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- Illinois (27007 bytes)
10: ...Capital = [[Springfield, Illinois|Springfield]] |
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39: ...]] of Illinois is [[Springfield, Illinois|Springfield]] while its largest city is [[Chicago]], along t... - Causes of the French Revolution (11170 bytes)
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5: ...imilarly, the peasants covetously eyed the relatively greater prerogatives of the townspeople.
7: ... they were in frequent contact with the French intellectuals; furthermore, contact between the America...
9: ...ich these ideals were simply cover for bourgeois self-interest. For example, [[Karl Marx]] writing in ...
13: ...ture taxes, the purchasers of titles were effectively buying an [[annuity]]. - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
2: ...apoleon Bonaparte]], the revolution nonetheless spelled a definitive end to the ''[[ancien r駩me]]'',...
8: ...the face of a changing world; to some extent, it fell to the ambitions of a rising [[bourgeoisie]], al...
16: * [[Food]] scarcity in the months immediately before the revolution.
21: ...o became Controller-General of the Finances in [[1783]], pursued a strategy of conspicuous spending as ...
25: ...attack, attempting to disband the parlements entirely and collect the new taxes in spite of them. Thi... - List of people associated with the French Revolution (16148 bytes)
16: *[[Louis Alexandre Berthier]] - General, effectively [[Napoleon Bonaparte]]'s chief of staff
19: ... was invaluable to his brother's success. Later fell out with Napoleon.
29: ...ne]] - French Controller-General of Finances from 1783 to 1787, whose discovery of the terrible state of...
33: ...ppe of France|Louis Philippe, duc de Chartres]] - eldest son of the Duke of Orleans, he defected to th...
38: ...ris Commune|Paris Commune (French Revolution)]], belated [[The Mountain|''Montagnard'']] (faction), on... - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
4: ...mmonwealth|Polish]] [[Constitution of May 3]] as well as leading to the rise of [[capitalism]] and the...
6: ...ce of a supreme being. In this period, piety and belief were integral parts in the exploration of [[na...
12: ... Enlightenment cover much of the 17th century as well, though others term the previous era "[[17th cen...
14: ...is goal in the Age of Reason, which was built on self-evident axioms, reached its height with [[Baruch...
18: ...m overreaching to some in the present-day, where belief is that human beings apprehend a truth that is... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
17: *[[J?Jakob Berzelius]], (1779-1848), Swedish ''chemist''
22: *[[Robert Bunsen|Robert Wilhelm Bunsen]], (1811-1899), German inventor, chemist
23: *[[Eduard Buchner]], (1860-1917), [[1907]] [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]
26: ...1911-1997), American chemist, winner of 1961 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]
33: *[[Robert Curl]], winner of 1996 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] - Hot air balloon (8769 bytes)
1: ... [[Marquis d'Arlandes]]. Balloons that can be propelled through the air rather than just being
6: ...n moves with the wind, the passengers feel absolutely no wind, unless they rise or descend to a differ...
9: ...ed balloon flight took place on [[21 November]] [[1783]]. King Louis XVI had originally decreed that con...
11: ...3]]. The 45-minute-long flight started in [[Philadelphia]] and ended in [[Gloucester County]], [[New J...
20: ...ithin. Raising the air temperature inside the envelope makes it lighter than the surrounding (ambient... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
21: *[[Baccio Bandinelli]] (1493 - 1560)
29: *[[Hans Bellmer]] (1902 - 1975)
32: *[[Miguel Berrocal]] (1933 - )
35: *[[John Blakeley]] (1946 - )
37: *[[Antoine Bourdelle]] (1861 - 1929) - Aaron Burr (20716 bytes)
3: ...ident]] under [[Thomas Jefferson]] as for his [[duel]] with [[Alexander Hamilton]] and his trial and a...
9: ...enedict Arnold]], [[George Washington]] and [[Israel Putnam]].
13: ...l never quite trusted Major Burr. However, [[Israel Putnam]] took Burr under his wing, and by his vig...
14: ...his study of law. Burr did perform occasional intelligence missions for Revolutionary generals such a...
18: ... Aaron Burr and his first wife were married for twelve years, until her death from [[cancer]]. - Bahrain (16123 bytes)
1: ...dom of Bahrain''', or '''Bahrain''' (''formally spelled '''Bahrein'''''), is a [[borderless country|bo...
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3: The '''Montgolfier brothers''', '''Joseph-Michel Montgolfier''' ([[August 26]], [[1740]] – [[...
5: ...ere third degree burns. This led them to cry and yell at the fire, slapping it with all their might. T...
9: On [[June 5]], [[1783]], as a first public demonstration, they sent up ...
11: ...e balloon, but the animals landed more or less safely. It flew for all of eight minutes.
