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- History of the United States (21226 bytes)
7: ... BC, and dominated the area until the influx of European settlers in the early [[17th century]].
12: ...and culture which was distinct from that of its European founders.
17: ...is period the United States won its independence from the [[Kingdom of Great Britain]] during the [[Am...
22: ...rom the western border of the United States, and provided U.S. farmers with vast expanses of land.
24: ...aterials to both warring [[great power]]s and to profit off transporting goods between their home mark... - Comet (30542 bytes)
3: ...dirty snowballs", comets are composed largely of frozen [[carbon dioxide]], [[methane]] and [[water]] ...
5: ...r [[volatile]] materials may come to resemble asteroids.
9: ... the tails can extend over 150 million km (1 [[Astronomical unit]]) or more.
11: ...s of kings or noble men, or coming catastrophes. From ancient sources, such as Chinese oracle bones, i...
15: ... tend to be very dark, like [[tar]] or crude [[Petroleum|oil]]. The very darkness of cometary surfaces... - History of science (41710 bytes)
6: ... [[empirical]] [[truth]]. [[Philosophy]] differs from science in that, while both the [[Natural scienc...
11: ...work, looking closely at the ways in which they "produce" and "construct" scientific knowledge. Since ...
13: ...progressive, and that there can be [[demarcation problem|no demarcation]] between science and any othe...
21: ...s a direct outgrowth of [[religion]], often as a project of a particular religious community.
23: ...hat would describe nature as it was in the world around them. - Anemometer (11426 bytes)
1: ...the rigging that runs around the perimeter of the roof.]]
3: An '''anemometer''' (from Gr. ἄνεμος, wind,...
7: ...n many official publications have often been in error by nearly 50%.
9: ...s vertical, but with this subdivision the axis of rotation must be parallel to the direction of the wi...
11: ...s now fairly certain that these high values are erroneous, and due, not to the wind, but to faulty des... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[sculptor]] an...
44: *[[Alessandro Algardi]] ([[1595]]-[[1654]])
46: *[[Alessandro Allori]] ([[1577]]-[[1621]])
52: *[[Altichiero]] ([[1320]]-[[1395]])
54: *[[Rodolfo Amoedo]] ([[1857]]-[[1941]]) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
13: ...rge Armstrong]] — [[hydraulic crane]], Armstrong breech-loading gun
19: *[[Robert Baden Powell]]- scouting movement
29: ...r]], (1813-1898), [[England]] — [[Bessemer process]]
36: ...63;]], (1711-1787) — [[Croatia]], ring-[[micrometer]], water [[telescope]]
40: ..., [[Germany]] and [[United States|USA]] — [[rocket]] technology - United States territorial acquisitions (5763 bytes)
5: ...[[Thomas Jefferson]]; the territory was acquired from [[France]].
7: ...River Basin]]''', acquired in [[1818]] by treaty from Great Britain
9: *'''[[Florida Purchase]]''', made in [[1819]] from [[Spain]], under the administration of [[John Qu...
11: ...residency, but before he took office, Congress approved the annexation of Texas on [[February 28]], [[...
13: ...regon Treaty]], the two countries had jointly controlled the area since 1818 - American Civil War (47733 bytes)
32: ''Briefly from March [[1865]]''
50: ...n the United States – forces coming mostly from the 23 [[Northern United States|northern states]...
53: ...]), [[Arkansas]] ([[May 6]], [[1861]]), [[North Carolina]] ([[May 20]], [[1861]]), and [[Tennessee]] (...
55: ...1861|rioting in Baltimore]] and other events had prompted a federal declaration of [[martial law]]. [...
58: ...stern counties of Virginia organized a secession from Virginia and entered the Union (with a plan for ... - Timeline of United States history (1820-1859) (8457 bytes)
1: ...eline of United States history]] concerns events from '''[[1820]] to [[1859]]'''.
5: *[[1820]] - [[Missouri Compromise]]
10: *[[1822]] - [[Cumberland Road]] Bill
11: *[[1823]] - [[Monroe Doctrine]] declared
15: ...'[[Gibbons v. Ogden]]'' cements Congressional control over [[interstate commerce]] - Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War (11837 bytes)
6: ...y which the United States would expand westward across North America by the admission of new states, r...
9: ...for statehood, the [[Missouri Compromise]] makes provisions for the future admittance of slave states ...
12: ...un|Calhoun's]] ''[[South Carolina Exposition and Protest]]'' outlines [[nullification|nullification do...
23: | + The Compromise Tariff of 1833 ends the [[Nullification crisi...
30: ...he principle of social responsibility of private property as a basis to uphold [[Fugitive Slave Law|fu... - Michigan (29427 bytes)
10: LargestCity = [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]] |
36: ...ke Michigan]], which in turn is believed to come from the [[Chippewa]] Indian word ''meicigama'', mean...
