dictatorship. Specifically‚ the "mosquito fleet" was used because of its size and maneuverability. The "mosquito fleet" was also lightly funded because of the Jeffersonian Republicans’ belief in a minimal navy‚ but it provided sufficient protection for the American shores. Three years after the Tripolitan War‚ the Embargo Act was enacted to avoid yet another war‚ which was the reason for Jefferson’s pressure on Congress to pass it. The Embargo Act‚ however‚ was an example of Jefferson’s Jeffersonian Republicans’
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Writing Prompt 1 Table 1: Clinical United States (High Income Country) Somalia (Low Income Country) High life expectancy. Low life expectancy. Low mortality rate. High mortality rate. Low infant mortality rate. High infant mortality rate. Low adult mortality rate. High adult mortality rate. Cause-specific morbidity and mortality (low mortality rate due to communicable‚ non-communicable‚ and injury). Cause-specific
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national government with a chief executive (the president)‚ courts‚ and taxing powers Shay’s Rebellion: armed uprising that took place in central and western Massachusetts in 1786 and 1787. The rebellion was named after Daniel Shays‚ a veteran of the American Revolutionary War and one of the rebel leaders. Virginia Plan: proposal by Virginia delegates for a bicameral legislative branch. The plan was drafted by James Madison while he waited for a quorum to assemble at the Constitutional Convention
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1 Big Geography and the Peopling of the Earth I. Hunter Gather Life i. Hunter gatherers use fires to cook their food‚ so it was more edible and easier to swallow and digest. ii. Hunter gatherers used stone tools for most of their chores such as kill animals‚ harvest plants‚ clear brush‚ and start fire to cook food. iii. Kinship groups tried to make the population grow and start an early agricultural movement. II. Personal Reflection Questions
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1. The promotion of the acquisition of wealth through plunder‚ colonization‚ and the protection of home industries and foreign markets during Europe’s rebirth was called mercantilism 2. What ultimately proved to be the undoing of monarchical absolutism and its system of patronage during Europe’s rebirth? growing economic power of merchants 3. Which is not characteristic of unitary state governments? Concerned with fostering diversity of regional cultural expression 4. Nigeria is a state
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African American History 1492-1877 Dr. Abel A. Bartley Hardin 108 African American History 1492-1877 • Africa • African is the second largest continent in the world at 12 million square miles it takes up 20 percent of the earth’s surface. It is three times larger than continental US‚ which is 3‚615‚102 miles and six times larger than Europe which is 1‚906‚176 miles. It is surrounded by several islands It has four major lakes‚ 13 major rivers and borders nearly all of the world’s major water routes
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PHILIPPINE HISTORY Campaign for Reforms to the failure of the Propaganda Movement THE CAMPAIGN FOR REFORMS The role of the Middle Class The Middle Class began to take shape when Chinese and Spanish mestizos sought racial equality with the and Peninsulares. While the Insulares who were called Filipinos looked down on the natives as Indios. The mestizos and Filipinos gained prominence during the Dela Torre Administration. On July 12‚ 1869‚ Dela Torre gave a toast to freedom attended by prominent Filipinos
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Chapter 13: The Expansive Realm of Islam Chapter Outline I A prophet and his world A Muhammad and his message 1 Arabian peninsula was mostly desert a Nomadic Bedouin people organized in family and clan groups b Important in long-distance trade networks between China/India and Persia/Byzantium 2 Muhammad’s early life a Muhammad ibn Abdullah born to a Mecca merchant family‚ 570 C.E. b Difficult early life‚ married a wealthy widow‚ Khadija‚ in 595 c Became a merchant at age thirty and was exposed to
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Week 1 Conference 1. What is African-American history? African-American history are those events that started with the first slave ships from Africa to the Caribbean Islands and carry through their journey as a people both individually and collectively to today’s societies across the Americas. 2. "How have your ideas about African-American history in particular and history in general been shaped by the contexts in which you encountered these histories?" I was born and raised in
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Global History Regents Review Unit 1: The Ancient World Section 1: Early Peoples and River Civilizations Nomads – people who moved from place to place‚ hunting and gathering their food. Paleolithic people were nomads. Their simple social structure consisted of small groups of people who traveled together. Cultural Diffusion – the exchange of ideas‚ customs‚ and goods among cultures. Cultural diffusion occurs through trade‚ warfare‚ and migration. Neolithic – the New Stone Age in which planting
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