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- Colonial America (32872 bytes)
2: ...glish]] began to colonize [[North America]]. The first attempts, notably the [[Colony of Roanoke]], r...
4: ...the [[Southern Colonies]]. Some historians add a fifth region – the [[frontier]] had certain un...
11: ...e route to the [[East Indies|"Indies"]] would benefit immensely. It was in this atmosphere that [[Chr...
16: ...lizabeth]]. At this time, however, there was no official attempt by the English government to create a...
25: The first truly successful English colony was establishe... - Christianity (47078 bytes)
14: ...ant to the [[Old Testament]] scriptures, was crucified by humanity, died and was buried, only to be re...
21: ...6 in the [[New Testament]], Jesus' followers were first called Christians by non-Christians in the cit...
29: ...nessed his miracles and teachings. After his crucifixion, his apostles and other followers claimed tha...
31: ...l as a student of Gamaliel (Acts 22:3), a leading figure amongst the Jewish Sanhedrin (Acts 5:34&ndash...
34: ...istianity.]] Christianity spread rapidly over the first three centuries aided by the relative internal... - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
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42: ...tion<sup>1</sup> and was the [[Fifth Republic]]'s first [[president]] from [[1958]] to [[1969]]. His [...
50: ...ssful escape attempts, and was put in solitary confinement in a retaliation camp. - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
8: ... Tycho's father, a [[nobleman]], was an important figure in the [[Denmark|Danish]] King's court. [[Bea...
18: ...n [[Germany]]. Attending a dance at a professor's house, he quarrelled with Parsbjerg. A subsequent duel ...
27: ...as husband and wife, and she wore the keys to the household at her belt like any true wife, their allianc...
33: ...ntained since [[antiquity]] that the world of the fixed stars was eternal and unchangeable (a fundamen...
38: ... of the [[solar system]]. Tycho believed in a modified [[geocentric model]] known as the [[Tychonian s... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ...ism|humanist]] scholar and occupied many public offices, including that of [[Lord Chancellor]] from [[...
7: ...he judged himself incapable of [[celibacy]], More finally decided to marry in [[1505]], but for the re...
9: More had four children by his first wife, Jane Colt, who died in [[1511]]. He rem...
12: ...vernment, welcoming foreign diplomats, drafting official documents, and serving as a liaison between t...
14: ... British House of Commons|Speaker of the House of Commons]]. He later served as high steward for the unive... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
2: ...end of absolutism and people as subjects and amplifies the power of the people, boosting them to the s...
21: ...itors of the confidence and stability of France's finances.
23: ...ly of Notables would restore confidence in French finances, and allow further borrowing until the land...
25: ...ing the convocation of the Estates-General within five years, but also attempted in the meanwhile to g...
27: ...8]], and Necker again took charge of the nation's finances. He used his position not to propose new r... - Congress of the United States (41315 bytes)
3: ...the [[United States Senate|Senate]] (the "[[Upper House]]").
5: ...o members, regardless of population. As there are fifty states in the Union, the Senate consists of 10...
7: ...chamber of review," as is the case with the upper houses of the [[bicameral]] legislatures of most other ...
9: Both Houses of Congress meet in the [[United States Capitol|...
13: ...t did not give them an equal vote in at least one house of Congress. Because terms are staggered, every ... - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
2: ... Constitution not granted to the House; most significantly, the [[President of the United States|Presi...
4: ...ose of the House of Representatives (the "[[lower house]]").
6: ...n [[Washington, D.C.]], the national capital. The House of Representatives convenes in the south wing of ...
10: ..., and bearing as strong a likeness to the British House of Lords as possible."<!--Harpers, May 2004, 42--...
12: ...to the senatorial saucer to cool it (from the The House of Representatives)". <!--Sources are in referenc... - San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
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22: timezone = [[Pacific Standard Time Zone|PST]] |
24: timezone_DST = [[Pacific Daylight Time|PDT]] |
31: ...Farallon Islands]] 27 miles offshore in the [[Pacific Ocean]].
35: The first [[Europe]]ans to settle in San Francisco were ... - Julius Caesar (50670 bytes)
2: ...the [[Roman Empire]]. In 55BC Caesar launched the first Roman invasion of [[Britain]], and his conques...
15: ...stained with me; for in this one Caesar, you will find many a Marius."
21: ...l, he had their throats cut before they were crucified to lessen their suffering.
23: ...as propaganda for his upcoming election for the office of [[quaestor]].
28: ...n [[Spain]]. As an administrative and financial officer, the trip was largely uneventful, but it was w... - Adolf Hitler (51456 bytes)
15: ...he [[Allies]] ultimately defeated Germany. In the final days of the war, [[Hitler's death|Hitler died]...
20: ...s Hitler]] ([[1837]]–[[1903]]), a customs official, and [[Klara P?]], Alois' niece and third wif...
24: ...h ancestors. Although these rumours were never confirmed, for Hitler they were reason enough to concea...
