Search results
|
|
Showing below up to 20 results starting with #41.
View (previous 20) (next 20) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500).
No article title matches
Page text matches
- Rhode Island (15004 bytes)
16: LandArea = 2,709 |
24: AdmittanceDate = [[May 29]], [[1790]] |
25: ...Eastern Standard Time Zone|Eastern]]: [[UTC]]-5/[[Daylight saving time|-4]] |
42: ...d it a place of religious freedom for [[Baptist]] settlers. Historically, the land is unique because it was ...
56: ... was the chief of the [[Wampanoag]] Indians. The settlers of Portsmouth had purchased their land from his f... - Pennsylvania (32594 bytes)
16: LandArea = 116,074 |
24: AdmittanceDate = [[December 12]] [[1787]] |
25: ...Eastern Standard Time Zone|Eastern]]: [[UTC]]-5/[[Daylight saving time|-4]] |
38: ...ing "Penn's woodlands", in honor of his father. Today, two major cities dominate the state - [[Philade...
46: ...[USS Pennsylvania (BB-38)|USS ''Pennsylvania'']], damaged at [[Pearl Harbor]], was named in honor of t... - Oregon (26551 bytes)
16: LandArea = 248,849 |
24: AdmittanceDate = [[February 14]], [[1859]] |
25: ...untain Standard Time Zone|Mountain]]: [[UTC]]-7/[[Daylight saving time|-6]] <small>(all but majority o...
36: ...regions in the world. Oregon is known for its abundant rainfall, but only the western 2/5 of the state...
41: ... living, [[conservation]], and [[urban growth boundary|limited growth]].'' - Oklahoma (32092 bytes)
18: LandArea = 178,023 |
26: AdmittanceDate = [[November 16]], [[1907]] |
27: ...untain Standard Time Zone|Mountain]]: [[UTC]]-7/[[Daylight saving time|-6]] <small>(town of [[Kenton, ...
111: ...ita]]) [[Quapaw]], [[Caddo]] and [[Osage]]. Descendants of these peoples still live in the state.
137: In the [[1880s]], early settlers of the state's very sparsely populated [[Oklahoma... - West Virginia (24258 bytes)
16: LandArea = 62,436 |
24: AdmittanceDate = [[June 20]], [[1863]] |
25: ...Eastern Standard Time Zone|Eastern]]: [[UTC]]-5/[[Daylight saving time|-4]] |
40: ...BASE jumping]] [http://www.wvbridgeday.com/bridge-day-BASE-jumping.php] from the bridge), as well as m...
46: ... Under the United States constitution, state boundaries could not be redrawn without the consent of t... - Nebraska (13662 bytes)
1: <!-- Here is a table of data; skip past it to edit the text. -->{{US state |
12: Governor = [[Dave Heineman]] |
16: LandArea = 199,099 |
24: AdmittanceDate = [[March 1]], [[1867]] |
25: ...untain Standard Time Zone|Mountain]]: [[UTC]]-7/[[Daylight saving time|-6]] (western)| - Nevada (17565 bytes)
2: Name = Nevada |
3: Fullname = State of Nevada |
4: Flag = Nevada state flag.png |
5: Flaglink = [[Flag of Nevada]] |
6: Seal = Nevada state seal.png | - New Mexico (31079 bytes)
17: LandArea = 314,590 |
25: AdmittanceDate = [[January 6]], [[1912]] |
26: ...untain Standard Time Zone|Mountain]]: [[UTC]]-7/[[Daylight saving time|-6]] |
46: ...542]]. Coronado camped near an excavated pueblo today preserved as [[Coronado State Monument]] in [[15...
52: ...ted Native Americans to forced labor on the haciendas and attempted to convert them to Christianity. T... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
3: ...o a practical form. Where there is ambiguity, the date of the first practical, fielded version of the ...
10: * 60 KYA: [[Shipbuilding|Ships]] probably used by settlers of [[New Guinea]]
18: * 8700 BC: [[Metalworking]] ([[copper]] pendant in [[Iraq]])
133: * [[1714]]: [[Mercury thermometer]]: [[Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit]]
145: ...]: [[Submarine]] [[Turtle (submarine)|Turtle]]: [[David Bushnell]] - Pilgrims (4873 bytes)
3: ...t their home in [[Scrooby]] and sailed to [[Amsterdam]] to escape religious persecution at the hands o...
10: ...st threat from that quarter (there were other armadas in other years and the [[Gunpowder Plot]] occurr...
15: ...]] after 65 days at sea and anchored near present-day [[Provincetown, Massachusetts|Provincetown]] on ...
