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is there a passage so I can help
every time I looked for the passage it said not found
I'm not sure if any were begun in 1775. The American Revolution was occurring at the time but it started in 1760's the sugar and stamp acts were in 1764 and 1765, While the Townsend act was in 1770. The declaration wasn't even started until 1817.
They had to cut their armies down to just 100,000 men and basically had to get rid of their air force and navy.
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In 1860 the NYC population was almost 1,068,000
The answer to your question is,
Continents on the east side could fit snugly against those on the west.
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