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Why do we say

Why do we say “send someone to Coventry”?

A Royal Affair © Getty Images

A Royal Affair

Salem Witch Trials © Getty Images

Salem Witch Trials

Blackbeard: dastardly sea-devil or kind pirate? © Superstock

Blackbeard: dastardly sea-devil or kind pirate?

In a nutshell: the British © Getty Images

In a nutshell: the British

Top five… ships that sailed into history (public domain)

Top five… ships that sailed into history

Articles of Union presented by Commissioners to Queen Anne, 1706 (c1905). Commissioners appointed by English, Scottish Parliaments. The Acts of Union was signed in 1706 and 1707, creating the Kingdom of Great Britain. Print published in Parliament Past and Present by Arnold Wright and Philip Smith, (London, 1905). (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

Why did Scotland join the 1707 Union with England?