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adjectivebeing eight more than forty
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- us North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776
- america North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776
- david French neoclassical painter who actively supported the French Revolution (1748-1825)
- york the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
- charles the eldest son of Elizabeth II and heir to the English throne (born in 1948)
- edward King of England from 1461 to 1470 and from 1471 to 1483; was dethroned in 1470 but regained the throne in 1471 by his victory at the battle of Tewkesbury (1442-1483)
- edward King of England who was crowned at the age of 13 on the death of his father Edward IV but was immediately confined to the Tower of London where he and his younger brother were murdered (1470-1483)
- catherine first wife of Henry VIII; Henry VIII's divorce from her was the initial step of the Reformation in England (1485-1536)
- troy a system of weights used for precious metals and gemstones; based on a 12-ounce pound and an ounce of 480 grains
- bruno Italian philosopher who used Copernican principles to develop a pantheistic monistic philosophy; condemned for heresy by the Inquisition and burned at the stake (1548-1600)