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    Located in Cuba Guantanamo Bay served for the U. S as a prison for illegal detention. The U. S by combating the war on terror at Guantanamo Bay is doing something unconstitutional. The main reason the U. S decided to use Guantanamo was after 9/11 in an attempt to fight the war on terror. The use of Guantanamo goes back to the Spanish civil war‚ and even when Cubans were sent to this prison by Castro. Guantanamo also is currently in debate on its closing. Guantanamo Bay was first discovered in 1494

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    Because Guantanamo Bay is completely controlled by the U.S. but not actually a part of the United States‚ laws including any regarding human rights ceased to apply there (Friedman 82). According to Ardiente‚ this may be what justified military personnel or others working there to interrogate the way they did. Military doctors have admitted to giving information about detainees’ mental health in order to use it for cooperation of manipulation; the Pentagon has denied such claims (Ardiente 2).

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    There once were two brothers named Liam and Mason in Boston during the 1700s. They were inseparable since birth and were both very compassionate. They always volunteered‚ or willingly stepped forward‚ to help anyone. They would even approach‚ or move toward‚ people and ask if they needed assistance with anything. However‚ a big issue came in their paths that changed their lives forever. Liam was a loyalist‚ or an American colonist who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence

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    New England vs. Chesapeake Both the New England and Chesapeake region were both settled largely by immigrants of English descent but evolved into two very explicit societies by the 1700s. A large distinction developed in the two contrasting regions‚ some of the benefits would lure settlers in and some negatives and cons would repel them into the other colonies. Through differences in political‚ economic‚ religious‚ social‚ intellectual‚ and artistic concepts of the colonists‚ a divergence separated

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    Witch craze in Europe during the period of the Protestant Reformation‚ Catholic Counter-Reformation‚ the Scientific Revolution‚ and the consolidation of national governments from about 1480 to 1700 In the sixteenth to seventeenth centuries‚ individuals were persecuted as witches throughout the broad continent of Europe‚ even though the witch hunt was concentrated on Southwestern Germany‚ Switzerland‚ England‚ Scotland‚ Poland‚ and parts of France. Over 100‚000 witches were persecuted; everyone

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    American Political Culture in the 1700’s American political culture in the 1700s was mostly about the colonist fighting and taking back their freedom and rights from the British. In 1774 written constitutions and bill of rights were so unordinary that many American colonists did not think they would succeed. There was no natural judicial system to settle claims or unsettled. Congress had the power to make peace‚ it could make money‚ but there was little to make. It had the power to appoint army

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    Since the discovery of the New World by European powers‚ the newly established European settlements on American soil varied from region to region. Two such regions were The Chesapeake and The New England regions. Although both were settled vastly by the English people the societies they formed were different. These differences were due to a few factors. The factors include motivation for migration‚ geography‚ social‚ political and economical structures of the settlements. These factors are what contributed

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    In the mid to late 1700’s‚ the women of the United States of America had practically no rights. When they were married‚ the men represented the family‚ and the woman could not do anything without consulting the men. Women were expected to be housewives‚ to raise their children‚ and thinking of a job in a factory was a dream that was never thought impossible. But‚ as years passed‚ women such as Susan B. Anthony‚ Lucretia Mott‚ Elizabeth Cady Stanton‚ Lucy Stone‚ and Elizabeth Blackwell began to question

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    | | | | |[pic][Essay] A speaking contest about Ha Long Bay |Password | |(speaking compositions) |[pic]

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    Novotel Pacific Bay Resort An economic enterprise operating at a local scale  Location Pacific Bay Resort is located on Charlesworth Bay‚ three kilometres north of Coffs Harbour on the north coast of NSW. It is located on the Pacific Highway and is about 7 hours from Sydney and 5 hours from Brisbane by car. It is about one and quarter hours by plane from Sydney. There are many features that attract tourists to the region. Coffs Harbour is an established tourist centre in NSW‚ with the CSIRO

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