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Why is it that the American colonies with the highest Puritan populations are now the least religious and most liberal states in the country?

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How are/were world populations determined before about the 1600s?

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When did politicians and governmental figures first start using speech writers rather than writing their own?

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Were the same civil rights issues that we see in the latter half of twentieth-century US present in the nineteenth century Northern US?

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It's my understanding that the Japanese government in WWII told their people that the U.S. would kill them (or worse) if they surrendered/were captured. What was the reaction of Japanese POWs and civilians when they found out this wasn't true?

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Why did the Western Roman Empire fall, while the Eastern survived and flourished for hundreds more years?

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How did an American colony in the 17-18th centuries become known?

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If Augustus Caesar and/or Caligula were ruling a country today, what level of censorship would there be?

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What was the earliest anti-war piece not written for political motivations?

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How did the Mongols compare militarily to the nations of Western Europe at the height of the Mongol empire?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why is it that the American colonies with the highest Puritan populations are now the least religious and most liberal states in the country?	661
How are/were world populations determined before about the 1600s?	8
When did politicians and governmental figures first start using speech writers rather than writing their own?	7
Were the same civil rights issues that we see in the latter half of twentieth-century US present in the nineteenth century Northern US?	4
It's my understanding that the Japanese government in WWII told their people that the U.S. would kill them (or worse) if they surrendered/were captured. What was the reaction of Japanese POWs and civilians when they found out this wasn't true?	4
Why did the Western Roman Empire fall, while the Eastern survived and flourished for hundreds more years?	4
How did an American colony in the 17-18th centuries become known?	4
If Augustus Caesar and/or Caligula were ruling a country today, what level of censorship would there be?	2
What was the earliest anti-war piece not written for political motivations?	1
How did the Mongols compare militarily to the nations of Western Europe at the height of the Mongol empire?	1