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- Timeline of United States history (2967 bytes)
5: ...imeline of United States history (1760-1789)|1760-1789]] - Timeline of United States pre-history (1700-1759) (3760 bytes)
39: ...imeline of United States history (1760-1789)|1760-1789]]</td> - Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
3: ...s history]] concerns events from '''[[1760]] to [[1789]]'''.
37: ...n of Vermont]], the first in the nation to outlaw slavery
54: *[[1789]] - [[Constitution]] ratified
55: *[[1789]] - [[George Washington]] becomes President
56: ...ed States)#Judiciary Act of 1789|Judiciary Act of 1789]] - Timeline of United States history (1790-1819) (6951 bytes)
6: *[[1790]] - [[Rhode Island]] becomes a state
12: *[[1793]] - [[Fugitive Slave Law of 1793|Fugitive Slave Act]] passed
35: ...ed States)#Judiciary Act of 1789|Judiciary Act of 1789]]
40: *[[1804]] - New Jersey abolishes slavery
48: *[[1807]] - [[Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves]] - History of the United States (1776-1789) (19792 bytes)
7: ...lonies, taking over governmental functions previously exercised by the King and Parliament of Great Br...
9: ...usion of his charges against George III regarding slavery.
17: In 1789, the [[Constitution of the United States]] was pu...
45: ...ell as a two house legislature. The national legislature, or Congress, envisioned by the Congress emb...
66: ...nment was put into operation in March and April [[1789]]. - Garlic (12167 bytes)
3: ...ic breath" can be alleviated by eating fresh [[parsley]] and this is included in many garlic recipes. ...
34: ...ox]], and, says Cullen (''Mat. Med.'' ii. p. 174, 1789), found some [[dropsy|dropsies]] cured by it alon...
91: ... problems such as [[heartburn]], and babies may dislike the taste in breast milk.
92: ...reted via the lungs and the skin; eating fresh parsley may eliminate odor on the breath.
122: ...mskcc/html/11571.cfm?RecordID=412&tab=HC Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centre] - Causes of the French Revolution (11170 bytes)
2: ...ed and as power devolved from the monarchy to legislative bodies, the conflicting interests of these i...
5: ... of [[feudalism]]. Similarly, the peasants covetously eyed the relatively greater prerogatives of the ...
13: ...nch monarchy had operated without resort to a legislature. Kings had managed their fiscal affairs by i...
17: ...terpart to the [[Bank of England]] in France in [[1789]] and there was also far less ready [[capital (ec...
19: ...decision in 1788 to call the [[Estates-General of 1789|Estates-General]] into session. - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
2: ...ce]] and the world. It covers the years between [[1789]] and [[1799]], in which [[democracy|democrats]] ...
8: ...ed and as power devolved from the monarchy to legislative bodies, the conflicting interests of these i...
15: ...th caused by and exacerbating the burden of a grossly inequitable system of [[tax]]ation.
20: ...350px|thumb|The storming of the Bastille, July 14 1789]]
27: ... [[1788]] to convene the Estates-General in May [[1789]] — for the first time since [[1614]]. Bri... - List of people associated with the French Revolution (16148 bytes)
31: *[[Pierre Joseph Cambon]] - Member of the Legislative and the Convention, directed French financia...
41: ...i]] - Prince of the Blood, briefly emigrated from 1789-1790, but returned in France thereafter, despite ...
98: ... Although noble, entered the [[Estates-General of 1789]] as a representative of the [[Third Estate]] and...
127: ... the [[clergy]], entered the [[Estates-General of 1789]] as a representative of the [[Third Estate]]. Au... - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
70: ...lgebra | algebraic thinking]], acquired from the Islamic world over the previous two centuries, and [[...
115: ...6. An organizer of the townspeople's movement, in 1789 he edited a memorial from the cities. He co-autho...
118: ...tín]] (1760-1828) ''Spanish''. Dramatist and translator, support of [[republicanism]] and free thinki... - Congress of the United States (41315 bytes)
3: ...ers. Congress is a [[bicameralism|bicameral]] legislature, consisting of the [[United States House of ...
7: ...se with the upper houses of the [[bicameral]] legislatures of most other nations.
15: ...[[Guam]], [[Puerto Rico]], and the [[U.S. Virgin Islands]]. Members are [[direct election|directly el...
17: The U.S. Congress has fewer women in it than legislatures in other countries, as well as many more la...
24: ...ral Hall]] in [[New York City]] on [[March 4]], [[1789]] and their first action was to declare that the ... - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
4: ...f both houses is necessary for the passage of legislation. The exclusive powers enumerated to the Sena...
