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  1. Thirteen Colonies (4707 bytes)
    1: ...ure provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
    2: ...:us flag large Betsy Ross.png|right|thumb|[[Betsy Ross]] purportedly sewed the first [[Flag of the Uni...
    4: ...ation of Independence]] in [[1776]] and formally broke with the [[Kingdom of Great Britain]], leading ...
    6: ...ard Island]]—remained loyal to the British Crown and much later were united as [[Canada]]. The c...
    10: ...sted the colonies in geographical order, roughly from north to south, as follows (the division into th...
  2. List of painters (54090 bytes)
    10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[sculptor]] an...
    44: *[[Alessandro Algardi]] ([[1595]]-[[1654]])
    46: *[[Alessandro Allori]] ([[1577]]-[[1621]])
    52: *[[Altichiero]] ([[1320]]-[[1395]])
    54: *[[Rodolfo Amoedo]] ([[1857]]-[[1941]])
  3. American Revolution (17069 bytes)
    1: [[Image:map of territorial growth 1775.jpg|thumb|300px|Before the Revolution: The [[13 c...
    2: ...volution was effected before the War commenced," wrote [[John Adams]]. "The Revolution was in the mind...
    4: ... event, producing significant changes that had a profound impact on world history. Most current interp...
    10: ...sidered themselves loyal subjects of the British Crown, with the same rights and obligations as people...
    16: ...he proper form of government have roots in this European Enlightenment and were a source for ideas reg...
  4. Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
    3: ...eline of United States history]] concerns events from '''[[1760]] to [[1789]]'''.
    6: *[[1760]] - [[King George III]] crowned
    9: *[[1763]] - [[British Royal Proclamation of 1763]]
    19: *[[1771]] - [[Battle of Alamance]] in [[North Carolina]]
    31: *[[1775]] - [[Battle of Lexington and Concord]]
  5. History of the United States (1776-1789) (19792 bytes)
    5: ...eir line of march, they confronted a much larger group of militia at a bridge in [[Concord, Massachuse...
    7: ...d [[Continental Congress]], with representatives from 13 of the [[United_Kingdom|British]] [[colonies]...
    9: ...ngth and then submitted to the Congress where numerous changes were made, including the exclusion of h...
    11: ...States with a great wilderness empire stretching from the Atlantic to the Mississippi River, and inclu...
    13: ...own status by the [[Articles of Confederation]], proposed and put into effect in 1778, but not fully r...
  6. April (9790 bytes)
    5: ... [[Aries]] and ends in the sign of [[Taurus]]. Astronomically speaking, the sun begins in the constell...
    7: ...ruscan language|Etruscan]] name ''Apru'' for [[Aphrodite]].
    9: April was originally the second month of the [[Roman calendar]] and had 29 days. [[Julius Caesar]]'...
    21: :The droughte of March hath perced to the roote,
    25: ...ther hand, opened ''[[The Waste Land]]'' with an ironic glance at Chaucer:
  7. Colonial America (32872 bytes)
    2: ... Virginia|Jamestown]], and the [[convict]]s of [[Province of Georgia|Georgia]] each came to the new co...
    4: ...features no matter what sort of colony it sprang from. By the late [[18th century]], these different ...
    8: ===Europe===
    9: ...ring]] technologies needed to make long voyages across open water.
    11: ...lear that the first nation to find a direct trade route to the [[East Indies|"Indies"]] would benefit ...
  8. Independence Day (United States) (6238 bytes)
    23: ...even that was kept secret to protect the members from British reprisal.
    25: ...ip (politics)|whip]] of the independence-minded, wrote his wife [[Abigail Adams|Abigail]] on [[July 3]...
    27: ...ns, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward for evermore.
    29: ...elphians heard the official news of independence from the Continental Congress, as opposed to rumors i...
    33: ...e]]s, speeches, [[prayer]]s, [[music]], parades, troop [[review]]s and fireworks. Ships were decked wi...
  9. List of popes (77758 bytes)
    2: This is a '''list of Popes of the Roman Catholic Church'''.
    4: ...tself has been used officially by the head of the Roman Catholic Church since the tenure of [[Pope Sir...
    6: ...[metropolitan bishop|Metropolitan]] of the Roman Province'' and ''[[Servus Servorum Dei|Servant of the...
    21: | rowspan="2" | '''[[Pope Peter]]'''<br><small>Saint P...
    23: | rowspan="2" | <small>Simon Peter</small><br>'''&#151...
  10. Cheetah (6461 bytes)
    12: ...ristian Daniel von Schreber|Schreber]] | date = [[1775]]}}
    17: ...0 to 140 [[pound|lb]]). Its total body length is from 112 to 135 cm (45 [[inch|in]] to 55 in), while t...
    22: ...aka'', meaning "the spotted one". Other major [[Europe]]an [[language]]s use variants of the medieval ...
    24: ==Reproduction and social life==
    25: ...mes form small groups, especially when they came from the same litter.
