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  • Great Britain is the largest island of the British Isles. It lies ... As a part of the once powerful British Empire, Great Britain played ...
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  • November 16, 1272) was the son and successor of John Lackland as King of England ... He assumed the crown under the regency of the popular William Marshal ...
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  • centuries and is now considered to be one of the most remarkable poets of ... an Anglican priest. All that is known of his mother is her name, Anne ...
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  • The Bill of Rights 1689 is an English Act of Parliament with the full ... The Bill of Rights 1689 is largely a statement of certain positive ...
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  • United Kingdom and is celebrated in a number of countries that previously formed ... and spectators prior to the banning of this sport. The origin of the ...
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  • The Acts of Union were a pair of Parliamentary Acts passed in 1706 ... Scotland and by force created the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland ...
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  • Women's suffrage is the most widely applicable aspect of the ... in New Jersey by the state constitution of 1776, where the word "inhabitants ...
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  • the United States and as swede in Southern England and most Commonwealth countries ... Turnips have a long history of usage, with domestication tracing back ...
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  • award for study at the University of Oxford. This scholarship program ... In the context of what has been called the Scramble for Africa, Rhodes ...
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  • The Long Parliament is the name of the English Parliament called by ... for the setting up of the Commonwealth of England in 1649. ...
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  • In law, treason is the crime of disloyalty to one's nation. A ... crime and drew the harshest penalties. In England, punishment for treason ...
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  • who made a name in the Caribbean as a leader of buccaneers. He considered himself ... Henry Morgan was the eldest son of Robert Morgan, a squire of Llanrhymny ...
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  • and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. Galsworthy's ... Galsworthy was born at Kingston Hill in Surrey, England, into an established ...
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  • After graduating from the University of Oxford, Pockocke spent the ... and Muhammad. He helped to pioneer the use of primary sources as well as ...
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  • 14, 1895 - February 6, 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the ... As the second son of King George V, he was not expected to inherit ...
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  • Normandes/Îles de la Manche) are a group of islands in the English Channel ... These islands represent the last remnants of the medieval Dukedom ...
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  • The Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster, normally called Westminster ... Since the Christmas Day coronation of William the Conqueror in 1066 ...
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  • Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson OM PC FRS (August ... Ernest Rutherford was the son of James Rutherford, a farmer who had ...
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  • In law, defamation is the communication of a statement that makes ... The legal requirements of proving defamation are often difficult to ...
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  • Thomas, Earl of Lancaster (c. 1278 – March 22 1322) was one of the ... Thomas Plantagenet upheld the principles of Parliamentary oversight ...
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