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- Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
1: ...pg|thumb|"The Boston Massacre," an engraving by patriot Paul Revere.]]
3: ...s history]] concerns events from '''[[1760]] to [[1789]]'''.
7: *[[1763]] - [[Treaty of Paris (1763)]] ends [[French and Indian Wa...
27: ** [[Administration of Justice Act]] ([[May 20]]),
39: *[[1778]] - [[Treaty of Alliance]] - History of the United States (1776-1789) (19792 bytes)
5: ...Massachusetts|Concord]], and were turned back. Retreating to Boston, the British soldiers were subjec...
9: ...in Franklin]], but the style of the document is attributed primarily to [[Thomas Jefferson]]. However...
11: ...ent United States with a great wilderness empire stretching from the Atlantic to the Mississippi River...
13: ... of political institutions troubled the young country. The Second [[Continental Congress]] continued ...
17: In 1789, the [[Constitution of the United States]] was pu...
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- List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
3: ...ba, Joseph M.]] (born 1967), first Puerto Rican Astronaut
4: ...iarch Acacius|Acacius, Patriarch]], (died 489), patriarch of Constantinople
14: ...illas of Alexandria]], (died 313), Coptic Pope, Patriarch of Alexandria
48: ...Heinrich Ackermann|Ackermann, Wilhelm Heinrich]] (1789-1848)
62: *[[Loren Acton|Acton, Loren]], (born 1936), US astronaut - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
5: ... a distant castle, and Catherine took the throne, triumphant about her bloodless and widely supported ...
11: ...le status hereditary; and gave the nobles full control over their serfs and lands. In addition, Cather...
13: ...courage the modernization of agriculture and industry. Second, she encouraged foreign investment in ec...
19: ...titions of Poland|partitions]] among Russia, [[Austria]] and [[Prussia]] (1772, 1793 and 1795).
21: ...gn. This war ([[1787]]-[[1792]]) ended with the [[Treaty of Jassy]], which legitimated the Russian cla... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
2: ...ber]] [[1793]]) Daughter of [[Maria Theresa of Austria]], wife of [[Louis XVI]] and mother of [[Louis ...
4: ...r) of the Austrian empress, [[Maria Theresa of Austria|Maria Theresa]] and [[Francis I, Holy Roman Emp...
7: ...ther, the Empress Maria-Theresa, had ruled the Austrian Empire for fifteen years before Antoinette's b...
15: ...that he should marry one of [[Maria Theresa of Austria|Maria Theresa]]'s daughters. With Johanna-Gabri...
19: ... a Thanksgiving Mass was held in her honour. The streets of the city where covered in flowers, which M... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
14: ...ia|Gov.]] [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]], born in [[Austria]]; [[Florida]] [[United States Senate|Sen.]] [[...
21: ... the oath — and even judges of [[federal district court]]s have fulfilled this duty in emergenci...
23: ...ugural address which sets the tone for his administration.
25: ...es)|Election Day]] and campaigning across the country to explain their views and plans to the voters. ...
27: ...thumb|'''[[George Washington]]''', 1st President (1789-1797)]] - 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: ...[[Chotank]] in King George County. As a youth, he trained as a [[surveyor]] (obtaining his certificate...
29: ... 1772.JPG|thumb|right|275px|This, the earliest portrait of Washington, was painted in [[1772]] by [[Ch...
31: ...irginia Regiment, led a mission into the Ohio Country. He ambushed a [[French Canadian]] scouting part... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Braintree]], [[Massachusetts]]
18: ...]] – [[July 4]], [[1826]]) was the first ([[1789]]–[[1797]]) [[Vice President of the United ...
22: ...Old Style]], [[Julian Calendar]]), 1735 in [[Braintree, Massachusetts]]. His father, a farmer, also na...
24: ...length, his recollections of this scene; it is instructive to compare the two accounts.
31: ... to the Stamp Act was a part of the never-ending struggle between individualism and corporate authorit... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
20: ... in [[1962]], saying, "I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge...
25: ... of Independence]], and a source of many other contributions to American political and civil culture. ...
32: ...n Virginia, to say nothing of the rest of the country.
35: ... agricultural nation of [[yeoman]] farmers, in contrast to the vision of [[Alexander Hamilton]], who e...
37: ...y of State]] of the United States, serving from [[1789]] until [[1795]]. He was also the second vice pre... - James Madison (15187 bytes)
18: ... Hamilton]], of the [[Federalist Papers]], and is traditionally regarded as the ''[[List of people kno...
23: ...nted in the new Congress, Madison was one of the strongest advocates of state representation depending...
29: ...e governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself."
31: ...ed Jefferson and believed strongly in limiting centralized power.
33: ...[Dolley Madison|Dolley Payne Todd]], who cut as attractive and vivacious a figure as he did a sickly a... - United States (58223 bytes)
2: ...fty [[U.S. state|states]] located primarily in central [[North America]]. The United States has land b...
