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- Tennessee (19096 bytes)
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39: ...variant of the name that became ''Tennessee'' was first recorded by Captain Juan Pardo, the Spanish ex...
41: ...rtain. Some accounts suggest it is a Cherokee modification of an earlier [[Yuchi]] or possibly [[Creek...
43: ...South Carolina]], who used this spelling in his official correspondence during the [[1750s]]. In [[178...
46: ...e cultural groups that inhabited the area between first settlement and the time of European contact ar... - South Carolina (11968 bytes)
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42: ...uth Carolina became the first state to ratify the first constitution of the United States, the [[Artic...
44: ...Edmund Ruffin is usually credited with firing the first shot.
48: ...our-year term, heads the Executive branch (some officers of which are elected). The bicameral [[South...
52: ... minors under the age of seventeen, excepting traffic and game law violations. Some criminal charges m... - Pennsylvania (32594 bytes)
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38: ...weden|Swede]]s and [[Netherlands|Dutch]] were the first [[Europe]]an settlers, the [[Quaker]] [[Willia...
59: ...ndian War]]. The French established numerous fortifications in the area, including the pivotal [[Fort ...
61: ...putation of religious freedom also attracted significant populations of [[Germany|German]] and [[Scots...
65: ...12, [[1787]] (five days after Delaware became the first). - Oregon (26551 bytes)
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25: ...Malheur County, Oregon|Malheur County]] is in Pacific)</small> |
36: ...ited States]]' northwest, and bordering the [[Pacific Ocean]], [[California]], [[Washington]], [[Idaho...
43: ...hout losing what attracts people to Oregon in the first place. The state has pioneered some innovativ...
49: ...ritain|British]] gained control of all of the Pacific Fur Company posts. - New Jersey (35646 bytes)
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36: ... postal abbreviation of '''NJ'''. It is also the fifth smallest state. The state is named after the ...
39: ...ce inhabited by the tribes of the [[Lenape]], the first Europeans to settle the region were the [[Neth...
43: ... in St. Helier that [[Charles II of England]] was first proclaimed King of England in 1649, following ...
45: ... region and came primarily from New England. The first permanent English settlement was Elizabethtown... - New Mexico (31079 bytes)
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38: ...|English]] and [[Spanish language|Spanish]] are officially recognized languages in the state. In [[Sp...
46:
50: ... Spain]] to his remote colony. Oń”“„ was made the first governor of the new [[Province of New Mexico]]...
62: ...ssouri]], for Santa Fe early in [[1822]] with the first party of traders. Wagon caravans thereafter ma... - Southern Colonies (429 bytes)
1: ...outhern Colonies are generally considered to be [[Georgia Colony]], [[North Carolina Colony]], [[South Caro... - Thirteen Colonies (4707 bytes)
2: ...|right|thumb|[[Betsy Ross]] purportedly sewed the first [[Flag of the United States|American flag]] wi...
27: ...ovince of Georgia]], later [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
58: ...; [[British Honduras]], had settlements, but "unofficial" until at least a couple decades later--> - Time zone (34024 bytes)
2: ...e increasingly awkward. Time zones partially rectified the problem by setting the clocks of a region t...
6: ...e zones are relative. UTC is, nevertheless, the official term for today's atomically measured time as ...
24: Note: The time zone adjustment for a specific location may vary due to the use of [[daylight s...
31: ... About [[August 23]], [[1852]], time signals were first transmitted by telegraph from the [[Royal Gree...
33: ...me to be observed nationally, and was perhaps the first country to do so. It was based on the longitud... - Plain (710 bytes)
23: * [[Plains, Georgia]] - Cave (10592 bytes)
25: ...he most common process of cave formation is karstification, which is the solution of rocks by rain wat...
49: ...ecies of [[Cave Cricket|cave cricket]]s are classified as trogloxenes, as they roost in caves by day a...
60: ... to be explored to a depth of more than 2km. (The first cave to be descended below 1km was the famous ...
73: ...ave been converted into [[show cave]]s, where artificial lighting, floors, and other aids allow the ca...
