... - 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... - 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... - Malaysia (27892 bytes)
3: ...is [[Johor#Links_to_Singapore|connected by a causeway and the second-link bridge]] on the south with t...
36: | '''[[Area]]'''<br> - Total <br> - % water
78: ...to most of the [[Malay archipelago]]. [[Malacca]] was an important trading port.
80: ...sula and made his capital there. This new kingdom was the continuation of the old [[Malacca]] sultanat...
82: ...Calcutta until [[1867]] when their administration was transferred to the Colonial Office in London. - Connecticut (28543 bytes)
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36: ...the wealthiest states in the country. Connecticut was one of the [[13 colonies|thirteen colonies]] tha...
38: [[USS Connecticut|USS ''Connecticut'']] was named in honor of this state.
43: ...urrent constitution]], the third for Connecticut, was adopted in [[1965]]. The traditional abbreviatio... - Virginia (23198 bytes)
11: Governor = [[Mark R. Warner]] |
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38: ...ke away from Virginia during the [[American Civil War]].
40: ...f them were re-elected to a second term: [[George Washington]], [[Thomas Jefferson]], [[James Madison]... - Comet (30542 bytes)
3: ...y of frozen [[carbon dioxide]], [[methane]] and [[water]] with [[dust]] and various [[mineral]] aggreg...
5: ...ch nebulae are [[temperature|cool]] enough that [[water]] exists in a [[solid]] (rather than [[gas]]eo...
9: ... and the ion tail (gas) always pointing directly away from the Sun, since the gas is more strongly aff...
21: ... as the Sun follows its orbit through the [[Milky Way]] [[Galaxy]]; the Sun's hypothetical companion s...
25: ...ter [[1908]] due to perturbations by Jupiter, and was not found again until accidentally rediscovered ... - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
1: ... [[French and Indian War]], and the orange region was claimed by [[Spain]]. Note that this map does no...
2: ...commenced," wrote [[John Adams]]. "The Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people."
4: ...The opposite view is that the American Revolution was a unique and radical event, producing significan...
10: ...ican]] lands east of the [[Mississippi River]]. A war against France's former Indian allies—[[Po...
19: ... of [[Baptist]] views throughout the colonies. It was also the first event that swept through all the ... - 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]]
46: ...Paris (1783)]] ends [[United States Revolutionary War]]
48: *[[1786]] - [[Shays' Rebellion]]
49: *[[1786]] - [[Annapolis Convention]] fails - Timeline of United States history (1820-1859) (8457 bytes)
25: *[[1830s]] - [[Second Great Awakening]]
32: *[[1832]] - [[Black Hawk War]]
35: *[[1832]] - [[Seminole War]] begins
37: ... re-elected amid struggle with [[Nicholas Biddle (1786-1844)|Nicholas Biddle]] over the fate of the [[Se...
39: *[[1835]] - [[Texas War for Independence]] begins - List of people associated with the French Revolution (16148 bytes)
17: ...e|Robespierre]], but survived on [[9 Thermidor]]; was later deported to [[French Guiana]]
19: ...f the Assembly of the 500 at the time of the coup was invaluable to his brother's success. Later fell...
24: *[[Jacques Pierre Brissot]] de Warville - [[Girondist]] (faction), (Girondists are ...
29: ...ery of the terrible state of French finances in [[1786]] precipitated the Revolution crisis
38: ... After the [[9 Thermidor|Thermidorian Reaction]], was deported to French Guiana, where he died - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
4: ...and regarded their purpose as leading the world toward [[progress]] and out of a long period of doubtf...
6: ...tury philosophy, which was closely related to it, was characterized by a focus on belief and piety. So...
14: ...knowledge." This goal in the Age of Reason, which was built on self-evident axioms, reached its height...
16: ... program" (Cassirer 1979: 121–123). There was a wave of change across European thinking at this time...
18: ...ruth that is more provisional, but in that era it was a powerful notion which turned on its head the p... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
29: *[[Wallace Carothers]] (1896-1937), American chemist
40: * Sir [[James Dewar]]
42: * [[Edward Doisy]], (1893-), American biochemist, winner o...
134: *[[Wilhelm Ostwald]], (1853-1932), [[1909]] [[Nobel Prize in Chemi...
159: *[[Ellen Swallow Richards]] (1842 - 1911), industrial and envi... - Shays' Rebellion (6569 bytes)
1: ...urdens. The rebellion started on [[August 29]], [[1786]].
3: ... farmers. In addition, the tax system at the time was highly [[regressive tax|regressive]]. As a resul...
7: ...uirement]]s for office at the time. When Bowdoin was elected governor, many of the people in Western ...
9: ...om [[debtor's prison]]s. In the late summer of [[1786]] the conflict escalated when armed Regulators sh...
11: ...olutionary Army]]. Another leader, [[Luke Day]], was the son of a wealthy family in [[West Springfiel... - Steamboat (11603 bytes)
3: ...oon 1989.jpg|thumb|right|240px|[[PS Waverley|PS ''Waverley'']] leaving [[Dunoon]] on the [[Firth of Cl...
15: ...constructed a paddle-powered boat, but whether it was full-size and steam-powered or not is unclear. R...
17: ...of Lancaster, [[Pennsylvania]], having learned of Watt's engine on a visit to England, made his own en...
19: ...nutes before the engine failed, but bureaucracy thwarted further progress.
21: ...hird boat ran a series of excursions on the [[Delaware River]], but then patent disputes dissuaded Fit... - Continental Congress (4041 bytes)
1: ...period that included the [[American Revolutionary War]] and the [[Articles of Confederation]]. There ...
4: ...tolerable Acts]]. The First Continental Congress was planned through the permanent [[committees of co...
6: ...its potential at altering British colonial policy was cut off by the outbreak of open fighting in [[17...
8: ...he Continental Congress?s guidance throughout the war, the colonists prevailed.
28: *Nov. 7, 1785- Nov. 3, 1786
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