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• Directory:James Madison
  ...protect the United States' economic rights. That conflict began poorly as Americans suffered defeat after defeat by smaller forces, but ended on a high note in ...ot live without American foodstuffs, but Americans could easily do without British manufactures. This same faith led him to the conclusion "that it is in our
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• Directory:William Henry Harrison
  ...arrison first gained national fame for leading U.S forces against [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indian]]s at the [[Battle of Tippecanoe]] in ...ssett]] on his mother's side. Harrison was the last president to be born a British subject.
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• Directory:Texas
  ...s named Francisco de los Tejas after the so-called tejas [friends]: Native Americans. This is also the origin of the state's name. In general, however, Spanish By the early 19th cent. Americans were covetously eyeing Texas, especially after the Louisiana Purchase (1803
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• Directory:Susan Boyle
  Many British newspapers carried articles on Boyle's performance and subsequent Internet ...nd that of [[Paul Potts]], another unexpected singing talent discovered by British reality television, with ''[[Forbes]]'' magazine predicting that Boyle coul
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• Directory:Virginia
  ...hontas, daughter of chief Powhatan, secured good relations with the Native Americans for a time, but in 1622 Powhatan's son Opechancanough led the Powhatan Conf ...ter planters, and by his refusal to sanction a campaign against the Native Americans who had been attacking frontier settlements. These grievances brought the e
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• Directory:Scoop Jackson
  ...February 1975. Jackson received substantial financial support from Jewish-Americans who admired his pro-Israel views, but Jackson's support of the Vietnam War ...ciety was formed at the University of Cambridge, England. The non-partisan British group is dedicated to "pursuit of a robust foreign policy ... based on clea
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• Directory:Delaware
  ...f the Dutch East India Company, sailed into Delaware Bay. A year later the British captain Sir Samuel Argall, bound for the colony of Virginia, also sailed in ...royed by a Native American attack. This attack notwithstanding, the Native Americans were generally friendly and willing to trade with the newcomers.
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• Directory:Louisiana
  ...es forces under Andrew Jackson. The victory unified the Spaniards, French, Americans, and others who made up the population of the State. ...in 1868, but forced to accept a new constitution giving rights to African-Americans."The Reconstruction Period" ended in 1877 in Louisiana when President Ruthe
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• Module:Gridiron color/data
  ["Buffalo All-Stars"] = "Buffalo All-Americans", ["Buffalo Niagaras"] = "Buffalo All-Americans",
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• Directory:George Washington
  ...moreland County, Virginia|Westmoreland County]], [[Colony of Virginia]], [[British America]] ...Calendar (New Style) Act 1750]], implemented in 1752, altered the official British dating method to the Gregorian calendar with the start of the year on [[Jan
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• Directory:Idaho
  ...lished (1811) a trading post at Astoria on the Columbia River. In 1821 two British trading companies operating in the Idaho region, the North West Company and Native Americans, mostly Kootenai, Nez Percé, Western Shoshone, Bannock, Coeur d'Alene, and
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• Directory:John Adams
  | birth_place=[[Quincy, Massachusetts|Quincy]], [[Massachusetts]], [[British America]] In 1770, a street confrontation resulted in [[29th Regiment of Foot|British soldiers]] killing five civilians in what became known as the [[Boston Mass
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• Directory:American Journals and the Strategic Bombing of Germany
  During the course of the war, Americans at home stayed informed of the happenings abroad through the media of lette Undoubtedly, average Americans relied heavily upon the popular magazine as a source of opinion, policy, an
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• The Yellow Rose of Texas (song)
  ...alect historically spoken by [[African American Vernacular English|African-Americans]] and standard [[American English]]. The song is written in the [[First-per ...s reached the No. 15 spot in the UK charts in 1955. <ref>{{cite book|title=British Hit Singles & Albums|date=2004|publisher=Guinness World Records|location=Lo
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• Directory:James K. Polk
  ...ory (comprised of present-day [[Oregon]], [[Washington]], [[Idaho]], and [[British Columbia]]), as well as Texas. He sought to purchase California, which Mexi ...5]]. The annexation angered Mexico, however, which had succumbed to heavy British pressure and had lost Texas at the [[battle of San Jacinto]] on [[April 21]
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• Directory:Andrew Jackson
  Andrew Jackson was born to [[Presbyterian]] [[Scots-Irish Americans|Scots-Irish]] immigrants [[Andrew Jackson, Sr.|Andrew]] and [[Elizabeth Hut ...w Jackson brave boy 1780a.jpg|thumb|left|180px|Jackson refusing to clean a British officer's boots (1876 [[lithography|lithograph]])]]
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• Directory:Alaska
  ...d Alexander Archipelago. It is separated from the other mainland states by British Columbia, Canada. Alaska was admitted as the 49th state in [[Year Admitted: Around this time the British, Spanish, and French were exploring the coast of Alaska. The unregulated ex
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• Directory:Zondervan Corporation
  ...okkeeping debacle, and in 1986 a hostile takeover attempt was organized by British financier Christopher Moran. After months of wheeling and dealing, includin Harper & Row (which soon merged with British religious book company Collins Publishing to become HarperCollins) was owne
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• Directory:James Monroe
  ...erson rejected it as unsatisfactory, as the treaty contained no ban on the British practice of [[impressment]] of American sailors. As a result, the two natio ...ly to Russia and France, than to come in as a cock-boat in the wake of the British man-of-war." Monroe accepted Adams' advice. Not only must Latin America be
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• Directory:Martin Van Buren
  ...t of long-standing claims against France was prepared and trade with the [[British West Indies]] colonies was opened. In the controversy with the [[Second Ban ...he rebels had been using. One American was killed, and an outburst of anti-British sentiment swept through the U.S. Van Buren sent the army to the frontier an
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