Maryland south of the canal is considered the Eastern Shore by residents.
The term Western Shore is used by Eastern Shore residents to describe all the counties of Maryland west of the Chesapeake Bay, but especially those of the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area and Southern Maryland.
It helped set them apart from other countries and also established a sign of independence.
Of the approximately fifty delegates<span> who are thought to have been present in Congress during the voting on independence in early July 1776, eight never signed the Declaration: John Alsop, George Clinton, John Dickinson, Charles Humphreys, Robert R. Livingston, John Rogers, Thomas Willing, and Henry Wisner.
So 42 signed 8 did not</span>
Pennsylvania allowed different religions. Massachusetts dos not.
The Bismarckian system of alliances was a system of alliances between nations. Its purpose was to preserve peace and a status quo. It was successful until William the 2nd dismissed it. In general what really brought about WWI was the decisions that were made by European leaders that affected militarism and nationalism as well as the leaders desire to stifle internal decent.
