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- French Revolution (36529 bytes)
8: ...d come under the influence of the ideas of [[the Enlightenment]]. As the revolution proceeded and as p...
10: Certainly, causes of the revolution must include all of th...
14: * The rise of [[the Enlightenment|enlightenment]] ideals.
25: ... refused to endorse his measures, insisting that only a truly representative body — preferably t...
27: ...sed his position not to propose new reforms, but only to prepare for the meeting of the nation's repre... - Congress of the United States (41315 bytes)
7: ...f the federal government. The Congress, however, only possesses those powers enumerated in the Constit...
15: ...wo-year terms from [[Congressional district]]s. Only the non-voting delegate from Puerto Rico (known ...
17: ...e Canadian House of Commons, the British House of Commons, and the German [[Bundestag]], approximately 15 p...
64: ... a judge or court before being imprisoned —unless necessary in time of rebellion or invasion
65: * Pass laws that condemn persons for crimes or unlawful acts without a trial ([[attainder]]) - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
25: ...olutions censuring members; [[censure]] requires only a simple majority and does not remove a senator ...
30: ...ittees, and have more staffers. The prestige commonly associated with the Senate is reflected by the b...
42: ...presides over very few Senate debates, attending only on important ceremonial occasions (such as the s...
52: Senate procedure depends not only on the rules, but also on a variety of customs a...
54: ...Senate, a quorum is always assumed to be present unless a [[quorum call]] explicitly demonstrates othe... - San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
31: ...tion. It is a [[consolidated city-county]] (the only one in California) situated at the northern tip ...
62: ... it rats infected with [[bubonic plague]]. Mistakenly believing that interred corpses contributed to t...
66: ... remain, whose 30,000 deceased residents are the only permitted within the city to this day.
71: ... [[World War II]], San Francisco was the major mainland supply point and port of embarkation for the w...
85: ... [[Dan White]], murdered San Francisco's first openly gay elected official, Supervisor [[Harvey Milk]]... - American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
10: ... use of local [[militia]]. Militiamen served for only a few weeks or months at a time, were generally ...
23: ...er shortages, Washington lifted the ban on black enlistment in the Continental Army in January 1777. A...
59: ... and [[Manhattan]], thus allowing Howe to engage only one half of the American army at a time.
71: ...it for duty, and would be reduced to 1,400 after enlistments expired at the end of the year. Spirits w...
97: ...-the-scenes maneuvering, laid the whole matter openly before Congress. His supporters rallied behind h... - Indianapolis, Indiana (25903 bytes)
29: ... the Governor's mansion. It was used as a market commons for over six years. Although an expensive Governo...
31: ...lis section of the canal was dug and filled, but only an 8.29 mile (13.34 km) portion connecting downt...
33: ...], [[1847]], and subsequent railroad connections enlarged the town. The population soared from just o...
39: ...ws of King's assassination, Indianapolis was the only major city where rioting did not occur.
50: ...n of the governmental area that is Indianapolis only (i.e., not counting included towns), see [[India... - Mahatma Gandhi (35350 bytes)
29: ...aced the humiliation and oppression that was commonly directed at Indians in that country. One day in...
42: ...onment. Beginning on [[March 18]], [[1922]], he only served about two years of the sentence, being re...
52: ...ster of India|Prime Minister]]. They disagreed openly over the path to an independent India, yet Gandh...
55: ...e it clear they would not support the war effort unless India were granted immediate independence. He...
104: {{Commons|Mohandas K. Gandhi|Mohandas K. Gandhi}} - Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
22: ...e of the [[Short Parliament]] he had written not only his ''[[Human Nature (book Hobbes)|Human Nature]...
24: ...f remarks on other works by Descartes succeeded only in ending all correspondence between the two.
26: ... in November [[1641]], although it was initially only circulated privately it was well received. He th...
52: ...he ''Leviathan'' describes such a situation, but only in order to criticise it; second, Hobbes himself...
68: ...nifesto of the new "academicians," seemed to him only to confirm the conclusions he had reasoned out y... - Native American (42651 bytes)
7: ...Canada, where the term [[First Nations]] applies only to Native Canadians who belong to the same cultu...
21: ...C|11,000 years ago]]), and that they followed an inland route through Alaska and Canada that had just ...
49: ...250,000 [[Arawaks]] of [[Haiti]], were enslaved. Only 500 survived by the year [[1550]], and the group...
87: ...assed by the state's General Assembly recognized only two races, "white" and "colored". Plecker pressu...
109: In [[Canada]], the most commonly preferred term for Native Americans is ''The [[F... - Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
31: ...life, death and resurrection of [[Jesus]]. It is only this righteousness that makes a sinner just befo...
39: ...d that indulgences did nothing to save souls and only lined the pockets of the clergy. Because he beli...
41: ...an Order|Dominican]] friar [[Johann Tetzel]] was enlisted to travel throughout Albert's sees and sell ...
66: ...of the mendicant orders, many holidays which led only to disorder; the suppression of nunneries, begga...
69: ...onsists in the words of promise given to belief. Only these three can be regarded as sacraments, in vi... - Chile (39914 bytes)
66: ...f the land that is today called Chile took place only gradually, and the Europeans suffered repeated s...
101: ...rs with staggered terms. The current Senate is evenly split 24-24 between pro-government and oppositio...
103: ...argest coalitions split the seats in a district. Only if the leading coalition ticket out-polls the se...
116: ...Roman numeral is used, rather than the name. The only exception is the region where Santiago is situat...
122: ... over 4,630 km (2,880 miles) north to south, but only 430 km (265 mi) at its widest point east to west... - Watergate (19196 bytes)
5: ... and the parking garage. It was holding the door unlocked, so Wills removed it, assuming the cleaning ...
9: ...tee to Re-elect the President]] (CRP), later commonly referred to as CREEP. This quickly suggested th...
15: ...e office to cover their tracks. The break-in was only linked to the White House much later, but at the...
50: ...rom [[June 23]], [[1972]] was released. Recorded only a few days after the break-in, it documented Nix...
65: ...t the legal profession can remain self-governing only if lawyers behave properly. Second, the ABA prom...
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