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Brewer's: Ca Ira

(it will go). Called emphatically Le Carillon National of the French Revolution (1790). It went to the tune of the Carillon National, which Marie Antoinette was for ever strumming on her harpsichord…

World War I: Important Battles

Learn more about the most pivotal engagements German soldiers fighting at the First Battle of the Marne Related Links World War I Primer World War I Timeline…

Cuba: Photo Slideshow

photos by Carol M. Highsmith Prev Next Havana, Cuba The capital and Cuba's largest city, Havana boasts more than 2.5 million inhabitants. Havana is also one of the America's…

The Federalist Papers: Federalist No. 14

by AlexanderHamilton, JamesMadison and JohnJayFederalist No. 13Federalist No. 15Federalist No. 14 Objections to the Proposed Constitution From Extent of Territory Answered To the…

Hawley, Joseph

(Encyclopedia) Hawley, Joseph, 1723–88, political leader in the American Revolution, b. Northampton, Mass. He was a leader of the opposition to the revivalist preaching of Jonathan Edwards and helped…

Brinton, Crane

(Encyclopedia) Brinton, Crane (Clarence Crane Brinton), 1898–1968, American historian, b. Winsted, Conn. He received his Ph.D. from Oxford in 1923 and began teaching at Harvard the same year,…

Timeline: USSR

From the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 to to Gorbachev's glasnost and perestroika 1900s 1920s 1940s 1960s 1980s 1990s Next Timeline 1917 Bolshevik Revolution:…

Spanish Main

(Encyclopedia) Spanish Main, mainland of Spanish America, particularly the coast of South America from the isthmus of Panama to the mouth of the Orinoco River. Spanish treasure fleets, sailing home…

holly

(Encyclopedia) holly, common name for members of the Aquifoliaceae, a family of widely distributed trees and shrubs, most numerous in Central and South America. The evergreen English holly (Ilex…