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- American Revolution (17069 bytes)
2: ...effected before the War commenced," wrote [[John Adams]]. "The Revolution was in the minds and hearts ...
4: ... time of the [[French and Indian War]] ([[1754]]–[[1763]]), and ended with the election of [[Geo...
10: ...rmer Indian allies—[[Pontiac's Rebellion]]—had, if not conquered, at least pacified the we...
16: ...became the analysis of men like [[Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu|Montesquieu]]. The [[Deism...
28: ...s]] of the colonists. He lost the case, but John Adams later wrote, "American independence was then an... - Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
20: *[[1772]] - [[Samuel Adams]] organizes the [[Committees of Correspondence]...
50: *[[1787]] - [[Northwest Ordinance of 1787]]
51: *[[1787]] - [[Constitutional Convention]] in Philadelphia
52: *[[1787]] - [[Delaware]], [[Pennsylvania]] and [[New Jers... - Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War (11837 bytes)
5: |valign=center|'''[[1787]]'''
6: ... effect of establishing the Ohio River as the boundary between free and slave territory in the region ...
15: |[[Daniel Webster]] delivers a memorable ''Reply to Hay...
33: ...ately tabled, without discussion. [[John Quincy Adams]] leads an eight year battle against the gag ru...
48: ...hern magazine warning the planter class about the dangers of depending on the North economically. ''De... - History of the United States (1776-1789) (19792 bytes)
9: ...ee of five, which included, among others, [[John Adams]] and [[Benjamin Franklin]], but the style of t...
15: ... powerful and complete federal government led, in 1787, to the calling of a convention, to consider revi...
21: ...icularly their rights of self-government, were in danger. The colonial elite had inherited a decidedly...
23: ...included 12 of the colonies, but not British Florida or the then-tiny Georgia at the south or Newfound...
27: ...lifax, Nova Scotia]], precluded what became [[Canada]] from joining the 13 "American" States. The Ame... - Ohio (19444 bytes)
16: LandArea = 106,154 |
24: AdmittanceDate = [[March 1]], [[1803]], declared retroactivel...
25: ...Eastern Standard Time Zone|Eastern]]: [[UTC]]-5/[[Daylight saving time|-4]] |
48: ...erritory to the approximately the size of present-day Ohio plus the eastern half of [[Michigan]]'s low...
50: ...hat officially declared [[March 1]], [[1803]] the date of Ohio's admittance into the Union. - Causes of the French Revolution (11170 bytes)
5: ...the [[First Estate|clergy]], the remnants of [[feudalism]]. Similarly, the peasants covetously eyed th...
7: ...d some of the nobility and of the working class — had absorbed the ideology of equality and free...
9: ...th the enemies of the bourgeoisie: absolutism, feudalism and [[philistinism]]." [http://www.marxists.o...
30: ...he nobility (the so-called ''noblesse de robe'' – "gown nobility", as opposed to the nobility of...
34: ... a new stamp tax; it broke up on the 25th of May, 1787." [http://www.outfo.org/literature/pg/etext06/8h... - List of people associated with the French Revolution (16148 bytes)
25: ...ical journalist, [[Jacobin]], friend of [[Georges Danton]]. Went directly from civilian life to being ...
29: ...rench Controller-General of Finances from 1783 to 1787, whose discovery of the terrible state of French ...
42: *[[Charlotte Corday]] - assassin of [[Marat]]
47: *[[Georges Danton]] - writer, [[Jacobin]] but neither a [[Giron...
48: *[[Pierre Claude François Daunou]] - historian, loosely associated with the [[... - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
4: ...gan during a historical period they called the "[[Dark Ages]]"). This movement also provided a framewo...
12: The boundaries of the Enlightenment cover much of the 17th c...
14: ...sh axiomatic philosophy and absolutism as the foundations for knowledge and stability. Epistemology, i...
18: ...view may seem overreaching to some in the present-day, where belief is that human beings apprehend a t...
20: ... "laws" which governed its behavior were understandable. The notion of a "clockwork god" or "god the w... - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
10: ...litical meeting)|Constitutional Convention]] in [[1787]]; all states except [[Rhode Island]] agreed to s...
14: ...l the [[American Civil War|Civil War]] ([[1861]]–[[1865]]). The war, which began soon after seve...
18: ...;especially the chairmen of important committees—still held more clout. The influence of the par...
23: ...irst-past-the-post]] system, under which the candidate with a [[plurality]] of votes (not necessarily ...
30: ...he background of presidents and presidential candidates; far more sitting senators have been nominees ... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
20: *[[Johannes Nicolaus Br?d]], (1879-1947), Danish chemist
36: *[[John Dalton]], (1766-1844), physicist
37: ...[[Henrik Carl Peter Dam]], (1895-1976), [[Denmark|Danish]] biochemist, winner of the [[1943]] [[Nobel ...
38: *[[Humphry Davy]], (1778-1829)
43: *[[Davorin Dolar]], (born 1921), chemist - Shays' Rebellion (6569 bytes)
1: ...rn Massachusetts]] that lasted from [[1786]] to [[1787]]. Many of the rebels, known as [[Shaysites]] or...
