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- Causes of the French Revolution (11170 bytes)
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5: ...imilarly, the peasants covetously eyed the relatively greater prerogatives of the townspeople.
7: ... they were in frequent contact with the French intellectuals; furthermore, contact between the America...
9: ...ich these ideals were simply cover for bourgeois self-interest. For example, [[Karl Marx]] writing in ...
13: ...ture taxes, the purchasers of titles were effectively buying an [[annuity]]. - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
2: ...apoleon Bonaparte]], the revolution nonetheless spelled a definitive end to the ''[[ancien r駩me]]'',...
8: ...the face of a changing world; to some extent, it fell to the ambitions of a rising [[bourgeoisie]], al...
16: * [[Food]] scarcity in the months immediately before the revolution.
21: ...om court factions, and both ministers were ultimately dismissed. [[Charles Alexandre de Calonne]], wh...
25: ...attack, attempting to disband the parlements entirely and collect the new taxes in spite of them. Thi... - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
2: ... to break ties. The Senate is regarded as a more deliberative body than the House of Representatives; ...
4: ...are regarded as more important than those exclusively enumerated to the House. As a result, the respon...
10: ...tes called for a second Congressional chamber, modeled on the [[House of Lords]] (the [[aristocratic]]...
12: ...ounders intended the Senate to be a more stable, deliberative body than the House of Representatives. ...
14: ...[[1868]] for political purposes; the trial ultimately ended in acquittal, with the Senate falling one ... - Steamboat (11603 bytes)
2: ...l.jpg|right|thumb|240px|Left: original [[paddlewheel]] from a paddle steamer on the lake of Lucerne. R...
6: ...y [[steam]] power driving a propeller or paddlewheel. The term '''steamboat''' is usually used to refe...
8: ...out of nostalgia, for [[diesel]] motor driven vessels, prefix "'''MV'''".
13: ==Early development==
15: ...0]]) was the physicist [[Denis Papin]] who was developing steam engines. In [[1707]] he constructed a ... - Continental Congress (4041 bytes)
1: ...onies]] and later of the [[United States]] from [[1774]] to [[1789]], a period that included the [[Ameri...
4: ...er 5]], 1774, to [[October 26]], 1774, in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]. [[Peyton Randolph]] served ...
6: ...ritish goods, and to cease exports to Britain as well if the "Intolerable Acts" were not repealed. Th...
8: ...trol. However, despite these problems, with the help of the Continental Congress?s guidance throughou...
14: *Sept. 5, 1774- Oct. 26, 1774 [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]] - American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
3: ... and after the war itself. This article refers solely to the military campaign; for the broader perspe...
5: ...or parodied, it is one of the most famous images relating to the American Revolutionary War.]]
10: ... a few weeks or months at a time, were generally reluctant to go very far from home, and would often c...
12: ...men that Washington personally commanded in the field at any one time was fewer than 17,000.
15: ... men during the war years. However, according to reliable modern estimates, total British strength in ... - James Cook (14770 bytes)
1: ...x|British explorer James Cook, portrait by Nathaniel Dance, c. 1775, National Maritime Museum, Greenwi...
3: ...s to the [[Pacific Ocean]], in which its main shorelines were mapped. Cook was also a [[cartographer|m...
8: ...Seven Years War]] to start again at the lowest level in the British [[Royal Navy]].
14: ...evements can be attributed to a combination of excellent [[seamanship]], his superior surveying and ca...
18: ...entific instrument]]s, there was no way to accurately measure it. - Lewis and Clark Expedition (11755 bytes)
3: ...h-Canadian hunters and trappers who were already well established in the area. The expedition was not ...
5: ...ted States Army|US Army]], Clark officially only held the rank of [[Second Lieutenant]] at the time, b...
7: ...from further west. Not only did Lewis and Clark feel that she could aid them in translation, but they ...
9: ...nake River]], and the [[Columbia River]], past [[Celilo Falls]] and through what is now [[Portland, Or...
10: ...trip home by boiling salt from the ocean, hunting elk and other wildlife. Mostly they just endured the... - March 21 (10586 bytes)
18: ...]], the first [[rock and roll]] concert, in [[Cleveland, Ohio]]
23: ...finally successful [[Civil Rights]] March from [[Selma]] to [[Montgomery]] [[Alabama]].
26: ...the fifteenth [[Eurovision Song Contest]] for [[Ireland]] singing "All Kinds of Everything".
29: ...ansen]] begins his [[circumnavigation]] in a [[wheelchair]] in the name of [[spinal cord]] injury medi...
33: ...ing of ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'' reporter [[Daniel Pearl]]. - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
9: *[[George Ogden Abell]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1927]] – [[198...
12: *[[Charles Greeley Abbot]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1872]] &ndash...
