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Why was Canada never included in the American Revolution? Did they have self rule during the period of salutary neglect? Were the settlers there Anglican? What was up there at the time?

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Why do alphabets have orders today? Was the Latin alphabet always in its current order? Did the Latin Alphabet used to correlate a number system?

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Did the Communist Party in China encourage feminism like the USSR did?

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Did monarchists in England argue that democracy was not realistic after France returned to a monarchy after Napoleon was defeated? How similar were these arguments to Capitalist talking points after the fall of the USSR?

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With the massive influx of gold miners immigrating to California during its gold rush, was there enough food and water grown locally for them? Was food sent in? The miners obviously weren’t growing their own food.

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How did ancient Greeks pass down religious stories?

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Why is deafness and blindness included in the 1830 US Census?

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Is there any substantial evidence that Jews were ever enslaved in Egypt?

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Have stars always been used on flags? Stars are very common on modern flags. Is there a reason for this? Is it because of Monotheistic religions having significant star symbols in their books?

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Was it common for confederate leaders to glorify the founding fathers? Did they express that the US federal government inherently had too much power or that the federal government at that time was an offset the initial balance of power between the state and federal governments.?

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Why was Canada never included in the American Revolution? Did they have self rule during the period of salutary neglect? Were the settlers there Anglican? What was up there at the time?	1564
Why do alphabets have orders today? Was the Latin alphabet always in its current order? Did the Latin Alphabet used to correlate a number system?	62
Did the Communist Party in China encourage feminism like the USSR did?	11
Did monarchists in England argue that democracy was not realistic after France returned to a monarchy after Napoleon was defeated? How similar were these arguments to Capitalist talking points after the fall of the USSR?	7
With the massive influx of gold miners immigrating to California during its gold rush, was there enough food and water grown locally for them? Was food sent in? The miners obviously weren’t growing their own food.	6
How did ancient Greeks pass down religious stories?	6
Why is deafness and blindness included in the 1830 US Census?	6
Is there any substantial evidence that Jews were ever enslaved in Egypt?	4
Have stars always been used on flags? Stars are very common on modern flags. Is there a reason for this? Is it because of Monotheistic religions having significant star symbols in their books?	4
Was it common for confederate leaders to glorify the founding fathers? Did they express that the US federal government inherently had too much power or that the federal government at that time was an offset the initial balance of power between the state and federal governments.?	3