10: ...vention]] in [[1787]]; all states except [[Rhode Island]] agreed to send delegates. Many delegates cal...
12: ...a question by Thomas Jefferson, said "we pour legislation into the senatorial saucer to cool it (from ...
14: ...ted in the South's defeat and in the abolition of slavery. The ensuing years of [[Reconstruction]] wit...
16: ... of senators by the people, rather than state legislatures; they achieved their objective in [[1913]] ... - Federal government of the United States (13380 bytes)
1: ...umb|right|The [[U.S. Constitution]], adopted in [[1789]] by a [[constitutional convention]], sets down t...
2: ...tive branch|executive]], [[Legislative branch|legislative]], and [[judicial branch]]es. The federal le...
6: ==Legislative branch==
7: ...States Constitution|Constitution]] grants all legislative powers of the federal government to the [[Un...
9: ...er, so did the need for investigating pending legislation more thoroughly. The 108th Congress ([[2003]... - Aaron Burr (20716 bytes)
13: ... and by his vigilance in the retreat from [[Long Island]] Burr saved an entire brigade from capture.
14: ...Burr established a thorough patrol system, rigorously enforced [[martial law]], and quickly restored o...
24: ...t Burr became seriously involved in politics in [[1789]], when [[George Clinton (politician)|George Clin...
30: ...7, and instead went into the [[New York state legislature]], serving from 1798 through 1801. During [...
36: ...gainst Thomas Jefferson. At the time, [[state legislature]]s elected the electors to the [[U.S. Electo... - History of rail transport (7056 bytes)
9: ...eme in [[Loughborough]], [[Leicestershire]] (in [[1789]]). In [[1802]], Jessop opened the [[Surrey Iron ... - Pirate Ship (44502 bytes)
10: ...ized in kidnapping boys and girls to be sold as [[slave]]s.<ref>[http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/...
12: ... pirates and held prisoner in the [[Dodecanese]] islet of [[Farmakos|Pharmacusa]].<ref>Plutarch, ''Cae...
22: ...f Britannia, [[Saint Patrick]] was captured and enslaved by [[Ireland|Irish]] pirates.
29: ...re Mediterranean. In the 14th century, raids by Muslim pirates forced the Venetian Duke of [[Crete]] t...
31: ...mia]] in the first half of the 7th century. These Slavs revived the old Illyrian piratical habits and ... - Continental Congress (4041 bytes)
1: ...later of the [[United States]] from [[1774]] to [[1789]], a period that included the [[American Revoluti...
31: *Nov. 3, 1788- Mar. 2, 1789
34: *[[History of the United States (1776-1789)]]
40: ...t of ''Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789'']
44: ...bels; the Story of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789''; 1950, Harper; 1970 reprint, Barnes & Noble, IS... - American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
23: ...with the British as Loyalists. Thousands of black slaves used the war as a chance to escape to freedom...
52: ...e on [[Lake Champlain]] (the [[Battle of Valcour Island]]) in October. Arnold fell back to Fort Ticond...
57: ...ichard Howe]], began amassing troops on [[Staten Island]] in July of 1776.
59: ... divided his troops about equally between [[Long Island]] and [[Manhattan]], thus allowing Howe to eng...
61: ...aries]]) to Long Island. In the [[Battle of Long Island]] on [[August 27]], [[1776]], the British expe... - Stonewall Jackson (15247 bytes)
6: ...was the third child of [[Julia Neale Jackson]] ([[1789]]–[[1831]]) and Jonathan Jackson ([[1790]]&...
14: ... in Virginia at that time that forbade teaching a slave to read or write, but nevertheless, Jackson ta...
26: ...ckson even began a Sunday school for blacks, both slave and free.
46: ...e reasons are disputed, although a severe lack of sleep after the grueling march and railroad trip fro...
57: ...us, a deacon in the [[Presbyterian Church]]. He disliked fighting on Sunday, though that did not stop ... - James Cook (14770 bytes)
20: ...ch separates the [[North Island]] from the South Island, and which Tasman had not guessed at.
26: ...nd [[June 11]], [[1770]]; ''Endeavour'' was seriously damaged (and his voyage delayed almost 7 weeks) ...
39: ...vered [[South Georgia]] and the [[South Sandwich Islands]]. In the Antarctic fog, Cook and Furneaux we...
41: ... he landed at the [[Friendly Islands]], [[Easter Island]], and [[Vanuatu]], in [[1774]]. His return h...
49: ...mbia|Yuquot]] in [[Nootka Sound]] on [[Vancouver Island]], although he unknowingly sailed past the [[S...
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