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- Connecticut (28543 bytes)
13: OfficialLang = ''English'' |
33: ISOCode = US-CT |
36: ...ies|thirteen colonies]] that revolted against British rule in the [[American Revolution]].
38: ...cut|USS ''Connecticut'']] was named in honor of this state.
40: == History == - Wisconsin (18812 bytes)
2: Name = Wisconsin |
3: Fullname = State of Wisconsin |
4: Flag = Wisconsin state flag.png |
5: Flaglink = [[Flag of Wisconsin]] |
6: Seal = Wisconsinstateseal.jpg | - Vermont (39851 bytes)
33: ISOCode = US-VT |
36: ...coast]]line along the [[Atlantic Ocean]], Vermont is noted mainly for the [[Green Mountains]] in the w...
38: ...ier, Vermont|Montpelier]], while the largest city is [[Burlington, Vermont|Burlington]].
41: ...es]], [[Vermont towns|List of Vermont towns]], [[List of mountains in Vermont|Vermont mountains]]
42: ...ses 9249 square miles (23,955 km?) and water comprises 366 square miles (948 km?), making it the 43rd ... - Texas (39610 bytes)
13: ...ish language|English]] and [[Spanish language|Spanish]] are de facto. |
33: ISOCode = US-TX |
38: ...nds'' or ''allies''; [[Spain|Spanish]] explorers mistakenly applied the word to the people and their l...
41: ...wer]] — the [[bluebonnet]] (''Lupinus texensis'')
42: * [[List of U.S. state mottos | state motto]] — "Fr... - New Mexico (31079 bytes)
14: ...ish language|English]] and [[Spanish language|Spanish]] |
34: ISOCode = US-NM |
38:
40: == History ==
44: ...the New World. The [[Pueblo people]] built a flourishing sedentary culture in the [[1200s]], construct... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
1: This is a chronological list of [[invention]]s.
3: ...first practical, fielded version of the invention is used here.
7: ...igin of language|Language]] (controversial - this is the earliest likely)
11: ...0 KYA: [[Bow (weapon)|Bow]] and [[arrow]] in [[Tunisia]]
19: * 8500 BC: [[Agriculture#History|Agriculture]] in the [[Fertile Crescent]] - Women's suffrage (11832 bytes)
1: ...rather than ''universal suffrage'' (abolition of discrimination due to, for instance, race), which was...
2: [[Image:Feminist Suffrage Parade in New York City, 1912.jpeg|thum...
4: The British colony of the [[Pitcairn Islands]], (2004 population 47 people), which some c...
13: ...1776]], but rescinded in [[1807]]. The [[Pitcairn Islands]] granted women's suffrage in [[1838]]. Vari...
20: ...d it differently from that extended to men (this list does not include countries where neither men nor... - Comet (30542 bytes)
3: ...helion|aphelia]] of which may be many times more distant than [[Pluto (planet)|Pluto]]'s orbit. Often ...
5: ... are [[temperature|cool]] enough that [[water]] exists in a [[solid]] (rather than [[gas]]eous) [[phas...
7: == Physical characteristics ==
9: ... solid body of the comet (called the ''nucleus'') is generally less than 50km across, the coma may be ...
11: ...lennia. One very famous old recording of a comet is the appearance of Halley's Comet on the [[Bayeux ... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painters'''.
7: *[[Paul Cezanne]], ([[1839]]-[[1906]]), French artist
8: ...[Salvador Dali]], ([[1904]]-[[1989]]), Catalan artist
12: ...840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
13: ...([[1881]]-[[1973]]), Spanish [[Cubism|cubist]] artist - United States territorial acquisitions (5763 bytes)
1: ...350px|Census Bureau map depicting territorial acquisitions and dates of statehood.]]
3: ...his is a list of '''United States territorial acquisitions''', beginning with [[American Revolutionary...
5: *The '''[[Louisiana Purchase]]''', completed [[1803]], was negoti...
9: ..., made in [[1819]] from [[Spain]], under the administration of [[John Quincy Adams]]
11: ...der [[Antonio L de Santa Anna]] warned that this would be "equivalent to a declaration of war agai... - Timeline of United States history (1820-1859) (8457 bytes)
1: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns events from '''[[1820]] to [[1859]...
