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- United States Declaration of Independence (23184 bytes)
2: ...[[Washington, D.C.]] The independence of the American colonies was recognized by Great Britain on [[Se...
6: ...and Concord]] marking the beginning of the [[American Revolutionary War]]. Although there was little ...
8: ...legiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great B...
32: 9. Such has been the case with [[Great Britain]]
34: ...declaration of independence|declaration]] of America's independence and powers as a sovereign nation, ... - Culture of New York City (6959 bytes)
3: ...ty. There is considerable diversity of in this local culture, varying by [[ethnic group]], [[social c...
7: ...pe of a "nation of immigrants". Among large American cities only [[Los Angeles]] receives more immigr...
9: ...ighborhoods where people of different backgrounds can coexist in ease or in tension.
11: ...eadquarters of the [[Anti-Defamation League]]. [[Abraham D. Beame]] was New York City's first Jewish mayor...
15: ...including many middle class professionals, out of cars and off of the highways. Even the city's billi... - List of U.S. military history events (12126 bytes)
1: ...blishment of the states in 1776, and either are located within territorial boundaries of the United St...
4: ...n which U.S. military units (primarily regular, occasionally [[irregular_military|irregular]]) partici...
6: *'''[[American Revolutionary War]]''' (1775–1783)
11: *'''[[Mexican-American War]]''' (1846–1848)
13: *[[Nicaragua Naval Battles]] (1854–1858) - History of psychology (8127 bytes)
5: ...on, it also evidences ''a long tradition of empirical practice and observation.''
7: ...tents, though usually in a theoretical (non-empirical) fashion.
11: ...rms of brain function, as part of his 1672 anatomical treatise "De Anima Brutorum" ("Two Discourses on...
16: ... and James did not involve [[metaphysics|metaphysical]] or religious explanations of human thought and...
18: ...d was the establishment of the American Psychological Association in 1892. - Mari, Syria (5848 bytes)
2: ...59 BCE]], when it was sacked by [[Hammurabi]]. [[Abraham]] himself is thought to have passed through Mari ...
4: ==Discovery and excavation==
6: ...t of Sumerian culture". Since the beginning of excavations, over 25,000 clay tables in [[Akkadian lan...
8: ...ench archaelogist Andre Parrot, "each time a vertical probe was commenced in order to trace the site's...
12: ...since the 5th millennium BCE, but the real significance of the city was during the third and second mi... - Theater in the United States (12545 bytes)
2: ...theater and [[comedy]] traditions as well. [[Musical theater]] may be the most popular form: it is ce...
8: ...humb|left|[[Edwin Forrest]], a popular early American actor]]
11: ...d presented the first professionally-mounted American play, ''[[The Prince of Parthia]]'' by [[Thomas ...
13: ...nd it was banned in most states during the [[American Revolutionary War]] at the urging of the [[Conti...
17: ...lap]] and [[Thomas Abthorpe Cooper]], similarly became well known throughout the young nation. - United States Republican Party (30737 bytes)
1: {{Infobox_American_Political_Party |
2: party_name = Republican Party |
3: ...go = [[Image:Republicanlogo.png|200px|"Republican Party Elephant" logo]] |
4: party_wikicolourid = Republican |
17: ... as well as in governorships. In the modern political era, the GOP is the more [[conservatism|conserva... - George W. Bush (64926 bytes)
1: ... of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]], is part of the prominent [[Bush family]...
3: | nationality=american
16: | party=[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
19: ...ection, 2000|2000 presidential election]]. Bush became [[President_of_the_United_States|President]], d...
21: ==Personal life, service and education== - Franklin Delano Roosevelt (74009 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
18: ...he forces of reform. His family and close friends called him Frank. To the public he was usually known...
22: ...re to advance [[civil rights]] for [[African Americans]]. Some conservatives such as [[Ronald Reagan]]...
26: ...in the [[Netherlands]], arrived in New York (then called [[Nieuw Amsterdam]]) in about [[1650]]. In [[...
