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- Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
5: ...veral powerful political groups which opposed her husband. Well read, Catherine kept up-to-date on cur...
16: ...Buberel Coronation coach Catherine the Great.jpg|thumb|250px|Catherine the Great's coronation coach is...
23: ...ator in the [[War of the Bavarian Succession]] ([[1778]]-[[1779]]) between Prussia and Austria. In [[178...
25: ...the Russians, the Swedes were faced with mounting human and territory losses. After [[Denmark]] decla...
27: ...narchies. Catherine took advantage of [[Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth]] impotent government, before t... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
1: [[Image:MarieAntoinette1769-70.jpg|thumbnail|Marie-Antoinette, painted by Wagenschon sho...
7: [[Image:MariaTheresa.JPG|thumb|right|Marie-Antoinette's mother, the Empress Ma...
21: ...ouis_xvi.jpg|right|thumb|260px|Marie-Antoinette's husband, Louis-Auguste (the future [[Louis XVI]]). A...
22: ...the other members of the royal family. Her future husband, the Dauphin [[Louis XVI|Louis-Auguste]] was...
24: ...Marie-Antoinette wearing a magnificent dress with huge white hoops covered in diamonds and pearls. The... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
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29: [[Image:Washington 1772.JPG|thumb|right|275px|This, the earliest portrait of Wash...
40: [[Image:Washington Crossing the Delaware.png|thumb|left|350px|''[[Washington Crossing the Delaware...
41: ...ntal Army]] on [[June 15]], [[1775]]. The [[Massachusetts]] delegate [[John Adams]] suggested his appo...
43: ...t Britain|British]] forces out of [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] on [[March 17]], [[1776]] by statio... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Braintree]], [[Massachusetts]]
13: | place of death=[[Quincy]], [[Massachusetts]]
22: ...emigrated from [[Devon]], [[England]], to [[Massachusetts]] in about [[1636]]; his mother was Susanna ...
24: ... of [[James Otis]] in the superior court of Massachusetts as to the legality of [[Writs of Assistance]...
26: ...[Congregational]] minister at [[Weymouth]], Massachusetts. Their son, John Quincy Adams, was born in [... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
20: ...s the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the ...
29: [[Image:Jefferson1web.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Letter to Col. Skipwith, concerning...
32: ...e the many vine diseases native to the Americas. Thus, Jefferson himself was never able to produce win...
34: [[Image:TJeff.jpe|thumb|190px|left|Thomas Jefferson]]
56: [[Image:Jefferson memorial 1.jpg|right|thumb|The [[Jefferson Memorial]] in [[Washington, DC]... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
27: ...re he studied under [[William Peter van Ness]] ([[1778]]-[[1826]]), an eminent lawyer and later [[Aaron ...
33: ...08]], moved from Kinderhook to [[Hudson, New York|Hudson]], and in [[1816]] he took up his residence i...
65: ... and his nomination obviously failed to arouse enthusiasm or even inspire confidence. The revolt again... - Geology (12007 bytes)
7: ...gy" was first used by Jean-Andreluc in the year [[1778]] and introduced as a fixed term by Horace-Bedict...
10: ...hell]]s in a geological [[stratum]] in a mountain hundreds of miles from the ocean, he inferred that t...
16: ...olcanic]] origins of this part of France. [[James Hutton]] recorded his ''Theory of the Earth'' in the...
20: [[James Hutton]] is often viewed as the first modern geologi...
22: Followers of Hutton were known as ''[[Plutonism |Plutonists]]'' b... - Equatorial Guinea (13387 bytes)
89: ...ea ranks 109th out of 177 on the [[United Nations Human Development Index]].
113: ...se in 1474. The Portuguese retained control until 1778, when the island, adjacent islets, and commercial... - Hawaii (34434 bytes)
51: ...he northwest to southeast, Niihau, Kauai, Oʻahu, Molokai, Lānai, Kahoʻolawe, Maui and t...
52: [[Image:National-atlas-hawaii.png|thumb|left|250px|Map of Hawaii (main islands)]]
58: ...ului, Hawaii|Kahului]] and [[Lihue, Hawaii|Līhuʻe]].
66: ...awaii was visited by foreigners well before the [[1778]] arrival of [[United Kingdom|British]] [[explora...
71: ...e of Honolulu|suppression of the Hawaii Catholic Church]]. That led to the [[Edict of Toleration (Haw... - Washington (20186 bytes)
45: ... industries were [[salmon]] fishing and [[whale]] hunting. In the east, nomadic tribes travelled the ...
49: In [[1778]], [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] explorer ...
71: ...candidate [[Christine Gregoire]] by just over two hundred votes. Due to the small margin of victory, a...
