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    Northern‚ Middle‚ and Southern Colonies America has always been a land of diversity. This dates back to the first English settlements in North America. In the beginning‚ the colonies were divided up into three distinct areas: northern colonies‚ middle colonies‚ and southern colonies. Massachusetts‚ New Hampshire‚ Connecticut‚ and Rhode Island comprised the northern colonies; New York‚ Delaware‚ New Jersey‚ and Pennsylvania made up the middle colonies; and Virginia‚ Maryland‚ Carolina‚ North Carolina

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    renewing of our voting rights. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was a landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting. This voting act was aimed to overcome legal barriers that prevented Blacks from exercising their right to vote under the 15th Amendment of 1870. The new act was considered among the most far-reaching pieces of civil rights legislation in U.S. history. It provided nationwide protections for voting rights that prohibits every state

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    Colonies got away from England because they had come for many reasons. Their goal is the freedom of religion or whether economic opportunity was the need to target a certain amount of independence from the king. They had all intents and purposes related to some 3‚000 miles away. They had not only willing to owe commitment to the king‚ but also they wanted to pay their fair share of taxes. The result was the spirit of democracy does not exist in the England (Democracy in the colonies‚ n.d). The American

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    establish the fact that the Customs are the most important source of law. It defines customs and gives information about its types and what are the requisite of a valid custom‚ how are they recognized and why are they recognized? In ancient days the customary laws were the only laws as they were practiced by the people. With the passage of time and modernization of society the customary laws are seen as orthodox laws and are fast receding to the statutory laws‚ but still the laws that are passed by the

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    began? The Revolutionary war was the result of many conflicts between the 13 North American Colonies‚ and Great Britain‚ and ended in the colonies’ independence. In this research paper‚ you will learn about where the war began‚ about the taxing of the colonies‚ the Boston Tea Party‚ and the battle of Lexington and Concord. The 13 Colonies The 13 North American colonies‚ more commonly known as the 13 colonies‚ were 13 settlements made by Great Britain‚ in what was known as “The land of opportunity”

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    Voting Rights Act of 1965 Introduction: The Voting Rights is known as one of the most successful parts of civil rights legislation in the American history. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 helped accomplish a level of colored enfranchisement that had seemed futile since the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment approximately a century earlier. Even though the Voting Rights Act withstood a number of Constitutional challenges over the many years‚ the United States Supreme Court held that the code

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    How could an entire colony of around 117 people just disappear with no trace of where or why they went? The Roanoke colony is the first settlement made by Britain in the new world. Arriving to the island of the same name around the end of July in 1587. The colonists were greeted with a pleasant welcome from the Natives of that same area. Though all was well a supply run back to England was desperately needed. After the colony’s governor‚ John White‚ returned‚ everyone had vanished. The mystery behind

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    From 1630 to about 1643 Puritans were coming to America for mainly religious reasons. This movement was called the Great Puritan Migration. The Puritans did like the way the Anglican Church was being ran‚ so they many of them came to America and set up the Massachusetts Bay colony. The leader of this Colony was John Winthrop. The Puritans believed through religion and hard work they could build a perfect commuity. The Puritans influenced the political‚ economic‚ and social development of the New

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    European Custom Law. The Customs Union is one the bases of the European Union and an essential element in the functioning of the unified market. The unified market can only function when there is a common application of common rules at its external borders. This implies that the 27 Customs administrations of the EU must act‚ as they were one. These common rules go beyond the Customs Union as such‚ and extend to all aspects of trade policy‚ such as preferential trade‚ health‚ environmental

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    aid to establish a colony‚ the Pilgrims prepared for the move. They purchased their own ship‚ a small vessel known as the Speedwell and were granted another which the Virginia Company rented called the Mayflower. After two unsuccessful attempts of leaving England‚ the Pilgrims were forced to leave the Speedwell behind due to a leak. Losing a ship caused some of them to be sent back to Holland as there was no room. They finally set sail for the northern part of the Virginia colony with a total of 102

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