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  2. International relations (1814–1919) - Wikipedia

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    Queen Victoria's husband Prince Albert helped defuse a war scare in late 1861. The British people generally favored the United States. What little cotton was available came from New York City, as the blockade by the Union Navy shut down 95% of Southern exports to Britain. In September 1862, during the Confederate invasion of Maryland, Britain ...

  3. History of the foreign relations of the United Kingdom

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    In the era of Pax Britannica, 1815 to 1914, The British dominated world trade, finance and shipping. In what historians call "The Imperialism of Free Trade", London had a strong political voice in many nations in Latin America and Asia. The Royal Navy was used to help suppress the African slave trade, and to reduce piracy.

  4. Richard Branson - Wikipedia

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    Starting from 1793, four generations of Branson's family lived in India, mostly at Cuddalore, in modern-day Tamil Nadu. On the show Finding Your Roots, Branson was shown to have 3.9% South Asian (Indian) DNA, likely through intermarriage. [12] Later, he stated that one of his great-great-great-grandmothers was an Indian named Ariya. [15]

  5. J. P. Morgan - Wikipedia

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    Morgan had a great deal of independence in both his investment decisions and lifestyle, owing partly to his father's faith in Morgan's austere religious discipline. "Remember," J.S. Morgan wrote his son, "that there is an Eye above that is ever upon you and that for every act, word, and deed you will one day be called to give account."

  6. Nova Scotia - Wikipedia

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    Nova Scotia (/ ˌ n oʊ v ə ˈ s k oʊ ʃ ə / NOH-və SKOH-shə; French: Nouvelle-Écosse; Scottish Gaelic: Alba Nuadh, lit. ' New Scotland ') is a province of Canada, located on its east coast.

  7. Maria Theresa - Wikipedia

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    Prussian ambassador's letter to Frederick the Great [g] The Treaty of Breslau of June 1742 ended hostilities between Austria and Prussia. With the First Silesian War at an end, the Queen soon made the recovery of Bohemia her priority. French troops fled Bohemia in the winter of the same year. On 12 May 1743, Maria Theresa was crowned Queen of Bohemia in St. Vitus Cathedral suo jure. Prussia ...

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