  11. Ape (10931 bytes)
    24: ...imbers of trees. They are best described as omnivorous, their diet consisting of fruit, grass seeds, a...
    26: ... The chief threat to most ape species is loss of tropical rainforest habitat, though some populations ...
    29: ... to separate the hominids, in this narrow sense, from the extant non-human members of the family Homin...
    31: ...mon, extinct, ancestor with the chimpanzee line, from which we separated more recently than the gorill...
    33: ...ulder joints and arms, ribcages that are flatter front-to-back, and a shorter, less mobile spine compa...
  12. San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
    19: ...pulation_note = 7,533,384 ([[metropolitan area|metro area]]) |
    20: population_total = 733,072 (city proper) |
    33: ... population density of any major U.S. city aside from [[New York City]].
    35: The first [[Europe]]ans to settle in San Francisco were the [[Spai...
    37: ...|bohemian]] reputation, the city became a [[Underground culture|counterculture]] magnet in the second ...
  13. Aaron Burr (20716 bytes)
    1: ...mage:AaronBurr-flipped.jpg|thumb|Vice President Aaron Burr]]
    3: ...cratic-Republican party]] in [[New York]] and a strong supporter of Governor [[George Clinton (politic...
    7: ...rn in [[Newark]], [[New Jersey]], to the Rev. [[Aaron Burr, Sr.]], who was the second president of the...
    9: ...aw in the celebrated law school conducted by his brother-in-law, [[Tapping Reeve]], at [[Litchfield, C...
    13: ...rom [[Long Island]] Burr saved an entire brigade from capture.
  14. Benedict Arnold (11750 bytes)
    1: ...age provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
    3: ...ew York]], which would have given the British control of the [[Hudson River]] and split the [[Thirteen...
    6: ... They had three sons; Margaret died [[June 19]],[[1775]].
    9: ...n)|Committee of Safety]] to capture [[Fort Ticonderoga]] on [[Lake Champlain]]. They appointed him a [...
    10: ...held it and who were not aware that a war was in progress.
  15. Continental Congress (4041 bytes)
    1: ...en Colonies]] and later of the [[United States]] from [[1774]] to [[1789]], a period that included the...
    4: ...mmon opposition to Britain grew. It lasted only from [[September 5]], 1774, to [[October 26]], 1774, ...
    6: ...was cut off by the outbreak of open fighting in [[1775]].
    8: ...the help of the Continental Congress?s guidance throughout the war, the colonists prevailed.
    18: *May 10, 1775- Dec. 12, 1776
  16. American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
    1: ... [[British North America]], resulted in the overthrow of British rule in the thirteen colonies and the...
    3: ... refers solely to the military campaign; for the broader perspective, including the origins and afterm...
    5: ...own as ''The Spirit of '76''. Often imitated or parodied, it is one of the most famous images relating...
    10: ...ly lacked the training and discipline of regular troops, but could be effective when led by talented o...
    12: ...regular troops with short-term colonial militia throughout the war. Although as many as 250,000 men ma...
  17. Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
    1: ...age provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
    2: ...o elected a Fellow of the [[Royal Society]]. In [[1775]], Franklin became the first [[United States Post...
    4: ...theter]], the [[lightning rod]], [[swimfin]]s, improvements to the [[glass harmonica]], and possibly [...
    11: In around [[1677]], Josiah married a one Anne Child at E...
    21: ...e became an [[apprenticeship|apprentice]] to his brother James, a printer who published the ''New Engl...
  18. James Cook (14770 bytes)
    1: ...lorer James Cook, portrait by Nathaniel Dance, c. 1775, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich]]
    5: ==Introduction==
    7: ...n [[North Yorkshire]], near the town of [[Middlesbrough]]. Cook was one of five children born to Grac...
    8: ... start again at the lowest level in the British [[Royal Navy]].
    10: ...age:Nfld chartofcook.jpg|thumb|200px|James Cook's 1775 Chart of Newfoundland]]
  19. Lewis and Clark Expedition (11755 bytes)
    3: ...er)|Alexander Mackenzie]], the first European to cross North America by land north of Mexico, in [[179...
    5: ...eutenant]] at the time, but Lewis concealed this from the men and shared the leadership of the expedit...
    7: ...d. [[Sacagawea]] and her [[Shoshone]] tribe came from further west. Not only did Lewis and Clark feel ...
    9: ...e [[Columbia River]], past [[Celilo Falls]] and through what is now [[Portland, Oregon]] until they re...
    10: ...e men prepared for the trip home by boiling salt from the ocean, hunting elk and other wildlife. Mostl...
  20. March 23 (10340 bytes)
    9: *[[1775]] - [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[Patrick Hen...
    10: ...angle]]d, and finally trampled to death in his bedroom at St. Michael Palace.
    11: *[[1806]] - After traveling through the [[Louisiana Purchase]] and reaching the [[...
    13: ...ew Zealand|Dunedin]], [[New Zealand]]. [[Otago]] province is founded.
    14: ... Otis]]'s first [[elevator]] is installed at 488 Broadway, [[New York City]].

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