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Tennessee State Information Capital: Nashville Official Name: State of Tennessee Organized as a territory/republic: May 26, 1790 Entered Union (rank): June 1, 1796 (16th) Present…Bonpland, Aimé Jacques Alexandre
(Encyclopedia) Bonpland, Aimé Jacques AlexandreBonpland, Aimé Jacques Alexandreāmāˈ zhäkˈ älĕksäNˈdrə bôNpläNˈ [key], 1773–1858, French surgeon and naturalist who accompanied Alexander von Humboldt…Elisha
(Encyclopedia) ElishaElishaēlīˈshə [key], in the Bible, prophet who functions as a model of the Mosaic prophetic office after Elijah, whose work he continued; he is believed to have lived in the 9th…Fanning, Edmund, 1739–1818, Loyalist in the American Revolution
(Encyclopedia) Fanning, Edmund, 1739–1818, American Loyalist in the American Revolution, b. Suffolk co., Long Island, N.Y. He moved to North Carolina, practiced law, held minor political posts, and…Harrington, James
(Encyclopedia) Harrington, James, 1611–77, English political writer. His Commonwealth of Oceana (1656) pictured a utopian society in which political authority rested entirely with the landed gentry.…émigré
(Encyclopedia) émigréémigréāmēgrāˈ [key], in French history, a refugee, usually royalist, who fled the French Revolution and took up residence in a foreign land. The émigrés comprised all classes,…Ferdinand VII, king of Spain
(Encyclopedia) Ferdinand VII, 1784–1833, king of Spain (1808–33), son of Charles IV and María Luisa. Excluded from a role in the government, he became the center of intrigues against the chief…climate
(Encyclopedia) climate, average condition of the atmosphere near the earth's surface over a long period of time, taking into account temperature, precipitation (see rain), humidity, wind, barometric…Vespucci, Amerigo
(Encyclopedia) Vespucci, AmerigoVespucci, Amerigoämārēˈgō vāsp&oomacr;tˈchē [key], 1454–1512, Italian navigator in whose honor America was named, b. Florence. He entered the commercial service of…La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, François Alexandre Frédéric, duc de
(Encyclopedia) La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, François Alexandre Frédéric, duc deLa Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, François Alexandre Frédéric, duc deälĕksäNˈdrə frādārēkˈ dük də lä rôshf&oomacr;kōˈ-lyäNk…Trending
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