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The Pewterschmidts are a fictional family on the animated television series Family Guy. They are a very wealthy family; additionally, the Pewterschmidts were among the first families to colonize America, settling in Newport, Rhode Island. Jump to: navigation, search An animated television series or cartoon television series is a television series produced by means of animation. ...
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Colonization is the act where life forms move into a distant area where their kind is sparse or not yet existing at all and set up new settlements in the area. ...
Jump to: navigation, search A side street in Newport, Rhode Island, showing the historic buildings near the waterfront Newport is a city located in Newport County, Rhode Island, about 30 miles (48 km) south of Providence. ...
At some time prior to the Civil War, the Pewterschmidts owned a slave named Nate Griffin, who was an ancestor of Peter Griffin. Carter Pewterschmidt paid Peter $20,000 in reparations; Peter originally squandered the money, but had a change of heart and shared it among his fellow residents of Quahog, Rhode Island. Jump to: navigation, search A civil war is a war in which the competing parties are segments of the same country or empire. ...
Jump to: navigation, search Peter Lowenbrau Griffin is a fictional character in the Fox animated television show Family Guy. ...
Jump to: navigation, search The transatlantic slave trade, spanning four hundred years, between the New World and sub-Saharan Africa was a major crime in the long list of similar crimes in the history of the world that produced, in the United States of America, an enduring legacy of formal...
Quahog (pronounced KO-hog, IPA , kwag, or kwa-hog, IPA ), mercenaria mercenaria or venus mercenaria, is one of a variety of hard-shelled clams quite common throughout New England, north into Canada, and all down the Eastern seaboard. ...
Jump to: navigation, search State nickname: The Ocean State, Little Rhody Other U.S. States Capital Providence Largest city Providence Governor Donald Carcieri (R) Senators Jack Reed (D) Lincoln Chafee (R) Official languages None Area 4,005 km² (50th) - Land 2,709 km² - Water 1,296 km² (32. ...
One of the estates owned by the Pewterschmidts was the Cherrywood mansion, which at one time was used as a brothel, where Abraham Lincoln hired black prostitutes. Jump to: navigation, search Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 â April 15, 1865), sometimes called Abe Lincoln and nicknamed Honest Abe, the Rail Splitter, and the Great Emancipator, was the 16th President of the United States (1861 to 1865), and the first president from the Republican Party. ...
Carter Pewterschmidt socializes with others who are extremely wealthy and powerful; he plays poker regularly with Bill Gates, Michael Eisner and Ted Turner (though the formers all try to avoid Turner). He apparently owns U.S. Steel and once owned a greyhound he raced successfully (until she became pregnant with what was thought to be Brian Griffin's puppies, but actually turned out to be Ted Turner's). Jump to: navigation, search This topic is considered to be an essential subject on Wikipedia. ...
Michael Eisner Michael Dammann Eisner (born March 7, 1942) was the second-longest-serving chairman and CEO of The Walt Disney Company. ...
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The United States Steel Corporation NYSE: X is an integrated steel producer with major production operations in the United States and Central Europe. ...
Jump to: navigation, search Brian Griffin Brian Griffin is a cartoon character on the TV show Family Guy and is voiced by the shows creator, Seth MacFarlane. ...
Carter has deeply resented Peter since the moment he met him. Only seconds after meeting him for the first time Carter knocked Peter out with a bronze Etruscan statue and had his naked body dumped in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Jump to: navigation, search Map showing the extent of the Etruscan civilization and the twelve Etruscan League cities. ...
Lois Griffin is a Pewterschmidt by birth, but gave up the wealth and elitism of her family to marry the less sophisticated Peter Griffin. Her aunt, Margherite Pewterschmidt, bequeathed Lois the Cherrywood mansion, but after living there briefly, Lois decided to take her family back to Quahog. Jump to: navigation, search Lois Griffin. ...
In addition to Lois, the Pewterschmidts have another daughter, Carol. Carol has been married and divorced eight times; her most recent husband, Ted, left her while she was pregnant with their son. |