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American Revolution
Number of Words: 1571 / Number of Pages: 6
... the 1500s when exploration was promoted: for gold, glory, and God. Georgia was colonized as a buffer zone for the highly cherished Carolinas. For whatever the reasons, each colony flourished and, eventually, the population of all the thirteen increased as the exodus from Great Britain increased, other foreigners seeking freedom of religion or wanting new lives began to come, slave trade became popular, and indentured servants sold their lives to come to the new world. Though the New England, Middle, and South colonies were different in many aspects, they began to develop separately than that of Great ...
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Ancient Egyptian
Number of Words: 3683 / Number of Pages: 14
... Tefnut, the goddess of moisture. From their union
came Geb and Nut, who held the same positions as the above version.
Yet another version tells that Ra became the god of the afterlife, but was
still supreme.
GODS
The ancient Egyptian theology dealt with hundreds of deities. These gods
changed during the different dynasties and their importance depended on the
views of the rulers of the kingdom.
The Egyptians worshipped their gods at temples, and each was dedicated to a
particular god. A statue of the god stood in the center of these temples.
Every day, priests would clean a ...
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Mayan And Spanish Encounters
Number of Words: 935 / Number of Pages: 4
... by the conquest, questioning their use of force on such good-natured people. He states that "God has created all these numberless people to be quite the simplest, without malice or duplicity, most obedient, most faithful to their natural Lords, and to the Christians…" (Lunenfeld, 206). He petitioned to both the Council and King Charles V to cancel the current licenses of expeditions until the issue of propriety had been addressed (Lunenfeld, 221). Although the King did temporarily grant Las Casas' request, it produced no results, as Las Casas was ineffective in arguing his case. He had no real ...
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American Revolutionary War
Number of Words: 474 / Number of Pages: 2
... they absolutely did not want, was the
British taking care of their taxation. They did not want
taxation without representation.
The Townshend Revenue acts of 1767 were another
justification for the Americans’ rebellion. This taxed
imported goods, such as paper, glass, paint and tea. The
Americans felt again that their rights were being
dishonored. The Colonies lead by the Massachusetts assembly
tried to figure out ways to get around the Townshend Acts.
The Americans surely refused when asked, by the parliament
to revoke the circular letter passed by the Massachusetts
assembly. ...
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Fourth Amendment Exceptions
Number of Words: 2961 / Number of Pages: 11
... signs, and on to a secluded open portion of the Oliver property without a warrant, discovered the marijuana patch and then arrested Oliver without an arrest warrant. The Maine Judicial Court held that “No Trespassing” signs posted around the Oliver property “evinced a reasonable expectation of privacy,” and therefore the court held that the “open fields” doctrine was not applicable to the Oliver case.
Upon hearing the case, the Supreme Court argues that the special protections accorded by the fourth amendment do not extend to open fields. “Open fields do not provide the setting for those int ...
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Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee
Number of Words: 380 / Number of Pages: 2
... children. While the soldiers numbered around 500 and were armed with automatic weapons. The next morning when the army began to disarm the Indians a shot rang out then the gun fire began leaving about 200 Indians dead in the snow. Thirty soldiers were also killed in the massacre. The soldiers that lost there lives were most likely killed by their own men in friendly fire. Wounded Knee is said to have been the last battle of the war but it was not so much a battle as it was a massacre. It was in fact the last exchange of fire between the army and the Sioux.
There are not many positive things tha ...
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Persian Gulf War-the Feat Of T
Number of Words: 1794 / Number of Pages: 7
... Iraqi oil field of Rumaila and otherwise conspired to reduce Iraq's essential oil income.
By invading Kuwait, Iraq succeeded in surprising the entire world. The USA ended her policy of accommodating Saddam Hussein, which had existed since the Iran-Iraq war. Negative attitude toward Iraq was soon a worldwide phenomenon. The United Nations Security Council passed 12 resolutions condemning the invasion. The ultimate decision was to use military force if Iraq did not withdraw unconditionally by January 15, 1991. Then, when the deadline was set, it was time to start preparing for the worst-the war.
Presid ...
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Cicero
Number of Words: 431 / Number of Pages: 2
... defeat became a supporter of Caesar. After Caesar's assassination went back into politics and became a supporter of Octavian. On December 7, 43 B.C., was excecuted by Marc Antony as an enemy of the state.
While alive Cicero greatly enriched the vocabulary of his own language. Cicero covered more intellectual subjects in his writings than most writers of his time. Many of his philosophical works were borrowed from Greek sources are very valuable and would have been left undiscovered without Cicero's documentation of them.
Most of his rhetorical works, written in dialogue form, are rich s ...
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History Atomic Bomb Essay
Number of Words: 3467 / Number of Pages: 13
... decision was a morally just one, and if indeed it was necessary to use atomic energy to win the war.
The war in Asia had its roots in the early 1930s. Japan had expansionist aims in Eastern Asia and the Western Pacific, especially in Indochina2. In July of 1940 the United States placed an embargo on materials exported to Japan, including oil in the hope of restraining Japanese expansionism. Nevertheless, tensions remained high in Asia, and only increased in 1939 when Germany ignited World War II with an invasion of Poland. America’s determination to remain isolated changed abruptly following ...
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