1. The American Revolution didn’t begin just because of one reason‚ but one major reason that really angered the Americans was when the British dumped tons of tea into Boston Harbor in December 1773 as a protest against the tax laws. The brutal British comeback to this act resulted in sending British troops to Boston and closing Boston Harbor‚ causing pressure and rancor to intensify. The British tried to disband the insurgents in Massachusetts by confiscating their weapons and ammunition and arresting
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CHAPTER 5: PRETRIAL PROCEDURE IN CRIMINAL CASES All criminal cases have a PRETRIAL hearing at magistrates court. This will very rarely be the only hearing - only where the person pleads guilty‚ no further enquiry is needed and the person already has or does not want legal rep. Final trial will be in either mag. or crown court Summary offences: nearly all driving‚ common assault‚ criminal damage under £5000 Can be dealt with in first hearing but unlikely‚ may need to gather evidence of root guilty
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SUMMARY: Tom Jones receives two letters in this chapter. The first one is from Lady Bellaston. She tells him she should despise him for his behavior at her house and for loving a country girl. She also warns him that she can hate as passionately as she can love. While Mr Jones was thinking how to reply to the letter‚ Lady Bellaston walks in with her dress in disarray. She asks if he has betrayed her‚ and he promises her on his knees that he has not. Suddenly Partridge announces Mrs. Honour’s arrival
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Two important events in U.S. history are the hijackings on September 11‚ 2001 and the bombings at Pearl Harbor. These two attacks will always be remembered in U.S. history. These two events caused many people to die and left our nation in shock. These two events caused the American people to be left in fear and agony. They caused our government to be furious and to start war against Japan and against terrorism. On September 11‚2001 American Airlines flight 11 and United airlines flight 175
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with the labor required. Lastly‚ the English looked at Africans as different and inferior so English laws did not apply to them. This racial superiority led to the bondage of 10 to 12 million Africans and the largest migration of people in world history. The reading by Olaudah Equiano‚ an African slave who retold his horrific experience with the middle passage and life as a slave‚ really touches on just how bad these
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American law; only the federal government could take land from the tribes. Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831‚ Marshall). "The conditions of the Indians in relation to the United States is perhaps unlike that of any two people in existence‚" Chief Justice John Marshall wrote‚ "their relation to the United States resembles that of a ward to his guardian. . .(they were a) domestic dependent nation." Established a "trust relationship" with the tribes directly under federal authority. Worcester v. Georgia (1832
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Name: ______________________ Class: _________________ Date: _________ ID: A 1306 Unit Exam 2 Ch 5 6 7 8 and 9 True/False Indicate whether the statement is true or false. ____ 1. Prosecutors do have discretion as to which suspects to charge with an offense but under a great deal of judicial oversight. ____ 2. For defense attorneys a “successful” case often means a reduction in sentence via a plea bargain‚ not necessarily an acquittal. ____ 3. A judge may decide that
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and restricted on many accounts‚ but in recent times have already made the steps to reject DOMA. Since DOMA sates that marriage is an agreement between a man and a women‚ it gives no innate right to homosexual unions in federal law. By looking at history we can easily define marriage‚ its evolution in the eyes of state and federal law and prove that Only in the early twentieth century did the ideal of the homosexual as a distinct‚ separate category of person emerge‚ and only in the twentieth century
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United Sates and Saudi Arabia present the United States and Saudi Arabia ’s relationship as excellent‚ there are actually two nations who have bitter disagreements but who allies through oil. The only thing that has held this alliance together is the US dependence on Saudi oil. The United States has felt and still fells that it is a necessity to have bases present in the Middle East to protect oil‚ and silently to protect Israel. The relationship began in 1933 when Standard Oil of California signed
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Chapter 5 Outline I. Opening Vignette A. In 2004‚ China celebrated the 2‚555th birthday of Confucius‚ despite Communism. 1. Buddhism and Christianity also growing rapidly in China 2. part of enduring legacy of the classical world B. In the period around 500 b.c.e.‚ there was a great emergence of durable cultural traditions that have shaped the world ever since. 1. China: Kong Fuzi (Confucius) and Laozi 2. India: Upanishads defined Hinduism a. Siddhartha Gautama
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