11) Great Trading and War Path. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000
...Branches through the Cumberland Gap and Boone's Gap. Developed from old buffalo paths. From 1770s provided established routes for colonial emigrants moving SW from...
12) 1768, Dec. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...lost its initiative in legislation. Gustavus tried to be an "enlightened despot." 2 1770s Torture abolished; illegitimate children's status improved; and judges and...
13) d. Economic Conditions. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...of recovery, encouraged by improvements in mercury production in Huancavelica. From the 1770s on, the steady supply of mercury propelled a silver boom in Peru. 1...
14) Lafayette. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...S central La., on the Vermilion River (which is linked to the Intracoastal Waterway); settled 1770s by exiled Acadians, inc. 1836. Known as the hub of Cajun Country...
15) Finland. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...Porthan cited Finnish folk culture and heritage as expressions of national character. 9 1770s First appearance of a Finnish-language newspaper. The diet also accepted...
16) 4. Western and Central Europe, 1815-1848. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World
History
...with the substitution of water power and later steam power (developed by James Watt in the 1770s) for human energy, these inventions made it more economical to group...
17) c. Cambodia. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...to defeat potential Thai rival who was trying to set up a competing Thai kingdom. 9 1770s Continued Thai pressure on Cambodia while Vietnamese powers were distracted...
18) Johnson, Samuel, English author. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.
2001
...for future editions, and its preface and critical notes are still highly valued. In the 1770s Johnson wrote a series of Tory pamphlets. His political conservatism...
19) Nevada. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000
...their laws. The state has become a distribution center for the W U.S., including Calif. In the 1770s several Span. explorers came near the area of present-day Nev....
20) British Empire. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...6 The Second EmpireThe voyages of Capt. James Cook to Australia and New Zealand in the 1770s and new conquests in India after 1763 opened a second phase of territorial...
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