History Quiz #717
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Q1. Why did the British parliament pass Acts such as the Dress Act (1746), the Act of Proscription (1746), and the Heritable Jurisdictions Act (1746)?
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Q2. Which event in late 2022 devastated the Cayman Islands, Cuba and south east USA?
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Q3. The Thirteenth Amendment to the US Constitution abolished slavery, but also by inference allowed what?
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Q4. Which house on the Mall was the residence of Elizabeth the Queen Mother from 1953 to 2002?
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Q5. In 2022 the National Tax Agency in Japan designed a campaign to do what?
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Q6. The USA passed an Act in 1856, the Guano Islands Act, which provided for what?
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Q7. Which of these is the name of a gallows, last used in 1783, that used to stand near what is now Marble Arch in London, England?
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