------------------------------------------------- What were the grievances of the Third Estate in 1789? There were three national ‘estates’ in France‚ the First Estate made up of all clergy ranging from Archbishops to Priests and the Second Estate made up of nobility were the ‘estates’ that did not need to pay any tax at all. The Third Estate was defined negatively as everybody who did not belong to the first two estates including the bourgeoisie‚ the artisan workers and the peasants. With a
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To what extent should referendums be used in the UK? Referendums are used frequently in the UK. They can be seen as advantages for the democracy but also as disadvantages. Referendums in a direct democracy give the general public direct and unmediated control over government decision-making. Therefore this means that politicians who claim to ‘represent’ the public are not distorting them as it ensures that the public’s views and interests are properly and accurately articulated. By comparison
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eugenics were science‚ racism‚ and propaganda. Eugenics was developed largely by Francis Galton as a method of improving the human race. It fell into disfavor only after the perversion of its doctrines by the Nazis. A lot of people at the time praise eugenics. They saw eugenics as a way to improve the humanity. Francis Galton felt that the dysfunctional qualities of a human race could be explained through their genetics. Being a criminal‚ mental retardation‚ insanity‚ and rebelliousness is what was consider
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each of thefour possible $1 price changes. What can you conclude about the relationship between the slope of a curve and its elasticity? Explain in a nontechnical way why demand iselastic in the northwest segment of the demand curve and inelastic in the southeast segment. Product Price Quality Demanded $5 1 Vb 4 2 3 3 2 4 1 5 Answer: 1/1.5 / ¼.5= .67%/ 22%= 3.05 Ch 22 #7 1. Key Question A firm has fixed costs of $60 and variable costs as indicated in the table on the following
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Historically‚ What Were Apple’s Major Competitive Advantages? According to Hill‚ J.(2008:75) that the roots of competitive advantage is strategies‚ the root of strategies is distinctive competencies‚ the roots of distinctive competencies are resources and capabilities. Competitive advantage lead to superior profitability. So‚ talking about competitive advantages means about strategies‚ distinctive competencies‚ capabilities and resources. There are two types of competitive advantages: differentiation
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UVA-C-2182 Rev. June 17‚ 2009 THE CRADDOCK CUP Jose Rivaldo shuffled through the papers on his desk and sighed. As the general manager of the Craddock Youth Soccer League (CYSL)‚ Rivaldo was committed to providing highquality soccer activities to boys and girls in the area. In addition to managing regular CYSL operations‚ Rivaldo was heavily involved in putting on a regional soccer tournament‚ the Craddock Cup‚ which brought approximately 32 premier high school soccer teams from throughout the
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The new deal had many different features‚ but an underlying foundation beneath the entire idea‚ was the idea that the federal government had and should thus use its power to actively intervene in the economy and do what it could to improve the standard of living in America. It was a break with the past and an end to the previous Republican belief‚ that if income of tax revenues fell‚ then expenditure must also be cut to immediately balance the budget. Roosevelt’s idea was one very dissimilar‚ he
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the hyena. The next word I found that can relate to the plot is in page 113‚ which is “pandemonium”. The word pandemonium means wild and noisy disorder or confusion‚ or uproar. I thought that this best fit into the plot of the story because imagine what it would’ve been like to be Pi‚ to manage surviving out of a sinking ship and knowing that all your family members have died in the ship as it sunk deep into the ocean and being stuck in a lifeboat with wild animals not knowing if or when they’re going
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What were the causes of WW1? In 1914‚ World War I broke out. It involved around 100 countries around the world. Between 1914 and 1918‚ over 59 million troops were used‚ over 8 million died and over 29 million were injured. This is the biggest war anyone has any witnessed yet; this is why WW1 is also known as the Great War. The main reasons why WW1 broke out were the Alliance System‚ Imperialism‚ the arms race‚ the Schlieffen Plan‚ and the trigger of this war was the assassination of Franz Ferdinand
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lasted 36 years. It all began with Colonel Jacobo Arbenz. During Arbenz’s term‚ he made it so that communists controlled key peasant organizations‚ labor unions‚ and the governing political party. Many people‚ including the Army did not approve of what Arbenz was doing. Colonel Carlos Castillo Armas from Honduras invaded Guatemala in 1954. The Guatemalan army refused to back up Arbenz‚ which caused Colonel Armas to take over their government. Colonel Armas was murdered on July 26‚ 1957. Following
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