The Louisiana Territory is the land stretching west of the Mississippi river to present day Colorado. This land was originally the property of France‚ until they gave it to Spain who realized they couldn’t handle that amount of land‚ and gave it right back to France. Once America heard of this‚ they sent two men to buy the city of New Orleans and however much land they could get for ten million dollars. However‚ France said that they would give them the entire territory for only five million more
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Love This Country By John N. Panes Why do I love this country? I love stepping out of the house‚ ready to spoil myself with smiles as I sweep through the streets. I love this pill of contagiousness that I know will keep me invigorated throughout the day. I love how Filipinos‚ in spite of having 171 native languages‚ once see the typical curve in a fellow’s expression‚ understand the messages it spirits through – optimism and resiliency. I love how it brightens up my day. I love how the sun
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“Discuss how European Integration was achieved up until the 1960’s and comment on the reasons for the success of the European Community in this period.” The context of a united Europe was first officially coined in the aftermath of the Second World War. It was a theory born out of a Europe which had been brought to its knees by the greatest and most devastating conflict the world had ever seen. The post war period witnessed a complete upheaval of power and a renewal of world order. A new European
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One Country‚ Two Systems One Country‚ Two Systems is a concept proposed in 1981 by Ye Jianying‚ one of the ten Founding Marshals of China. Then formally put forward by Deng Xiaoping‚ the former leader of China‚ in January 1982 in order to reunify the country. However‚ this concept was aimed to reunify Taiwan‚ not to reunify Hong Kong or macaw. One country‚ two systems means there is only one China‚ but the regions of Hong Kong‚ Macao and Taiwan could retain their original economic
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reasons for this were mainly due to the way in which Britain treated America during the Napoleonic War (1779 – 1815); the introduction of the Order for Council; the Non-Intercourse Act; Macon’s Bill no. 2 and Britain’s interference in the war in which America was fighting against the Native American’s. The change of presidency in America too played an important factor. All these factors were involved in the decision of America declaring their first war on Britain
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Chris DePriest Professor Simonian Why Read? 13 November 2012 Imaginary Prophecies It was said that "a book is not justified by its authors worthiness to write it‚ but by the quality of what has been written.......the real risks of any artist are taken in the work‚ in pushing the work to the limits of what is possible‚ in the attempt to increase the sum of what is possible to think" (Rushdie 14-15). Literature has exemplified these certain risks for many years now‚ however although these artists
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How far was the Provisional Government responsible for its own downfall? To a large extent I believe that the provisional government was responsible for its own downfall due to the fact that they had to share power with the soviets and their perilous decision to continue fighting in the First World War. Their decision to carry on fighting in the war was the most important due to lost support from the Russian people and more importantly‚ from the armed forces who they relied on to defend them. There
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Bryon and Mark go to the hospital to see Bryon’s mom again. She notices the stitches on Mark’s head‚ and he tells her that he was in a fight. She accepts the explanation without question‚ and Bryon tells us that his mother never gets hysterical over her boys fighting. Like drinking‚ she would prefer they didn’t do it‚ but also seems to understand that she can’t stop it. They stop by Mike’s room. He’s upset because his father recently visited and yelled at him. Mike says that he wishes he were
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The report below contains a variety of different information‚ all of which is surrounding the concepts of equality; diversity and rights with relevance to Health and Social Care. I first shall be explaining the concepts of equality‚ diversity and rights in relation to Health and Social Care (P1). The concepts raised in this report are vital as they raise issues of which are essential when working within Health and Social Care settings such as residential care homes‚ children’s facilities and medical
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1932. Families lived in shacks and ate leftover food from hospitals. Communities couldn’t afford to keep schools open‚ so a third of a million children couldn’t go to school. Years of poverty left Americans asking what the cause of the economic crisis was. The economies of the Allied Powers were damaged by World War I. Great Britain‚ France‚ and the Soviet Union were all in debt and the costs of the war ran resources low. Major cities of Europe were destroyed. Asia and South Africa more industrialized
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