It included the present-day cities of Wilmington, DE and Philadelphia, PA ... There would not be an American Revolution that united all of the 13 colonies that became the United States. The Dutch and ...

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[3] Britain influenced the colonies more than any other country ... and reduced the number of capital offenses from thirteen to two. Virginia and Kentucky passed similar reform bills.

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As two former French colonies in Africa join the Commonwealth ... For Gabon and Togo, Rwanda offers an encouraging precedent: just 13 years after joining, it has now hosted the organisation's ...

The colonies' first potato crop was harvested in 1722 and the first ... in a burrito, with red salsa chile de arbol and white rice, fried, and in a pot pie. Homemade with mom's recipe and smothered in ...

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Spain has arrested one of its top police officers after €20 million were found hidden in the walls of his house, as part of a ...