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- Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
3: ...s history]] concerns events from '''[[1760]] to [[1789]]'''.
37: ...n of Vermont]], the first in the nation to outlaw slavery
54: *[[1789]] - [[Constitution]] ratified
55: *[[1789]] - [[George Washington]] becomes President
56: ...ed States)#Judiciary Act of 1789|Judiciary Act of 1789]] - History of the United States (1776-1789) (19792 bytes)
7: ...lonies, taking over governmental functions previously exercised by the King and Parliament of Great Br...
9: ...usion of his charges against George III regarding slavery.
17: In 1789, the [[Constitution of the United States]] was pu...
45: ...ell as a two house legislature. The national legislature, or Congress, envisioned by the Congress emb...
66: ...nment was put into operation in March and April [[1789]].
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- List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
48: ...Heinrich Ackermann|Ackermann, Wilhelm Heinrich]] (1789-1848) - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
9: ...w up a document to reform the code of laws. A legislative commission representing all classes except t...
19: ...] Catherine placed [[Stanislaus II of Poland|Stanislaw Poniatowski]], a former lover, on the [[List of...
25: ...tory losses. After [[Denmark]] declared war in [[1789]], things looked bleak for the Swedes. However, ... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
24: ...to eat less, Louis-Auguste replied "Why? I always sleep better when I have a full stomach!"
27: Since they were not sleeping together, Louis and Antoinette remained chi...
28: ...ge in [[1770]] until the siege of the palace in [[1789]]]]
59: ...indictive rumours began that Marie-Antoinette was sleeping with her brother-in-law. Illegal presses in...
63: ...s. Whatever Joseph II said to Louis XVI, it obviously worked. For the marriage was soon consummated an... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
14: ...f State]] [[Madeleine Albright]], born in [[Czechoslovakia]]; and [[Michigan]] [[List of Governors of ...
16: ...should he have succeeded to the Presidency previously and served less than two years completing his pr...
19: ...ally elected officials in the United States. (Legislators are elected on a state-by-state basis; other...
27: ...thumb|'''[[George Washington]]''', 1st President (1789-1797)]]
35: ...l. In addition, the president has important [[legislative]] and [[judicial]] powers. - George Washington (29551 bytes)
6: | date1=[[April 30]], [[1789]]
19: ...ited States]] under the [[U.S. Constitution]]. ([[1789]]–[[1797|97]]). He also served as President...
26: ...743]]) and Mary Ball ([[1708]] - [[August 25]], [[1789]]) were of [[England|English]] descent. He spent ...
43: ...sive there. Washington lost the [[Battle of Long Island]] on [[August 22]] but managed to retreat, sav...
47: ...r 11]] and succeeded in his task. An attempt to dislodge the British, the [[Battle of Germantown]], fa... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
18: ...]] – [[July 4]], [[1826]]) was the first ([[1789]]–[[1797]]) [[Vice President of the United ...
31: ... their representatives; in August 1765 he anonymously contributed four notable articles to the [[Bosto...
33: ...diers; but two soldiers were found guilty of [[manslaughter]]. These claimed benefit of [[clergy]] and...
48: ... had been authorized to execute the duties previously assigned to Laurens, and secured the recognition...
52: ...dential_election%2C_1789|presidential election of 1789]]. As this was the second largest number, he was ... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
18: ...itect]], [[Archaeology|archaeologist]], [[slavery|slaveowner]], [[author]] and founder of the [[Univer...
25: ...t R. Livingston]]. The committee met and unanimously solicited Jefferson to prepare the draft of the ...
32: ... his [[ambassador]]ship to [[France]] ([[1784]]-[[1789]]) he took extensive trips through [[France|Frenc...
37: ...y of State]] of the United States, serving from [[1789]] until [[1795]]. He was also the second vice pre...
68: *Abolition of the external [[slave trade]] in [[1808]] - James Madison (15187 bytes)
23: ... strong central government with a [[bicameral legislature]]. When the issue arose of how states would ...
113: ...madisonmus.org/resources/will.htm] Madison was a slaveholder throughout his entire life.
120: ...s are more general. Charity is no part of the legislative duty of the government."
124: ...es kept up under the pretext of defending, have enslaved the people." -- Constitutional Convention [[J...
144: ...re=''(none)''| after=''(district system)''| years=1789-1791}} - United States (58223 bytes)
9: national_motto = <br>''[[E Pluribus Unum]]'' ([[1789]]–present)<br>([[Latin]]: "Out of Many, One...
37: ...[1787]]<br>[[May 23]], [[1788]]<br>[[March 4]], [[1789]]|
58: ...s]] in [[1754]], in which a union was first seriously proposed.
60: ...tion Proclamation]], mandating the freedom of all slaves in states in rebellion, though full emancipat...
