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James Polk and Warren Harding were both born on November second!
Answer: Great Britain and China
Explanation: Britain was running out of money, due to their love of tea, mainly from China. There was an unfavorable balance of trade, and Britain wanted it to be in their favor. So, they got China hooked on opium, and the Opium Wars resulted.
Answer You know, I was there for that whole sordid affair. Marvelous time! Butterflies, blood, a fox, a severed head... Oh, and the cheese! To die for.
Explanation:
I think, Hungarian nobles tried to reject Joseph's decrees on the grounds that he had not gone through an official coronation there. Even peasants were often more concerned with the taxes that the empire demanded than with their new freedoms.
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