THE NAVIGATION ACTS The Commonwealth of England was ruled by Oliver Cromwell and Parliament in 1651. King Charles I was just beheaded and the new leaders were looking for a way to express their dominant position. At this time‚ England faced financial trouble. Looking for a way to increase the Commonwealth’s income‚ its rulers settled on the use of international trade. This was not a bad idea‚ except for the fact that the Dutch ruled the sea of international trade. They shipped constantly between
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The Westward Migration of Germany On May 8‚ 1945‚ the Red Army finally captured Berlin‚ marking the end of World War II. After the war‚ the Allied Powers split Germany into four sections: American‚ British‚ and French powers controlled the west while the Soviet Union controlled the east. As the relationship between the Soviet Union and Western allied powers became increasingly hostile‚ the cooperative atmosphere in Germany turned competitive and aggressive. Also‚ living conditions in West Germany
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What is Federal Expansion? Today people see this as something that they believe is a government trying to control what it is that they do‚ what most do not know is that it is something at makes things better. In order to get a somewhat better understanding we must first know what it means. So we look at the definition of Expansion meaning to increase something in size‚ and the definition of Federal “being a form of government in which a union of states recognizes the sovereignty of a central authority
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Today‚ in the 21st Century‚ many have accepted the conclusion that the beginning of the universe can be explained through the Big Bang Theory. This theory‚ beyond reasonable doubt‚ has been proven with discovery upon discovery by scientists‚ physicists and astronomers. Opposing theories‚ a major one being religion‚ have testified their cases to disprove the Big Bang Theory. Yet‚ our extraordinary universe has revealed to researcher that there was a time before the universe‚ as scientists are almost
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written after a major event. In the case of America their constitution was written in 1787‚ after the American Revolutionary War came to a close. There are a number of issues with America’s constitution which make it‚ arguably‚ unfit for the 21st century. The most apparent issue with the constitution is the overall ambiguity that it’s based upon. Take for example the eighth amendment which forbids the federal government from imposing cruel or unusual punishments on American citizens. However‚ what’s
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told that the reason for the debate over the territorial expansion was because people didn’t want to expand to the west. This is not true do to the fact that in the 1800’s America was full of people who believed in manifest destiny. Most Americans believed that we should extend our nation’s borders from Sea to shining Sea and maybe even farther. We can see in our accurate history documents that the real reason for the debate of the expansion was because of slavery. This is what made America become
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United States Expansionism In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century‚ the United States developed a reputation as an overseas empire and a power country. The United States built this reputation by its involvement of imperialism‚ which expanded‚ colonized and competed against other power countries such as Germany‚ France‚ Britain and Japan. However‚ nineteenth and early twentieth century imperialism was not a continuation of past United States expansionism. It is clear that this development
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The Bantu speakers were one of the earliest Africans‚ skilled at farming‚ hunting‚ and gathering‚ who probably began their migrations from the rain forest near what is now the Nigeria-Cameroon border. Bantu growth was carried out by small groups that made a series of short journies over time in response to economic or environmental circumstances. Some anthropologists believe that the Khoisan speakers were peacefully taken in rather than conquered by the Bantu. Others argue that the Khoisan‚ because
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Southwest Africa. The ship was seized by British pirates on the high seas‚ not brought to Virginia after a period of time in the Caribbean.” As this was the beginning of slavery‚ it was a practiced thought the American colonies in the 17th and 18th Centuries‚ and slaves helped build the economic foundations of this country. The slaves represented one ethnic group‚ not many‚ as historians first believed. As we
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Tension in Expansion It as a simple morning on the 4th of March 1801‚ when Thomas Jefferson gave his oath to office in the Capitol Building. A distilled feeling of uncertainty‚ as America put into office a Democratic-Republican‚ who caused tension to the federalist party after previously congress had issued the Alien and Sedition Acts. These acts enforced the deportation and imprisonment of illegal aliens by the President from the United States. To counter the acts‚ Jefferson and
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