(Encyclopedia) Hudson's Bay Company, corporation chartered (1670) by Charles II of England for the purpose of trade and settlement in the Hudson Bay region of North America and for exploration toward…
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Massachusetts State Facts
Official Name: The Commonwealth of MassachusettsEntered Union: Feb. 6, 1788 (6th State)Present constitution adopted: 1780 (Oldest still in effect today)
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Biographies of U.S. representatives and senators from Maryland
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(Encyclopedia) birth control, practice of contraception for the purpose of limiting reproduction.
Although contraceptive techniques had been known in ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome, the modern…
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(Encyclopedia) Indian wars, in American history, general term referring to the series of conflicts between Europeans and their descendants and the indigenous peoples of North America.
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