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- Illinois (27007 bytes)
12: Governor = [[Rod Blagojevich]] |
39: ... its largest city is [[Chicago]], along the waterfront of [[Lake Michigan]]. Most of the state's popu...
45: ... Illini suffered in the seventeenth century as [[Iroquois]] expansion forced them to compete with seve...
47: ===European exploration===
48: ... The area was ceded to the new United States in [[1783]] and became part of the [[Northwest Territory]]. - Causes of the French Revolution (11170 bytes)
2: ... conflicting interests of these initially allied groups would become the source of conflict and bloods...
5: ...easants covetously eyed the relatively greater prerogatives of the townspeople.
7: ...and challenged the [[Catholic Church]] and the prerogatives of the nobles.
9: ...t in a non-bourgeois manner. The entire French terrorism was just a [[plebeian]] way of dealing with t...
13: ...owever, because noble titles exempted the holder from future taxes, the purchasers of titles were effe... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
2: ...]]s overthrew the [[absolute monarchy]] and the [[Roman Catholic Church]] was forced to undergo radica...
8: ... conflicting interests of these initially allied groups would become the source of conflict and bloods...
12: * Resentment of royal [[political absolutism|absolutism]].
15: ... both caused by and exacerbating the burden of a grossly inequitable system of [[tax]]ation.
17: ...ge and dominance in public life by the ambitious professional classes. - List of people associated with the French Revolution (16148 bytes)
5: ... X of France|Charles, comte d'Artois]] - younger brother of Louis XVI and one of the first émigrés.
6: ...e|Charles Pierre François Augereau]] - officer throughout the Revolutionary era and [[First French Em...
9: *[[François-Noël Babeuf]] - proto-[[socialism|socialist]], guillotined in [[1797]...
10: ... Bastille]], guillotined during the [[Reign of Terror]]
17: ...c Safety]], more radical [[Maximilien Robespierre|Robespierre]], but survived on [[9 Thermidor]]; was ... - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
3: ...'' refers to the [[18th century]] in [[Europe | European philosophy]], and is often thought of
4: ...h of [[socialism]]. It is matched by the high [[baroque]] and classical eras in music, and the [[neo-c...
6: ...losophers such as [[Voltaire]] and [[Jean-Jacques Rousseau]] questioned and attacked the existing inst...
10: ...t is thought of as a long period). Furthermore, [[Romanticism]] followed the Enlightenment.
14: ...became central to the Enlightenment from Newton through to Jefferson. - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
11: *[[Amedeo Avogadro]], (1776-1856), Italian physicist
22: *[[Robert Bunsen|Robert Wilhelm Bunsen]], (1811-1899), German invento...
28: *[[Heinrich Caro]], (1834-1910), German chemist
29: *[[Wallace Carothers]] (1896-1937), American chemist
33: *[[Robert Curl]], winner of 1996 [[Nobel Prize in Chemi... - Hot air balloon (8769 bytes)
1: ...is d'Arlandes]]. Balloons that can be propelled through the air rather than just being
6: ...dogs, rocket ships, and the shapes of commercial products.
9: ...stroyed on landing. After the invention of the hydrogen balloon, hot air ballooning faded into obscuri...
20: ... inside the envelope makes it lighter than the surrounding (ambient) air. This causes the balloon and...
22: ...very much resembles a flamethrower, is fueled by propane; a liquified gas stored in pressure vessels, ... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
11: *[[Alessandro Algardi]] (1595 - 1654)
22: *[[Pietro da Barga]]
32: *[[Miguel Berrocal]] (1933 - )
45: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]] (1475 - 1564)
54: *Sir [[Anthony Caro]] (1924 - ) - Aaron Burr (20716 bytes)
1: ...mage:AaronBurr-flipped.jpg|thumb|Vice President Aaron Burr]]
3: ...cratic-Republican party]] in [[New York]] and a strong supporter of Governor [[George Clinton (politic...
7: ...rn in [[Newark]], [[New Jersey]], to the Rev. [[Aaron Burr, Sr.]], who was the second president of the...
9: ...aw in the celebrated law school conducted by his brother-in-law, [[Tapping Reeve]], at [[Litchfield, C...
13: ...rom [[Long Island]] Burr saved an entire brigade from capture. - Bahrain (16123 bytes)
1: ... Fahd Causeway]], and [[Qatar]] is to the south across the [[ Persian Gulf]]. The [[Qatar-Bahrain Fri...
