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    meetings and battles happened. But The Acts‚ protests against the acts and the Declaration of Independence were most important. All of those events had led to the American Revolution. To begin with‚ Great Britain made tax laws for the Colonies‚ the Stamp Act‚ Sugar Act and the Townshend Acts.The first tax act was the Sugar Act. This was a tax on molasses‚ sugar and wine. This tax was made because Britain was losing money. The next act was the Stamp Act. The Stamp Act was a tax on paper and documents

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    multiple acts to attempt to strengthen control over the colonies. This eventually led to the colonies revolting and gaining freedom from the British power. The first act that parliament enforced was known as the Sugar Act. The Sugar Act cut the taxes of molasses and multiple other products. This tax on molasses affected the New England colonies because they would distill the molasses to make rum. This distilling process was bringing in good amounts of money to the colonies. The Sugar Act was supposed

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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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    dowry prohibition act

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    Agenda No.8 REVIEW OF IMPLEMENTATION OF “DOWRY PROHIBITION ACT‚ 1961” The ‘Dowry Prohibition Act‚ 1961’ is being implemented in the country for five decades now‚ but‚ the practice of dowry and dowry related crimes continue to be a matter of concern. National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data shows that the number of cases reported under the Dowry Prohibition Act increased by almost 25% from 4504 in 2006 to 5623 in 2007 although it fell marginally by a little over 1% in 2008. State/UT-wise analysis

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    USA Patriot Act

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    and Obstruct Terrorism act of 2001 otherwise known as the USA Patriot Act was signed into law by president George W. Bush on October 26‚ 2001. This act is part of the foreign and defense policy area. “The foreign and defense policy area includes organizations that focus on relations between the United States and the rest of the world. Organizations that national security initiatives and other defense-related policies‚ as well as individual countries‚ are included.” This act was enacted by the 107th

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    Kansas & Nebraska Act

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    The Kansas and Nebraska Act was introduced in 1854 by Senator Stephen A. Douglas. Douglas was a Democrat well liked in the South. He didn’t really care too much about slavery because he was looking toward the development of the new Western country between the Missouri River and California. Specifically‚ he wanted a transcontinental railroad that went through Chicago‚ which was his home town. Building this road would involve grants of public land. The south‚ on the other hand‚ wanted it to go to the

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    Environmental Protection Act 1986 Submitted by:Prachi Soni Rashmi Singh Partho Pritam Sarkar Environmental laws Protect and improve the environment and to safeguard the forests and wildlife of the country. Department of Environment was established in India in 1980. later became the Ministry of Environment and Forests in  The  This Environmental Protection Act 1986 The constitutional provisions are backed by a number of laws – acts‚ rules‚ and notifications. EPA (Environment

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    Republic Act 3844

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    REPUBLIC ACT No. 3844 AN ACT TO ORDAIN THE AGRICULTURAL LAND REFORM CODE AND TO INSTITUTE LAND REFORMS IN THE PHILIPPINES‚ INCLUDING THE ABOLITION OF TENANCY AND THE CHANNELING OF CAPITAL INTO INDUSTRY‚ PROVIDE FOR THE NECESSARY IMPLEMENTING AGENCIES‚ APPROPRIATE FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES PRELIMINARY CHAPTER TITLE DECLARATION OF POLICY AND COMPOSITION OF CODE Section 1. Title - This Act shall be known as the Agricultural Land Reform Code. Section 2. Declaration of Policy - It is

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    An Act of Random Kindness

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    An act of random kindness Introduction A random act of kindness is an allegedly selfless act carried out by a person or persons wishing to either give a hand or cheer up an individual or in some cases it extends to animals. There will commonly be no reason other than to make people smile‚ or be happier. Either spontaneous or premeditated‚ random acts of kindness are encouraged by various communities. In 1982‚ California peace activist Ann Herbert allegedly roughly wrote on a placemat in a restaurant

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    Indian Removal Act

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    2013 The Indian Removal Act of 1830 and its Consequences Native American’s existed in the New World long before the Europeans “discovered” it. But a few decades after they arrived‚ they began to remove Native Americans from their rightful homeland. In the year of 1830‚ Andrew Jackson embarked on a policy of Native American removal. Due to Andrew Jackson’s Native American policy‚ the Indian Removal Act was put into action‚ causing much hardship for the Natives. This act would have lasting consequences

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