One possibility is the geographical difference and the effect it has on people. Great Britain is an Island so it can feel relatively safe (see the fate of GB in WW2 as compared to the rest of Europe) and because of this it can afford a more separatist policy. continental Europe however need a closer cooperation between the neighbours, as they share physical land borders, and only peace and a close cooperation can give the feeling of safety (for example to German neighbors, close economic Union is the best defense against a possible attach from Germany).
Black Dispatches was a common term used among Union military men in the American Civil War for intelligence on Confederate forces provided by African-Americans. This source of information represented a prolific and productive category of intelligence obtained and acted on by Union forces throughout the Civil War.
William the Conqueror was important because he established feudalism in Europe.
To mark a momentous occasion that the first president of the United States is leaving office
