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- Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
1: ...MarieAntoinette1769-70.jpg|thumbnail|Marie-Antoinette, painted by Wagenschon shortly after her marriag...
2: '''Marie-Antoinette''', Queen of [[France]] and Archduchess of [[Aus...
4: Marie-Antoinette was the fifteenth child (the youngest daughter; ...
7: ...e Austrian Empire for fifteen years before Antoinette's birth. She was considered one of the most bril...
9: ...ss's youngest daughter in marriage - Marie-Antoinette (much to the Empress's amusement.) - Sheng (instrument) (1217 bytes)
5: ...the first shengs back to Europe in [[1740]] and [[1777]] respectively, although some believe shengs were...
7: ...music pieces in an orchestra, while being given little or no [[melody]].
9: ...es (depending on development) attached near the bottom of the reeds of the respective pipes. A player... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
26: ...lf-brother Lawrence in [[1751]], and survived an attack of [[smallpox]], although his face was scarred...
31: ...rench, which Washington could not read.) The "[[Battle of Jumonville Glen|Jumonville affair]]" became ...
33: ...[[Braddock Expedition#Battle of the Monongahela|Battle of the Monongahela]]. Washington distinguished ...
41: ... Army]] on [[June 15]], [[1775]]. The [[Massachusetts]] delegate [[John Adams]] suggested his appointm...
43: ...ving most of his forces. However, several other battles in the area sent Washington scrambling across ... - John Hancock (8787 bytes)
8: ...iness, making him the wealthiest man in Massachusetts at the time.
13: ...o resist the [[Stamp Act 1765|Stamp Act]], which attempted to restrict colonial trading.
17: ...oke that "[[Samuel Adams|Sam Adams]] writes the letters [to newspapers] and John Hancock pays the post...
19: ...eady to fight in sixty seconds—and his boycott of [[tea]] imported by the [[British East India C...
23: ...ddleton]]. He would serve until [[October 30]], [[1777]], when he was himself succeeded by [[Henry Laure... - United States (58223 bytes)
9: national_motto = <br>''[[E Pluribus Unum]]'' ([[1789]]–pr...
22: population_estimate = 333,287,557 [http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/popclock] |
52: ...cientific]], [[technological]] and [[cultural]] matters.
58: ... political structure was a [[confederation]] in [[1777]], ratified in [[1781]] as the [[Articles of Conf...
60: ...veral federal laws were passed in an attempt to settle the dispute, including the [[Missouri Compromis... - Flag of Delaware (1314 bytes)
1: ...|thumb|right|Flag of Delaware.Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
4: ... the left and a soldier on the right. The state motto, below the sheild, reads "Liberty and Independen...
9: Wyatt, Rick. 2004. "Delaware (U.S.)" http://www.fotw.net/flags/us-de.html - Boat (6417 bytes)
3: ...[[Propeller|screw]], [[oar]]s, [[paddle]]s, a [[setting pole]], a [[sail]], [[Paddle_steamer|paddlewhe...
24: * [[Cutter]]
100: ...te hands of a yacht's owner was of linen, later cotton. Therefore cordage used to control a sailing bo...
116: * [[Steamboat]] (1777) - Vermont (39851 bytes)
23: AdmittanceOrder = 14<sup>th</sup> |
24: AdmittanceDate = [[March 4]], [[1791]] |
36: ...mplain]] in the northwest. It borders [[Massachusetts]] to the south, [[New Hampshire]] to the east, [...
38: ...ed by the surrounding [[13 colonies|colonies]]. Settlers who held land titles granted by the [[Provinc...
46: ...ecause their relatively low altitude allows for little [[tree-line|timberline]], form a north-south sp... - Texas (39610 bytes)
23: AdmittanceOrder = 28th |
24: AdmittanceDate = [[December 29]], [[1845]] |
42: * [[List of U.S. state mottos | state motto]] — "Friendship"
43: ...lags of Texas, including the current Texas flag [http://www.50states.com/bio/nickname5.htm])
66: ...ore information on Texas Pre-History, go to the [http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/v... - New Jersey (35646 bytes)
23: AdmittanceOrder = 3<sup>rd</sup> |
24: AdmittanceDate = [[December 18]], [[1787]] |
39: ...ity]]. Some of southwestern New Jersey was also settled by the [[Sweden|Swedes]] in the mid-1600's as ...
41: ...t Baron Berkeley of Stratton|Lord Berkeley of Stratton]].
