North Carolina getting a state religion? No. | By: Eric Marrapodi and John Blake‚ CNN A group of representatives in North Carolina have recently been pushing the idea of uniting their government with an established religion. Two Republican representatives in particular filed a resolution that would potentially permit the state to declare Christianity as its official practice of worship. In this case‚ the North Carolina would reject all federal law and ruling concerning separation of church
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Air pollution is a huge problem in North Carolina. We know this is a problem because “in 2012‚ North Carolina ranked 8th in the country for our high levels of toxic air pollution from coal-fired power plants” (“NC’s Air Quality”). Besides coal-fired power plants‚ transportation‚ paper mills‚ and industrial facilities also play a part in our air pollution (“NC’s Air Quality”). “North Carolina was a leader in protecting public health by establishing air toxics rules in the early 1980’s prior to federal
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The colony of Maryland is a very unique colony in many different ways. The colony was formed in 1634 by two hundred emigrants‚ mostly Roman Catholics. With the founding of Maryland came the first permanent proprietary government of America‚ that is‚ a government by a lord proprietor‚ who‚ holding his authority by virtue of a royal charter‚ nevertheless exercised that authority almost as an independent sovereign. Maryland is surrounded by the three colonies Virginia‚ Pennsylvania‚ and Delaware and
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and reasons in which the slave trade in colonial Charleston‚ South Carolina was so relevant are surprisingly interesting. The slave trade was important economically and capitalistically speaking: the economy highly depended on the slave trade and was literally dominated by it in some states. Besides the economy‚ other reasons of its importance were implied in politics and business: what made it really big in Charleston and in South Carolina in general was that slaves ended constituting the majority
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that should be operating in North Carolina is an open primary not a closed primary. The reasons North Carolina should operate on an open primary is to enable voters in both parties to vote whoever they favored the most‚ allowing voters to vote in opposite parties‚ and reduces stress when going through the voting process since most of the voter ballots will include both parties’ leaders instead having leaders assigned to the voter party. On the side note‚ North Carolina should not have a law that requires
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South Carolina is a member of the interstate nurse licensure compact (National Council of State Board of Nursing‚ 2017). Being a member of the interstate nurse licensure compact‚ will allow the nurse more flexibility to practice in the different states within the compact state. The nurse can respond to a state of emergency located in the compact state. For example‚ with the most recent catastrophic event that occurred in Texas with the hurricane Harvey. The local nurses were over worked and desperately
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Governing the Nation: Perspective from a South Carolina Slave Marja Santiago History 111 June 24‚ 2013 Professor Gregory Shrout The philosophical ideals embodied by the Declaration of Independence declared that all men "are created equal" and therefore everyone had the same rights. As a former South Carolina slave‚ I was so glad to hear this. For once I was hopeful that maybe after all; I could still have a chance to be free. Furthermore‚ the Declaration of Independence
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settlers to the “New World” to establish permanent colonies. They founded the Virginia Colony and the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Although the two first colonies of America were similar‚ they also had very distinct differences. Virginia was founded by merchants and adventurers looking to profit from the land. Massachusetts was founded by Puritans looking for freedom from the Church of England. These Puritans settled in the north‚ in New England‚ whereas the Virginia Company settled in the south. By the 1660s
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The Impact of the Affordable Care Act on North Carolina’s Uninsured Population The American people like to think that they have the best health care system in the world. Unfortunately‚ the majority of the evidence does not support that view. According to the RAND Corporation and the Institute of Medicine‚ Americans receive the proper treatment only 50% of the time for their condition (2006‚ 2013). When compared to other countries‚ the Americans pay far more for their health care (Laureate Education
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During the sixteenth-century in the English Colonies‚ in this time there was a process where the people that owned some of these colonies were going through a time where immigrants were migrating to the new world. Forty-five thousand Puritans left England between 1620 and 1640 and created religious societies in another part of the world also known as the New World. The English people wanted their colonist to learn more about God and his most holy and wise providence‚ the people wanted to have religious
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