5: *[[1820]] - [[Missouri Compromise]]
8: *[[1821]] - [[Missouri]] becomes a state
14: ...ction of 1824]]; Adams immediately appoints Clay his new [[Secretary of State]], which Jackson calls t...
20: ...houn]] (Jackson's vice-president) anonymously publishes ''South Carolina Exposition and Protest'' argu... - Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War (11837 bytes)
1: This is a timeline of significant events leading to the [...
6: ...ion between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River.
9: ... statehood, the [[Missouri Compromise]] makes provisions for the future admittance of slave states and...
18: | + [[William Lloyd Garrison]] begins publishing ''The Liberator''. <br>
20: ...e Nat Turner uprising, and the rise of [[abolitionism]], Southern defenders of slavery start seeing it... - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...was called ''New Year's Day'', and was, with [[Christmas]] and occasionally [[Twelfth Night (holiday)|...
9: *[[1438]] - [[Albert II of Habsburg]] is crowned King of [[Hungary]].
14: *[[1707]] - [[John V of Portugal|John V]] is crowned King of [[Portugal]]
15: ...scovered by [[France|French]] explorer [[Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier]].
16: ...eviously ''The Daily Universal Register'', is published. - January 2 (10888 bytes)
1: '''January 2''' is the [[2 (number)|2]]nd day of the year in the [[G...
8: ...[Reconquista]]: [[Granada]], the last [[Moors|Moorish]] stronghold in [[Spain]], surrenders.
12: *[[1815]] - [[Lord Byron]] marries Anna Isabella Milbanke, [[Seaham]], [[County Durham]].
13: *[[1818]] - British [[Institution of Civil Engineers]] formed
14: *[[1859]] - [[Erastus Beadle]] publishes ''[[The Dime Book of Practical Etiquette]]''. - Numbat (6437 bytes)
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Mammal]]ia}}
7: {{Taxobox_subclassis_entry | taxon = [[Marsupialia]]}}
13: ...[George Robert Waterhouse|Waterhouse]] | date = [[1836]]}}
15: ... (biology)|order]] [[Dasyuromorphia]], the generalised marsupial [[carnivore]]s.
17: ...accidentally: its primary, almost exclusive, diet is [[termite]]s. - History of California (38344 bytes)
1: ...for events in the 20th century and beyond, see [[History of California (20th century)]].}}
3: ...ean colonization means that most of the known '''history of California''' begins with European explora...
5: ... of interest primarily populated by [[missionary|missionaries]] and fur trappers, to a land of opportu...
9: ==Prehistory==
11: ...y inhabitation, dated to the last [[ice age]] ([[Wisconsin glaciation]]) about 13,000 years ago. - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
1: This is a list of famous chemists:
6: *[[Emil Abderhalden]], (1877-1950), German chemist
7: *[[Richard Abegg]], (1869-1910), German chemist
8: ...ikin]], (1773-1854), English chemist and mineralogist
9: ...ohan August Arfwedson]], (1792-1841), Swedish chemist - Aaron Burr (20716 bytes)
3: ...for his [[duel]] with [[Alexander Hamilton]] and his trial and acquittal on charges of [[treason]].
7: ...|Jonathan Edwards]], the famous [[Calvinism|Calvinist]] [[theology|theologian]].
9: ... [[Benedict Arnold]], [[George Washington]] and [[Israel Putnam]].
13: ..., and by his vigilance in the retreat from [[Long Island]] Burr saved an entire brigade from capture. ...
14: ...[[New York City]] after its evacuation by the British in the following year. - Sam Houston (6990 bytes)
3: ..., and, [[as of 2005]], the only person in [[U.S. history]] to have been the [[governor]] of two differ...
5: ...of Horseshoe Bend]] in March [[1814]]. Following his recovery he was assigned as an Indian agent to th...
7: ...]. He was made [[attorney general]] of Nashville district in late 1818 and also given a command in the...
9: ...r assault in Washington he left the Cherokee and his wife to enter [[Mexico|Mexican]] Texas in Decembe...
11: ...tiated a settlement with the Cherokee in February 1836. - Wendell Phillips (1286 bytes)
2: ... Amendment]] was passed, Phillips concentrated on issues such as [[women's rights]], [[universal suffr...
4: Famous quote: "Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty."
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