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Of the nine out of the Thirteen Colonies, the British had almost 7,000 French Catholic Acadians deported to them. Would any of the Acadians later decide to join the rebel cause during the American Revolution?
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When martial law was proclaimed in Havana in April of 1705, what effects did it have on the city and Franco-Spanish relations, and how long did it last for?
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I was once told that in the 18th century France's system of warship ranks was similar to the British -- instead of assigning a rate, ships were classed simply based on the number of guns they carried. What classes of ships would there have been and how many guns would each class have carried?
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Why did it take so long for the balaclava headwear to appear until recent history? (mid 1800's). It seems like a stupidly simple headwear a person could have created centuries earlier.
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