The Shaping of North America 225 million years ago-Pangaea “supercontinent” 10 million years ago- Rocky Mountains exist Appalachians exist Continents are separated 2 million years ago- an Ice Age envelopes the planet and the water level lowers 35 000 years ago- the Bering Land Bridge appears animals cross‚ followed by nomadic Asian hunters 10 000 years ago- the Ice Age ends nomadic people create civilization By1492 AD‚ the population grows to 72 million *only 7-10 million
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banned‚ these arguments are outweighed not only by the need for protection‚ but because the limitation of ownership rights could become dangerous to personal freedom. When the U.S. Constitution was written‚ some delegates thought Militia was military forces because the Federal Government had its own army to protect the people. The second amendment was made in response to the fear of being helpless before a standing professional army. "Aristotle said that decisions of a leader
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Army regulars‚ under Lieutenant Colonel Francis Smith‚ were given secret orders to capture and destroy military supplies that were reportedly stored by the Massachusetts militia at Concord. The 500 American militiamen‚ was combined of ordinary people with firearms‚ from quite young to very old. The numbers were uneven and the militia knew that the battle would not be won‚ so they fled Lexington and proceeded to Concord. At the
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Civil Rights VS Public Safety CJA/550 December 13‚ 2010 Steven Duplissis Civil Rights VS Public Safety The argument over public safety versus civil rights has been an ongoing process in the United States since the creation of the Constitution. Some argue that in order to have public safety in our society the government tends to violate some of our amendment rights‚ while others believe it is a mistake to sacrifice public safety for civil rights. Civil rights are rooted in our
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Introduction The history of American involvement in Somalia can traced back to the 1970’s‚ where Somalia and Ethiopia were both frontlines in the Cold War. In order to indirectly fight the Soviet Union‚ the USA supported the Somali Dictator Siad Barre with arms sales‚ in return for the use of strategic former Soviet bases‚ which could be used as strategic positions with which they could expand to the Middle East. Backed by the US‚ the Barre regime solidified its power by being one of the most
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in Jacksons second term he ran against Henry Clay who was a national republican and William Wirt who was an anti-Masonic‚ Jackson was a democrat. Jackson was appointed commander of the Tennessee militia in 1801‚ with the rank of colonel. He was later elected major general of the Tennessee militia in 1802. During the War of 1812‚ the Shawnee chief Tecumseh encouraged the "Red Stick" Creek Indians of northern Alabama and Georgia to attack white settlements. He had unified tribes in the Northwest
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destroyed the National Bank‚ founded the Democratic Party and is known for his support of individual liberty. He died at the age of 78 on June 8‚ 1845.1 Growing up in Waxhaws area‚ Jackson received an erratic education. At age 13‚ he joined a local militia and served as a courier during the Revolutionary War. While in captivity by the British‚ the brothers contracted smallpox‚ from which Robert had died. Not long after his brother ’s death‚ in November 1779‚ Jackson ’s mother died of cholera. At the
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2 SEP 2002 DO THE MEDIA ENCOURAGE TERRORISM There has been a lot of thought put into finding a more effective way to build intelligence efforts to make a stronger product for decisions of national security. The use of the media and worldwide reporters can be used in the effort to build more information on the intelligence products‚ but the usage will be limited. It is not very likely that the government of Pakistan will sponsor a column disclosing a list of nuclear assets every week‚ or that
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Transforming independent individuals into slaves requires extensive indoctrination. The way they view life‚ the world‚ and themselves must be molded into an outlook that is compatible with tyranny. They must be trained to be scared of the world‚ and always to be seeking some “authority” to protect and take care of them. Whenever a problem arises‚ they should look to their rulers for the solution rather than taking it upon themselves to fix it. One of the main problems that the peasants must
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have the Jews be the majority a massive displacement of Palestinians was needed and their plan was to transfer the Arabs to other countries. For a time before WWII Palestinian revolts made the British stop Jewish migration but one of the two major militias at Palestine which was the Irgun disagreed with the British to stop migration and they started to fight. In 1946 there was an attack in Palestine against the British‚ then the Haganah started planning their strategy to remove all Arab villages by
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