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- 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. - 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: ...uggling - in contempt of the customs laws of the Crown. He married Margaret Mansfield on [[February 22...
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. - Steamboat (11603 bytes)
2: ...right|thumb|240px|Left: original [[paddlewheel]] from a paddle steamer on the lake of Lucerne. Right: ...
6: ...l that is propelled by [[steam]] power driving a propeller or paddlewheel. The term '''steamboat''' is...
15: ...same time. One of the first to propose the idea (around [[1690]]) was the physicist [[Denis Papin]] wh...
17: ...in a boat. The boat sank, and while he made an improved model he does not seem to have had much succes...
19: ... engine failed, but bureaucracy thwarted further progress. - 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, ...
8: ...the help of the Continental Congress?s guidance throughout the war, the colonists prevailed.
19: *Dec. 20, 1776- Mar. 4, 1777 [[Baltimore, Maryland]]
20: *Mar. 5, 1777- Sept. 18- 1777 Philadelphia - 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... - 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... - March 17 (9666 bytes)
7: ...ation of the [[Cathay Company]] to send [[Martin Frobisher]] back to the New World for more gold
9: ... in [[New York City]] for the first time (at the Crown and Thistle Tavern).
13: *[[1861]] - The Kingdom of [[Italy]] is proclaimed.
14: *[[1886]] - [[Carrollton Massacre]]: 20 [[African American]]s are kil...
21: ...President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|Franklin D. Roosevelt]]. - March 23 (10340 bytes)
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]].
18: *[[1903]] - The [[Wright Brothers]] apply for a [[patent]] on their invention ... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
15: *[[Robert Adrain]] (Ireland)
18: *[[Ahmes]] (Egypt, roughly around [[17th century BC]])
21: *[[al-Marrakushi ibn Al-Banna]] (Morocco, [[1256]] - [[1321]])
24: *[[Jean le Rond d'Alembert]] (France, [[1717]] - [[1783]])
25: *[[Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov]] (Russia, [[1912]] - [[1999]]) - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
1: '''Famous [[astronomer]]s and [[astrophysicist]]s''' include:
8: *[[Marc Aaronson]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1950]] – [[...
18: *[[Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs]] ([[Germany]], [[1912]] – [[1954]])
20: *[[Robert Grant Aitken|Robert Aitken]], ([[United States|USA]], [[1864]] &n...
23: *[[V. Albitskij|Vladimir Aleksandrovich Al'bitskij]] ([[Russia]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
5: *[[Pietro d'Abano]], (1250?-1316)
11: *[[John Abercrombie]], (1780-1844)
16: *[[Alessandro Achillini]], (1463-1512)
21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}}
22: *[[Robert Adamson]], (1852-1902) - Iodine (11416 bytes)
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22: | [[periodic table group|Group]], [[periodic table period|Period]], [[periodic...
23: | [[group 17 element|17 (VIIA)]], [[period 5 element|5]],...
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31: ..."2" align="center" bgcolor="#ffff99" | '''Atomic properties''' - Oxygen (9039 bytes)
1: ...r | number=8 | symbol=O | name=oxygen | left=[[nitrogen]] | right=[[fluorine]] | above=- | below=[[sul...
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19: {{Elementbox_electroneg_pauling | 3.44 }} - William Henry Harrison (11790 bytes)
18: ... Harrison first gained national fame as a [[war hero]], defeating [[American Indian]]s at the [[Battle...
20: ...ident, a record that stood for 140 years, until [[Ronald Reagan]] was elected in [[U.S. presidential e...
23: ...1781]]–[[1784]]). William Henry Harrison's brother, [[Carter Bassett Harrison]], later became a ...
25: ... [[Battle of Fallen Timbers]] in [[1794]], which brought the [[Northwest Indian War]] to a close. Lieu...
27: ...nt in the Northwest Territory. Harrison resigned from Congress to become governor of the newly formed ... - Spotted Hyena (3840 bytes)
9: {{Taxobox genus entry | taxon = '''''Crocuta'''''}}
10: {{Taxobox species entry | taxon = '''''C. crocuta'''''}}
12: ...n Christian Polycarp Erxleben|Erxleben]] | date = 1777}}
14: ..., results in them having crusty white droppings (from all the bone meal). The hyena's distinctive laug...
16: ...e [[matriline]]s (the group of females descended from a single mother) that endure for generations. - Culture of Jersey (13844 bytes)
1: ...uences, to which have been added cultural trends from immigrant communities such as the [[Brittany|Bre...
4: ... pub sign in English and [[J�rriais]]. The monstrous black dog is traditionally said to haunt [[Boul...
21: ...ersey, but little indigenous literature survives from before the [[18th century]].
23: ...ications in French (and J�rriais) and English throughout the [[19th century]], in which [[poetry]], ...
25: ...s is a fragment by Matchi L'G� (Matthew Le Geyt 1777–1849), dated [[1795]]. The first printed an... - Bobcats (4586 bytes)
12: ...ristian Daniel von Schreber|Schreber]] | date = [[1777]]}}
15: ...t the shoulder. The male Bobcat typically weighs from [[1 E1 kg|11–16 kg (24–35 lb)]] and ...
17: ...jpg|240px|thumb|left|A male Bobcat in an urban surrounding]]
18: ...mmal]]s. They seek cover in conifer stands and on rocky ledges.
20: ...today than in colonial times. They have vanished from parts of the midwest where most suitable habitat... - Marmosets (3943 bytes)
10: ...Christian Polycarp Erxleben|Erxleben]] | date = [[1777]]}}
22: ...he infants on his back as the family group moves around.
29: ...headed Marmoset]], ''Callithrix (Callithrix) geoffroyi''
46: * Subgenus ''' ''Callibella'' - Roosmalens' Dwarf Marmoset'''
47: ** [[Roosmalens' Dwarf Marmoset]], ''Callithrix (Callibel... - 13 colonies (4411 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... - List of U.S. military history events (12126 bytes)
49: **[[Operation Provide Comfort]] (1991–1996)
55: *'''[[War on Terrorism]]''' (2001—)
93: *[[Rogue River Wars]] (1855–1856)
126: ==Ethnic cleansing and control==
138: *[[Gabriel Prosser]]'s Rebellion (1800)
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