45: ...illiam Penn]] acting as trustee for a time) who settled the Delaware Valley region as a Quaker colony.... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
10: ...60 KYA: [[Shipbuilding|Ships]] probably used by settlers of [[New Guinea]]
15: * 12 KYA: [[Pottery]] by [[Jomon]] in [[Japan]]
123: * [[1645]]: [[Vacuum pump]]: [[Otto von Guericke]]
136: ...1733]]: [[Flying shuttle]]: [[John Kay (Flying Shuttle)]]
143: * [[1769]]: [[Steam engine]]: [[James Watt]] - Thirteen Colonies (4707 bytes)
1: ...tion of Pilgrims in Church. Picture provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
14: ...rovince of Massachusetts Bay]], later [[Massachusetts]] and [[Maine]]
29: ...*</nowiki>Vermont was an independent country from 1777 until it became the 14th state in 1791. Today it ...
49: * [[Nevis]], as part of [[Saint Kitts and Nevis]]
50: * [[St. Christopher]], now [[Saint Kitts]] - List of painters (54090 bytes)
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38: *[[Mariotto Albertinelli]] ([[1474]]-[[1515]])
102: *[[Jennifer Bartlett]] ([[1941]]-)
130: *[[Bernardo Bellotto]] ([[1721]]-[[1780]])
183: *[[Sandro Botticelli]] ([[1445]]-[[1510]]) - Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
19: *[[1771]] - [[Battle of Alamance]] in [[North Carolina]]
20: *[[1772]] - [[Samuel Adams]] organizes the [[Committees of Correspondence]]
28: ** [[Massachusetts Government Act]] ([[May 20]]),
31: *[[1775]] - [[Battle of Lexington and Concord]]
35: *[[1777]] - [[Battle of Oriskany]] ([[August 6]]) - History of the United States (1776-1789) (19792 bytes)
5: ...e subjected to continual sniper attacks. The [[Battle of Lexington and Concord]], coming after a doze...
9: ... was reviewed by Franklin at length and then submitted to the Congress where numerous changes were mad...
11: ...ican Revolutionary War]] against Great Britain, settled by the [[Treaty of Paris (1783)|Treaty of Pari...
21: ...essary to world Empire. The British Parliament's attempt to raise taxes on the North American colonist...
23: ...cond Congress should be called in the event that attempts at reconciliation with Britain failed. - January 2 (10888 bytes)
9: ... - The [[United Kingdom]] captures [[Kolkata|Calcutta]], [[India]].
14: ...]] publishes ''[[The Dime Book of Practical Etiquette]]''.
27: ...religious [[radio]] broadcast ([[KDKA AM]] in [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]]) .
47: *[[1991]] - [[Sharon Pratt Dixon]] is sworn in as mayor of [[Washington, DC]...
58: *[[1777]] - [[Christian Daniel Rauch]], German sculptor (... - Independence Day (United States) (6238 bytes)
17: ...e been associated with the Fourth of July since [[1777]].
23: ...ss reworked the text of the Declaration until a little after eleven o'clock, July 4th, when twelve [[c...
33: * In [[1777]], British officers noted the firing of 13 guns, ...
36: * In [[1781]], [[Massachusetts]] was the first [[legislature]] to recognize Ind...
45: ...posedly started on July 4, [[1916]] as a way to settle a dispute among four immigrants as to who was t... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
21: ...d [[Jacques Necker]] (Director-General of Finance 1777–1781), unsuccessfully proposed to revise th...
23: ..., and proposed a uniform land tax as a means of setting France's finances in order in the long term. ...
25: ...ing's tactlessness), Brienne went on the attack, attempting to disband the parlements entirely and col...
33: ...part of the opposition that the government would attempt to gerrymander an assembly to its liking. In...
35: Almost immediately the "Committee of Thirty", a body of liberal Parisians, mostly... - Baboon (5672 bytes)
9: ...Christian Polycarp Erxleben|Erxleben]] | date = [[1777]]}}
21: ...boon 04.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
26: ... a sacred animal to the ancient Egyptians as the attendant of Thoth, and so, is also called the Sacred...
31: ...e:L baboon 08.jpg|thumb|350px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
48: *[http://classroomclipart.com/clipart/Animals/Baboon.ht... - Bobcat (4586 bytes)
12: ...ristian Daniel von Schreber|Schreber]] | date = [[1777]]}}
18: ...bout two months. A female may have one to six [[kitten]]s each year. Although adapted to a variety of ...
22: ...it]]s, [[hare]]s, and [[rodent]]s, but will also attempt to hunt the larger [[deer]] in winter months ...
45: *[http://www.nps.gov/yell/nature/animals/Bobcat/Bobcat....
47: *[http://www.wildcatconservation.org/cats/factsheets/no...
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