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How the U.S. acquired its lands — as Trump eyes territorial expansion
The issue of the Oregon Territory — which included what’s now Oregon, Washington and most of Canada’s British Columbia ... “ended Spain’s colonial empire in the Western Hemisphere ...
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Should America Pay Slavery Reparations?
According to census records, the number of slaves in America went from 894,452 in 1800 to 3,953,587 in 1860 ... Abolition Act across much of the British Empire. It paid to liberate its enslaved ...
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The sun still hasn't set on the British Empire: Only a fifth of voters say UK's colonial past is a source of shame - and one-in-five want it back
Only a fifth of voters believe the British Empire is something modern Britain should be ashamed of, a new poll suggests. A third of adults (33 per cent) believe that the UK's colonial period in ...
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A Map of the British Isles, 1603
IN the University of Gottingen there is apparently the only copy of a map of the British Isles published in 1603 by John Woutneel and engraved by William Kip. It is a large sheet cut into four and ...
Pocket-lint29d
Google Maps is great, but tweaking these 5 settings makes it way better
Download maps for offline use in Google Maps to navigate in areas with low connectivity. Use Dark Mode for easier viewing in Google Maps and to save your eyes from harsh white lights. Set ...
Daily Mail29d
Scots believe they are victims of colonialism despite helping create the British Empire
Scots appear to be unwilling to accept their country's leading role in creating the British Empire, a new poll suggests. More people believe that Scotland was simply a subject of England than a ...
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British Fast Food in the 1800s be like...
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New Oyster Bay exhibit relies on maps, artifacts of the past to show life in the 1800s
Each one includes a name of a business owner who worked in the hamlet in the 1800s, including physicians and blacksmiths. A map of Oyster Bay in 1873 is nearby, showing a bird's-eye view of the ...
12-year-old girl brought gun to Chicago area school, police say
A 12-year-old girl was arrested after she allegedly brought an unloaded gun to a suburban junior high school on Tuesday, ...
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Trump Takes on Xi and Putin at Their Own Great Power Game
In doing so, the president proposes a return to a foreign policy outlook more familiar to the nation upon its foundation in rebellion against an overextended British Empire nearly 250 years ago ...
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How could Leicestershire's political map change?
But it is precisely a takeover by Leicestershire that some now fear, as the seven districts and boroughs in the county - and neighbouring Rutland - face being deleted from the map. All this has ...
Preparing passengers for plane emergencies
A Delta jet crash landed in Toronto, Canada on Monday, another of multiple plane incidents just this year. In light of recent ...