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Lord Palmerston quipped “The Schleswig-Holstein question is so complicated, only three men in Europe have ever understood it. One was Prince Albert, who is dead. The second was a German professor who became mad. I am the third and I have forgotten all about it.” Why was it irresolvable without war?

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The Sexual Offences Act 1967 partially decriminalised homosexuality in England and Wales. Why was Scotland not included given that it did not have a devolved parliament at the time? And why then did it take thirteen more years for The Crime Justice (Scotland Act) 1980 to do this?

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Despite its complete defeat not once but twice, France still managed to exit the revolutionary wars with its territorial integrity intact in fact gaining some from German princes on the west of the Rhine. Why?

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In King James Demonology in the preface he name checks two people with damnable opinions (that witchcraft did not exist) Reginald Scot (English MP) and a German physician Wierus. How dangerous was it to deny witchcraft or defend/provide support to accused at the heights of witch panics?

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To what extent was the process that lead to the declaration of independence exacerbated by the slow communication between the thirteen colonies and the Ministry in London.

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Lord Palmerston quipped “The Schleswig-Holstein question is so complicated, only three men in Europe have ever understood it. One was Prince Albert, who is dead. The second was a German professor who became mad. I am the third and I have forgotten all about it.” Why was it irresolvable without war?	2106
The Sexual Offences Act 1967 partially decriminalised homosexuality in England and Wales. Why was Scotland not included given that it did not have a devolved parliament at the time? And why then did it take thirteen more years for The Crime Justice (Scotland Act) 1980 to do this?	47
Despite its complete defeat not once but twice, France still managed to exit the revolutionary wars with its territorial integrity intact in fact gaining some from German princes on the west of the Rhine. Why?	33
In King James Demonology in the preface he name checks two people with damnable opinions (that witchcraft did not exist) Reginald Scot (English MP) and a German physician Wierus. How dangerous was it to deny witchcraft or defend/provide support to accused at the heights of witch panics?	15
To what extent was the process that lead to the declaration of independence exacerbated by the slow communication between the thirteen colonies and the Ministry in London.	6