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There were many small free imperial cities and other tiny city-states in Medieval and Early Modern Germany, up to 300 by some counts. Why and how did only Hamburg and Bremen remain to this day as city-states in the new federal Germany?

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Were immigrants who came through Ellis Island in the late 19th/early 20th century automatically citizens?

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Any good books on the Republic of Ragusa?

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When the 23rd Amendment was ratified granting Washington D.C. the ability to send electors to the Electoral College, was there a statehood push alongside it that failed?

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Did Southerns and Democrats attempt some of the same tactics to unseat Lincoln's electors that Trump is doing today? Such as petitioning states to appoint different electors or have congress oppose the electoral college count?

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How did Ancient Romans map their properties, specifically in large cities? Did they have similar things to what we call Plats? Or was it all physical markers on the ground?

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The U.K. "Handover of Hong Kong" happened because the 99 year lease of the "New Territories" was over. But why did the original Hong Kong Island and Kowloon Peninsula were previously deeded in "perpetuity"?

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There were many small free imperial cities and other tiny city-states in Medieval and Early Modern Germany, up to 300 by some counts. Why and how did only Hamburg and Bremen remain to this day as city-states in the new federal Germany?	183
Were immigrants who came through Ellis Island in the late 19th/early 20th century automatically citizens?	10
Any good books on the Republic of Ragusa?	3
When the 23rd Amendment was ratified granting Washington D.C. the ability to send electors to the Electoral College, was there a statehood push alongside it that failed?	3
Did Southerns and Democrats attempt some of the same tactics to unseat Lincoln's electors that Trump is doing today? Such as petitioning states to appoint different electors or have congress oppose the electoral college count?	2
How did Ancient Romans map their properties, specifically in large cities? Did they have similar things to what we call Plats? Or was it all physical markers on the ground?	2
The U.K. "Handover of Hong Kong" happened because the 99 year lease of the "New Territories" was over. But why did the original Hong Kong Island and Kowloon Peninsula were previously deeded in "perpetuity"?	1