Official Name: State of New York Capital: Albany Organized as a territory: 1624 Entered Union (rank): July 26, 1788 (11) Present constitution adopted: 1777 State…
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New Hampshire, one of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (S), Vermont, with the Connecticut River forming the boundary (W), the…
(Encyclopedia) Jefferson, Thomas, 1743–1826, 3d President of the United States (1801–9), author of the Declaration of Independence, and apostle of agrarian democracy.
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(Encyclopedia) Washington, George, 1732–99, 1st President of the United States (1789–97), commander in chief of the Continental army in the American Revolution, called the Father of His Country.…
U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: People and History Government and Political Conditions National Security Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-Egyptian Relations PEOPLE AND HISTORY…
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GeorgiaGeorgiajôrˈjə [key], state in the SE United States, the last of the Thirteen Colonies to be founded. It is bordered by Florida (S), Alabama (W), Tennessee and North…
Biographies of U.S. representatives and senators from Pennsylvania
Member Name Birth-Death ACHESON, Ernest Francis 1855-1917 ACKER, Ephraim Leister 1827-1903 ADAMS, Robert, Jr.…
(Encyclopedia) American Revolution, 1775–83, struggle by which the Thirteen Colonies on the Atlantic seaboard of North America won independence from Great Britain and became the United States. It is…
