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U.S. History Timeline: Pre-Colonial - Before 1600
/**/ Timeline: PRE-COLONIAL - Before 1600 Read about major events in U.S. History before 1600, including the explorations of Christopher Columbus and Juan Ponce de León. 12,000 B.C. North…U.S. History Timeline: Colonial America - 1600–1799
/**/ Timeline: Colonial America - 1600-1799 Read about major events in U.S. History from 1600–1799, including the Mayflower Compact, Boston Massacre, American Revolution, and more. 1607 May…Evans, Lewis
(Encyclopedia) Evans, Lewis, c.1700–1756, colonial surveyor and geographer, b. Wales. Evans carried out several assignments for Benjamin Franklin. His travels and studies of the colonies nearest him…United Colonies of New England
(Encyclopedia) United Colonies of New England: see New England Confederation.tunicate
(Encyclopedia) tunicatetunicatet&oomacr;ˈnəkĭt [key], marine animal of the phylum Chordata, which also includes the vertebrates. The adult form of most tunicates (also called urochordates) shows…Heathcote, Caleb
(Encyclopedia) Heathcote, CalebHeathcote, Calebhēthˈkōt [key], 1666–1721, merchant and public official in colonial New York, b. England. He arrived in New York in 1692. He became a member of the…United Empire Loyalists
(Encyclopedia) United Empire Loyalists, in Canadian history, name applied to those settlers who, loyal to the British cause in the American Revolution, migrated from the Thirteen Colonies to Canada.…naked mole rat
(Encyclopedia) naked mole rat, name applied to a species (Heterocephalus glaber) of small rodents found in E Africa, whose members—the only hairless rodents—live entirely in underground communities…Galloway, Joseph
(Encyclopedia) Galloway, JosephGalloway, Josephgălˈəwāˌ [key], c.1731–1803, American Loyalist leader, b. West River, Md. Galloway was a prominent lawyer with an interest in commerce and in…Bradford, William, 1663–1752, British printer in the American colonies
(Encyclopedia) Bradford, William, 1663–1752, British pioneer printer in the American colonies. Born in Leicestershire, England, he served an apprenticeship under a London printer before emigrating in…Trending
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