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    To make a strong manufacturing giant‚ he needed a strong government that could build infrastructure and protect patents. He was supporting a strong national government since he wrote so many of the Federalist Papers. Hamilton also envisioned an America that was governed primarily by the elite. His party‚ the Federalist Party would be the one of the rich‚ the able and well-born. Hamilton wanted affiliations with Great Britain due to his passion for elitism and trade. On the other hand‚ Jefferson

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    When Americans went dry during the 1920s‚ they didn’t know how history would be changed. America then changed its mind about Prohibition due to a rise in crime‚ a lack of law enforcement‚ and a loss of potential tax revenue.   The first reason is due to a rise in crime. According to a graph published in a report in the US Census and FBI Uniform Crime from 2008‚the homicide rate was 7 per 100‚000 in 1919. This number increased to 9.8 by 1933‚ then decrease to 6 per 100‚000 after the Great Depression

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    In the early 1800s‚ Latin America had a revolution of its own‚ in which most of the colonies became independent by taking advantage of France and Britain’s current fighting. Most are not all of the provinces turned countries decided to utilize a Republic form of government. Mexico in particular also agreed that a Republic would be an excellent way to go‚ as it allows the criollos to have complete power over the government. It also allowed them to retain‚ as well as increase their land size to maximize

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    Play is an important part of children’s life that keeps them healthy both physically and mentally. It is a way through which children explore their imagination‚ build various skills required for their development in different areas. In this essay‚ importance of play in children’s learning and development is discussed in relation to Piaget’s cognitive theory‚ Vygotsky socio-cultural theory and Te Whaariki. Moreover‚ the teacher’s role and strategies used in encouraging the play-based curriculum in

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    The thirteen colonies struggled for independence in North America. The British made unfair laws without the colonies say in the laws. The colonies had to fight for their freedom. The British treated the colonists very poorly. For example‚ the British soldiers were involved in a shooting into a crowd. They claim that Captain Preston yelled “FIRE” meaning to shoot their guns at the colonists‚ but it turned out to be the colonists yelling “FIRE” because a bell rang that signaled a fire. Five colonists

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    America has always been a land full of promise for its’ inhabitants. Americas Puritan founders promoted a lifestyle of freedom and exceptional growth. United States foreign relations often contributed to the overall well being and ways of life of the American people. The year 1898 was a major turning point in American foreign relations. America’s participation in war has drastically changed our order of constitution. War has also changed the way American people live their lives. The course of the

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    late-18th centuries. Headright System is a legal grant of land to settlers. Headrights are most notable for their role in the expansion of the thirteen British colonies in North America; the Virginia Company of London gave headrights to settlers. Indentured Servitude: a form of debt bondage‚ established in the early years of the American colonies and elsewhere. It was most used as a way for poor teenagers in Britain and the German states to get free passage to the American colonies. Bacon’s

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    Environmental conditions shaped the way many early civilizations developed around the world. Approximately around 8000 B.C.‚ the Neolithic Revolution occurred in the lands of Mesopotamia. This revolution consisted of a shift from the hunter-gatherer life style to a more sedentary one for the pursuit of agriculture. The results of which could be seen in its larger populations‚ specialization of labor‚ large works such as irrigation systems and temples‚ permanent settlements‚ and a change in diet to one high

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    the Americas‚ among them was labor practices that exploited various Indigenous groups‚ especially Native Californians. At the time that mercantile companies were at their peak‚ labor practices in these places were extremely common. Fort Ross was especially known for using Indigenous people to run their company. Based on this‚ we can say that Fort Ross heavily relied on native labor to be a successful organization and for their business to survive. According to Lightfoot‚ the dimension of labor practice

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    of Unions o In response to powerful monopolies and muckrakers stirring up dissent‚ there was a rise of labor unions in the early 20th century. With immigrants and poor Americans flocking to the cities (see: Second Industrial Revolution)‚ factories had their choice of workers. They could employ women and children‚ who were cheaper to pay than men were. These poorly-paid workers were forced to labor in terrible conditions in textile factories and mines. Social critics referred to them as "wage slaves

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