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    bacteria and other organisms already present. He was able to discover a pasteurization process which eliminated the bacteria by heating it to a high temperature. These discoveries led to Pasteur question the presence of bacteria. “Where did these “germs” come from? Were they spontaneously produced in substances themselves

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    Pandemic (1852-1860)‚ etc. The Black Death had been one of the most castastrophic pandemics in human history. It resulted in the deaths of an estimated 75-200 million people in Eurasia between 1346 and 1353. The cause of this plague is believed to be the bacterium Yersinia pestis. The Black Plague changed the world by creating a series of religious‚ social and economic upheavals which have long-lasting effects on European History. Researchers revealed that the Black Death originated in or around China

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    The Black Death During the fourteenth century there were some major disasters that plagued Europe and would result in everlasting changes. War caused by peasant revolts‚ French and English battle for throne‚ religious conflicts‚ famine caused from flooding by heavy rains and devastating arctic weather‚ were some of the massive dilemmas that Europe faced. “But the cruelest blow of all was the Black Death. This was the name given in Europe to a pandemic (universal) outbreak of a deadly disease

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    Tina Van History 146 October 12‚ 2014 Week 3: Graphic Organizer Northern 1. Massachusetts: Divided into the Plymouth colony & the Massachusetts Bay colony.  Plymouth: Founded by William Bradford & populated by the Pilgrims who were separatists from Anglican Church.  Massachusetts Bay: Founded by John Winthrop & strictly populated by Puritans who wanted to “purify” the Anglican Church. 2. Connecticut: Founded by Thomas Hooker‚ creator of the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

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    Commissioner. “Assistant Commissioner” means the Assistant Commissioner‚ Office of Field Operations‚ United States Customs Service‚ Washington‚ DC. Broker. “Broker” means a customs broker. Corporate compliance activity. “Corporate compliance activity” means activity performed by a business entity to ensure that documents for a related business entity or entities are prepared and filed with Customs using “reasonable care”‚ but such activity does not extend to the actual preparation or filing of the documents

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    pieces of law that have influenced the Canadian Laws we have today‚ but in my opinion I believe the most influential ones are Roman Law‚ the Magna Carta and Common Law.     Roman law is made up of two simple yet complex principles: The law must be recorded and justice could not be left in the hands of judges alone to interpret‚ Roman Law also included the 12 tables. If you look at the Canadian law system you realize that these two principles are incorporated into our laws. Once Roman law started recording

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    today‚ he or she thinks of the black Africans who were apprehended‚ sold into slavery and taken to the Americas to work on the plantations there. 2. How do you define it and explain it? According to the Merriam Webster‚ a slave is a person who is the legal property of another and is compelled to do whatever he or she is told. Slavery is legally owning another human being. A slave is entitled to work for dozens

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    Did life improve for black Americans between 1930-2000? Life for black Americans were difficult in 1930’s where they faced discrimination an early example is The Ku Klux Klan founded at the end of civil war was a racist organisation which believed in white supremacy. They were dressed in white robes and white hoods to show white supremacy as well as to conceal their identity. The members were White‚ Anglo-Saxon‚ and Protestants also known as WASPS. This showed how black Americans were looked down

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    Voting helps shape your community! I voted yesterday to have my tax dollars help support the local science museum here. Earlier this year‚ I participated in a petition campaign to put our local government’s spending to a vote. They were passing a indebt to my grandchildren to pay for this year’s renovations of the government office buildings downtown without giving us a say in it. We got enough signatures to allow for a vote and We The People of my little city voted it down. To make changes

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    Voting vs. Not Voting Everyday individuals complain about how society is getting worse and blame everybody else for America’s downfall. Most of the things that people complain about are issues that can be easily solved because they can gain control over the situation‚ yet they sit back and do nothing to help. However the issue with this is that people are not obligated to vote‚ therefore they cannot do something they do not want to do. It attacks their rights’ but they also have the right to vote

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