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The southernmost city in the continental [[United States]], Key West once served as a base of operation against pira ...te of the victims of the USS Maine, whose sinking precipitated the Spanish-American War.

...e site was then briefly the focus of a military encampment of about 12,000 Continental soldiers and militia led by General [[George Washington]]. In 1827, work b During the American Civil War, a temporary "Camp DuPont" was established on the grounds. First

The word dollar was introduced by the Dutch in the North-American colony. In the 17th century, the Dutch 'Leeuwendaalders' - or Liondollars - An American explanation states that the '$' symbol was historically a combination of bo

...armed violence was directed against New Yorkers until the outbreak of the American Revolution in 1775, when the British became the major threat and common ene === The American Revolution and Independent Vermont ===

*'''Blaine, Blaine, James G. Blaine. Continental Liar from the state of Maine''' 1884 U.S. presidential campaign slogan used *'''I propose (to the American people) a [[New Deal]]''' - 1932 slogan by democratic presidential candidat

...d Providence in 1636. It was granted a royal charter in 1663 and after the American Revolution began the industrialization that is still a major part of the st Until the American Revolution, Newport was the commercial center of the colony, thriving espec

| nationality=American ...]]. After graduating from William and Mary in 1776, Monroe fought in the [[Continental Army]], serving with distinction at the [[Battle of Trenton]], where he was

*[[Ford Fusion (North American)|Ford Fusion]] *[[Bentley Continental Flying Spur (2005)|Bentley Continental Flying Spur]]

The area that would become Wyoming was inhabited by several Native American groups before the arrival of Europeans. The Shoshone, Arapaho, Cheyenne and ...t in south central Wyoming drains neither to the east nor to the west. The continental divide splits and goes around the desert on all sides leaving the basin wit

...e Europeans explored the Delaware area, it was inhabited by several Native American groups of the Delaware—notably the Nanticoke in the south and the Minqua ...of the town of Lewes. However, within a year it was destroyed by a Native American attack. This attack notwithstanding, the Native Americans were generally fr

...ishing]]|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-580-8|page=141}}</ref> is an American [[jazz]] trumpet player, conductor, composer, and educator, renowned for bo ...Festival USA|USA]] in [[Charleston, South Carolina]], as well as at the [[American Music Theater Festival]] in [[Philadelphia]].

...hird of the total community). English retaliation effectively ended Native American resistance, except for a final uprising of the Confederacy in 1644. However === The American Revolution ===

| nationality=American ...ame for leading U.S forces against [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indian]]s at the [[Battle of Tippecanoe]] in 1811 and earning the [[nicknam

...nee were defeated in 1859, and by 1880 war with the Sioux and other Native American resistance was over. With the coming of the railroads, cow towns, such as O * Nebraska was once called "The Great American Desert".

...ful Aleut natives. Consequently, this led to the chartering of the Russian American Company in 1799. Under its first manager, Alexander Baranov, which was a pe The tremendous land mass of Alaska—equal to one-fifth of the continental U.S. was still unexplored in 1867. And with the Civil War, the purchase was

| nationality= American | order2=[[Continental Army|Commander-in-Chief <br /> of the Continental Army]]

| nationality=American ...ref> ([[March 16]] [[1751]] – [[June 28]] [[1836]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[politician]] and the fourth [[President of the United States]] (1809–

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...Native Americans called the Chesapeake Bay. That name came from the Native American word "Chesepiuk," an Algonquian name for a village that the Roanoke, Virgin ...ston Port Bill by burning a boat and the tea cargo, and attended the First Continental Congress in 1774 in Philadelphia. Baltimore served as the country's capital

===American Airlines flight 11=== * [[American Airlines flight 11]] BOS-LAX (north tower of [[World Trade Center]]): 92 pe

...Jefferson called him the "Colossus of Independence". He represented the [[Continental Congress]] in Europe. He was a major negotiator of the eventual [[Treaty of ...ood example. Otis’s argument inspired Adams with zeal for the cause of the American colonies.<ref> Ferling (1992) ch 2</ref>

...nnecticut played a prominent role in the Revolutionary War, serving as the Continental Army's major supplier. Sometimes called the “Arsenal of the Nation,” th During the American Revolution, Connecticut gave freely of her blood and wealth. Her soldiers w

...International Maritime Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1945 with the American delegation, and was elected president of the same conference in 1946, when ...wer for not spending enough on national defense, and called for more inter-continental ballistic missles in the national arsenal. Jackson's support for nuclear we

