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    Why did Britain want to keep America as a colony: Britain needed the colony for two reasons? They needed income for the army and land. Britain wanted to keep the America colonies safe and not a threat and manage to secretly tax them without them knowing. As the taxes and population increased‚ the colonists started to riot due to the heavy tax and limited freedom. This then caused the American revolution which is exactly what Britain did not want. ACTIONS TAKEN: How America fought back from taxation

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    What was the 1850 Compromise and Why did it Fail? In 1850‚ Henry Clay one of the most influential political leaders in American history introduced a set of resolutions‚ which aimed to please both North and South America. The five proposals were rolled into a single ‘omnibus’ bill‚ which offered a solution to the growing sectional conflict over slavery and westward expansion‚ which arose from the 1846 Mexican War. The 1850 Compromise‚ which Senator Douglas stripped down and effectively helped

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    “Untouchables”‚ “Outcastes”‚ Dalit‚ “Children of God” 2. The priests in Hinduism belong to what caste? Brahmins 3. What is “Dharma”? “Path of Life”‚ religious teachings of Hinduism – (“eternal order‚ religion & law of the universe)‚ Also – the teachings of Buddha in Buddhism. 4. Which of the religions or philosophies does not worship clergy or gods? Confucianism‚ Buddhism 5. Explain how Buddhism and Hinduism differ? Buddhism is a philosophy and is not based on a holy book or

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    Question: Why did so many people move to colonial America? In the 1600s‚ immigration began. Throughout the 1600 and 1700s‚ the population in colonial America increased rapidly. This was caused by a variety of reasons: enslavement‚ economy‚ exportation‚ religious purification‚ and freedom from the English government. One of the main reasons Africans immigrated to America was because they were either coerced or forced to come to the colonies from Africa as slaves. In Olaudah Equiano’s The Interesting

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    Why do people kill others? Why do they do it? How do they do it? Do they enjoy it? These are all questions we end up asking ourselves at some point in our lifetime. Many of us don’t want this question answered since we find ourselves asking this question mostly when it happens to someone we care about. The world is not perfect and we all have to face this fact. There are some people that are bad and some that are good. You can’t hide from the evils of the world; you have to learn to face it. Some

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    inventions or developments. During the Renaissance‚ art was a branch of knowledge. It was a way to show God and his creations‚ as well as a science‚ of anatomy and perspective. Also during the Renaissance there were many people who used art as a way to record discoveries and inspired people to take pleasure in the world around them. <br> <br>In 1452 AD‚ a genius named Leonardo da Vinci was born in a small town called Vinci. He was the illegitimate son of a local lawyer. When he was small he loved to draw

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    who are “less fortunate.” I have been guilty of feeling sorry for those who are disabled. I believe it is a part of human nature to feel compassion for someone who is going through a hardship. However‚ I do not agree that disabled people are less fortunate than any other able bodied person. When the football player spent 30 days in a wheelchair‚ on day 3 you witness how he felt for the others in the meeting he attended. Hearing many of those stories of how the others became paraplegic made the football

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    Exploring Decimals Activity 1: FINDING DECIMAL EQUIVALENTS In the course of converting fractions to their decimal equivalents‚ you should have observed the following: Some fractions convert to terminating decimals; others‚ to repeating decimals. In some fractions that convert to a repeating decimal‚ the digits begin repeating immediately; in others‚ one or more digits appear between the decimal point and the repetend. In this activity‚ you will investigate the answers to the following questions:

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    their application to even start out just as a police officer should have an associate’s degree. The reason for this is because you will get applicants who are more serious about their job. Some businesses similar to Corrections Corporation of America (CCA)‚ will generate an automatic email back to applicants informing him or her that an associate’s degree is required in order to apply. Although CCA does not require an applicant to have at least an associate’s ’degree‚ I think they should require one

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    Mengfei Zhou (Candy) English 111-Essay 3 October 23‚ 2011 Exploring Self Fighting against social expectations and conventional morals on the journey of progressing-liberation‚ women have to insist on the quest for female identity with unrelenting passion during a male-dominated period. According to Fox-Genovese’s argument that Edna’s immaturity allows her to question her social position as a social truth. However‚ I would argues that‚ in The Awakening written by Kate Chopin‚ Edna sets an impressive

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