Throughout history many characters have been noticed to have power‚ in this case the group that was called “Patriots’’ or Sons of Liberty‚ were a very special group of colonist that used varies attempts of calling the the British attention‚ yet the main question was were they actually Patriots or terrorists‚ well terrorism at that time wasn’t as gruesome as today but for sure that it was still a thing‚ now‚ what is to ask is why did they do it‚ well the answer is that they didn’t like paying taxes
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The “Patriot” takes place in South Carolina in 1776 during the Revolutionary War. It is a story about a widowed father of seven‚ named Benjamin Martin. Benjamin was involved in the French and Indian War before marrying and starting a family. He is reluctant to join the conflict as he remembers too well his own experience in the earlier French and Indian War. After his wife passed away he does everything to keep his family together and away from war. He is a patriot who wants no part in a war with
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Terrorists are defined as persons who are mostly members of groups that support or perform terrorist acts upon other individuals or populations‚ because of a difference in opinion. Today Terrorism is conducted in a wide display of illegal political and religious organization in order to further goals of forcing their own religious or political views on others. Terrorists come from basically anywhere‚ a terrorist is simply an individual or group of persons who terrorize another person or association
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Terrorist Funding and Countermeasures Karen 04/24/2013 One way that terrorist organizations fund their actions is through Fundraisers. These terrorist organizations solicit money from a range of donors. The main donors are based in the Gulf area‚ mainly Saudi Arabia‚ but other donors also exist outside the Muslim regions in countries across the world. Some of these donors have been fully aware of the final destination of their money; others were not. These funds also come from corrupt
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On september 11th 2001 a series of 4 terrorist attacks by Al-Qaeda occurred killing almost 3000 people and injuring over 6000. This terrorist attack resulted in the destruction of the world trade centre and overwhelming damage to nearby buildings. Many studies and investigations have been performed by social scientists looking into the attack‚ resulting in many different answers and also conspiracies. As displayed in the information provided below‚ anthropologists‚ sociologists and psychologists
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Terrorists are taught many different tactics to go about committing a terrorist attack successfully. A majority of people who become terrorists come from a lower class family. These terrorists learn a lot of different terrorism tactics at these camps that still exist‚ in places such as caves today. These people improve their family’s financial problems by going through with the attack‚ most likely a suicide attack. They recruit a certain type of person to be a terrorist as well. There are also
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tragedies in American history. Approximately 3‚000 civilians lost their lives following the terrorist attack on the World Trade Centre in New York City‚ and the government at the time‚ lead by George W. Bush‚ took immediate action. The Patriot Act was enacted on October 26th‚ 2001‚ just forty-five days after the attacks‚ with the intent of lawfully allowing law enforcement more leeway when investigating terrorist organizations. Terrorism is detrimental and puts all members of society at risk. The United
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Civil Liberties‚ Civil Rights and Congress Knekiida Jenkins-Hicks Lincoln College Online May 26‚ 2013 Forty-five days after the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States‚ Congress passed the US PATRIOT Act‚ also known as the “Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism” Act‚ or more simply‚ the Patriot Act. The Patriot Act was created with the noble intention of finding and prosecuting international terrorists operating
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The Patriot Act was enacted in October 2001 shortly after attacks from terrorists on the United States on September 11‚ 2001. The act gives Federal officials and state agencies greater authority and tools to investigate and track suspected terrorists with the goal of bringing them to trial. The attacks on the United Stated on September 11‚ 2001 were planned and carried out by 19 people affiliated with the al-Qaeda network. This group hijacked four commercial airlines with the intent to crash
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patriotism got stronger. To prevent further terrorist attacks from happening on the U.S. again‚ President George Bush pushed Congress to pass the Patriot Act. The USA Patriot Act stands for (U)niting and (S)trengthening (A)merica by (P)roviding (A)ppropriate (T)ools (R)equired to (I)ntercept and (O)bstruct (T)errorism. The Patriot Act was signed into law on October
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