colonization was the result of the greedy Capitalists who \only cared for new resources and markets. The third group of people claimed it to be their job to enlighten and educate the uncivilized people of Africa. Although the political leaders of European powers encouraged colonization of African empires to advance their nation’s global influence‚ others argued that it was only for the profiteering of the Capitalists who sought new resources and markets from Africa and those who benefited from colonization
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then the VP shall act as President if he cannot -Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall exist within the US -Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation -All persons born or naturalized in the US are citizens of the US and of the state where they reside -No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of US citizens -No state shall deprive any person of life‚ liberty‚ or property without due process of law -No
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In the early 20th century‚ America was trying to cure many of the wrongs that society had created in the industrial age during the 19th century. At first the progressive movement began at the local level with changes being brought upon the expansion of high school and suppressing the red light district. The movement gradually moved onto the state and eventually the national level. The Progressive Era reformers and the government were fairly successful in bring about reform at the national level.
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Prescribed Subject 2: The emergence and development of the People’s Republic of China (PRC)‚ 1946 to 1964 1. (a) According to Source A‚ Mao wanted to start a technological revolution in China for several reasons. Firstly‚ he believed that after the anti-feudal land reform‚ agricultural co-operativization‚ and the socialist reconstruction of private industries‚ commerce‚ and handicrafts‚ a technological revolution would be the logical next step. Confirming this state of mind is Mao’s quote
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Berkeley returned to Jamestown and killed off more than 20 rebels. Lord planters looked out for less rebeling or trouble laborers to toil in the restless tobacco kingdom‚ that’s when they fell upon Africa. 10 million Africans were carried in chains to the new world in the three centuries. Only 400‚000 of them ended up in North America after arriving in 1700s. The black slaves outnumbered most white servants by the mid 1680’s. So in 1698 the Royal African Company first charted in
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During 1500 to 1700‚ natural philosophers developed a new scientific worldview. The heliocentric model replaced the traditional geometric model that the church had taught the people. They developed different methods for discovering scientific laws. Mathematics and experiments were used to better understand a universe composed of matter in motion. Scientific disciplines and societies were built through Europe to ease the study of scientific questions. Political‚ religious‚ and social factors affected
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Because of the Berlin Conference in Europe‚ the scramble for African land ended up colonizing inhabited areas in Africa‚ destroying native nations and their traditional culture. During this time‚ African natives had many different reactions. Some wanted to cooperate peacefully‚ others wanted to withstand European pressure‚ but most of all‚ most Africans wanted to react violently and rebel against the Europeans. Many nations in Africa wanted to cooperate with the British and react to their wants
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People Elias Howe and Isaac Singer • Singer’s life was not going well in the beginning • He was penniless • Unsuccessful actor‚ ticket seller‚ carpenter‚ and inventor • By 1860‚ singer grew fabulously wealthy • In 1850‚ he had come upon and quickly improved a sewing machine similar to one patented in 1856 by Elias Howe. • Elias Howe sued Isaac Singer for patent infringement and won in 1854 • Since Singer lost‚ he had to pay Howe patent royalties John Deere • Was
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states cannot tax the federal government‚ i.e. the Bank of the United States; the phrase "the power to tax is the power to destroy"; confirmed the constitutionality of the Bank of the United States. Dartmouth College v. Woodward (1819‚ Marshall). New Hampshire had attempted to take over Dartmouth College by revising its colonial charter. The Court ruled that the charter was protected under the contract clause of the U. S. Constitution; upholds the sanctity of contracts. Gibbons v. Ogden (1824‚
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the farmers’ responses to these changes. The latter half of the nineteenth century was a dramatic time of change for the United States. Coming out of the Civil War‚ the country needed to learn to move forward and develop a new identity. With this new identity came a new agricultural system. The United States spent a significant part of the nineteenth century in economic turbulence. The panics of 1857‚ 1873‚ and 1893 were indicative of the instability of the American economy. The United States
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