Problem: (1) Hopkins toured with the band for six months through England , the United States , and Japan .
(2) For six months , Hopkins toured the band through Japan , the United States and England .

Do (1) and (2) mean the same thing?
A: yes

Problem: (1) In the late 1920s she was a researcher in America at Illinois State University and later Radcliffe College and McGill University .
(2) In the late 1920s , she was researcher at Illinois State University in America and later at Radcliffe College and McGill University .

Do (1) and (2) mean the same thing?
A: yes

Problem: (1) The two new cantons , however , had immediate financial problems and were forced to impose a series of unpopular taxes and laws .
(2) However , the two new Cantons had immediate financial problems and were forced to institute a number of unpopular taxes and laws .

Do (1) and (2) mean the same thing?
A: yes

Problem: (1) In 1791 Edward Fitzgerald returned to Dublin , where he died . In 1796 he painted Lord Hamilton , the Irish revolutionary .
(2) In 1791 , Edward Fitzgerald returned to Dublin , where he died , and in 1796 he painted the Irish revolutionary Lord Hamilton .

Do (1) and (2) mean the same thing?
A:
yes