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    salary for someone in your position; after considering you’ve lead the company to financial success; after summing up all the positives that led the team to reach or exceed your service level goals. It’s a good thing the bestselling author of “I Will Teach You To Be Rich” explains exactly what you need to say to get the raise you want. According to Business Insider‚ Ramit Sethi‚ the 2009 author of the best-selling book‚ role-played with Justin Wilson‚ a former management consultant. The two worked on

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    Does History Need to be Taught in Schools? In 1852‚ Massachusetts was the first state in the‚ United States of America to enact a compulsory education law. This law required every city and town in Massachusetts to offer primary school focusing on grammar and basic arithmetic to be mandatory for children to attend. Prior to this law‚ states only offered private schools run by the catholic churches and since these schools charged tuition‚ it made it difficult for children with poorer background to

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    Can music contribute to anything worth? Famous music composer‚ Ludwig van Beethoven once rightly quoted “Music is a higher revelation than philosophy”. Indeed‚ music has higher magnitude than just being a mere form of entertainment- it plays a significant role in our society be it politics or religion or even academics. So important is music’s value that it has been recorded throughout history of mankind in numerous ancient writings including the sacred Hindu scripture‚ Veda. Thus it

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    EXPLORING THE WEST * No stop to the expansion to the west * 1840‚ Americans occupied all East of the Mississippi River * Less than 60 years after independence‚ most of population lived west THE FUR TRADE * Fur trade boosted exploration on America * Traders & trappers depended on the goodwill of Natives * Oregon Country was the trading place for Natives and Americans * Not until 1820 were Americans be able to challenge British dominance of the trans-Mississippi fur trade

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    How Do We Know Anything? Solipsism is the main case and point in Nagel’s chapter on “How do we know anything?” Solipsism can be defined as a radical form of idealism subject to each person. One who follows the ideals of solipsism would deny the physical existence of anything‚ but the mind itself. The universe as we know it may only exist in a dream-like state of our own mind. Welcome to the matrix‚ where all your perceptions are only those of a reality simulated in your own mind. We can choose between

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    In the years leading up to the American revolution it was evident that a new identity was developing for colonist. Stemming from the Seven Year’s colonists were slowly discovering a new way of viewing the mother country and themselves. By the eve of the American revolution most colonist had adopted the identity of British citizens fighting to protect their liberties. A strong bond of unity can be seen from colonists’ shared opinions and agreed course of action‚ while a large loyalist population supports

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    By the eve of the Revolution‚ the colonists had developed a strong sense of unity as Americans. Many events leading up to the American Revolution had been responsible for a small part of uniting the coloists together as Americans. One of the first visible steps was the French and Indian War (0). Especially after the embarassing failure of Braddock’s battle‚ Britain’s strong and invincible image was shattered in the eyes of the colonists. The war also bolstered colonial self-esteem‚ and united the

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    The Articles of Confederation and The Constitution In 1783‚ when the Treaty of Paris was signed‚ America officially broke away from Britain and became an independent nation. Without British rule‚ we needed a new form of government. The Articles of Confederation were America’s first form of government‚ but it was a very weak system and it started to fail rapidly. There were many individual problems with the Articles of Confederation that caused it to become a failure. One of the biggest problems

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    Question: Was the Constitution written to be a landmark document or was it simply a compilation of compromises? After the American Revolution had ended in 1783‚ the states were left in a vulnerable position. Although the states had won the war and gained their independence‚ there was still a huge war deficit‚ fear of invasion from England or other countries like France or Spain‚ a virtually non-existent army of 600 men‚ no strong trade route to bring in money‚ Indian hostilities and a very weak

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    In America there were many reasons that colonists on both sides of the issue of taxation had for whether taxes on the American people were necessary and justified. In the reading about the colonist’s responses to the stamp act of 1765‚ both sides were represented. The people who were in favor of the stamp act felt that America had created a burden on the British government and that they needed to help lessen that burden on England. They also felt that since the government had protected the colonists

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