5: ...]], the towns of Western Massachusetts and modern-day [[Maine]] were unable to contribute to the final...
11: ...e [[Revolutionary Army]]. Another leader, [[Luke Day]], was the son of a wealthy family in [[West Spr...
13: ...r more weapons. A column of rebels led by [[Luke Day]] was delayed by heavy snows, but were repulsed ...
15: ...ts]], where they were defeated on [[February 3]], 1787. Shays and many of the leaders escaped to [[Vermo... - Steamboat (11603 bytes)
21: ...steamboat which underwent a successful trial in [[1787]]. The following year a second boat made 50 km (3...
23: ...ndas]] and in March [[1802]] the ''[[Charlotte Dundas]]'' towed two 70 ton barges 30 km (almost 20 mil...
25: ... and was aware of the success of the Charlotte Dundas. Before returning to the [[United States of Amer...
27: In [[Scotland]] the ideas of the ''Charlotte Dundas'' were taken up by [[Henry Bell]], and in [[1812...
30: ...amboats, very few of which survive to the present day, most destroyed by boiler explosions or fires. ... - Pirate Ship (44502 bytes)
4: ...llenges global governance |date=2009-04-09 |accessdate=2009-04-09 |publisher=[[Open Democracy]]}}</ref...
29: ...im raiders [[Sack of Rome (846)|sacked Rome]] and damaged the Vatican. In 911, the bishop of [[Narbonn...
31: ...] tribe settled the land of [[Pagania]] between [[Dalmatia]] and [[Zachlumia]] in the first half of th...
39: ...[[North Sea]] and the Baltic Sea was seriously in danger of attack by the pirates.
47: ...vilization.ca/aborig/haida/havwa01e.html|title=Haida Warfare}}</ref> - Continental Congress (4041 bytes)
8: ...s, with the help of the Continental Congress?s guidance throughout the war, the colonists prevailed.
10: ==Dates and places of sessions==
21: *Sept. 27, 1777 (one day only) [[Lancaster, Pennsylvania]]
29: *Nov. 6, 1786- Oct. 30, 1787
30: *Nov. 5, 1787- Oct. 21, 1788 - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
2: ...'Benjamin Franklin''' ([[January 17]], [[1706]] – [[April 17]], [[1790]]) was an [[United States...
25: ... is a penny earned" are now commonly quoted every day by people all over the world.
34: ...ally became the [[University of Pennsylvania]], today a member of the [[Ivy League]]. He founded an Am...
36: ...esses. He created a partnership with his foreman, David Hill, which provided Franklin with half of the...
38: ...n his writings, displays that he was aware of the dangers and offered alternative ways to demonstrate ... - James Cook (14770 bytes)
1: ...ritish explorer James Cook, portrait by Nathaniel Dance, c. 1775, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich]...
3: '''James Cook''' ([[October 27]], [[1728]] – [[February 14]], [[1779]]) was a [[Kingdom of ...
7: ...ren born to Grace and James, Sr., who worked as a day laborer on a farm. As a child, Cook moved with...
8: ...on]], and [[astronomy]], skills he would need one day to command his own ship. Cook rose in the ranks...
14: ...ing and cartographic skills, courage in exploring dangerous locations to confirm the facts (''e.g.'' d... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
14: *[[John Couch Adams]] (United Kingdom, [[1819]] - [[1892]])
25: *[[Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov]] (Russia, [[1912]] - [[1999]...
66: *[[David Bates (physicist)|David Bates]]
75: *[[Daniel Bernoulli]] (Switzerland, [[1700]] - [[1782]]...
88: *[[Danilo Blanusa]], ([[Croatia]], [[1903]] - [[1987]]) - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
8: ...arc Aaronson]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1950]] – [[1987]])
9: ... Ogden Abell]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1927]] – [[1983]])
10: *[[Antonio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1846]] – [[1928]])
11: *[[Georgio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1882]] – [[1982]])
12: ...reeley Abbot]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1872]] – [[1973]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
14: *[[Isaac Abrabanel|Isaac ben Judah Abravanel]], (1437-1508){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
15: *[[Judah Leon Abravanel|Judah ben Isaac Abravanel]], (1460?-1535?){{fn|C}}{{fn...
19: *[[Adam Parvipontanus]], (d. 1181)
20: *[[Marilyn McCord Adams]], (born 1943){{fn|O}}
21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}} - United States House of Representatives (41197 bytes)
9: ...litical meeting)|Constitutional Convention]] in [[1787]]; all states except [[Rhode Island]] agreed to s...
11: ...l the [[American Civil War|Civil War]] ([[1861]]–[[1865]]), which began soon after several south...
17: ...istration of [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] ([[1933]]–[[1945]]), often winning over two-thirds of the...
23: ...ach state is allowed to draw its own district boundaries In some states, non-partisan panels are respo...
27: ...irst-past-the-post]] system, under which the candidate with a [[plurality]] of votes (not necessarily ...
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