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- Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
5: ...a, alienated the same groups that Catherine had cultivated. [[Grigori Orlov]], Catherine's lover at th...
11: ...ntrol over rural areas because of the peasant revolt. This process reached completion in [[1775]]. The...
13: ...]] (1765) to encourage the modernization of agriculture and industry. Second, she encouraged foreign i...
21: ...ned independence from the Ottoman Empire as a result of her first war with it. The Ottomans started a...
25: ...nd 12,500 men. The Russian ships had some difficulty aiming their guns in the rough waters, a problem... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
4: ...ribed the new baby as "a small, but completely healthy Archduchess."
11: ...a's sisters were soon married off to European royalty. Maria-Christina, the eldest, was married to the...
21: ...sband, Louis-Auguste (the future [[Louis XVI]]). Although intelligent and good-natured, Louis was also...
27: ...been noticed by [[Louis XV]]. Marie-Antoinette felt it was beneath her dignity as a [[Habsburg|Hapsbu...
32: ...Th鲨se de Lamballe]]. Th鲨se de Lamballe was wealthy and kind-natured; she was also absolutely devot... - Jane Austen (5805 bytes)
3: ...ands as a model of the writer whose apparently sheltered life did nothing to reduce the stature and dr...
5: ...in relative seclusion, and began to suffer ill-health. It is now thought she may have suffered from [[...
9: ...l received when they were published, with [[Sir Walter Scott]] in particular praising her work:
12: ...e enforcement of the lessons she teaches is left altogether to the story, without a word of formal mor... - Phillis Wheatley (3014 bytes)
13: ...amuel Cooper, Who Departed This Life December 29, 1783'' - George Washington (29551 bytes)
19: ... [[American Revolutionary War]] ([[1775]]–[[1783]]) and later the first [[President of the United ...
26: ...[1751]], and survived an attack of [[smallpox]], although his face was scarred by the disease. He was ...
31: ...umonville|Ensign Jumonville]]. Washington then built [[Fort Necessity]], which soon proved inadequate,...
35: ...rtha Washington|Martha Dandridge Custis]], the wealthy widow of [[Daniel Parker Custis]]. Washington a...
37: ...]], Washington had become one of the colonies' wealthiest men. In that year, he was chosen as a [[dele... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
27: ... Burr]]'s second in the duel with [[Alexander Hamilton]]. Van Buren made the acquaintance of Burr, but...
39: ...sal suffrage]]. His course in the Senate was not altogether consistent, though in this respect he is n...
49: ...twout]] ([[1783]]-[[1856]]), who was later a defaulter to a large amount as collector of the port of [...
53: ...rade, in which reference had been made to the results of the election of 1828, was in fact the work of...
57: ...possible origin of the expression "[[Okay|OK]]," although there are many other possible origins and th... - United States (58223 bytes)
36: ...]]<br> [[July 4]], [[1776]]<br>[[September 3]], [[1783]]<br><br><br>
52: ...tary]], [[scientific]], [[technological]] and [[cultural]] matters.
58: ...volutionary War|Revolutionary War]] (1775–[[1783]]). The original political structure was a [[conf...
60: ...ary for the continued success of southern [[agriculture]] and wanted it expanded to the territories. S...
88: ...es, concerning issues such as property, crime, health, and education. The highest elected official of ... - The Gambia (13678 bytes)
61: ...the regions of the Senegal and Gambia Rivers. The 1783 Treaty of Versailles gave Great Britain possessio...
65: ...tutional monarchy]] within the [[British Commonwealth]]. On [[April 24]], [[1970]], the Gambia became ...
69: ... signed the 1982 Treaty of Confederation. The result, the [[Senegambia Confederation]], aimed eventual...
78: ...1994, The Gambia was one of the oldest existing multi-party democracies in Africa. It had conducted fr...
110: ...eanuts) for export earnings, a re-export trade built up around its ocean port, low import duties, mini... - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (8955 bytes)
1: ...tate of the [[Caribbean]], part of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]].
59: ...en General Sir [[Ralph Abercromby]] crushed a revolt fomented by the French radical Victor Hugues. Mor...
61: ... harsh for both former slaves and immigrant agricultural workers, as depressed world sugar prices kept...
63: ...slative council created in 1925, and universal adult suffrage granted in 1951.
