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    1773 Tea Act

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    1773 TEA ACT 1773 Tea Act Brionna A. Mobley Savannah State University 1773 TEA ACT 1773 Tea Act After the French and Indian War the British began to impose taxes on the American colonist‚ in order to pay their debts. After 1760‚ the cooperative efforts of the colonies were spurred by British policies‚ some of which were intended to raise revenue for England at the expense of the colonist (Volkomer‚ 2012). One of the acts of the Parliament of Great Britain was the tea act. The Tea Act‚ passed

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    Dawes severalaty act

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    Dawes Severalty Act The Dawes Severalty Act was made by the congress in 1887 which also authorized the president of the United States of America to survey the American Indian tribal land so he could divide it into allotments for some individual Indians. The Dawes Act was amended in 1891 and was named for its creator‚ the senator named Henry Laurens Dawes from and Cummington‚ Massachusetts. Henry Dawes was also a member of the United States House of Representative of Massachusetts. Basically the

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    Liability of Equality Act

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    Equality Act 2010 Liability for employers and employees Inorder to disuss who is liable for maintaining equality we need to first inspect how equality is maintained in any organisation. For the effective and efficient implementation of the Equality Act ‚every organisation has to have its own equality policy drawn out abiding by the Equality Act.This also necessitates the need for carrying out equality audit regularly to maintain the organisation’s efficiency in functioning compliantly.

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    Criminal Acts in Sport

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    Criminal Acts in Sport; Getting Away With Murder Introduction The amount of crimes that occur in and around sports has been a growing topic of conversation over the last decade in our society. Sports participants and spectators alike have been committing crimes on far more frequent basis over the last few years and in the minds of some‚ this is an issue that is getting or has gotten out of hand. There is a question that is asked by many‚ "Where does part of the game become a crime?" as well

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    Two major actions taken by the English Parliament during the 1760s that angered the colonists were the Currency Act and Stamp Act. The Currency Act was passed in efforts of the British trying to control the paper money in the United States. This act banned the production of coins and government money in the United States. According to the British‚ the only way to be able to use colonial paper money was for public transactions only. It was banned for private transactions. Finally‚ in 1770 Parliament

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    In 1764 England passed the first series of taxes on the colonist‚ known as the Sugar Act and the Currency Act. As a result it would be the beginning of colonial opposition against the crown. These Acts were a result of England’s debt after the Seven Year war and they saw the colonies as a source of revenue. When England implemented the Sugar Act it actually cut taxes on English goods‚ and in so doing it thought it would reduce smuggling from the French West Indies‚ but it had the opposite effect

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    the already made sugar and tobacco taxes‚ made by Lord Bute. There were many taxes‚ but the ones that placed the most resentment to the colonists were the Sugar Acts‚ which put 3 more pennies per gallon of sugar‚ the Quartering Act‚ which forced the colonists to accommodate to the needs of British troops‚ and most importantly the Stamp Act‚ which put a stamp on basically everything and colonists had to pay for it. The money collected from all these taxes was used to pay for

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    Announcement: Wish you could change your past? Take a 5-minute quiz to feel better about life! Preserving Kindness in a Busy World: We Are All Connected By Kiernan Cressy Anzelc We Are All Connected “The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest good intention.” ~Oscar Wilde Three times in the last two months I have nearly been run over by a fellow shopper’s grocery cart. Each time the customer rushing closely behind me had to suddenly swerve and push past‚ clearly annoyed

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    various acts and start taxing goods. Many colonists were not happy with these taxes‚ and had multiple reactions to the acts. Two acts that aggravated the colonists were the Townshend Acts and the Tea Acts. There were multiple actions of the British Government after 1763 that caused unrest in the colonies. There were multiple actions of the British Government after 1763 that caused unrest in the colonies. These acts taxed imported items such as glass‚ paint‚ lead‚ paper‚ and tea. The acts were

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    The Patriot Act

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    The PATRIOT Act Michael J Parrish AJS 552 May 20‚ 2013 The PATRIOT Act After the events of September 11‚ 2001 the US Congress had little resistance and passed legislation known as the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (USA Patriot Act). This act along with many other regulations allowed the federal government to become more involved in personal affairs for the security of

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