40: ...the opening of the [[Erie Canal]] in 1825, which brought large numbers of settlers.
44: ...was a rich and important source of [[lumber]], [[iron]], and [[copper]], which would become the state'...
46: ...It was a development that not only transformed Detroit and Michigan, but permanently altered the socio... - Neptune (planet) (18545 bytes)
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4: ...olor="black" | [[image:neptune.jpg|250px|Neptune from Voyager 2]]<br><small><font color="white">Click ...
12: | [[September 23]], [[1846]]
14: ...an="2" | [[Orbit]]al characteristics ([[Epoch (astronomy)|Epoch]] [[J2000]])
17: ...,252,900]] [[kilometre|km]]<br>30.068 963 48 [[Astronomical unit|AU]] - History of California (38344 bytes)
1: ...k|This article covers the History of California through 1900; for events in the 20th century and beyon...
3: ...e known '''history of California''' begins with European exploration.
5: ...49, then with its fertile agricultural lands and prodigious oil fields, and finally with its high-tech...
11: ... Woman]] on [[Santa Rosa Island, California|Santa Rosa Island]] are among the traces of a very early i...
13: ...othills collected [[acorn]]s from [[oak]] trees, ground them, and leached out the acidic [[tannin]] to... - Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1199 bytes)
2: ...ty]] that ended the [[Mexican-American War]] of [[1846]] to [[1848]]. Under the treaty, [[Mexico]] surre...
6: ...e (today [[Gustavo A. Madero, D.F.|Gustavo A. Madero]]), a few kilometers to the north of [[Mexico Cit... - List of popes (77758 bytes)
2: This is a '''list of Popes of the Roman Catholic Church'''.
4: ...tself has been used officially by the head of the Roman Catholic Church since the tenure of [[Pope Sir...
6: ...[metropolitan bishop|Metropolitan]] of the Roman Province'' and ''[[Servus Servorum Dei|Servant of the...
21: | rowspan="2" | '''[[Pope Peter]]'''<br><small>Saint P...
23: | rowspan="2" | <small>Simon Peter</small><br>'''—... - Boston Tea Party (4518 bytes)
1: The '''Boston Tea Party''' was a political protest by [[Boston, Massachusetts]] residents agains...
3: ...as Indians, boarding ships in Boston Harbor and throwing chests of tea overboard on [[December 18]], [...
5: ...y [[John Adams]] and eventually the charges were dropped, though he later faced several hundred more i...
7: ...ts, huge stocks of tea in its warehouses, and no prospect of selling it because smugglers such as Hanc...
9: ...ons were made to forcibly land the tea under the protection afforded by British armed vessels. - San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
19: ...pulation_note = 7,533,384 ([[metropolitan area|metro area]]) |
20: population_total = 733,072 (city proper) |
33: ... population density of any major U.S. city aside from [[New York City]].
35: The first [[Europe]]ans to settle in San Francisco were the [[Spai...
37: ...|bohemian]] reputation, the city became a [[Underground culture|counterculture]] magnet in the second ... - Sam Houston (6990 bytes)
1: ...age provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
5: ...very he was assigned as an Indian agent to the Cherokees. He left the army in March [[1818]].
7: ... was widely considered to be Jackson's political protegé.
9: ... a trial for assault in Washington he left the Cherokee and his wife to enter [[Mexico|Mexican]] Texas...
11: ... [[1836]]. He negotiated a settlement with the Cherokee in February 1836. - James K. Polk (27988 bytes)
11: | place of birth=[[Mecklenburg County, North Carolina]]
19: ...[[March 4]], [[1849]]. Polk was born in [[North Carolina]], but mostly lived in and represented the [[...
21: ... million square miles (3,100,000 km²) through the [[Mexican-American War]]. He also oversaw ...
24: ..., Tennessee|Maury County]]. The family grew prosperous, with Samuel Polk becoming one of the leading g...
26: During his childhood, Polk suffered from poor health. In 1812, his father took him to [[K... - Charles Babbage (13539 bytes)
2: ... [[London Science Museum]]. In [[1991]], working from Babbage's original plans, a [[Difference Engine]...
5: ...In [[1808]] the Babbage family moved into the old Rowdens house in East [[Teignmouth]], and Charles' f...
8: ...might have done." The second was an Oxford tutor from whom Charles learned enough of the Classics to b...
10: ...[Lagrange]], [[Thomas Simpson|Simpson]], and [[Lacroix]] and was seriously disappointed in the mathema...
16: ...ignmouth]], [[Devon]]. Charles' father did not approve of the marriage. The couple lived happily at 5 ...
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