83: ...lish/explain/Speleology/Classification.html Classification of Caves] Very detailed list of cave types ... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
120: *[[Jasmine Becket-Griffith]]
218: *[[Charles Ephraim Burchfield]] ([[1893]]-[[1967]])
381: *[[Beverly K. Effinger]] ([[1955]]-)
394: *[[Mikhail Evstafiev]] ([[1963]]-)
412: *[[Stanislaw Fijalkowski]] ([[1922]]-) - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
46: ...ts capital in [[Constantinople]]. In certain specific contexts, usually referring to the centuries tha...
51: ...played a crucial role in this. Henceforth, it was fixed policy in the West to refer to the emperor in ...
57: "[[Byzantium]] may be defined as a multi-ethnic empire that emerged as a Chr...
61: Byzantines identified themselves as Ρωμαί	...
63: The official dissolution of the Byzantine state in the [[1... - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
2: ...he revolution began before the [[first shot]] was fired at [[Battle of Lexington and Concord|Lexington...
4: ...on was a unique and radical event, producing significant changes that had a profound impact on world h...
10: ...llion]]—had, if not conquered, at least pacified the western frontier. Most white colonists in A...
16: ...asoning. The implications of the earlier [[scientific revolution]] began to have a greater effect on e...
19: ...]] views throughout the colonies. It was also the first event that swept through all the British colon... - American Civil War (47733 bytes)
53: ...[[January 11]], [[1861]]), [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] ([[January 19]], [[1861]]), [[Louisiana]] ([[Ja...
55: ...d not secede, and one seceding state split; these five are known as the [[Border States (Civil War)|Bo...
62: ...ssippi and the state open. California gold helped finance the Union war effort.[http://www.militarymus...
71: ...last slave state admitted was Texas in 1845, with five free states admitted between 1846 and 1859. Kan...
75: ...cotton, or "King Cotton," as it was touted, solidified the South's dependence on the plantation system... - Timeline of United States pre-history (1700-1759) (3760 bytes)
16: *[[1733]] - [[Province of Georgia]] founded.
19: *[[1739]] - [[George Whitefield]] tours the colonies ([[1739]]-[[1741]]) to pr... - Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
14: *[[1765]] - [[First Quartering Act]]
23: *[[1774]] - First [[Continental Congress]]
37: ...nt]], passes the [[Constitution of Vermont]], the first in the nation to outlaw slavery
43: *[[1781]] - [[Articles of Confederation]] ratified
53: *[[1788]] - [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[Connecticut]], [[Massachusetts]], [[Maryland... - Timeline of United States history (1790-1819) (6951 bytes)
7: ...United States Bill of Rights|Bill of Rights]] ratified
8: *[[1791]] - [[First Bank of the United States]] chartered
13: *[[1793]] - ''[[Chisholm v. Georgia]]'' 2 US 419 1793 paves way for passage of [[Elev...
35: ...rt]] to invalidate law passed by [[Congress]] for first time, the [[Judiciary Act (United States)#Judi...
44: *[[1806]] - [[Noah Webster]]'s first [[dictionary]] - Timeline of United States history (1820-1859) (8457 bytes)
13: *[[1824]] - First presidential nominating [[political convention...
20: ...tion and Protest'' arguing that states can [[nullification|nullify]] certain federal laws
31: *[[1832]] - ''[[Worcester v. State of Georgia]]'' - [[U.S. Supreme Court]] rules in favor of [[...
34: *[[1832]] - [[Ordinance of Nullification]] passed by [[South Carolina]]
50: ...[Oberlin College]] enrolls first female students, first [[coeducation]] in United States - History of the United States (1776-1789) (19792 bytes)
5: ...local leaders. At Lexington, they confronted and fired upon a small group of local militia, who had g...
9: ...laration was the responsibility of a committee of five, which included, among others, [[John Adams]] a...
13: ...ed and put into effect in 1778, but not fully ratified until 1781. The Articles of Confederation outl...
15: ..., instead, to write a Constitution, which was ratified by eleven States in 1788.
17: ...ration, and [[George Washington]] was elected the first [[President of the United States]].
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