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28: | '''[[Crown Prince]]''' - Montgolfier brothers (3356 bytes)
3: The '''Montgolfier brothers''', '''Joseph-Michel Montgolfier''' ([[Augus...
5: ...t only got them more burnt, so they were scarred from the fire for the rest of their life.
9: On [[June 5]], [[1783]], as a first public demonstration, they sent up ...
13: An ascent in a fixed balloon took place around [[October 15]] (12 or 14 according to Montgolf...
15: ...t free flight by humans was made by [[Pilâtre de Rozier]] and the [[marquis d'Arlandes]], who flew al... - Steamboat (11603 bytes)
2: ...right|thumb|240px|Left: original [[paddlewheel]] from a paddle steamer on the lake of Lucerne. Right: ...
6: ...l that is propelled by [[steam]] power driving a propeller or paddlewheel. The term '''steamboat''' is...
15: ...same time. One of the first to propose the idea (around [[1690]]) was the physicist [[Denis Papin]] wh...
17: ...in a boat. The boat sank, and while he made an improved model he does not seem to have had much succes...
19: ... engine failed, but bureaucracy thwarted further progress. - Pirate Ship (44502 bytes)
1: ...on-state actors. Piracy should be distinguished from [[privateer]]ing, which was a legitimate form of...
4: ...y the [[international community]] is facing many problems in bringing pirates to [[justice]].<ref>{{ci...
9: ...rireme.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Mosaic of a [[Trireme|Roman Trireme]] in [[Tunisia]].]]
10: ...tolia]]n coast, threatening the commerce of the [[Roman Empire]].
12: ...ained an attitude of superiority and good cheer throughout his captivity. When the pirates decided to ... - Continental Congress (4041 bytes)
1: ...en Colonies]] and later of the [[United States]] from [[1774]] to [[1789]], a period that included the...
4: ...mmon opposition to Britain grew. It lasted only from [[September 5]], 1774, to [[October 26]], 1774, ...
8: ...the help of the Continental Congress?s guidance throughout the war, the colonists prevailed.
23: *July 2, 1778- June 21, 1783 Philadelphia
24: *June 30, 1783- Nov. 4, 1783 [[Princeton, New Jersey]] - American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
1: ... [[British North America]], resulted in the overthrow of British rule in the thirteen colonies and the...
3: ... refers solely to the military campaign; for the broader perspective, including the origins and afterm...
5: ...own as ''The Spirit of '76''. Often imitated or parodied, it is one of the most famous images relating...
10: ...ly lacked the training and discipline of regular troops, but could be effective when led by talented o...
12: ...regular troops with short-term colonial militia throughout the war. Although as many as 250,000 men ma... - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
1: ...age provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
2: ... Society]] and was also elected a Fellow of the [[Royal Society]]. In [[1775]], Franklin became the fi...
4: ...theter]], the [[lightning rod]], [[swimfin]]s, improvements to the [[glass harmonica]], and possibly [...
11: In around [[1677]], Josiah married a one Anne Child at E...
21: ...e became an [[apprenticeship|apprentice]] to his brother James, a printer who published the ''New Engl... - March 23 (10340 bytes)
10: ...angle]]d, and finally trampled to death in his bedroom at St. Michael Palace.
11: *[[1806]] - After traveling through the [[Louisiana Purchase]] and reaching the [[...
13: ...ew Zealand|Dunedin]], [[New Zealand]]. [[Otago]] province is founded.
14: ... Otis]]'s first [[elevator]] is installed at 488 Broadway, [[New York City]].
18: *[[1903]] - The [[Wright Brothers]] apply for a [[patent]] on their invention ... - Annapolis, Maryland (7226 bytes)
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25: ...hington Metropolitan Area|Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area]], 28 miles east of [[Washington D.C....
26: ...age provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
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)
5: ...iles (233 kilometers) north of and slightly east from [[New York City]], and slightly to the south of ...
25: metro pop = |
33: ...er son of the Scottish King. The name is derived from Alba; the Gaelic name for Scotland.
34: ...age provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
37: ...ented the Albany Plan of Union, the first formal proposal to unite the colonies. - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
15: *[[Robert Adrain]] (Ireland)
18: *[[Ahmes]] (Egypt, roughly around [[17th century BC]])
21: *[[al-Marrakushi ibn Al-Banna]] (Morocco, [[1256]] - [[1321]])
24: ...[[Jean le Rond d'Alembert]] (France, [[1717]] - [[1783]])
25: *[[Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov]] (Russia, [[1912]] - [[1999]])
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