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- Andrew Jackson (23546 bytes)
18: ...e first president who had lived on the American [[frontier]], and thus the first not primarily associa...
22: ...trust and dislike of Eastern aristocrats stemming from his feeling that they were too inclined to favo...
24: ...began to prosper in the rough-and-tumble world of frontier law. He became a colonel in the state milit...
34: ...ackson's election represented a significant break from that past.
36: He was also the first President from a state west of the [[Appalachian Mountains]]. ... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
25: ...;[[February 16]], [[1817]]) who also had children from a previous marriage.
29: ... of [[Columbia County, New York|Columbia County]] from [[1808]] until [[1813]], when he was removed. I...
33: ... a Federalist. He had already, in [[1808]], moved from Kinderhook to [[Hudson, New York|Hudson]], and ...
39: ...ion, where he opposed the grant of [[universal suffrage]]. His course in the Senate was not altogether...
43: ...oted for the measure in obedience to instructions from the New York [[State legislature|legislature]] ... - Richard Mentor Johnson (4804 bytes)
3: ...entative]] and a [[United States Senate|Senator]] from [[Kentucky]] and the ninth [[Vice President of ...
5: ...as a member of the state House of Representatives from [[1804]]-[[1806]] and again in [[1819]]. He wa...
7: ...ohn J. Crittenden]], and was reelected and served from [[December 10]], [[1819]] to [[March 3]], [[182...
9: ...rican-American woman. He served as vice President from March 4, 1837, to March 3, [[1841]].
11: ...oon after taking his seat. He is interred in the Frankfort Cemetery. - George M. Dallas (3858 bytes)
3: ...64]]) was a [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] from [[Pennsylvania]] and the eleventh [[Vice Presid...
5: ...he resignation of [[Isaac D. Barnard]] and served from [[December 13]], [[1831]] to [[March 3]], [[183...
7: ...ket in [[1844]] with [[James K. Polk]] and served from [[March 4]], [[1845]] to [[March 3]], [[1849]].
9: ...ingdom|Britain]] by President [[Franklin Pierce]] from [[1856]] to [[1861]], when he returned to Phila...
16: ...ed States Senators from Pennsylvania|U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania]]|before=[[Isaac D. Barnard]]|afte... - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Franklin Pierce
3: | image name=Franklin Pierce.jpg
18: ... 14th [[President of the United States]], serving from [[1853]] to [[1857]]. Pierce was a [[United Sta...
20: ...[[American Civil War|Civil War]]. He died in 1869 from [[cirrhosis]].
25: ...[[Benjamin Pierce (governor)|Benjamin Pierce]], a frontier farmer who became a [[American Revolutionar... - Printing press (12986 bytes)
1: ...Events of the Millennium by LIFE Magazine. Apart from Gutenberg, the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[Laurens ...
8: ... using "rag" [[paper]] introduced into [[Europe]] from [[China]] by way of [[Muslims]], who had a pape...
12: ... books were copied mainly in [[monasteries]], or (from the [[13th century]]) in commercial [[scriptori...
14: ... printing presses an industry requiring a licence from the Catholic Church (an idea rejected in the en...
16: ...vention in 1453, towns from Hungary to Spain, and from Italy to Britain had functional printing presse... - Age of the Earth (20052 bytes)
1: ...arth is not exactly known yet and the predictions from different accretion models vary between several...
4: ...s Ussher]] of [[Armagh]], [[Ireland]], calculated from the Bible (augmented by some [[astronomy]] and ...
6: ...ho thought the Earth and [[universe]] had existed from eternity.
9: ...tury]] that the Earth had been created separately from the rest of the universe, several hundred thous...
11: ... mostly speculative, but in [[1779]] the [[France|French]] naturalist the [[Georges-Louis Leclerc, Com... - Americas (7154 bytes)
13: ...referring to U.S. citizens. In [[French language|French]], ''鴡ts-unien'' (''鴡ts-unienne'' for wom...
23: ...troductio]]'', explains that the name was derived from the [[Latin]]ized version of the explorer [[Ame...
25: ...eem?s maps are alleged to incorporate information from the early British journeys to North America. T...
27: ...ld, and even changed the spelling of his own name from ''Alberigo'' to ''Amerrigo'' to reflect the imp...
29: ... death, people forgot where the name America came from, so they changed his name to Amerigo to explain... - United States (58223 bytes)
36: established_dates = From [[Great Britain]]<br> [[July 4]], [[1776]]<br>[...
58: ...on of the Americas]], [[thirteen colonies]] split from Great Britain and formed the United States, the...
60: ... the [[Emancipation Proclamation]], mandating the freedom of all slaves in states in rebellion, though...
62: ...e U.S. acquired a number of overseas possessions, from [[Cuba]] to the [[Philippines]], though it gave...
70: ... American people. Americans enjoy [[universal suffrage]]. ''More information at the Main article: [[P... - Canada (35540 bytes)
3: ...e of the many "main" articles about Canada linked from this article, e.g., [[Politics of Canada]], [[G...
10: ...[English language|English]] and [[French language|French]]. Its [[Statistics Canada|official]] populat...
17: ...ions]], the [[Commonwealth of Nations]], and [[La Francophonie]]. Canada is officially [[Bilingualism ...
18: * [[Canadian French|French]] is the majority language of [[Quebec]] and ...