22: ...ongest surviving members of the original group of settlers were Mary Allerton and [[John Alden]]. - Mayflower (4074 bytes)
11: ...ather, the Mayflower arrived at Cape Cod after 65 days at sea.
13: As a result of the delay, the settlers did not arrive until the onset of winter, which m...
15: Before disembarking, the settlers wrote and signed the [[Mayflower Compact]].
21: ...rt at http://www.familyforest.com/Mayflower_Descendants.html
35: ....mayflower.org General Society of Mayflower Descendants] - Plymouth Colony (2283 bytes)
5: ...s]]. By the end of that winter almost half of the settlers were dead, including their leader [[John Carver]]... - History of the United States (21226 bytes)
7: ...d dominated the area until the influx of European settlers in the early [[17th century]].
30: ... well as British aid to Native Americans in [[Canada]] and west of the Mississippi. Westerners and Sou...
34: ...n, president at the time, in favor of his own agenda.
38: ...go]] in 1848 ceded Texas (with the Rio Grande boundary), California, and New Mexico to the United Stat...
43: ...and pro slave sentiments that still exist to this day. - Australian Aboriginal art (4187 bytes)
1: ... [[Australian Aborigine]]s, covering art that pre-dates [[Europe]]an [[colonisation of Australia|colon...
21: ...so frail that they never venture out on [[wind]]y days lest they be swept away like leaf litter. If ap...
38: ...oyed by encroachment of early settlers and modern-day visitors. This includes the destruction of art b... - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
2: ...effected before the War commenced," wrote [[John Adams]]. "The Revolution was in the minds and hearts ...
4: ... time of the [[French and Indian War]] ([[1754]]–[[1763]]), and ended with the election of [[Geo...
10: ...rmer Indian allies—[[Pontiac's Rebellion]]—had, if not conquered, at least pacified the we...
16: ...became the analysis of men like [[Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu|Montesquieu]]. The [[Deism...
28: ...s]] of the colonists. He lost the case, but John Adams later wrote, "American independence was then an... - United States territorial acquisitions (5763 bytes)
1: ...Bureau map depicting territorial acquisitions and dates of statehood.]]
9: ...ain]], under the administration of [[John Quincy Adams]]
15: ...Wyoming]], and the whole of [[California]], [[Nevada]] and [[Utah]] and recognized the [[Rio Grande]] ...
21: ...equest of a government made up mainly of American settlers who had overthrown the [[Kingdom of Hawaii]].
27: * '''[[U.S. Virgin Islands]]''', bought from the Danish Crown for $25 million on [[January 17]], [[19... - History of the United States (1865-1918) (52094 bytes)
2: ...ustry expanded rapidly throughout the era; by the dawn of the 20th century, it was the dominant econom...
21: ...7 1896 went even further, providing that state-mandated segregation was legal as long as it provided f...
30: ...rrivals on the Plains--previously they had been sedate farmers in the Great Lakes region. Once they l...
32: ...1876 the last serious Sioux war erupted, when the Dakota gold rush penetrated the Black Hills. The Arm...
34: ...rn Sioux reservation at [[Wounded Knee]], [[South Dakota]], led to an uprising that saw the Sioux atta... - Michigan (29427 bytes)
16: LandArea = 147,255 |
24: AdmittanceDate = [[January 26]], [[1837]] |
25: TimeZone = Eastern: [[UTC]]-5/[[Daylight saving time|-4]] <br><small>(Some Upper Pen...
40: ...e Canal]] in 1825, which brought large numbers of settlers.
42: ... recognition of the state languished due to a boundary dispute with Ohio, with both sides claiming a 4... - Dodo (9332 bytes)
5: {{Taxobox_phylum_entry | taxon = [[Chordate|Chordata]]}}
8: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = '''Raphidae'''}}
9: ...| author = [[Mathurin Jacques Brisson|Brisson]] | date = 1760}}
12: ...cullatus | author=[[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] | date = [[1758]]}}
18: ...e no intact museum specimens of the Dodo extant today. The decaying remnants of the last stuffed Dodo,... - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
2: ... [[Puritans]] of [[New England]], the gold-hungry settlers of [[Jamestown, Virginia|Jamestown]], and the [[c...
4: ...Colonies]]. Some historians add a fifth region – the [[frontier]] had certain unifying features...
22: ...had apparently disappeared in the middle of their daily tasks.
29: ...colonists to work, and befriended [[Pocahontas]], daughter of Chief [[Powhatan]], who was able to supp...
35: ... However, because rivers and [[creek]]s were abundant, this allowed the plantations to spread out. Th...
View (previous 20) (next 20) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500).