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    The American Revolution was an extremely important event that helped shape the modern world‚ however‚ it was not a true revolution. According to Richard Price‚ a British Unitarian minister‚ "A true social revolution destroys the institutional foundations of the old order and transfers power from a ruling elite to new social groups." (Digital History ID 3222) During the 1700’s‚ the American colonies had already been engaging in a form of self-government in their localities‚ which they largely fashioned

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    The causes for these countries to lag in development is the civil war‚ poverty‚ and a long period of bad governance and poor economies. Latin American countries are no exception to economic instability and lack of development. This paper will discuss the reasons why the majority of Latin American countries struggle to become

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    In latin America and the Caribbean mita‚ slavery‚ and wage labor were evident as labor systems in 1750‚ but by 1914 wage labor became a dominate labor system.Over time‚ Latin America’s labor system went from slavery to indentured servitude. As a result of European conquest and colonization there was a dramatic shift in African labor from agriculture‚ trade‚ bronzing and certain specialized crafts to mine labor and felling forests. There were also certain things that remained the same‚ like the use

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    immigrants from previous sending countries. For example Europe‚ which accounted for two-thirds of legal immigrants in the 1950s‚ added only 15 percent in the 1980s. Modern immigrants groups after 1965 came from Vietnam‚ the Philippines‚ South East Asia‚ Latin America and the latest major influx from Africa. The increase in Asian immigration has been the most dramatic. While the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 had ended immigration from China‚ immigration from Japan and the Philippines to Hawaii and the continental

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    RELIEF IN LATIN AMERICA BY Michael Rea Advised by Dr. James Keese ANT 461‚ 462 Senior Project Social Sciences Department College of Liberal Arts CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY Spring 2013 Table of Contents Research Proposali Annotated Bibliographyii Outlinevi Abstract1 Introduction2 Actors in the Distribution of Latin American ‘Aid’3 U.S. Military’s Expanding Role in the Humanitarian Sector…………...6 The United States Military and Foreign Policy in Latin America………8

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    becomes poor‚ the general economy would become less because less money is being made. Many negative effects were caused by decolonization. One economic negative effect was that when many nations became independent of European colonization‚ the Latin Americans had a terrible economy. As a result of the war to gain independence and not having the small nations unite together‚ all the newly created nations had a terrible economy. The war used up a lot of resources‚ thus‚ draining the colonies of their

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    France was in a huge trouble with the lack of money. The government spend more money than it takes in; it is also known as deficit spending. The king of France‚ Louis XIV’s deficit spending left France in dept. Then‚ the Seven Years’ War and the American Revolution came in‚ caused France in an even bigger trouble. Finally‚ Louis XVI rose in throne‚ and he chose Jacques Necker as his advisor. Necker had made some good advice for Louis XVI‚ until he enforced taxation on the First and the Second Estates‚

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    Immigration and Latin America The immigration and Latin American Experience Latin American migration toward the United States has become a phenomenon that is noticed in our daily life. Illegal Immigration issue is viewed from different standpoints and has long been described as being a critical phenomenon. Large number of immigrants in the US are illegally looking for better living conditions. Living condition in Latin American countries is very difficult and it is below the international

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    when I took a Western Caribbean cruise with friends. I was naïve and in my early twenties‚ traveling with three other females for spring break. We spent three days on the beaches of FL‚ and then took a four-day cruise that stopped at multiple Latin American destinations. This was my first vacation traveling without my parents or school personnel (band‚ chorus‚ etc.). The four of us only packed bikinis‚ shorts‚ tank tops‚ dresses‚ and flip-flops because we thought it would be appropriate and our

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    Haitian Revolution The philosophical world began to accept more scientific outlook on the world. The scientific outlook began to explain the world as it exists. These years were known as the years of Enlightenment ideas. The philosophical thinkers known for these enlightenment ideas were: Voltaire‚ Montesquieu‚ Rousseau‚ and Locke‚ based ideas of equality and popular sovereignty. Their ideas gained fame‚ and often lead to revolts. These revolts against the sovereignty and questioning their

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