...western boundary of New Hampshire, the dispute flared up again during the American Revolution and was not settled until Vermont became a state. ...Hampshire units, 3,160 enlisted in the U. S. Navy, and 396 joined African-American regiments. By war's end, 1,934 New Hampshire soldiers and sailors had died

...ic zone:'' 200 nm <br />''continental shelf:'' 200 nm or to edge of the continental margin ...argest country in South America; shares common boundaries with every South American country except Chile and Ecuador

...uous zone:'' 24 nm <br />''exclusive economic zone:'' 200 nm <br />''continental shelf:'' not specified ...ffff" | combines elements of continental European civil law systems, Anglo-American law, and Chinese classical thought; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdi

...[[Delegate]] from [[Virginia]] to [[Second Continental Congress|The Second Continental Congress]] ...cratic-Republican Party]], which dominated [[Politics of the United States|American politics]] for a quarter-century. Jefferson served as the wartime [[Governo

North Carolina, on April 12, 1776, authorized her delegates to the Continental Congress to vote for independence. This was the first official action by a * Hiram Rhoades Revels, born in Fayetteville in 1822, was the first African-American member of the United States Congress.

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...s are still practiced, despite the widespread influence of [[United States|American]] and [[Britain|British]] Christmas motifs disseminated by film, popular li ...h Christmas,<ref>[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Yule Yule]. ''The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language,'' Fourth Edition. Retrieved

...uous zone:'' 24 nm <br />''exclusive economic zone:'' 200 nm <br />''continental shelf:'' 200 nm ...ub for Southwest and Southeast Asian heroin and, to a lesser extent, South American cocaine destined for Europe and the US; widespread crime and money launderi

...br />''exclusive economic zone:'' agreed boundaries or midlines <br />''continental shelf:'' 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation ...Dag Hammarskjolds Vag 31, SE-11589 Stockholm <br />''mailing address:'' American Embassy Stockholm, US Department of State, 5750 Stockholm Place, Washington

...s friends resigned for high paying business jobs. He was assigned to the [[American Battle Monuments Commission]], directed by General [[John J. Pershing]], th ...military officials, 1945.JPEG|thumb|Eisenhower (seated, middle) with other American military officials, 1945. General Patton is seated second from the left.]]

...ates were added to the original 13 as the nation expanded across the North American continent and acquired a number of overseas possessions. The two most traum ...uous zone:'' 24 nm <br />''exclusive economic zone:'' 200 nm <br />''continental shelf:'' not specified

...ounty, New York|Erie County]].<ref>Graff, 15; Nevins, 46</ref> With the [[American Civil War]] raging, Congress passed the [[Conscription Act of 1863]], requi ...conversely, was reviled throughout the South for his actions during the [[American Civil War|Civil War]]; Thurman was generally well-liked, but was growing ol

Coherence theories distinguish the thought of [[continental rationalism|continental rationalist]] philosophers, particularly of [[Spinoza]], [[Leibniz]], and [ Coherence theories distinguish the thought of [[continental rationalism|continental rationalist]] philosophers, particularly of [[Spinoza]], [[Leibniz]], and [

Coherence theories distinguish the thought of [[continental rationalism|continental rationalist]] philosophers, particularly of [[Spinoza]], [[Leibniz]], and [ Coherence theories distinguish the thought of [[continental rationalism|continental rationalist]] philosophers, particularly of [[Spinoza]], [[Leibniz]], and [

...tropical butterflies from more than 50 species of South American, Central American, African and Asian origin that fly free in the five-story, 15,000 square fo [15:42:50] <Sir_Designer> "On July 13, 1787, the Continental Congress of the United States passed an important law. This was the "Northw

...- [[Rick Santorum]] is a deeply religious, intensely homophobic right-wing American politician who is currently running for president. ...torious antics often attributed to highly conservative/family-guy/anti-gay American politicians, I often wonder if they are anti-gay and promote laws against h

13:36 < Tony_Sidaway> As an Englishman my perspective on American cheese may be rather more jaundiced. ...ony_Sidaway: same goes for beer and chocolate. the idea that we don't is continental propaganda

10:37 < Tony_Sidaway> Someone went back and analysed the effect of continental temperature caused by the September 2001 private aviation ban. It was signi 10:50 < Tony_Sidaway> And the temperature changed was the continental land temperature.

<i>American Journal of Mathematics</i>, 7(2), 180&ndash;202, (1885).</p> ...t has to be crossed and recrossed, time and time again. This is a form of continental divide that decides between two alternative and exclusive ''modes of descri