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    America’s first constitution‚ was the Articles of Confederation‚ was approved in 1781‚ a time when the nation was a loose confederation of states‚ each was an independent countries. The nato Army to victory during the American Revolution‚ was selected as president of the convention by concordant government was comprised of a single legislature‚ the Congress of the Confederation; there was no president or judicial branch. The Articles of Confederation gave Congress the power to govern foreign affairs

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    World War II was the largest conflict in human history and in the aftermath‚ Europe was devastated. During the war‚ most of the countries in Europe had spent exorbitant amounts of money and their gold reserves were incredibly depleted. In addition to this‚ many countries had taken out large loans to pay for the war. The United States had given the grand majority of these loans and became the largest creditor after the war. Great Britain‚ on the other had‚ had been the largest creditor before the

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    difficult work on his plate. A less obvious priority of Lincoln’s was overcoming the people’s (and his own) doubts of his capabilities. With little experience in government and administration‚ Lincoln had to quickly adapt to his new environment and teach himself how to make decisions and build a government that would benefit the nation. Once he got his feet on the ground‚ Lincoln’s first and foremost priority was preserving the Union that was dissolving right before his very eyes. When rumors of the

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    and polar opinionated topic since the first days that it was presented. Whenever it comes to going against a law that is set in stone as something to abide by in a society‚ some controversial actions are going to follow. The person who played the role as somewhat of a backbone in this movement was Henry Thoreau. In 1849‚ when Henry Thoreau re-iterated the idea of civil disobedience to the people of American following the Mexican war‚ it was viewed by some as extremely controversial‚ some viewed

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    Explain what Jesus’ mission was on earth.(what was his aim or why was he here) The reason that Jesus came to earth because he is the only Son of God despite coming from a woman named Mary. He is the light that came to earth to clarify our path and our soul. He is a man that walked to earth all the way from Israel. Want to let everyone know who god was shown through this 1:1 ‘In the beginning was the word‚ and the word was with god‚ and the word was god. What was his mission? His mission was to guide

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    How successful was Peel as leader of the Conservatives in the period 1834-41? During the period of 1834 to 1841 Peel in fact only spent 100 days in office. His first ministry earned the name of the “100 day Ministry” and yet he may have done more in those 100 days for the success for his party than many politicians may have done in a lifetime. Not only did he make great progress for the Conservative Party during his brief premiership‚ which followed the dismissal of Lord Melbourne by William IV

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    exaggerated them.”. Shays’ Rebellion was a protest in Massachusetts( 1786- 1787) led by Daniel Shays and his followers protesting economic and civil rights for the lower classes. They attempted to seize weapons and overthrow the government by showing up to courthouses with the weapons to free people like them‚ from the court . Although many historians think that the farmers were reckless rebels‚ nevertheless the farmers were freedom fighters because the government was unlawful‚ law enforcement had too

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    Describe what was built in Part A. Name and describe the mechanisms of each simple machine included. In Part A‚ a vehicle was created. The vehicle used gears and two wheel and axles. The gears turned as the front wheels rotated. The axles ran through the width of the vehicle‚ and the wheels connected to the axle on either side of the vehicle. Each wheel and axle was placed at different ends of the machine‚ however the vehicle has a short wheel base‚ since the vehicle is small. Each wheel had a

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    Milton Hershey once said “Give them quality. That’s the best kind of advertising in the world” (“Milton Hershey Biography 1”). He was determined to have his chocolate made with the best quality‚ so that one day his products would be all over the world. As a child‚ Milton Hershey faced many obstacles. By the age of ten‚ his father was barely involved in his life. Without his father‚ Milton helped out his mom by taking a confectioner apprentice job and fell in love with the idea of making candy. He

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    are all three investigators somewhat alike‚ but Socrates plays the role of all three as well. I will be mostly be referencing back to the apology‚ but I will also give information on what Socrates beliefs were for better understanding. First there is dogmatism. Dogmatic comes from the Greek word “dogma”‚ meaning what one thinks

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