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- Mexico (27255 bytes)
72: ...n citizenship. It also forbade the importation of slaves, a condition that, like the others, was large...
74: ...ollowed in office by Santa Anna. As president, in 1834 Santa Anna abrogated the [[1824 Constitution of M...
87: ...jority in the legislature. The president also legislates by executive decree in certain economic and f...
176: ...stic Product|GDP]] fell 0.3% in 2001, with the US slowdown the principal cause. Positive developments ...
194: ...h]], and other expatriate communities; Mexico's Muslims number only a few thousand or less. - List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
159: | [[Rhode Island]]
160: | [[Providence, Rhode Island|Providence]]
185: | [[1834]] — [[1836]]
193: | [[1919]] — [[1928]] (Legislative Building) - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
30: ...]]?-[[1377]]?), [[Morocco|Moroccan]] [[Berber]] Muslim, visited [[Mecca]] several times, travelled to ...
34: *[[Moric Benovsky]], [[Slovakia|Slovak]]
53: ...ry]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[Atlantic]] islands)
66: ... to the [[Indies]]; discovered various lands and islands and established a colony on [[Hispaniola]]
67: ...Pacific]], discovering or mapping many lands and islands - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
45: *[[Rudolph Ackermann|Ackermann, Rudolph]] (1764-1834) - Flora Tristan (1707 bytes)
5: ... Tristá®® She remained in [[Peru]] until July 16, 1834. Though she never secured the inheritance that br... - Phillis Wheatley (3014 bytes)
3: ...] in [[Africa]], but was captured and sold into [[slavery]] at the age of 7. Around 1760 she was purch...
14: ... and Slave'' (Boston: Published by Geo. W. Light, 1834), also by Margaretta Matilda Odell
19: * [[Slave narrative]], [[African-American literature]] - 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 ...
68: *Abolition of the external [[slave trade]] in [[1808]]
115: *[[William Johnson (1771-1834)|William Johnson]] - [[1804]]
123: ...-one-half inches (189 cm) in height, large-boned, slim, erect and sinewy. He had angular features, a v... - John Quincy Adams (11783 bytes)
32: ...on]] remained the only American president unanimously chosen by the [[U.S. Electoral College|electoral...
80: ...nish ship where they were being held as illegal [[slave]]s, should not be returned to [[Spain]], but r... - Andrew Jackson (23546 bytes)
22: ...ophobia]] would be combined with a distrust and dislike of Eastern aristocrats stemming from his feeli...
49: ...ion to the Bank manifested as a strong personal dislike for its president, [[Nicholas Biddle (banker)|...
51: ... Senate]] [[censure]]d Jackson on [[March 27]], [[1834]] for his actions in defunding the Bank of the Un...
55: ...y" — declare illegal — the tariff legislation of 1828, and more generally the right of a s...
65: ...kees from the state of Georgia, although the famously defiant quote attributed to him ("[[John Marshal... - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
18: ...his running mate [[William R. King]] won in a landslide, beating [[Winfield Scott]] by a 50 to 44 perc...
20: ...sion of [[History of slavery in the United States|slavery]] in the [[American West|West]]. Pierce's cr...
40: On [[November 19]], [[1834]], Pierce married Jane Means Appleton, the daught...
45: ...dopted, opposing any further "agitation" over the slavery issue and supporting the [[Compromise of 185...
47: ...m as a [[war hero]]. Pierce was nominated unanimously on the 49th ballot on [[June 5]]. Senator [[Will... - James Buchanan (15634 bytes)
50: ...zed for failing to prevent the [[country]] from [[sliding]] into [[schism]] and the [[American Civil W...
53: ...rved as Minister to [[Russia]] from [[1832]] to [[1834]].
57: ...illiam Wilkins. He served from [[December 6]], [[1834]]; was reelected in [[1837]] and [[1843]], and r...
66: ...Court was considering the legality of restricting slavery in the territories, and two justices hinted ...
