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    Trent‚ but the Council did indeed try to end such problems and it certainly reaffirmed the Catholic faith. It may have taken many years before the effects of Trent had success on a ground roots level as they were implemented‚ but nevertheless Trent was very important in bringing about the emergence of a stronger Papacy in spiritual terms as well as ensuring that Protestantism could no longer attack the church with the curtailing of church abuses and putting much of the Churchs own house in order.

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    which one of their political ideals‚ capitalism and democracy‚ or communism‚ would reign supreme. Both countries fought to be the dominant power‚ creating a cold war‚ or a war where neither side is directly fighting the other in combat. While there was some aggravation between the two superpowers over things such as the Berlin Airlift and the Korean War‚ during the early 1960s tensions between the two rose even higher. President Kennedy put in a policy of being more flexible when it came to discussions

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    1. What was the cause of the French and Indian War and what was the most important battle of that war? In the 1750s‚ I was still not an American because the North America was colonized by Spain‚ France‚ and Britain. The three countries could not get on well with one another because they all wanted to occupy more lands of North America. The root cause of the French and Indian War were about the control of the Ohio region. In the late 1740s and early 1750s‚ the French sent an expedition down the Ohio

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    A totalitarian government can be defined as a form of government that theoretically permits no individual freedom and that seeks to subordinate all aspects of the individual’s life to the authority of the government. (britannica.com) All government activity is administered by one single person‚ a dictator‚ or by a small group of people who serve with loyalty to the dictator. Totalitarian dictatorships strive to be in control over all the aspects of private and public behavior by influencing all

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    the collapse of the Western Roman Empire‚ Europe was divided into ‘Barbarian’ Kingdoms such as Francia‚ Visigoths‚ Lombardia and others‚ this meant that the way in which the people of Europe at the time were governed was to change dramatically‚ and between AD476 and the rise of Charlemagne in Francia‚ there was a vacuum in the system of governance across Europe. The terms ‘Knighthood’ and ‘Chivalry’ originally comes from the idea that an army should be comprised of both professional soldiers that

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    It is beyond doubt that Liberal Italy was deeply in crisis by 1896 and because of Francesco Crispi’s poor economic and social decisions he was to most blame. The most important reason for Italy being in crisis was the economic problems it good into towards the end of the 19th Century. When Crispi came to power when the value of the Lire was rising against other world currencies; this made exporting goods from Italy much more expensive and made importing goods far cheaper. This hit the Italian

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    Describe what was built in Part A. Name and describe the mechanisms of each simple machine included. In Part A‚ a vehicle was created. The vehicle used gears and two wheel and axles. The gears turned as the front wheels rotated. The axles ran through the width of the vehicle‚ and the wheels connected to the axle on either side of the vehicle. Each wheel and axle was placed at different ends of the machine‚ however the vehicle has a short wheel base‚ since the vehicle is small. Each wheel had a

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    The Legal and Ethical Environment of Business  MGM365-1204A-08 Phase 3: Philosophy Brendon Foster America is a country of true convenience and consumerism. In this country of opportunity‚ the very well established credit industry allows people who only earn fifty thousand dollars a year to purchase and “own” two hundred and fifty thousand dollar homes and thirty thousand dollar cars. We pay over time to enjoy or conveniences and lives now. In developing economies‚ this is very far from the

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    Abortion‚ why it should be legal! PHI103: Informal Logic Robert Gala May 10‚ 2013 I. Introduction A. Thesis Statement In today’s society there are very many issues that are being debated over in our judicial system‚ but the one issue that seems to never go away is abortions. Everyone debates whether it should be legalized or illegal. Of course there are many that are for it and those that are against it‚ but what side is right? Is there even a right or wrong when it comes to a topic of this

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    Death Penalty Cases of extreme violence that have ended in death have been a subject in many newspapers for many years‚ often being blind and not punishing criminals. Based on this an important question has been widely debated with much emphasis in recent years to know if in some specific cases of violence it is the duty of the government to execute these criminals or not‚ and also to what extent this violates the ethics and morals of dangerous murderers. This essay will explore some important

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