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2 days ago · New England English, New England French. New England is a region comprising six states in the Northeastern United States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. It is bordered by the state of New York to the west and by the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick to the northeast and Quebec to the north.
1 day ago · Independent Party of Oregon – 137,972. Oregon Progressive Party – 3,213. Others – 16,703. ^ "Other" political affiliations listed as follows: American Independent Party – 85,674. United Utah – 3,098. Forward Party – 65. ^ Includes three Independent Senators who all caucus with the Democratic Party. [2]
20 hours ago · Cow representing English commerce being milked and dehorned by France, Spain, Holland, and the United States while the British lion sleeps, during the American Revolutionary War. (more) Find out how the 13 American colonies gained their political independence from Great Britain. Learn about the major events of the Revolutionary War (1775–83 ...
1 day ago · The British Isles are a group of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-western coast of continental Europe, consisting of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man, the Inner and Outer Hebrides, the Northern Isles ( Orkney and Shetland ), and over six thousand smaller islands. [8] They have a total area of 315,159 km 2 ...
1 day ago · The Confederate States of America ( CSA ), commonly referred to as the Confederate States ( C.S. ), the Confederacy, or the South, was an unrecognized breakaway [1] republic in the Southern United States that existed from February 8, 1861, to May 9, 1865. [8] The Confederacy comprised eleven U.S. states that declared secession and warred ...
4 days ago · These expectations were amply and decisively fulfilled. The United States’ production of armaments was to meet not only its own needs but also France’s and Great Britain’s. In this sense, the American economic contribution alone was decisive. By April 1, 1917, the Allies had exhausted their means of paying for essential supplies from the ...
23 hours ago · George Orwell. Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950) was an English novelist, poet, essayist, journalist, and critic who wrote under the pen name of George Orwell. [2] His work is characterised by lucid prose, social criticism, opposition to all totalitarianism (i.e. to both left-wing authoritarian communism and to fascism), and ...