70: ... the majority in that case to uphold the right of slave property. - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
44: ...tion]] in [[March]] of [[1861]], seven Southern [[slave state]]s [[secession|seceded]][[Confederate St...
46: ... evident in his diplomatic handling of the border slave states at the beginning of the fighting, in hi...
48: ...wever, he is most famous for his role in ending [[slavery]] in the United States with the enactment of...
53: ..., Louisiana|New Orleans]] he may have witnessed a slave auction that left an indelible impression on h...
61: ...]]. In [[1837]] he made his first protest against slavery in the [[Illinois House of Representatives|I... - Andrew Johnson (12662 bytes)
48: ...828]] to [[1830]] and mayor of Greeneville from [[1834]] to [[1838]]. He was a member of the State Hous...
107: ... his Cabinet members at will. Johnson had previously vetoed the Act, claiming it was unconstitutional... - Barbados (21887 bytes)
1: ...s), and is primarily low, with some hills in the island's interior. It is located 13? north of the [[E...
3: ...s and [[mangrove]] [[swamp]]s. Some parts of the island's interior are also dotted with large sugarcan...
5: ...]], the #1 developing country in the world. The island is a major tourist destination.
9: ...odoid-Barrancoid—lived in isolation on the island.
11: ...abor]] on [[plantation]]s. Other Caribs fled the island, moving elsewhere. - Guyana (12153 bytes)
64: The abolition of [[slavery]] in [[1834]] led to black settlement of urban areas and the ...
76: [[Legislative]] power rests in the [[unicameral]] Guyanese...
78: ... is not directly elected; each party presenting a slate of candidates for the assembly must designate ...
94: * [[Essequibo Islands-West Demerara]]
119: ...[Christianity]] (50%), [[Hinduism]] (35%), and [[Islam]] (10%) are the dominant religions in Guyana, w... - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (8955 bytes)
59: ...aribs were eventually deported to [[Roatan]], an island off the coast of [[Honduras]].
61: ... 1860s. Conditions remained harsh for both former slaves and immigrant agricultural workers, as depres...
63: ... Crown Colony government installed in 1877, a legislative council created in 1925, and universal adult...
65: ...d the Grenadines became the last of the Windward Islands to gain independence.
67: ...ausing extensive damage to the west coast of the island. - Portugal (61755 bytes)
1: ...adeira and Porto Santo]] (including the [[Savage Islands]]).
7: ... progress in the subsequent decades, with a clear slow-down in the last few years.
25: An [[Islam]]ic invasion took place in [[711]]. Many of the...
38: ...nd conquer [[Ceuta]] in North [[Africa]], a rich Islamic trade center. On [[August 21]], the city fell...
40: ...rly 15th century, Madeira Island and the Azorean islands were discovered. Henry the Navigator's intere... - Luxembourg (11321 bytes)
64: ...es the Chamber of Deputies in the drafting of legislation.[http://www.ce.etat.lu/structure.htm]
111: ...e grand-ducal decrees of [[1830]], [[1832]] and [[1834]], which allowed the free choice between German a...
113: ...languages. French remains the language of the legislation, due to the application of the [[Napoleonic ... - Tennessee (19096 bytes)
50: ...e adopted a new [[constitution]] that abolished [[slavery]] ([[February 22]], [[1865]]), ratified the ...
66: The General Assembly (the state's legislature) consists of the 33-member Senate and the 99...
70: ...joined the union, and the second was adopted in [[1834]].
132: ...ion of any city in the state, but Nashville has a slightly larger [[metropolitan area]]. [[Chattanooga...
136: ...ion of [[Martin Luther King]], home of [[Elvis Presley]], home of [[Memphis Grizzlies]] NBA team, home... - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
149: ...harles Augustus Young|Young, Charles Augustus]], (1834-1908), American astronomer
178: ...Young, Simon]], (fl. mid 19th century), Pitcairn Isl. politician
207: ...[Tohir Yuldashev|Yuldashev, Tohir]], leader of [[Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan]] [[terrorist]] group
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