46: ...t|[[New Brunswick]]||[[Fredericton, New Brunswick|Fredericton]] - Germany (46412 bytes)
1: ...[[Austria]] and [[Switzerland]], to the west by [[France]], [[Belgium]], the [[Netherlands]] and [[Lux...
13: ...[[German language|German]]: Unity and Justice and Freedom)
15: ...tschen]]<br>3rd stanza (''Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit'')
51: ...[[Romany language|Romany]] and [[Frisian language|Frisian]] are officially recognised and protected as...
61: ...[[prince-elector]]s of the [[Holy Roman Empire]]. From ''Bildatlas der Deutschen Geschichte'' by Dr Pa... - Republic of the Congo (9324 bytes)
7: ...= Unit鬠Travail, Progres <br> ([[French language|French]]: Unity, Work, Progress) |
10: official_languages = [[French language|French]] |
35: established_dates = From [[France]] <br> [[15 August]], [[1960]] |
36: currency = [[CFA franc]] |
47: ...inea]]. Upon independence in [[1960]], the former French region of Middle Congo became the Republic of... - Portugal (61755 bytes)
5: ... the country's early history, stemming as it does from the Roman name ''Portus Cale'', a possibly mixe...
15: ...C]], several waves of [[Celts]] invaded Portugal from [[Central Europe]] and intermarried with local ...
17: ...Portugal started from the south, where they found friendly natives, the [[Conii]]. Over decades, the R...
25: ...s. From there they aimed to reconquer their lands from the [[Moors]] (mainly [[Berber]] with some [[Ar...
27: ...r of the Iberian Peninsula, faced new competition from other regions. The lords of the cities of [[Coi... - Delaware (15006 bytes)
42: The name "Delaware" comes from the title of [[Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La War...
48: ... 1813 as the "[[Spencer Churches|Union Church of Africans]]," which is now the [[A.U.M.P. Church]]. T...
71: ...in Delaware, although a public-television station from Philadelphia, WHYY, maintains a studio and broa...
92: The five largest ancestries in Delaware are: [[African American]] (19.2%), [[Ireland|Irish]] (16.6%)...
181: ...into [[Delaware Bay]], which separates New Jersey from the state of Delaware. - Indiana (20194 bytes)
47: ...n]] as part of the settlement at the end of the [[French and Indian War]], given to the [[United State...
60: ... 475 mile long [[Wabash River]] bisects the state from northeast to southwest and has given Indiana tw...
71: A high percentage of Indiana's GDP comes from manufacturing, and much of this activity is hea...
75: ...bably best known for its decorative [[limestone]] fron the southern, hilly portion of the state. One o...
83: *8.4% [[African American|Black]] - Iowa (24205 bytes)
45: *French explorers [[Louis Joliet]] and [[Jacques Marq...
47: ... in June [[1833]]. Primarily, they were families from [[Ohio]], [[Pennsylvania]], [[New York]], [[Ind...
51: ...e [[Iowa General Assembly]] passed a [[women's suffrage]] amendment in [[1870]].
55: ...ary industry is agriculture, it also produces [[refrigerator]]s, [[washing machine]]s, [[fountain pen]...
128: *2.1% [[African American|Black]] - Louisiana (26375 bytes)
12: ...[English language|English]] and [[French language|French]] de facto |
13: ...glish language|English]] 91.2%, [[French language|French]] 4.8% |
45: ...the main language of everyday life, but traces of French survive in local dialects.
60: ...avelier de La Salle]] in honour of [[Louis XIV of France|Louis XIV]] in [[1682]]. The first permanent...
62: ...nt-day [[Saint Louis, Missouri]]. ''See also:'' [[French colonization of the Americas]] - Washington (20186 bytes)
45: Prior to the arrival of explorers from [[Europe]], this region of the Pacific Coast ha...
49: ...sh explorers [[Manuel Quimper]] in [[1790]] and [[Francisco Eliza]] in [[1791]], then by British Capta...
51: ...the northwest territory to explorers and trappers from other nations, most notably Britain and then th...
55: ...hat same year [[Washington Territory]] was formed from part of [[Oregon Territory]].
59: ...forests and the ports along Puget Sound prospered from the manufacturing and shipping of lumber produc... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
38: ...British possession after France's defeat in the [[French and Indian War]]. For many years, rightful co...
44: ...north to south, is 159 miles. Its greatest width, from east to west, is 89 miles (the narrowest width ...
52: ...particular variant of the tree; it rather results from a number of soil and climate conditions unique ...
58: ...ing the era Native Americans migrated year-round. From [[1000 BCE]] to [[1600|1600 CE]] was the Woodla...
60: ..., [[1609]], [[French colonization of the Americas|French explorer]] [[Samuel de Champlain]] claimed th... - Tennessee (19096 bytes)
39: ...ed "Tanasqui" in [[1567]] while travelling inland from [[South Carolina]]. European settlers later enc...
48: ...9]], nearly 17,000 Cherokees were forced to march from Eastern Tennessee to [[Indian Territory]] west ...
50: ...ennessee was the last Confederate state to secede from the Union when it did so on [[June 8]], [[1861]...
52: Tennessee was the only state that seceded from the Union that did not have a military governor...
72: ...see Governors]], [[U.S. Congressional Delegations from Tennessee]]''
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