(Encyclopedia) Congress of the United States, the legislative branch of the federal government, instituted (1789) by Article 1 of the Constitution of the United States, which prescribes its…
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Entered Union: December 11, 1816 (19th State)Organized as territory: May 7, 1800Present constitution adopted: 1851
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Biographies of U.S. representatives and senators from Tennessee
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(Encyclopedia) Franklin, Benjamin, 1706–90, American statesman, printer, scientist, and writer, b. Boston. The only American of the colonial period to earn a European reputation as a natural…
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Video transmission and reception of color and black-and-white television: The camera lens focuses collected light rays into mirrors, which separate the image into its three…