15: On [[November 21]], [[1783]], the first free flight by humans was made by [[... - Steamboat (11603 bytes)
2: ...l.jpg|right|thumb|240px|Left: original [[paddlewheel]] from a paddle steamer on the lake of Lucerne. R...
6: ...y [[steam]] power driving a propeller or paddlewheel. The term '''steamboat''' is usually used to refe...
8: ...out of nostalgia, for [[diesel]] motor driven vessels, prefix "'''MV'''".
13: ==Early development==
15: ...0]]) was the physicist [[Denis Papin]] who was developing steam engines. In [[1707]] he constructed a ... - Pirate Ship (44502 bytes)
1: ...t does not normally include crimes on board a vessel among passengers or crew. The term has been used ...
4: ...e first example of universal jurisdiction. Nevertheless today the [[international community]] is facin...
10: ...]] and [[Tyrrhenians]] were known as pirates, as well as [[Ancient Greece|Greeks]] and [[Ancient Rome|...
12: ...esar]] was kidnapped by [[Cilicia]]n pirates and held prisoner in the [[Dodecanese]] islet of [[Farmak...
20: ... had been raiding the coasts of [[Armorica]] and Belgic [[Gaul]]. - Continental Congress (4041 bytes)
4: ...er 5]], 1774, to [[October 26]], 1774, in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]. [[Peyton Randolph]] served ...
6: ...ritish goods, and to cease exports to Britain as well if the "Intolerable Acts" were not repealed. Th...
8: ...trol. However, despite these problems, with the help of the Continental Congress?s guidance throughou...
14: *Sept. 5, 1774- Oct. 26, 1774 [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]
20: *Mar. 5, 1777- Sept. 18- 1777 Philadelphia - American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
1: ...''American Revolutionary War''' ([[1775]]–[[1783]]), also known as the '''American War of Independ...
3: ... and after the war itself. This article refers solely to the military campaign; for the broader perspe...
5: ...or parodied, it is one of the most famous images relating to the American Revolutionary War.]]
10: ... a few weeks or months at a time, were generally reluctant to go very far from home, and would often c...
12: ...men that Washington personally commanded in the field at any one time was fewer than 17,000. - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
2: ... of the [[Lunar Society]] and was also elected a Fellow of the [[Royal Society]]. In [[1775]], Frankli...
11: ...y included: Elizabeth ([[March 2]] [[1678]]), Samuel ([[May 16]], [[1681]]), and Hannah ([[May 25]], [...
15: ...he [[Old South Church]] of Boston by the Rev. Samuel Willard.
23: ...ivating a positive image of an industrious and intellectual young man earned him a great deal of socia...
27: ...libraries in other American cities, and Franklin felt that this [[enlightenment (concept)|enlightenmen... - March 23 (10340 bytes)
7: ...[[Peace of Longjumeau]] ends the [[Second War of Religion]] in [[France]]. Again [[Catherine de Medici...
9: ...[American Revolutionary War]]: [[Patrick Henry]] delivers his famous speech - "[[give me liberty or gi...
10: ...ally trampled to death in his bedroom at St. Michael Palace.
11: *[[1806]] - After traveling through the [[Louisiana Purchase]] and reachin...
14: *[[1857]] - [[Elisha Otis]]'s first [[elevator]] is installed at 488 Broadway, [[New York ... - Annapolis, Maryland (7226 bytes)
9: ...ounty = [[Anne Arundel County, Maryland|Anne Arundel County]] |
10: mayor = [[Ellen O. Moyer]] ([[United_States_Democratic_Party|D...
25: ...at]] of [[Anne Arundel County, Maryland|Anne Arundel County]]. As of the [[2000]] census, its populati...
28: ...e [[Treaty of Paris (1783)|Treaty of Paris]] in [[1783]].
34: ...workings of the government from [[November 26]] [[1783]] to [[August 13]] [[1784]], and the Treaty of Pa... - Albany, New York (8184 bytes)
33: ...ottish King. The name is derived from Alba; the Gaelic name for Scotland.
57: ...of 18 and 12.5% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.
60: ...//www.strose.edu The College of Saint Rose]; [[Excelsior College]]; [http://www.mariacollege.edu Mari...
64: ... Scientist [[Joseph Henry]] made discoveries in [[electromagnetism]] while an academy teacher.
73: ...ral in the [[Revolutionary War]], died there in [[1783]]. - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: The famous [[mathematician]]s are listed below in [[English language|English]] [[alphabet]]ica...
9: *[[Niels Henrik Abel]] (Norway, [[1802]] - [[1829]])
13: *[[Wilhelm Ackermann]] (Germany, [[1896]] - [[1962]])
15: *[[Robert Adrain]] (Ireland)
19: *[[Selman Akbulut]] (Turkey)
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