75: ...age:OlympicCoastNationalMarineSanctuary.jpg|left|thumb|[[Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary]]]]
76: [[Image:County_map_of_Washington_state.png|right|thumb|Map of [[List of Washington counties|Washington... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
36: ... Champlain]] in the northwest. It borders [[Massachusetts]] to the south, [[New Hampshire]] to the eas...
57: ...[[Mount Ellen]], [[Mount Abraham]], and [[Camel's Hump]]. The lowest point in the state is [[Lake Cham...
58: ...ribes out of Vermont, later using the area as a [[hunting]] ground and warring with the remaining Aben...
62: ...rmont and the site of the first [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] [[Mass (liturgy)|mass]].
68: ... settlements were made by the [[Province of Massachusetts Bay]] to protect its settlers on the western... - South Carolina (11968 bytes)
42: ...overnment on March 15, 1776. On [[February 5]], [[1778]] South Carolina became the first state to ratify...
44: ... which stands on an island in Charleston harbor, thus precipitating the [[American Civil War | Civil W...
91: [[Image:National-atlas-south-carolina.PNG|left|thumb|200px|Map of South Carolina]]
99: [[Image:Maturecotton7888.JPG|left|thumb|200px|''Gossypium hirsutum''<br />Mature cotton...
113: ...'''Ol' Strom: An Unauthorized Biography of Strom Thurmond,'''. Longstreet Press, 1998. - Oregon (26551 bytes)
49: ...z Perce]]. [[James Cook]] explored the coast in [[1778]] in search of the [[Northwest Passage]]. The [[L...
51: By the [[1820s]] and [[1830s]], the British [[Hudson's Bay Company]] dominated the [[Pacific North...
74: In [[1778]], [[Jonathan Carver]] used '''Oregon''' to label...
77: [[Image:Oregon_DEM_relief_map.gif|thumb|[[Digital elevation model]] relief map of Orego...
101: [[Image:Or08s.jpg|thumb|right|A sample version of an older Oregon [[lic... - Spinning Jenny (3557 bytes)
1: [[image:Spinning jenny.jpg|300px|thumb|Model of the spinning jenny in a museum in Wupp...
10: The [[flying shuttle]] had increased yarn demand by the weavers by...
16: ...oderate success" Hargreaves' death on April 22nd, 1778. That year [[Samuel Crompton]] invented the [[spi... - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
35: *[[Hugo Borchardt]] (1844-1924) German–American i...
51: *[[Arthur C. Clarke]], (born 1917),[[England]], [[geosynch...
111: *[[James Hargreaves]], (1720-1778)
132: ...Kotelnikov]] - [[Russia]]n inventor of the [[parachute]].
178: ..., invented the Jolly Jumper baby harness with her husband, circa. [[1959]] - Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
1: [[Image:Boston Massacre.jpg|thumb|"The Boston Massacre," an engraving by patriot ...
28: ** [[Massachusetts Government Act]] ([[May 20]]),
39: *[[1778]] - [[Treaty of Alliance]]
40: [[Image:Map of territorial growth 1775.jpg|right|thumb|The extent of America's territorial growth as o...
53: ... (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[Connecticut]], [[Massachusetts]], [[Maryland]], [[South Carolina]], [[New H... - History of the United States (1776-1789) (19792 bytes)
5: ... group of militia at a bridge in [[Concord, Massachusetts|Concord]], and were turned back. Retreating...
13: ... Confederation]], proposed and put into effect in 1778, but not fully ratified until 1781. The Articles...
25: ...in the aftermath of armed clashes between [[Massachusetts]] militia and British Regular Army detachmen...
27: ...[cannon]] through the wilderness of western Massachusetts to the outskirts of Boston. The appearance ...
31: ...ritish Army, which was supposed to advance up the Hudson to meet Burgoyne, went, instead, to Philadelp... - History of California (38344 bytes)
7: [[Image:california_poppies.jpg|thumb|325px|A field of [[California Poppy|California ...
10: [[Image:Tunnel view.jpg|thumb|300px|California's [[Yosemite Valley]].]]
13: ...s now California. Among the tribes were the ''[[Chumash]]'', ''[[Maidu]]'', ''[[Miwok]]'', ''[[Modoc]...
19: ..., Hernán Cortés was attracted by stories of [[Zihuatanejo|Ciguatan]], a wonderful country far to the...
47: [[Image:Island of California.jpg|thumb|300px|left|"California" shown as an island on t... - Independence Day (United States) (6238 bytes)
13: [[Image:Fourth july fireworks.jpg|thumb|These fireworks over the [[Washington Monument]...
34: * In [[1778]], General [[George Washington]] marked the Fourt...
36: * In [[1781]], [[Massachusetts]] was the first [[legislature]] to recognize... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
8: *[[Arthur Aikin]], (1773-1854), English chemist and minera...
38: *[[Humphry Davy]], (1778-1829)
49: *[[Arthur Eichengr?(1867-1949)
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