25: ...d; however, in sixth grade (1900–1901), his first year of high school (''Realschule'') in Linz, ...
27: ... the boy to follow him in a career as a customs official, although Adolf wanted to become a painter. T... - American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
10: ...ps, but could be effective when led by talented officers.
12: ...f men that Washington personally commanded in the field at any one time was fewer than 17,000.
15: ...erican colonists who sided with the British—fielded perhaps 50,000 men during the war years. How...
19: ... American nation and sent no troops to America to fight alongside the Americans. The Netherlands enter...
25: ... the largest group, the [[Iroquois Confederacy]], fielded about 1,500 warriors against the American re... - Indianapolis, Indiana (25903 bytes)
29: ...r lacked any privacy. The Governor's mansion was finally demolished in [[1857]]. (See HISTORY OF INDI...
31: ...the Indianapolis section of the canal was dug and filled, but only an 8.29 mile (13.34 km) portion con...
33: ...ianapolis to enjoy a relatively low amount of traffic congestion for a city its size.
37: ...a and nationwide, and the national organization officially disbanded in [[1944]].
41: ...of the Indianapolis Fire Department with township fire departments based upon approval of all affected... - Salt Lake City, Utah (41550 bytes)
2: ...ty-[[Ogden, Utah|Ogden]] [[metropolitan area]], defined as [[Salt Lake County, Utah|Salt Lake]], [[Dav...
15: ... the Salt Lake Valley for thousands of years. The first Europeans to settle in the valley were the Lat...
17: ...]. Great Salt Lake City replaced [[Fillmore, Utah|Fillmore]] as the territorial capital in [[1858]] an...
20: ...asing [[1890 Manifesto|"The Manifesto"]], which officially renounced polygamy in the church. This pave...
22: ...] [[Cathedral of the Madeleine]] in [[1909]], the first major churches not of the Latter-Day Saint fai... - Russia (28007 bytes)
13: ...ilated both the Scandinavians as well as native [[Finno-Ugric]] tribes, such as the [[Merya]], the [[M...
15: ...in Europe and was quite prosperous, due to diversified trade with both Europe and Asia.
19: ...d the rest of the country. Nevertheless it had to fight the Germanic crusaders who attempted to coloni...
23: ... revive, and organized its own war of reconquest, finally subjugating its enemies and annexing their t...
27: ...(title)|Caesar]]'', also written Czar) of Russia, finalized this process, consolidated surrounding are... - Mahatma Gandhi (35350 bytes)
18: ...iving beings, vegetarianism, fasting for self-purification, and mutual tolerance between members of va...
20: ...o continue the family tradition of holding high office in Gujarat. Unhappy at Samaldas College, he le...
25: ...t he accepted a year-long contract from an Indian firm to a post in [[KwaZulu-Natal Province|Natal]], ...
29: ... first class to third class while travelling on a first class ticket. Later, travelling by stagecoach...
31: ...ers convinced him to remain in Durban to continue fighting against the injustices levied against India... - Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
14: ...des]]'s [[History of the Peloponnesian War]], the first translation of that work into [[English langua...
16: Although he associated with literary figures like [[Ben Jonson]] and thinkers such as [[...
20: ...passions whereby Man came into relation with Man. Finally he considered, in his crowning treatise, how...
24: ...e, and wrote a critique of the ''[[Meditations on First Philosophy]]'' of [[Descartes]], which was pri...
26: ...s opticus'') included in the collection of scientific tracts published by Mersenne as ''Cogitata physi... - Native American (42651 bytes)
3: ...rehensive tribal list can be found under "[[Classification of Native Americans]]."
7: ...terms "[[First Peoples]]" and "Native Canadians". First Peoples are enshrined in the Canadian Constitu...
11: ... [[American continent]]) are a diversity of [[Pacific Islanders]] including: [[Native Hawaiians]] (als...
21: ... freed of its ice cover. There are a number of difficulties in this theory — in particular, grow...
26: ...], who arrived either by sailing across the [[Pacific Ocean]] or by following the land route through [... - Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
17: ...r haus eisenach.jpg|thumb|right|220px|The "Luther house" where Luther boarded from ages 14 to 17 while at...
23: ...k near to him as he was returning to school. Terrified, he cried out, "Help,[[Saint Anne]]! I'll becom...
25: ==Luther's struggle to find peace with God==
31: ... most important of these was the doctrine of justification by faith alone.
37: Luther's first public challenge of papal power came in [[1517... - Computer mouse (29399 bytes)
3: ...rally under the hand. The underside of the mouse houses a device that detects the mouse's motion relativ...
8: ...ge:First_Computer_Mouse_pic_2.jpg|thumb|300px|The first computer mouse]]
9: [[Image:firstmouseunderside.jpg|frame|The first computer mouse held by inventor [[Douglas Enge...
15: ...ously'' hold the mouse in one hand, and type on a five-key chord keyset with the other.
19: ... in turn, was detected using perpendicular wheels housed on the interior of the mouse's body. This varia...
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