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19-May-2008, 04:59 PM
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 PS: to make it even more confusing, it appears that Kansas, OK, has streets named after Kansas, Deleware, and yep the great state of Main 
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20-May-2008, 10:14 AM
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20-May-2008, 10:24 AM
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20-May-2008, 12:56 PM
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(*Keep in mind that some of them are commonwealths!) Last edited by pghnative; 20-May-2008 at 01:21 PM.
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20-May-2008, 02:37 PM
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State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
old Trivial pursuit question.
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20-May-2008, 04:23 PM
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darn my memory!
give me a few to think of a question
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22-May-2008, 04:52 PM
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what was the largest country on earth in 1750?
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23-May-2008, 05:36 PM
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If the question is directly controlled land area, the answer would be the same as today, "Russia".
If the question is land empire at that time of 1750, the answer is probably still "Russia" with Spain a close second, followed by France and then a throw-up between Great Britain and Portugal.
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23-May-2008, 06:22 PM
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25-May-2008, 03:42 AM
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If the question was for 1850, you would be correct, however in 1750, England did not yet have the extensive overseas control they would get over the next 100 years.
In 1750: France still controlled Canada and the middle section of the United States. Spain controlled all of Central America, most of South America except Brazil, A large area of the South Western US. the Philippines Islands and most of the Caribbean islands. Portugal controlled Brazil, the Azores, had colonies in Africa and Asia. England controlled most of the Eastern US to the Mississippi River, which at the time was their largest overseas claim. They did not control India at this point in time, nor was Australia colonized or claimed. Russia controlled most of the same territory they do today, plus in 1750 areas in Eastern Europe, the area of Alaska and parts of the west coast of Canada and US. Except for Portugal, there was not much European activity in Africa at that time. I did some figures in land area, but I left them in the office. Historical data on exact area isn't easy to come back, but I think my rundown is accurate.
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26-May-2008, 03:52 AM
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sounds good to me. Your turn.
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28-May-2008, 04:52 PM
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unless I should ask another question.
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29-May-2008, 03:14 PM
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next question...
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That's it!