74: ...e United States|Congress]] (the [[legislature|legislative]] branch), the [[President of the United Sta... - U.S. state (14432 bytes)
59: ...>R.I.<td>[[Rhode Island]]<td>[[Providence, Rhode Island|Providence]]</tr>
84: ...cial name of Rhode Island is "the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations"
89: ...s, take their names from places in the [[British Isles]]: [[New Hampshire]], [[New Jersey]], [[New Yor...
91: ** Because they are on territories previously controlled by [[Spain]] or [[Mexico]], many stat...
106: ...he [[United States Constitution]], beginning in [[1789]]. - North Carolina (18268 bytes)
11: Governor = [[Michael Easley]] |
25: AdmittanceDate = [[November 21]], [[1789]] |
42: ...he demise of one, the "Lost Colony" of [[Roanoke Island]], remains one of the great mysteries of Ameri...
46: On [[November 21]], [[1789]], North Carolina ratified the Constitution to be...
48: ...le attempt by Confederate Gen. Joseph Johnston to slow Union Gen. Sherman's advance into the Carolinas... - Hawaii (34434 bytes)
37: ...archipelago]] of the [[Hawaiian Islands|Hawaiian Islands]] in the [[Pacific Ocean]]. Hawaii constitute...
44: ...d various other measures of the Hawaii State Legislature established official symbols meant to embody...
46: ...al stripes representing the eight major Hawaiian Islands. The constitution declares the [[state motto...
49: ''Main article: [[Hawaiian Islands]]''
51: ...lokai, Lānai, Kahoʻolawe, Maui and the Island of Hawaii. - Maryland (22654 bytes)
55: ...le 24 of that document outlawed the practice of [[slavery]]. The right to vote was not, however, exten...
63: ...tive branch|executive]], [[legislative branch|legislative]], and [[judicial branch|judicial]]. Unlike...
77: ... features of Delmarva is Maryland's [[Assateague Island]], on the Atlantic, with its herd of wild poni...
181: ...ocation of the first Catholic bishop in the USA ( 1789) and Emmitsburg, the home and burial place of the... - Washington (20186 bytes)
49: ...]], but the straits would not be explored until [[1789]] by Captain [[Charles W. Barkley]]. Further expl...
78: ...da, and the [[Pacific Rim]]. Puget Sound's many islands are served by one of the largest [[Washington...
89: **[[Bainbridge Island]]
90: **[[Camano Island]]
91: **[[San Juan Islands]] - Vermont (39851 bytes)
46: ...pine running the most of the length of the state, slightly west of its center. In the southwest portio...
62: ...[[Fort Sainte Anne]] on [[Isle La Motte, Vermont|Isle La Motte]] in [[1666]] as part of their [[fortif...
78: ...on]] of [[History of slavery in the United States|slavery]], [[suffrage]] for men who did not own land...
80: ...ories]]. They are ours, or this night Molly Stark sleeps a widow!" With reinforcements from the Vermon...
82: ... acted as President of Vermont from [[1778]] to [[1789]] and from [[1790]] to [[1791]]. In [[1791]], Ver... - New Jersey (35646 bytes)
36: ...th smallest state. The state is named after the island of [[Jersey]] in the [[English Channel]].
43: During the [[English Civil War]] the Island of [[Jersey]] remained loyal to The English Cr...
57: Slightly more than a week after victory at [[Trenton...
61: On [[November 20]], [[1789]] the state became the first in the newly-formed ...
63: ...d to ratify the Constitutional Amendments banning Slavery and granting rights to America's black popul... - Thirteen Colonies (4707 bytes)
6: ... colonies of [[Nova Scotia]] and [[Prince Edward Island]]—remained loyal to the British Crown an...
15: ...idence Plantations]], later [[Rhode Island|Rhode Island and Providence Plantations]]
37: ...ean'' or [[St. John's Island (Canada)|St. John's Island]]
54: * [[Cayman Islands]]
63: ...can Revolution|History of the United States (1776-1789): Independence and the American Revolution]] - History of the United States (21226 bytes)
12: ...o forms of [[unfree labour|unfree labor]] such as slavery and indentured servitude, and a British poli...
14: ==History of the United States (1776-1789)==
15: ...see the main [[History of the United States (1776-1789)]] article.''
19: ==History of the United States (1789-1849)==
20: ...ils, see the main [[History of the United States (1789-1849)]] article.'' - List of painters (54090 bytes)
72: *[[Jules Robert Auguste]] ([[1789]]-[[1850]])
125: *[[Zdzislaw Beksinski]] ([[1929]]-)
131: *[[George Wesley Bellows]] ([[1882]]-[[1925]])
302: *[[Boleslaw Cybis]] ([[1895]]-[[1957]])
305: *[[Wladyslaw Czachorski]] ([[1850]]-[[1911]]) - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
4: ...the first [[President of the United States]] in [[1789]]. Beyond that, interpretations vary. At one end ...
30: ...ritish goods, and to the emergence of the popular slogan "[[no taxation without representation]]," in ...
66: ...al component of the populations of the [[Abaco]] islands (in the [[Bahamas]]), the [[Canada|Canadian]]...
95: ...line of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789)]]
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