28: ...lin Roosevelt's fifth cousin. Despite their political differences, the two branches remained friendly:... - 18th century new (49640 bytes)
2: ...sted from [[1701]] to [[1800]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]], in accordance with the [[Anno Domini]]/[...
4: ...ic event of the [[American Revolutionary War|American Revolution]]]]
6: ...Enlightenment]] culminated in the French and American revolutions. Philosophy and science increased in...
8: ...dest beginnings in the 18th century, it would radically change human society and the geology of the su...
15: * [[1700]]: The [[1700 Cascadia earthquake]] (magnitude 9) occurs off the coas... - First Lady of the United States (9641 bytes)
5: ...s 1849 when Dolley Madison was eulogized as "America's First Lady", but did not gain wider recognition...
7: ...n administration to develop reforms to the health care system.
11: ... symbol for some activity (as in ''"First Lady of California"'' or ''"First Lady of Jazz"'' respective...
58: | [[Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams]]
73: | [[Angelica Van Buren]] - Atlas (cartography) (4308 bytes)
3: ...tical]] boundaries, many often feature [[geopolitical]], [[social]], [[religious]] and [[economic]] [[...
7: ...not called by that name at the time of their publication.
9: ...]], a [[geographer]] working in [[Alexandria]] circa A.D. 150. The first edition was published in [[B...
11: ...atlas was not in use in 1544, these works are now called "IATO" atlases - (Italian, Assembled to Order...
13: ...maps to a uniform size. It was an immediate critical and commercial success. - February 22 (10772 bytes)
1: ... is the 53rd day of every year in the [[Gregorian Calendar]]. There are 312 days remaining, 313 in [[l...
3: {{FebruaryCalendar}}
13: ...s|American]] troops drive off 15,000 [[Mexico|Mexican]].
15: ...6]] - The [[United States Republican Party|Republican Party]] opens its first national meeting in [[Pi...
18: * [[1879]] - In [[Utica, New York]], [[Frank Woolworth]] opens the first ... - Washington, D.C. (43465 bytes)
3: ...used with the [[U.S. state]] of [[Washington]], located in the [[Pacific Northwest]].
5: ...hat body. The land forming the original District came from the states of Virginia and Maryland, but o...
7: ...hington the frequent focal point of massive political demonstrations and [[protest]]s, particularly on...
48: ... Washington Post]]'' criticized this common political tactic in a 2001 [http://www.washingtonpost.com/...
53: ===Local government=== - Igor Stravinsky (26622 bytes)
1: ...broad spectrum of ensemble combinations and classical forms. His oeuvre included everything from symp...
5: ...c''. In it, he famously claimed that music was incapable of "expressing anything but itself". Craft ...
10: ...ter. In [[1902]], at the age of 20, Stravinsky became the pupil of [[Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov]], proba...
14: ..., but Stravinsky also collaborated with [[Pablo Picasso]] (''Pulcinella'', 1920), [[Jean Cocteau]] (''...
16: ...]] collaborated on ''Pulcinella'' in [[1920]]. Picasso took the opportunity to make several sketches ... - Jerusalem (61585 bytes)
4: ... religious, and socioeconomic groups. The section called the "Old City" is surrounded by walls and con...
6: ...y's seat of government and otherwise functions as capital. Many countries do not recognize Israeli sov...
7: ...ian]]s also claim all or part of Jerusalem as the capital of a future [[Palestinian state]].
12: ...tion between the name and ''Shalim'' the personification of dusk in [[Ugarit|Ugaritic]] myth. See also...
16: ...vids.jpg|thumbnail|150px|[[Archaeology|Archaeological]] ruins from [[King David]]'s time]] - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (7198 bytes)
2: ...1930.jpg|thumb|right|Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. circa 1930.]]
4: ...embraced by other [[judge]]s of his time. He was called ''The Great Dissenter''.
6: ...]], the son of the prominent [[writer]] and [[medical doctor|physician]] [[Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.]...
10: ...riends killed in so many bloody battles. Holmes recalled later that he was not a natural soldier but p...
12: ...of [[Washington, D.C.]], and [[Abraham Lincoln ]] came out to watch the troops skirmishing. At six foo...
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