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    From Protests to Separation All of the events contributed in causing the Intolerable Acts in some ways but I think that the Boston Tea Party played the most influential role of all. To help the East India Company from losing money‚ Britain passed the Tea Act which allowed the company to have a virtual monopoly of the trade for tea in America. This angered the merchants and the smugglers and they called for a new boycott on tea. Also on December 16‚ 30 -130 men dressed as Mohawks climbed aboard

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    Meat Inspection Act

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    The Federal Meat Inspection Act of 1906 (FMIA) was a United States Congress Act that worked to prevent adulterated or misbranded meat and meat products from being sold as food and to ensure that meat and meat products are slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions. These requirements also apply to imported meat products‚ which must be inspected under equivalent foreign standards. USDA inspection of poultry was added by the Poultry Products Inspection Act of 1957. The Food and Drug Administration

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    Factors that Initiated the Treason Trial Acts of 1696 The Treason Trial Acts structured the law of treason. It is in the course of the 17th century that the jurisprudence of “treason enjoyed a considerable‚” Rezneck (1930) part in English history. Before this act‚ criminals residing in Britain were deprived of counsel‚ critically constrained in their power to ensure witnesses for the defense are summoned‚ put under oath‚ and even barred from attaining a duplicate of the charge stipulating the accusations

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     Communications  Privacy  Act       The  United  States  Congress  passed  the  Electronic  Communications  Privacy   Act  (ECPA)  in  1986  in  order  to  broaden  the  government’s  reach  regarding   wiretapping  and  electronic  eavesdropping.1    Specifically‚  in  addition  to  the   wiretapping  of  telephone  calls‚  this  act  allows  the  government

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    Data protection Act 1998

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    The Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) is a United Kingdom Act of Parliament which defines UK law on the processing of data on identifiable living people. It is the main piece of legislation that governs the protection of personal data in the UK. Although the Act itself does not mention privacy‚ it was enacted to bring UK law into line with the EU data protection directive of 1995 which required Member States to protect people’s fundamental rights and freedoms and in particular their right to privacy

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    about how all of the ten acts influenced America’s to start the Revolutionary War. The ten acts that lead to the the Revolutionary War are Navigation Act‚ French and Indian War‚ Pontiac’s Rebellion‚ Proclamation‚ The Sugar Act‚ The Stamp Act‚ Declaratory Act‚ The Townshend Act‚ The Boston Massacre‚ Boston Tea Party‚ and Intolerable Act. All these acts‚ wars‚ and rebellions started with The Navigation Act.Paragraph #2 Navigation Acts of 1660 Was the navigation act really about navigation

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    The government puts in place the legislation and law that the policies and procedures in the setting stem from. Some examples are “the Equality Act 2010” and “The Children Act 2004”. Policies are in place because they comply with the law. Different policies include child abuse‚ child health‚ confidentiality‚ disability‚ and equality‚ and infection control‚ language-rich environments‚ safeguarding and working in partnership. The Child Protection policy. Children have a right to feel secure and will

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    Stamp Act on the American Revolution The Stamp Act was essentially a tax on all printed materials and commercial documents. This also included newspapers‚ pamphlets‚ bills‚ legal documents‚ licenses‚ almanacs‚ dice‚ and playing cards. These materials had to carry a special stamp which needed to be purchased. This tax‚ along with the Boston Port Act‚ Massachusetts Government Act‚ Administration of Justice Act‚ Quartering Act‚ and the Quebec Act‚ made up the Intolerable Acts. The Stamp Act was created

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    Alien and Sedition Act 1798 Carrie Ostrander HLS 300E: Administering Homeland Security Steve MacMartin 9 April 2013 Many people believe the fight to secure our homeland began after 9/11 but this is not entirely true. Although this is partially true as there have been many improvements to homeland security‚ the fight began years ago with multiple acts being passed that‚ unbeknownst at the time‚ were in reality related to securing our homeland. In 1798 Congress passed

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    Pros and Cons of Patriot Act The House of Representatives passed the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 on October 24‚ 2001. This is also known as the USA Patriot Act. The Patriot Act was designed to deter and punish terrorist acts in the United States and around the world and to enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (USA Patriot Act‚ 2001). The events of September 11‚ 2001 led to the near unanimous

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