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2 days ago · The War of 1812 was fought by the United States and its allies against the United Kingdom and its allies in North America. It began when the United States declared war on Britain on 18 June 1812. Although peace terms were agreed upon in the December 1814 Treaty of Ghent, the war did not officially end until the peace treaty was ratified by the ...
- 18 June 1812 – 17 February 1815, (2 years, 7 months, 4 weeks and 2 days)
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2 days ago · The first of these people, known as the Pilgrims, landed on Plymouth Rock in November 1620. Continuous waves of repression led to the migration of about 20,000 Puritans to New England between 1629 and 1642, where they founded multiple colonies .
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2 days ago · On the eve of World War I, France's colonial empire was the second largest in the world after the British Empire . France began to establish colonies in the Americas, the Caribbean, and India in the 16th century but lost most of its possessions following its defeat in the Seven Years' War.
- French franc and various other currencies
- Colonial empire
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3 days ago · 1857. The First War of Independence (Sepoy Mutiny): The Indian Rebellion against British rule erupted, led by Indian soldiers (sepoys) in the British East India Company's army. It marked the...
3 days ago · When World War II began in 1939, Britain made India a belligerent without consulting Indian elected councils. That action angered Indian officials and prompted the Congress Party to declare that India would not support the war effort until it had been granted complete independence.
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4 days ago · Cloth 1550–1640. The trading conditions for the cloth industry (fn. 1) grew less favourable during the second half of the 16th century. (fn. 2) The export trade in undressed cloth, which had grown with the growth of Antwerp, had suffered several setbacks in the decade before 1550; and the reform of the currency in that year brought further ...
