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- Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
3: ...s history]] concerns events from '''[[1760]] to [[1789]]'''.
7: ...Treaty of Paris (1763)]] ends [[French and Indian War]]
24: *[[1774]] - [[Dunmore's War]]
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.
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- List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
12: *[[Edward Goodrich Acheson|Acheson, Edward Goodrich]] (1856-1931)
48: ...Heinrich Ackermann|Ackermann, Wilhelm Heinrich]] (1789-1848)
49: *[[Edward Ackroyd|Ackroyd, Edward]] (1810-1887) - 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: ...ed an important role, acting as mediator in the [[War of the Bavarian Succession]] ([[1778]]-[[1779]])... - 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... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
5: ...c figures. During the [[Cold War]], the President was sometimes referred to as "the leader of the free...
7: The United States was the first nation to create the office of [[Presi...
12: ...e United States at the time the U.S. Constitution was adopted), be at least 35 years of age, and have ...
14: ...] [[Elaine Chao]], born in [[Republic of China|Taiwan]]; [[United States Director of National Intellig...
16: ...endment XXII]] (which took effect in [[1951]] and was first applied to [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] starti... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=George Washington
6: | date1=[[April 30]], [[1789]]
15: | wife=[[Martha Washington]]
19: ...ited States]] under the [[U.S. Constitution]]. ([[1789]]–[[1797|97]]). He also served as President...
21: ...tarily relinquished power even though some others wanted him to retain that power for life (as [[monar... - 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... - James Madison (15187 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Port Conway, Virginia]]
18: ...d States|President]] of the [[United States]]. He was co-author, with [[John Jay]] and [[Alexander Ham...
21: ...plantation to attend [[Princeton University]] (it was called the ''College of New Jersey'' at the time...
23: ...would be represented in the new Congress, Madison was one of the strongest advocates of state represen...
25: ... as to the thinking of what Thomas Jefferson (who was in France at the time) called an "assembly of de... - United States (58223 bytes)
2: ...fifty states, [[Alaska]], an [[exclave]], and [[Hawaii]], an [[archipelago]], are not contiguous with ...
9: national_motto = <br>''[[E Pluribus Unum]]'' ([[1789]]–present)<br>([[Latin]]: "Out of Many, One...
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]] | - U.S. state (14432 bytes)
5: ...ns have changed. The general tendency has been toward centralization, with the federal government pla...
25: ...>'''DE'''<td>Del.<td>[[Delaware]]<td>[[Dover, Delaware|Dover]]</tr>
28: ...'''HI'''<td>Hawaii<td>[[Hawaii]]<td>[[Honolulu, Hawaii|Honolulu]]</tr>
32: ...d>'''IA'''<td>Iowa<td>[[Iowa]]<td>[[Des Moines, Iowa|Des Moines]]</tr>
67: ...'''WA'''<td>Wash.<td>[[Washington]]<td>[[Olympia, Washington|Olympia]]</tr> - North Carolina (18268 bytes)
18: WaterArea = 13,227 |
19: PCWater = 9.5 |
25: AdmittanceDate = [[November 21]], [[1789]] |
39: The [[USS North Carolina|USS ''North Carolina'']] was named in honor of this state.
42: ...]], the first English child to be born stateside, was born in North Carolina. Dare County is named for... - 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 | - Maryland (22654 bytes)
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18: PCWater = 21 |
36: ...ciated Press]] abbreviation is '''Md.''' Maryland was one of the [[13 colonies|thirteen colonies]] tha...
41: ...more]], on [[June 20]], [[1632]]. The new colony was named in honour of [[Henrietta Maria]], Queen Co...
43: ...ly tolerated varieties of religion (as long as it was [[Christianity|Christian]]), and is sometimes se... - 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... - 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 [... - 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>*</nowiki>Vermont was an independent country from 1777 until it became... - History of the United States (21226 bytes)
12: ...velopment of an American spirit and culture which was distinct from that of its European founders.
14: ==History of the United States (1776-1789)==
15: ...see the main [[History of the United States (1776-1789)]] article.''
17: ...eat Britain]] during the [[American Revolutionary War]] and established itself as the United States of...
19: ==History of the United States (1789-1849)== - List of painters (54090 bytes)
28: *[[Oswald Achenbach]] ([[1827]]-[[1905]])
48: *[[Washington Allston]] ([[1779]]-[[1843]])
72: *[[Jules Robert Auguste]] ([[1789]]-[[1850]])
90: *[[Edward Mitchell Bannister]] ([[1828]]-[[1901]])
147: *[[Anna Bilinska-Bohdanowiczowa]] ([[1857]]-[[1893]]) - 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 ...
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