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    Indian Child Welfare Act Jessica McIntyre University of North Dakota SWK442 Social Policy Kim Becker‚ LCSW November 9‚ 2014 Introduction Historically‚ Native American tribes have struggled to keep their unique culture identities. This is largely due to the actions made by the federal and state governments as a result of ethnocentrism and indifference. In order to maintain cultural identity‚ generational traditions must continue from parents to their children and their children’s children

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    The Townshend Acts

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    The Townshend Acts In 1767 Charles Townshend who was the chancellor of the exchequer‚ created the Townshend Acts . The Townshend Acts were approved by British Parliament on June 26-June 2‚ 1767 and were repealed April 12‚ 1770. Charles Townshend proposed the program in order to raise 40‚000 pounds a year so that the English parliament could cut the british land tax and this would also raise money to pay for the salaries of governors and judges. Some of the things that

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    Puerto Rico

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    Puerto Rico Visualization Island currently is a US territory and uses the dollar‚ citizens travel on US passports as well. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20238272 After statehood Hawaii’s economy grew almost twice as fast and at a fast rate of 7% per year. The tourism aspect also grew at an astonishing rate of 15% every year for fifteen year. Looking at Puerto Rico’s tourist industry today it is about the same size as Hawaii’s was before Hawaii became a state. This allows for

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    Speech Act Theory

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    Introduction Till the middle of the XX century the only function of speech acts was to describe the reality. The process of realization of language units in speech was viewed through the comparison of language and speech as a potential system of signs. Pragmatics itself studies how transmission of meaning depends not only on the linguistic knowledge of the speaker and listener‚ but also on the context of an utterance‚ knowledge about the status of those involved‚ the inferred intent of the speaker

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    Stamp Act Importance

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    Stamp Act In order to make your debt go away‚ you must increase the revenue. George Grenville had approached a huge increase in debt after the French and Indian War; he needed to come up with a solution. There was already a tax in progress‚ but to tax the English would not be allowed anymore. He wanted more control of the American colonies‚ so instead of raising the taxes of the British‚ he raised the revenues by taxing the American colonist. The Stamp Act was the first serious attempt to declare

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    Factory Act in Bd

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    Factories Act‚ 1965 (No. 4 of 1965). 1. CHAPTER I.- PRELIMINARY 2. CHAPTER II.- CHIEF INSPECTOR‚ INSPECTORS AND CERTIFYING SURGEONS 3. CHAPTER III.- HEALTH AND HYGIENE 4. CHAPTER IV.- SAFETY 5. CHAPTER V.- WELFARE 6. CHAPTER VI.- WORKING HOURS OF ADULTS 7. CHAPTER VIII.- LEAVE AND HOLIDAYS WITH WAGES 8. CHAPTER IX.- SPECIAL PROVISIONS 9. CHAPTER X.- PENALTIES AND PROCEDURE 10. CHAPTER XI.- SUPPLEMENT 11. The Schedule CHAPTER I.- PRELIMINARY Section

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    Pakistan Factory Act

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    PAKISTAN THE FACTORIES ACT‚ 1934 as amended to 1997 [pic] CHAPTER I - Preliminary • 1. Short title‚ extent and commencement. • 2. Definitions. • 3. References to time of day. • 4. Seasonal factories. • 5. Power to apply provisions applicable to factories to certain other places. • 6. Power to declare departments to be separate factories. • 7. Power to exempt on a change in the factory. • 7-A. Exemption from certain provisions of the Act. • 8. Power to

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    Dream Act Thesis

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    Statement Broad topic Immigration More specific topic Dream Act Research question Should the Dream Act legislation pass and become law Purpose for writing paper To show that the Dream Act legislation should pass and become law Opinion about topic The Dream Act should pass and become law Reasons for 1. The Dream Act will dramatically increase the pool of highly qualified recruits for the U.S. Armed Forces. 2. The Dream Act will provide a path to legalization for educated‚ dedicated

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    Stamp Act Reaction

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    A Colonial Family’s Reaction to the Stamp Act By: Melissa Bourne Address: 8517 Barrett Hall Lane‚ Wake Forest‚ North Carolina‚ 27587 Phone number: (919)-801-5712 School: Rolesville Middle School 8th Grade   The Stamp Act played a big part in turning colonists against the British. The Stamp Act placed a stamp duty on common documents. It taxed things like newspapers‚ legal documents‚ commercial documents‚ and even playing cards. It forced them to pay a tax on every piece of paper they used

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    The coercive acts happened in March 1774 and it happened in Boston‚ Massachusetts. It happened because Parliament wanted to pass a new set of laws to punish the colonists in Massachusetts. The colonists called the new sets of law the Coercive Acts because people were forced to obey the laws. The Coercive was a harsh law that punished the colonists harshly and to punish them further‚ the British stopped the legislature to make any more laws. The colony was under control of the British general and

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