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- Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
2: ...at''', reigned as [[tsar|empress]] of [[Russia]] from [[June 28]], [[1762]], to her death on [[Novembe...
5: ...nths later, on [[July 17]], [[1762]], Peter died from illness, but is rumored to have been killed by C...
9: ...-Bonesana|Beccaria]] and [[Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu|Montesquieu]], Catherine drew up ...
11: ...e status hereditary; and gave the nobles full control over their serfs and lands. In addition, Catheri...
13: Catherine proceeded to "Westernize" Russia. However, unlike [[P... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
4: ...ony of Padua, ''Josepha'' in honour of her elder brother, [[Joseph II|Archduke Josef]] and ''Johanna''...
6: ...d Ferdinand-Karl ? already had important official roles within the [[Hapsburg]] Empire.
7: ... one of the most brilliant political figures in Europe.]]
11: ...a]] and Maria-Antonia's favourite sister, Maria-Carolina, was married to King Ferdinand of the [[Naple...
15: ...heir was his grandson, Louis-Auguste, and it was proposed that he should marry one of [[Maria Theresa ... - Jane Austen (5805 bytes)
3: ...6]], [[1775]]–[[July 18]], [[1817]]) was a prominent [[English literature|English novelist]] wh...
5: ...to seek medical attendance, but so rapid was the progress of her malady that she died there two months...
7: ...took the form of socially conscious comedies of errors. These, especially ''[[Emma]]'', are often cit...
12: ...ich people's chief concern is obtaining socially prominent marriages, to be unliberated and disquietin...
14: ... she began and completed her novels is different from that of their publication. They are: - Phillis Wheatley (3014 bytes)
3: ...tured and sold into [[slavery]] at the age of 7. Around 1760 she was purchased by the Wheatley family ...
5: ...aim in Boston. In [[1772]] she was examined by a group of [[Boston]] luminaries including [[John Ervin...
7: ...he harshest critics of her poetry, writing "The heroes of [[the Dunciad]] are to her, as [[Hercules]] ...
9: ...hard work nor artistic ability were to bring her prosperity, and she died in poverty in 1784.
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 ...
21: ...blic]]an [[democracy]] that served as an example around the world.
26: ...nia. He visited [[Barbados]], with his sick half-brother Lawrence in [[1751]], and survived an attack ...
31: ...eventually became the [[Seven Years' War]] in [[Europe]].
33: ...tion]], which successfully drove the French away from [[Fort Duquesne]]. - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
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25: ...[[February 16]], [[1817]]) who also had children from a previous marriage.
27: ...1778]]-[[1826]]), an eminent lawyer and later [[Aaron Burr]]'s second in the duel with [[Alexander Ham...
29: ...e a member of the [[Court for the Correction of Errors]], the highest [[Court (judicial)|court]] in Ne...
33: ...a Federalist. He had already, in [[1808]], moved from Kinderhook to [[Hudson, New York|Hudson]], and i... - United States (58223 bytes)
2: ...llection of overseas territories and possessions around the world. Each of the 50 states has a high le...
36: ...]]<br> [[July 4]], [[1776]]<br>[[September 3]], [[1783]]<br><br><br>
52: ... However, the structure of the United States was profoundly changed in [[1788]] when the states replac...
58: ...n [[1754]], in which a union was first seriously proposed.
60: ...r, [[Abraham Lincoln]] issued the [[Emancipation Proclamation]], mandating the freedom of all slaves i... - The Gambia (13678 bytes)
1: ...ter. In [[1965]], The Gambia became independent from the [[British Empire]]. [[Banjul]] is its capit...
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14: ... | <small>''[[National motto]]: Progress, Peace, Prosperity''</small>
37: | From the United Kingdom<br>[[February 18]], [[1965]] - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (8955 bytes)
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59: ... 5,000 black Caribs were eventually deported to [[Roatan]], an island off the coast of [[Honduras]].
63: ... representative assembly was authorized in 1776, Crown Colony government installed in 1877, a legislat... - New Jersey (35646 bytes)
39: ...ited by the tribes of the [[Lenape]], the first Europeans to settle the region were the [[Netherlands|...
41: ...|Sir George Carteret]] and [[John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton|Lord Berkeley of Stratton]]...
43: ...[[George Carteret|Sir George Carteret]], Jersey's Royalist Governor, was gifted a large tract of land ...
45: ...ovinces were united under a royal, rather than a proprietary, governor.
51: ...ar for Independence, British and American armies crossed New Jersey several times. - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
1: This is a chronological list of [[invention]]s.
3: ...ctical form many years before another inventor improves the invention into a practical form. Where the...
