where in article II of the treaty of paris is there a directional reference that does not conform to geographic reality?
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Article 2 states that the boundary between U.S. territory and the British possessions to the north would run "…through the Lake of the Woods to the most northwesternmost point thereof, and from thence on a due west course to the river Mississippi…" The parties did not suspect that the source of the Mississippi, Lake Itasca, was south of that point.\n\nIn the Anglo-American Convention of 1818, the error was corrected by having the boundary run due south from the northwest point of the lake to the 49th parallel and then westward along it. When this north-south line was surveyed, it was found to intersect other bays of the lake and therefore cut off a portion of U.S. territory, now known as the Northwest Angle.\n\nFun facts: according to the 2000 Census, the Northwest Angle has a population of 152. \nThere's nobody guarding that bit of the US-Canada border. People passing from one country to the other are supposed to use a telephone that was placed along the road to declare their belongings! lol
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It's invalid.\n\nThe question assumes that the only important input into this was American.  The Treaty was between a number of countries.  The attitudes and negotiating positions of the UK, France etc. were important, too.\n\nWilson was in fact far more realistic than most of the WW1 victors in realising that excessively punitive reparations demands on Germany would be counterproductive.\n\nI hope some of your US History lessons actually acknowledge the existance and importance of other countries in history sometimes!
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http://earthtrends.wri.org/pdf_library/country_profiles/for_cou_414.pdf
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Well, key isolationist move was Senate refusal to ratify the Treaty of Versailles, which would have dedicated US troops to support the League of Nations, which was proposed by President Wilson.  This kept the US out of the League, which was a failure (before being resurrected as the United Nations which is, as we know, also a failure).
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History has judged Pierre-Esprit Radisson very harshly. He was never forgiven for leading England to the territories north of New France which helped weaken France's position in North America.\n\nThis is a direct quote, but it shold help you get started.
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against the direction of travel.
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In English, that happens a lot.  We have a White House but in most of the world, it would be a House White (Casablanca) but we do have Baton Rouge, LA which we should rename, Red Stick, LA.  We think the right way, everyone else is backward. We also drive on the right side of the road. OK?
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C. North.\n\nCompass directions are not proper nouns and are not capitalized when used to described relative position (New York City is north of Washington, D.C.) or to give directional instructions (go north 10 miles). In this example however, "the North" is used as a place name and therefore becomes a proper noun.\n\nAnswers A and B are both incorrect.\nMcKinley is a place name and should be capitalized.\nGerman is a language name and should be capitalized.
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Go to:\nhttp://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2777.htm\nand\nhttp://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/my.html
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Those territories were parts of other sovereign countries prior to that war.  It wasn't empty space on the far side of Neptune.
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Åland (autonomous province of Finland, recognized by international treaty) - Mariehamn \n Albania - Tirana \n Andorra - Andorra la Vella \n Austria - Vienna \n Belarus - Minsk \n Belgium - Brussels \n Bosnia and Herzegovina - Sarajevo \n Bulgaria - Sofia \n Croatia - Zagreb \n Czech Republic - Prague \n Denmark - Copenhagen \n Estonia - Tallinn \n Faroe Islands (overseas country of Denmark) - Tórshavn \n Finland - Helsinki \n France - Paris \n Germany - Berlin \n Gibraltar (overseas territory of the United Kingdom) \n Greece - Athens \n Guernsey (British crown dependency) - Saint Peter Port \n Hungary - Budapest \n Iceland - Reykjavík \n Ireland - Dublin \n Isle of Man (British crown dependency) - Douglas \n Italy - Rome \n Jan Mayen (overseas territory of Norway) \n Jersey (British crown dependency) - Saint Helier \n Latvia - Riga \n Liechtenstein - Vaduz \n Lithuania - Vilnius \n Luxembourg - Luxembourg \n Macedonia - Skopje \n Malta - Valletta \n Moldova - Chişinău \n Monaco - Monaco (city-state) \n Netherlands - Amsterdam (seat of government at The Hague) \n Norway - Oslo \n Poland - Warsaw \n Portugal - Lisbon \n Romania - Bucharest \n Russia - Moscow \n San Marino - San Marino \n Serbia and Montenegro - Belgrade \n Slovakia - Bratislava \n Slovenia - Ljubljana \n Spain - Madrid \n Svalbard (overseas territory of Norway, recognized by international treaty) - Longyearbyen \n Sweden - Stockholm \n Switzerland - Berne \n Ukraine - Kiev \n United Kingdom - London \n Vatican City - Vatican City (city-state)
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During the 1980s, a debate opened up about the meaning of the concept of " free movement of persons ". Some Member States felt that this should apply to EU citizens only, which would involve keeping internal border checks in order to distinguish between citizens of the EU and non-EU nationals. Others argued in favour of free movement for everyone, which would mean an end to internal border checks altogether. Since the Member States found it impossible to reach an agreement, France, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands decided in 1985 to create a territory without internal borders. This became known as the "Schengen area". The name was taken from the name of the town in Luxembourg where the first agreements were signed. This intergovernmental cooperation expanded to include 13 countries in 1997, following the signing of the Treaty of Amsterdam, which incorporated into EU law on 1 May 1999 the decisions taken since 1985 by Schengen group members and the associated working structures.
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Lichtenstein\n\n\nBordered by Switzerland and Austria, both of which are land locked.
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2ND World was Basically the iron curtain block during the cold war.These terms have realy no meaning.
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Yes. Assuming it's a map of the right part of the world. :)\n\nBut then... I'm not American.
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A point does not have a direction. So I guess the answer is yes.
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http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/lawofwar/hague01.htm\n\nhttp://www.icj-cij.org/icjwww/ibasicdocuments/ibasictext/ibasicindex/Pacific%20settlement%20of%20disputes.htm\n\nhttp://www.icj-cij.org/icjwww/ibasicdocuments/ibasictext/ibasicindex/Pacific%20settlement%20of%20disputes.htm