money to foreign countries. Hamilton created a plan to create a bank in America; the bill passed congress and was then signed by George Washington. Alexander Hamilton then thought of a way to make money to pay off debts. He created an excise tax on whisky. The citizens of the frontier refused to pay Federalist excise task on Whiskey. This caused mobs to tar and feather excise officers and burned the property of distillers who paid the tax. George Washington was faced with many domestic threats towards
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Over 20 million Americans above the age of 12 have an addiction‚ and 90% of those with an addiction began drinking‚ smoking‚ or using illicit drugs before the age of 18. Many of these addictions are products of peer pressure and students attempting to be the life of the party. In Cole Meyers “Addiction” he shows us how the continued use of drugs can give one a short term gains to increase his or her social status; however‚ in the long term‚ addiction strips the individual of his or her identity.
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I. Subject Matter Jurisdiction: Does the federal court have the authority to hear the claim? a. Diversity Jurisdiction: State-related claim between parties of different states i. Claim must be greater than the Amount in Controversy Requirement 1. 1332: >$75‚000 a. Generally accepted if it appears in good faith and there is no legal certainty that the claim is less than the AICR. b. Cannot include witness costs‚ court costs‚ lawyer fees‚ etc. c. A judgment rendered for less than AICR does not fail
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THE FINAL REVELATION The house perched on the termination of a weed-infested gravel driveway. Trellised roses which once provided congenial company‚ are presently untamed. The vines excavated the broken clapboards hauling the house into perdition. Few patches of paint remained insusceptible from the weather‚ the cheery yellow now more of a sickly white. The entire house slightly slumped to one side‚ the foundation having subsided‚ gave the impression that it had merely succumbed any hope of being
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fought against and becomes a follower. 	There are many factors that cause Jerry to act the way he does. The main reason is he forced by the vigils to refuse the chocolates. "When he returned to the school after practice‚ he found a letter scotch-taped to the door of his locker. A summons from the vigils. Subject: Assignment."(Cormier 62) He is now forced to refuse the school chocolate sale. He now has to face Brother Leon and tell him no which soon gives him insight in to the teachers’
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Income Inequality Leads to Discontinued Schooling and Further Social Problems In “Why Inequality is Bad for You – and Everyone Else‚” Richard Wilkinson states that “A wide range of social problems are worse in societies with bigger income differences between rich and poor” (Wilkinson). I agree with Wilkinson that income inequality does bring some social and ethical problems. According to Duncan and Murnane’s article “Growing Income Inequality Threatens American Education‚” there was an increasing
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Keren Wallace Mr. Dement US History January 21‚ 2015 The Significance of the Frontier in American History 1. How does Frederick Jackson Turner define “frontier”? He gives a definition of the frontier: “it lies at the hither edge of free land”‚ meaning that he considers the Indian territory to be free land. According to him the frontier is the “meeting point between savagery and civilization”‚ “the most rapid and effective Americanization”. 2. What does Turner mean when he says that American development
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him well. She was always worried that he would end up like his “Stinking‚ rotting‚ lout-of-a-father”. His uncle was drunk all the time‚ and the only job he ever had‚ was to dress up as Santa Claus on every Christmas Eve. He always hid a bottle of Whisky in a pillow under his Santa Claus jacket. Sometimes he pulled the white bead to the side and asked for a stiff drink. The narrator is in many ways a bad person. Because steeling and actually taking a total stranger with him home‚ is illegal. But
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Small White Old Coward In the short story “Big Black Good Man” by Richard Wright at a dock side hotel in Copenhagen‚ Denmark during the late 1950’s‚ our two protagonists meet. Olaf Jensen‚ a white old man just on the verge of 60‚ is the night porter. With a long night ahead‚ Olaf sits down behind his desk‚ as he’s loosening his shoelaces‚ Jim‚ a giant African-American man at six and a half feet tall‚ walks through the door to strike fear into Olaf’s life. Although Olaf is certainly surprised
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<center><b>The Fog of Substance Abuse</b></center> <br> <br>As the fog descends around the Tyrone ’s summer home‚ another fog falls on the family within. This fog is that of substance abuse‚ in which each of the four main characters of Eugene O ’Neill ’s play‚ Long Day ’s Journey into Night face by the end of Act IV. Long Day ’s Journey into Night is a metaphoric representation of the path from normalcy to demise by showing the general effects of substance abuse on human psychology and family dysfunctions
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