4: {{Infobox Country |
9: ...>([[Latin]]: "Out of Many, One")<br>''[[In God We Trust]]'' ([[1956]]–present) |
37: ...[1787]]<br>[[May 23]], [[1788]]<br>[[March 4]], [[1789]]|
52: ...ence|Declaration of Independence]]. However, the structure of the United States was profoundly changed... - U.S. state (14432 bytes)
1: ...m ''commonwealth'') which, together with the [[District of Columbia]], form the [[United States|United...
3: ...ducation, health, transportation, and other infrastructure are generally the responsibility of the sta...
5: ...changed. The general tendency has been toward centralization, with the federal government playing a m...
13: ...iations]], [[Traditional U.S. state abbreviations|traditional abbreviations]], and [[capital]]s, are:
16: ...table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><tr><td>''' - North Carolina (18268 bytes)
25: AdmittanceDate = [[November 21]], [[1789]] |
42: Originally inhabited by a number of native tribes, including the [[Cherokee]], North Carolina w...
44: ...April [[1776]], the colony became the first to instruct its delegates to the Continental Congress to v...
46: ...nd commercial areas were further connected by construction of a 129 mile (208 km) wooden [[plank]...
48: ...agements took place in North Carolina itself, her troops served in virtually all the major battles of ... - Hawaii (34434 bytes)
39: ...ecies]] capital of the world and is the only industrial producer of [[coffee]], and [[chocolate]] in t...
44: ...er]], [[state gem]], [[state mammal]] and [[state tree]]. Included are the two statues representing H...
46: ...the [[Union Jack]] and features eight horizontal stripes representing the eight major Hawaiian Islands...
56: ... be found on high islands located in and near the tropics has resulted in a vast array of [[endemic]] ...
64: ...edatory rivals. Warfare was endemic. The general trend was towards chiefdoms of increasing size, even... - Maryland (22654 bytes)
45: ...d, and the [[William Penn|Penn family]], which controlled Pennsylvania, engaged two surveyors, [[Charl...
47: ...ed until 1658 when the Calvert family regained control and re-enacted the Toleration Act.
71: ...collectively as the Eastern Shore. A portion of extreme western Maryland in [[Garrett County, Maryland...
81: ...rs and colder winters, where snow often falls. Extreme western Maryland has a mountain climate with m...
87: Maryland's economic activity is strongly concentrated in the tertiary - Washington (20186 bytes)
45: ...d [[whale]] hunting. In the east, nomadic tribes travelled the land and missionaries such as the Whit...
49: ...harles W. Barkley]]. Further explorations of the straits were performed by Spanish explorers [[Manuel ...
51: ...ia river]] and, beginning in 1792, he established trade in [[Sea Otter]] pelts. In [[1805]] the [[Lewi...
53: ...ritain ceded their claims to this land with the [[Treaty of Oregon]].
55: Due to the migration along the [[Oregon Trail]], many settlers wandered north to what is now... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
38: ...nch and Indian War]]. For many years, rightful control of the area was disputed by the surrounding [[1...
46: ...their relatively low altitude allows for little [[tree-line|timberline]], form a north-south spine run...
50: ...ng Vermont some of New England's best [[cross-country skiing]] areas.
52: ...ch to the presence of a particular variant of the tree; it rather results from a number of soil and cl...
58: ...the [[Iroquois]] drove many of the smaller native tribes out of Vermont, later using the area as a [[h... - New Jersey (35646 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Trenton, New Jersey|Trenton]] |
39: Once inhabited by the tribes of the [[Lenape]], the first Europeans to set...
41: ... 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton|Lord Berkeley of Stratton]].
43: ...], Jersey's Royalist Governor, was gifted a large tract of land in North America henceforth known as N...
45: ...rs]] in England (with [[William Penn]] acting as trustee for a time) who settled the Delaware Valley ... - Thirteen Colonies (4707 bytes)
1: [[Image:Pilgrims_church.jpg|right|thumb|Illustration of Pilgrims in Church. Picture provided by [...
2: ...ited States|American flag]] with 13 stars and 13 stripes representing each of the 13 colonies.]]
10: ...s (the division into three regions is a later construct of historians):
29: <nowiki>*</nowiki>Vermont was an independent country from 1777 until it became the 14th state in 1791...
45: '''Future independent countries''' - History of the United States (21226 bytes)
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.''
24: ...and Caribbean colonies. Both sides permitted this trade when it benefitted them, but opposed it when i... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
14: ...[1912]]-[[1956]]), US [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[painter]]
72: *[[Jules Robert Auguste]] ([[1789]]-[[1850]])
188: *[[P. Rostrup Bøyesen]] ([[1882]]-[[1952]])
206: *[[Bertram Brooker]] ([[1888]]-[[1955]])
219: *[[William Partridge Burpee]] ([[1846]]-[[1940]]) - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
4: ...t revolutionary at all, that it did not radically transform colonial society, but simply replaced a di...
7: ...c, etc. situations before the revolution, and the trends which led to the coming revolution -->
16: ...ilosophy]] and began to replace arguments born of tradition and authority with those based on observat...
18: ===Religious trends===
23: ...e stable and profitable, new economic and land distribution policies were implemented. Colonial resent...
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