Kamehameha III erected the Mhele so the land would be divided between makainana‚ Chiefs‚ and Kamehameha III. The Mhele was also created so foreigners could legally own land. Kamehameha III‚ also known as Kauikeaouli‚ was forced to erect the Mhele because he realized the lengths to which foreigners would go through to own land. Kauikeaouli became aware of what foreigners would do after Paulet stole Hawaii’s ownership from him for a short period. So the only way Kauikeaouli could think of to grant the foreigner’s
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language of Money. Money talks-and the language that it is shouting is English (Crystal 83). Throughout history; before English was what it is today; sailors‚ explorers and merchants had versions of Pidgin English. This English was used to trade with foreigners. In 1780 John Adams made a profound prediction about the English language. “English is destined to be in the next and succeeding centuries more generally the language of the world…because of increasing populations in America and the universal connection
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Book Review Are we Rome? The Fall of an Empire and the Fate of America Introduction Are we Rome? Will America’s rise to world leadership last for a thousand years? Or will our nation come to ruin‚ like the great Empire of ancient Rome? What lessons does Rome teach us? These questions have haunted Americans since the founding of the new nation in 1776‚ and they are still with us today. While some may look to Rome as an inspiration‚ others believe it casts a dark shadow over America’s national
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Effects on Our Culture” (2002) Lawrence Auster believes that the rapid influx of immigrants into America has detrimental effects on the nation’s culture. Ever since the establishment of the US Immigration Act in 1965‚ America is being opened up to an incursion of people of a multitude of backgrounds‚ causing it to become redefined “as a multicultural society rather than as a nation.” Firstly‚ he claims that it is dangerous—influx of thousands from variable‚ and perhaps questionable‚ background might
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war hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese‚ Cambodian‚ and Laotian civilians lay dead and millions of others found themselves fleeing their war-torn homes for safe-haven in nearby China‚ Southeast Asia‚ North American‚ and Europe. To deal with in large influx of refugees many countries‚ including the United States‚ enacted legislative reform to their immigration laws to assist in the acceptance and processing of Vietnamese refugees. In April of 1975‚ the Viet Cong advanced rapidly towards South Vietnam
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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of Study The petroleum industry in Nigeria is the largest industry and main generator of GDP in Africa’s most populous nation. Since the British discovered oil in the Niger Delta in the late 1950s‚ the oil industry has been married by political and economic strife due to a long history of corrupt military regimes and the complicity of multinational corporations‚ notably Royal Dutch Shell. However it was not until the early 1990s‚ after the Nigerian
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Currency Devaluation in Pakistan- Causes‚ Impacts and Suggestions Starting from the currency‚ it is a unit of exchange‚ which is in the form of money and allows you to facilitate the transfers of goods and services. And devaluation means‚ a reduction in the value of a specific currency with respect to some other monetary units. Devaluation is derived from the word de-value which is usually considered a means of correcting a deficit in the balance of payments. In simple words‚ it means to decrease
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Selling and owning land wasn’t a big deal in the Hawaiian Kingdom until foreigners came. Foreigners such as British ambassador Richard Charlton‚ who had come to the Hawaiian Islands in hopes of leasing land to grow sugar. He was granted land from an ali’i named Kalanimoku‚ who wasn’t qualified to lease land to anyone. This miscommunication led to multiple complaints being sent to England. Eventually‚ in 1843 a man named George Paulet was sent in response to see what was going on and was denied a
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THE IMPACT of REFUGEE MIGRATION on social development of Dadaab communities By Watila Wanyonyi SHUKRI ABASS MOHAMED ADMISSION NO‚ C40/66232/2011 This Project is in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of post graduate diploma in Security and strategic studies at the University of Nairobi. Declaration This research project is my original work
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has had to confront numerous challenges in order to achieve its status in the world market today. In the early 1950s‚ Hong Kong underwent enormous changes which totally transformed its economy‚ society and politics. Most particularly was the large influx of Chinese refugees to this region. With effective governance and the hard work of its people‚ Hong Kong prospered during the 1950¡¦s and 1960¡¦s and ultimately retained its prosperity up until the city¡¦s reunification by China in 1997. When Hong
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