William and Mary

Cultural

King William III and Queen Mary II of England, who ruled jointly after the Glorious Revolution of 1688 had expelled Mary's father, King James II. William and Mary were Protestants, and James was a Roman Catholic; since the time of William and Mary, the ruler of England has always upheld Protestantism in England.

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David grew up in Mexico to American parents and received a bachelor's in economics from The College of William and Mary.

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He graduated from The College of William and Mary, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

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New Englanders threw Andros into jail, sent him back to England and had the pleasure of proclaiming days of thanksgiving for the ascension of William and Mary.

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This totals some $2.2 trillion in loans and development grants, researchers at the AidData center at the College of William and Mary found.

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“It’s really an asymmetrical comparison,” says Robert Spitzer, a political scientist at the College of William and Mary School of Law.

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