Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook Thirteen Colonies (redirected fromBritish colonies in North America) Dictionary Thirteen Colonies, the Thirteen Colonies, the,term used for the colonies of British North America that joined together in the American Revolution against the mother country, adopted...
Death Avenue followed the Hudson River Railroad line that carried freight down Tenth and Eleventh Avenues to a terminal just above Chambers Street. The trains killed a lot of people, prompting the city to require a rider on horseback waving a red warning flag to precede each engine. Despite th...
the Pacific Dogwood (a flower), jade (a mineral), the Western Red Cedar (a tree) and the provincial tartan, which contains colors to represent many aspects of the province. Two important symbols of British Columbia are the flag and the coat of arms. The top part of the flag...
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and Austria and the Principality of Liechtenstein to the east. The Swiss nation is a confederation of 26 member states called cantons, and the nation's capital is Bern, a city that began about 1160 and was officially founded in 1191. The national flag consists of a square red field with ...
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