The Stamp Act was the document that taxed many of the colonists goods like tea‚ food‚ newspaper‚ etc. The colonists were strongly affected by not being able to buy goods and other items. England had just came out of the Seven Years war and they were in war dept. In order to make back the money that the English lost‚ they passed the Stamp Act which taxed all the colonist’s goods. Across from the Atlantic Ocean the colonists were forced to boycott. Over sea the colonists were furious that the English
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Slave Act of 1793 was an effort to provide a means to enforce the constitutional clause concerning escaped slaves. The act allowed a slave owner to seize an escaped slave‚ present the slave before a federal or local judge‚ and‚ upon proof of ownership‚ receive a certificate authorizing the slave to be retaken. It also established a penalty of 500 dollars for obstructing an owner’s efforts to retake a slave‚ or for rescuing‚ harboring‚ or concealing a fugitive slave. Most Northerners saw the act as providing
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Whether one chooses to view the text by title of The Acts of Paul‚ The Acts of Thecla‚ or The Acts of Paul and Thecla‚ shows how one is likely to view the tale itself. An entirely different perspective can be formed from reading the various versions by different names. For instance‚ when reading The Acts of Paul‚ the story is focused on Paul and his contributions to Christianity. When reading The Acts of Paul and Thecla or simply The Acts of Thecla‚ a new perspective is formed viewed in a feminine
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Alien and Sedition Acts- During the presidency of Adams he decided to pass the Alien and Sedition Acts in the year of 1798. These new Alien set of laws‚ three in total‚ made situations worse in the United States by controlling immigration more and giving more power to the president. With this power‚ the president could throw anyone out of the country thought to be a risk to the United States or even by sharing certain political ideas. The Sedition Law allowed authorities to fine and even imprison
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February 06 Sarbanes-Oxley Act The "Sarbanes-Oxley Act" is a comprehensive corporate reform package that was signed into the US law on July 30‚ 2002. The passage of the Act has been heralded by some as a historic occasioncalling it the most significant accounting legislation since 1933‚ while others have severely criticized the Act either as a "too little too late measure" or as a hasty knee jerk reaction to a temporary situation. Without a doubt‚ the Sarbanes-Oxley Act is the single most important
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The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009 On February 12‚ 2012 a federal court ruled that the new graphic warning labels scheduled to be placed on cigarettes packages in September 2012 violate tobacco companies’ first Amendment right. These warning labels were required by The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009 which was signed by President Obama on June 22‚ 2009. Rep. henry A. Waxman‚ the author and champion of the Food and Drug Administration-tobacco
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Affordable Care Act The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is the new health care reform law in America and is often called by its nick-name Obamacare. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act are made up of the Affordable Health Care for America Act‚ the Patient Protection Act‚ and the health care related sections of the The Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act and the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act. It also includes amendments to other laws like the Food‚ Drug and Cosmetics Act and the
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Protection Act on e-marketing This guide is based on UK law. It was last updated in March 2008. Topics • Advertising and marketing • Commercial The law relating to data protection is designed to regulate organisations known as data controllers who collect and process information relating to living and identifiable individuals and to provide those individuals with rights in relation to such data. In the UK the position is currently governed by the Data Protection Act 1998 ("the Act")‚ which
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Sarbanes-Oxley Act 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act 2002 The Sarbanes-Oxley Act is named after two Senators who were considered the architects of the act and setting into motion the deadlines for compliance with it. These Senators were Paul Sarbanes and Michael Oxley. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act was brought into force in 2002 to help regulate financial practices of corporations. This was mostly due to the actions of Enron and WorldCom scandals. The management of these corporations was not being truthful with
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The Act allows the EPA to regulate the discharge of pollutants from industrial and municipal treatment plants and sewer systems. They also monitor pre-treated pollutants to ensure that industrial and municipal pollutants do not interfere with local sewer and water treatment plants. The Act ensures the collection of debris that may potentially make its way into major waterways. On a smaller scale
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