67: ...ad to be evacuated, and there was extensive agricultural damage. In 1980 and 1987, hurricanes devastat... - New Jersey (35646 bytes)
43: ...I of England]]. In 1663 in recognition of his loyalty to the English Crown [[George Carteret|Sir Georg...
49: ...of the [[13 colonies|thirteen colonies]] that revolted against British rule in the [[American Revoluti...
59: ...earned of the signing of the [[Treaty of Paris]] (1783) which ended the war.
107: ...rge base of industry and chemical manufacturing. Although the state is certainly not defined by these ...
141: == New Jersey Culture == - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
19: * 8500 BC: [[Agriculture#History|Agriculture]] in the [[Fertile Crescent]]
38: * [[Bronze]] by the [[Maikop culture|Maikops]]
62: * [[5th century BC|400s BC]]: [[Catapult]] in [[Syracuse, Italy|Syracuse]]
128: * [[1701]]: [[Seed drill]]: [[Jethro Tull (agriculturist)|Jethro Tull]]
131: ... [[1710]]: [[Thermometer]]: [[Ren頁ntoine Ferchault de R页mur]] - Thirteen Colonies (4707 bytes)
75: ...a/namerica.htm British North American Colonies to 1783 - Military History & Institutions] - History of science (41710 bytes)
23: ...nditions in an experiment could never produce results that would describe nature as it was in the worl...
25: ...tures== {{seemain2|History of science in early cultures|Alchemy}}
27: ...[[Origins of agriculture|development of]] [[agriculture]], which allowed for a surplus of food, it bec...
46: ...s allowed for new ideas to be rapidly copied to multiple people.
63: ...iously held truths and search for new answers resulted in a period of major scientific advancements, n... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
43: *[[Else Alfelt]] ([[1910]]-[[1974]])
51: *[[Albrecht Altdorfer]] ([[1480]]-[[1538]])
52: *[[Altichiero]] ([[1320]]-[[1395]])
69: *[[George Ault]] ([[1891]]-[[1948]])
74: *[[Milton Avery]] ([[1885]]-[[1965]]) - Aviation history (39698 bytes)
3: ...on Icarus flew too close to the sun and the wax melted, destroying the wings and causing Icarus to fal...
15: ...[[15th century]]. While this glider was never built by Leonardo, its plans were preserved and it was ...
17: ...that such flights can take place without danger, although when the first trials are made you may have ...
19: ...tailed understanding of the relationship between altitude and the atmosphere.
29: ...ter that his efforts became well known. Another delta hang-glider had been constructed by [[Wilhelm Kr... - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
2: ... [[American Revolutionary War]] ([[1775]]–[[1783]]) was one part of the revolution, but the revolu...
64: ...aracterized as preoccupied with preserving the wealth and power of the "better sorts" of colonial soci...
83: ...ithuanian_Commonwealth|Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth]], and in the [[Netherlands]]. - United States territorial acquisitions (5763 bytes)
3: ...ndence]]. The treaty with the United Kingdom in [[1783]] defined the original borders of the [[United St... - Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
46: *[[1783]] - [[Treaty of Paris (1783)]] ends [[United States Revolutionary War]]
57: *[[1789]] - [[Hamilton tariff]] - History of the United States (1776-1789) (19792 bytes)
11: ... Great Britain, settled by the [[Treaty of Paris (1783)|Treaty of Paris]], which endowed the nascent Uni...
31: ...the rest. Failed communications and planning resulted in the army descending from Canada, commanded b...
35: ...h Great Britain was termed the [[Treaty of Paris (1783)]].
45: ...ted the weight of their larger populations and wealth to have a proportionate share of power. The upp...
56: ...st well-known Federalists include [[Alexander Hamilton]], [[James Madison]], and [[John Jay]]. These w... - Michigan (29427 bytes)
42: ...chigan and Ohio militia maneuvered in the area. Ultimately, Congress awarded the "[[Toledo Strip]]" t...
46: ...ransformed Detroit and Michigan, but permanently altered the socio-economic climate of [[United States...
56:
59: *[[1760s]] [[Chief Pontiac]] led a major revolt of the [[Ottawa tribe]] against the British.
60: ...in to the United States by the [[Treaty of Paris (1783)|Treaty of Paris]] that ended the [[American Revo...
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