2) Eaton, William. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Captain Eaton was sent to Tunis as consul in 1798 and learned much about the Barbary States. When he returned to the United States in 1804, he had a scheme to win...

3) New Haven. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...New Haven, city (1990 pop. 130,474), New Haven co., S Conn., a port of entry where the Quinnipiac and other small rivers enter Long Island Sound; inc. 1784. Firearms...

4) Tripolitan War. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...United States and the Barbary States. Piracy had become a normal source of income in the N African Barbary States long before the United States came into existence....

5) Confederacy. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Confederate States of America (1861-65), the government established by the Southern states of the United States after their secession from the Union. (For the events...

6) Jackson, Andrew. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...President of the United States (1829-37), b. Waxhaw settlement on the border of South Carolina and North Carolina (both states claim him). 1 Early CareerA child of...

7) South, the. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...United States embracing the southeastern and south-central parts of the country. Traditionally, all states S of the Mason-Dixon Line and the Ohio River (except West...