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  Thomas Jefferson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A political philosopher who promoted classical liberalism, republicanism, and the separation of church and state, he was the author of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom (1779, 1786), which was the basis of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment of the United States Constitution.
In 1779, at Jefferson's behest, William and Mary appointed George Wythe to be the first professor of law in an American university.
Dissatisfied with the rate of changes he wanted to push through, he would go on later in life to become the "father" and founder of the University of Virginia, which was the first university at which higher education was completely separate from religious doctrine.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thomas_Jefferson   (7362 words)

  
 Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : 1779   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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1779 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar).
The Iron Bridge is completed across the River Severn in Shropshire; the first all cast-iron bridge ever constructed.
www.hallencyclopedia.com /1779   (448 words)

  
 Purdue University Libraries
Indexes journals held by The Anthropology Library at the The British Museum (Museum of Mankind) which receives periodicals in all branches of anthropology.
Indexes over 2500 journals in social, cultural, physical, biological, and linguistic anthropology, ethnology, archaeology, folklore, and interdisciplinary studies.
Three CNKI databases in the Chinese language feature full-text articles in the fields of history, literature, and philosophy, including subtopics such as archaeology, the arts, biography, folklore, language, religion, and sports: 1) China Academic Journals (CAJ), 1994-present; 2) China Dissertations and Master's Theses (CDMD), 2000-present; 3) China Conference Proceedings (CPCD), 2000-present.
gemini.lib.purdue.edu /eresource/result2.cfm   (1271 words)

  
 Overview of Belizean History
From 1779 to 1784 the settlement was essentially abandoned as the Spanish had destroyed nearly everything.
There has been very little marine archaeology carried out in Belize although there are no shortages of shipwreck sites.
One of the few published reports of excavations carried under the auspices of CEDAM (Underwater Exploration Club of Mexico) was "Excavations of a 17th Century Spanish merchant Vessel", 1981.
ambergriscaye.com /fieldguide/history2.html   (7867 words)

  
 Native American   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
This is also supported by the archaeology dating of some sites in South America prior to the previously assumed date of 12-14,000 years ago.
The colonists were especially outraged by the Wyoming Valley Massacre and the Cherry Valley Massacre, which occurred in 1778.
In 1779 Congress sent Major General John Sullivan on what has become known as the Sullivan Expedition to neutralize the Iroquois threat to the American side.
native-american.iqnaut.net   (4783 words)

  
 Astronomy History Links Page
It was an immense contribution to astronomy, providing the positions of more than 17,000 stars, every constellation known, and 2,500 nebulae.
In 1779 Bode discovered the comet (C/1779 A1, 1779 Bode).
Clive L. Ruggles Dr. Ruggles is a professor in Archaeoastronomy at the School of Archaeology and Ancient History, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.
astronomywebguide.com /links_astronomyhistory.html   (6503 words)

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