19: *[[George Biddell Airy]], ([[England]], [[1801]] – [[1892]])
37: *[[Sylvain Arend]] ([[Belgium]], [[1902]] – [[1992]])
38: *[[Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander]] ([[Germany]], [[1799]] – [[1875]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
9: *[[Jacob Friedrich von Abel]], (1751-1829)
10: *[[Pierre Ab鬡rd]] (or ''Peter Abelard''), (1079-1142){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
14: *[[Isaac Abrabanel|Isaac ben Judah Abravanel]], (1437-1508){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
15: *[[Judah Leon Abravanel|Judah ben Isaac Abravanel]], (1460?-1535?){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
17: *[[Uriel Acosta]], (1585-1640) - Ottoman Empire (15917 bytes)
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14: | ''El Muzaffer Daima The Ever Victorious'' (as written ...
45: ...h gate", due to the greeting ceremony the sultan held for foreign ambassadors at the Palace Gate. This...
47: ...ritories were captured by the [[Allies]], Ottoman elites established modern [[Turkey]] during the [[Tu...
53: ...ed as a ''[[Bey]]lik'' within the [[Seljuk Turks|Seljuk Empire]] in the [[13th century]]. In [[1299]],... - Barium (8466 bytes)
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18: ... [[List of elements by symbol|Symbol]], [[List of elements by number|Number]]
24: | [[group 2 element|2(IIA)]], [[period 6 element|6]], [[atomic orbital|s]]
42: | [[Electron configuration]] - Chlorine (10751 bytes)
1: ...fur]] | right=[[argon]] | above=[[fluorine|F]] | below=[[bromine|Br]] | color1=#ffff99 | color2=black ...
2: {{Elementbox_series | [[halogen]]s }}
3: {{Elementbox_groupperiodblock | group=17 | period=3 | ...
4: {{Elementbox_appearance_img | Cl,17| yellowish green }}
5: {{Elementbox_atomicmass_gpm | [[1 E-26 kg|35.453(2)]] ... - Manganese (14965 bytes)
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14: ... [[List of elements by symbol|Symbol]], [[List of elements by number|Number]]</td><td>manganese, Mn, 2...
18: ...lock]]</td><td>[[group 7 element|7 ]], [[period 4 element|4]], [[d-block|d]]</td></tr>
34: <td>[[Electron configuration]] </td>... - Oxygen (9039 bytes)
1: ...ft=[[nitrogen]] | right=[[fluorine]] | above=- | below=[[sulfur|S]] | color1=#a0ffa0 | color2=green }}
2: {{Elementbox_series | [[nonmetal]]s }}
3: {{Elementbox_groupperiodblock | group=16 | period=2 | ...
4: {{Elementbox_appearance_img | O,8| colorless }}
5: {{Elementbox_atomicmass_gpm | [[1 E-26 kg|15.9994(3)]]... - Timeline of chemical element discovery (10490 bytes)
3: ...://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]Some elements have been known since time immemorial. Most...
13: * antiquity - [[Mercury (element)|Mercury]]
25: *[[1526]] - [[Zinc]] discovered by [[Paracelsus]]
33: ...] - [[Nickel]] isolated from [[niccolite]] by [[Axel Fredrik Cronstedt]].
37: *[[1772]] - [[Nitrogen]] discovered by [[Daniel Rutherford]] . - William Henry Harrison (11790 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Berkeley, Virginia|Berkeley]], [[Virginia]]
20: ...onald Reagan]] was elected in [[U.S. presidential election, 1980|1980]]. Harrison died exactly one mon...
23: ... as a delegate to the [[Continental Congress]] ([[1774]]–[[1777]]), signed the [[United States Dec...
27: ...he newly formed [[Indiana Territory]], a post he held for 12 years, until [[1813]].
32: ... man, and when in Congress he was referred to by fellow westerners as a [[Buckeye]], as were other tal... - Stamp Act 1765 (7443 bytes)
2: ... the intent of the British Parliament and added fuel to the growing [[Separatism|separatist]] movement...
6: ...protection. This opinion was reinforced by the rebellion of [[Chief Pontiac]]. Ten [[regiments]], or a...
11: ...e opposition, especially from the newspapers themselves.
15: ... his family to seek refuge at Fort William. (The elm tree Oliver's effigy was hanged from later becam...
17: ...epresentatives to a [[Stamp Act Congress]] to be held at [[Federal Hall]] in New York in October of 17... - Quartering Act (1775 bytes)
4: ...s of sellers of wine [...] and houses of persons selling of rum, [[brandy]], [[strong water]], [[cider...
6: == Act of 1774 ==
8: ...e second Quartering Act, established [[2 June]] [[1774]], was one of the measures (variously called the ...
10: == Modern relevance <!-- None! --> ==
12: ...e owner of the house. The passage of time has largely invalidated both. The Quartering Act has been in...
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