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How did Victorian UK handle bail? - History Stack Exchange
Bail was very rare, and likely only offered to gentlemen of means or those of higher social standing. Thus the bond would almost certainly have been with a surety on real property, meaning land and the immovable structures built upon it. – Pieter Geerkens. Oct 17, 2015 at 14:54. Remember also that you are talking of a period in which the ...
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What started the American Revolution? - History Stack Exchange
5. I’ve read that the American Revolution started at Lexington and Concord with what Ralph Waldo Emerson called, “the shot heard around the world”. Battles of Lexington and Concord. The Battles of Lexington and Concord, fought on April 19, 1775, kicked off the American Revolutionary War (1775-83) . The Concord Hymn - Ralph Waldo Emerson ...
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Why does Europe have so few skyscrapers compared to East Asia and ...
It is because European cities have building height restrictions. For example, London has a 1000-foot absolute restriction and it is very rare for any building over 250 feet high to be permitted. Paris has similar laws that prevent the construction of any building over about 200 feet (12 stories).
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Why was the area now known as Liberia chosen as the location for ...
Cuffee heard of the British resettlement in Sierra Leone (from 1787) of London Africans and later Black Loyalists (former slaves who fought on Britain's side during the American Revolution) and, despite the difficulties there, thought it was a viable option. Cuffee arrived in Freetown in March 1811 to see the settlement for himself.
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travel - Were there inns and hostels in medieval Europe? - History ...
SHORT ANSWER. Yes, there were, but information on inns and hostels before around 1300 is patchy at best and the evidence suggests that, for the early middle ages especially, travellers were often given board and lodging by locals, especially those higher up the social hierarchy. After 1300, though, there are an increasing number of references ...
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How many keys to the French Bastille are still in existence?
Carnavalet Museum's 6+ keys (Paris, France) National Archives' 27 keys (Paris, France) Madam Tussaud's 2 keys (London, England) George Washington Masonic Memorial 1 key (Alexandria, Virginia) George Washington's Mount Vernon 1 key (Mount Vernon, Virginia) More information about the Bastille's keys can be found in the book"George Washington's ...
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What are the"ancient liberties" of the City of London?
The city of London shall enjoy all its ancient liberties and free customs, both by land and by water. We also will and grant that all other cities, boroughs, towns, and ports shall enjoy all their liberties and free customs. I believe that one of them is that the Monarch cannot enter the city without permission.
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“A British view in 1774 of how authority was being challenged in Massachusetts. Before a “liberty tree” on which the Stamp Act placard is tacked upside down, a tarred-and-feathered Tory is being forced to drink taxed tea while in the harbour the Boston Tea Party goes on. A gibbet hangs from the liberty tree.”
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