One of the churches on the Freedom Trail

Boston and New England

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October 9th 2016
I'm quite a long way behind now - about two blog entries! I've altered the start of this entry so many times that I'm going to leave it as it was on Sunday when I finally finished it even though it's two days out of date now. - I'm in Ecuador now having left the States yesterday. My Spanish lessons start tomorrow. I'm actually quite looking forward to a bit of routine for the next few weeks. I als ... read more

North America » United States

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more