7: * 2 MYA: [[Origin of language|Language]] (controversial - this is the earliest likely)
8: * 1 MYA: Controlled [[fire]] in [[Cradle of Humankind|Africa]]
10: * 60 KYA: [[Shipbuilding|Ships]] probably used by settlers of [[New Guinea]] - Thirteen Colonies (4707 bytes)
1: ...ure provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
2: ...:us flag large Betsy Ross.png|right|thumb|[[Betsy Ross]] purportedly sewed the first [[Flag of the Uni...
4: ...ation of Independence]] in [[1776]] and formally broke with the [[Kingdom of Great Britain]], leading ...
6: ...ard Island]]—remained loyal to the British Crown and much later were united as [[Canada]]. The c...
10: ...sted the colonies in geographical order, roughly from north to south, as follows (the division into th... - History of science (41710 bytes)
6: ... [[empirical]] [[truth]]. [[Philosophy]] differs from science in that, while both the [[Natural scienc...
11: ...work, looking closely at the ways in which they "produce" and "construct" scientific knowledge. Since ...
13: ...progressive, and that there can be [[demarcation problem|no demarcation]] between science and any othe...
21: ...s a direct outgrowth of [[religion]], often as a project of a particular religious community.
23: ...hat would describe nature as it was in the world around them. - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[sculptor]] an...
44: *[[Alessandro Algardi]] ([[1595]]-[[1654]])
46: *[[Alessandro Allori]] ([[1577]]-[[1621]])
52: *[[Altichiero]] ([[1320]]-[[1395]])
54: *[[Rodolfo Amoedo]] ([[1857]]-[[1941]]) - Aviation history (39698 bytes)
3: ...flew too close to the sun and the wax melted, destroying the wings and causing Icarus to fall into the...
5: ...ngs ([[Wright brothers]]). Modern planes are controlled by [[computer]]s, which can make planes that ...
15: ...etation of his design, with modern knowledge of aerodynamic principles in mind, was made. Leonardo als...
17: ...l the [[gasoline]] engine designed by the Wright Brothers.
19: ...r "rage" in Europe in the late [[18th century]], providing the first detailed understanding of the rel... - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
1: [[Image:map of territorial growth 1775.jpg|thumb|300px|Before the Revolution: Th...
2: ...volution was effected before the War commenced," wrote [[John Adams]]. "The Revolution was in the mind...
4: ... event, producing significant changes that had a profound impact on world history. Most current interp...
10: ...sidered themselves loyal subjects of the British Crown, with the same rights and obligations as people...
16: ...he proper form of government have roots in this European Enlightenment and were a source for ideas reg... - United States territorial acquisitions (5763 bytes)
3: ...ndence]]. The treaty with the United Kingdom in [[1783]] defined the original borders of the [[United St...
5: ...[[Thomas Jefferson]]; the territory was acquired from [[France]].
7: ...River Basin]]''', acquired in [[1818]] by treaty from Great Britain
9: *'''[[Florida Purchase]]''', made in [[1819]] from [[Spain]], under the administration of [[John Qu...
11: ...residency, but before he took office, Congress approved the annexation of Texas on [[February 28]], [[... - Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
3: ...eline of United States history]] concerns events from '''[[1760]] to [[1789]]'''.
6: *[[1760]] - [[King George III]] crowned
9: *[[1763]] - [[British Royal Proclamation of 1763]]
19: *[[1771]] - [[Battle of Alamance]] in [[North Carolina]]
40: ...|right|thumb|The extent of America's territorial growth as of 1775.]] - History of the United States (1776-1789) (19792 bytes)
5: ...eir line of march, they confronted a much larger group of militia at a bridge in [[Concord, Massachuse...
7: ...d [[Continental Congress]], with representatives from 13 of the [[United_Kingdom|British]] [[colonies]...
9: ...ngth and then submitted to the Congress where numerous changes were made, including the exclusion of h...
11: ...States with a great wilderness empire stretching from the Atlantic to the Mississippi River, and inclu...
13: ...own status by the [[Articles of Confederation]], proposed and put into effect in 1778, but not fully r... - Michigan (29427 bytes)
10: LargestCity = [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]] |
36: ...ke Michigan]], which in turn is believed to come from the [[Chippewa]] Indian word ''meicigama'', mean...
40: ...the opening of the [[Erie Canal]] in 1825, which brought large numbers of settlers.
44: ...was a rich and important source of [[lumber]], [[iron]], and [[copper]], which would become the state'...
46: ...It was a development that not only transformed Detroit and Michigan, but permanently altered the socio...
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