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Iberville, Pierre le Moyne, sieur d'
(Encyclopedia) Iberville, Pierre le Moyne, sieur d'Iberville, Pierre le Moyne, sieur d'pyĕr lə mwän syör dēbĕrvēlˈ [key], 1661–1706, French Canadian naval officer, founder of the French territory of…Mobile, city, United States
(Encyclopedia) MobileMobilemōbēlˈ, mōˈbēlˌ [key], city (1990 pop. 196,278), seat of Mobile co., SW Ala., at the head of Mobile Bay and at the mouth of the Mobile River; inc. 1814. Lying on one of the…Lafayette
(Encyclopedia) LafayetteLafayetteläˌfēĕtˈ, lăfˌēĕtˈ [key]. 1 City (1990 pop. 23,501), Contra Costa co., NW Calif., a residential suburb in the San Francisco–Oakland area; settled 1848, inc. 1968. The…Natchez, indigenous people of North America
(Encyclopedia) NatchezNatcheznăchˈĭz [key], indigenous North American people who lived along St. Catherine's Creek east of the present-day city of Natchez in Mississippi. At the time of contact with…civil law
(Encyclopedia) civil law, as used in this article, a modern legal system based upon Roman law, as distinguished from common law. Civil law is based on written legal codes, a hallmark of the Roman…states' rights
(Encyclopedia) states' rights, in U.S. history, doctrine based on the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution, which states, “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor…Redmond, John Edward
(Encyclopedia) Redmond, John Edward, 1856–1918, Irish nationalist leader. He was elected to Parliament as a Home Rule member in 1881 at the height of the obstructionist program of Charles Parnell.…State of the Union Address: Thomas Jefferson (December 15, 1802)
Thomas Jefferson (December 15, 1802) To the Senate and House of Representatives: When we assemble together, fellow citizens, to consider the state of our beloved country, our just attentions are…State of the Union Address: James Polk (December 8, 1846)
James Polk (December 8, 1846) Fellow-Citizens of the Senate and of the House of Representatives: In resuming your labors in the service of the people it is a subject of congratulation that there has…Code Napoléon
(Encyclopedia) Code NapoléonCode Napoléonkôd näpôlāôNˈ [key] or Code CivilCode Napoléonsēvēlˈ [key], first modern legal code of France, promulgated by Napoleon I in 1804. The work of J. J. Cambacérès…Trending
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