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    Columbus Had to Be Rescued from His Fourth Voyage Even though he was brought back from his latest voyage in chains‚ Columbus did not suffer much consequence. He was stripped of his governorship‚ but King Ferdinand granted him his freedom and even subsidized a fourth voyage. The fourth expedition left Spain in May 1502 and made landfall at Martinique before sailing on to Santo Domingo. As soon as he arrived there‚ he was denied permission to land. His ships encountered a hurricane but managed to weather

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    Historical records show that the Philippine Customs Service started many centuries back long before the Philippines was discovered by the eastern and western expeditionaries. The Philippines had already a flourishing trade with countries of Southeast Asia‚ but since money at that time was not yet the medium of exchange‚ people then resorted to the barter system of commodities. The rulers of the barangays were known as the “datus” or “rajahs” collected tributes from the people before they were allowed to

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    Essay Are you willing to work for many years to get freedom? Slavery has a big impact in the early colonies in America. Slavery were introduced to the Northern America in the early 1600s. Due to Agriculture such as crops and tobacco‚ they were granted for freedom after their contract was expired. Slavery has dramatically evolved over time throughout the years. They were divided into different colonies and adapt to the expectation. They also involved in the cooperation of religious and cultures beliefs

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    The Distinctive Northern Indian Cuisine After discovering that I must write a research paper on a topic of choice from India‚ I immediately decided that the cuisine of India was of most interest. I am one that loves food‚ and I enjoy foods of other cultures. I am Greek‚ so I love European foods‚ and India is a bit of a change from what I am used to‚ therefore I was interested in the food of India. My task is to research the cuisine of Northern India. Features of the Northern Indian cuisine that

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    Voting System

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    Proposed Title: Computerized Supreme Student Council S Voting System of Isabela National High School-Ilagan Campus Chapter I Introduction Through the use of technology‚ the economy of the country is moving forward. Nowadays‚ most people are using computers to make their work easier and faster. Most jobs in the country involve use of computers because of their importance in the society. It is used to store‚ protect‚ process‚ transmit‚ manage and retrieve information. This implies that

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    Econ 214 Christian Ethics Project 2 Dr. Wheeler 4/1/2014 1. From a Christian perspective‚ why did Marxist communism fail? From a Christian perspective Marxist communism failed because it denied anything and everything about God or there even being any type of god. There was a real sense of atheistic aspects with in Marxist communism. As a Christian we know that anything without God means nothing at all and will end up failing miserably. Marxism was very controlling when it came to religious beliefs

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    The Jim Crow Laws were made to segregate the whites and colored people. Colored people weren’t treated the same whites based on these laws passed in the southern states. Lots of people went to jail or even killed. People couldn’t go to the same bathroom as whites‚ or even use the same entrance as the whites. Some blacks were servants for whites‚ and whites would use other names for colored people that weren’t nice. Whites believe the black were cursed and chosen to be servants for the whites. And

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    company; this concerned the new Pilgrims because might cause many problems among their colony. To resolve this problem‚ the leaders signed the Mayflower Compact‚ this agreement established a civil government under the rule of King James I and creating the Plymouth Plantation colony. In their first years at Plymouth‚ the pilgrims endured terrible hardships with starvation and deathly diseases across the colony. Although the relations with the Native Americans in the

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    freedom‚ meaning the right to have a say in government by voting and running for offices‚ religious freedom‚ the right to an education‚ which

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    Democracy and Voting Introduction: Voting has a characteristic of a democracy‚ as seen within the Constitution of South Africa. Voting allows and gives people the power to decide who they want to represent them in Government‚ as this body would make decisions which would be to the benefit of the country. Society‚ votes in order to bring about change‚ which would benefit the people and the country‚ physically‚ economically and socially. This shows that civil society has the power to elect a particular

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