The Whisky Rebellion- George Washington’s Secretary of Treasury proposed a new excise tax on whisky to gain revenue to pay off the countries debt. Hamilton knew that the idea of tax was not accepted by Americans in previous years‚ however‚ he saw it necessary to form a strong and effective national government. Initially‚ the rebellion began in July of 1794 when a group of angry tax protesters demolished the home of a tax inspector (PBS). The rebellion grew and many protesters brought back the idea
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risks his life in order to pay off a debt that his father had owed to the Danes. This is a mark of true heroism‚ as Beowulf‚ a Geat‚ was risking his life to save people who were not even his own. Beowulf’s conflict with Grendel was nearly selfless‚ although he did enjoy the fame and reward that followed Grendel’s defeat. He risked his life for what he felt was the good the people‚
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“The Ultimate Meaning of Freedom” "Ultimately‚ man should not ask what the meaning of his life is‚ but rather must recognize that it is he who is asked. In a word‚ each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible." – Viktor Frankl In this quote‚ Frankl explains that the answer to man’s search for meaning cannot be found in others‚ but he must find it himself without asking anyone for the
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Prohibition: A misguided experiment Prohibition as we know was a failed experiment by the government in America. Prohibition lasted thirteen years from 1920-1933. The negative effects over those years obviously outweighed the positive effects‚ leading to the ratification of the 21st amendment which made the sale and consumption along with the production alcohol legal once more. Prohibition was pushed upon local and state governments by organizations such as the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
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David James 9-3-15 P6 Unit 1: Chap 7: Sections 3-4-5 Sec. 3 P-233 Questions 6 - In my opinion‚ Napoleon was the creator of his times because he was the one that build the French empire and his time as the French emperor and his quest to forges an empire was know as Napoleonic Wars. He is also the creation of the French Revolution because the French Revolution gave him the chance to show his military leader skill and rose up to became an emperor. His intelligence helped him created his time in
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million slaves were granted their freedom. However some argue that even though they were technically free they still had great discrimination against them. They could not function like a regular‚ free man because of the little rights they held. Even with new laws they could not use these rights and it actually became more dangerous to be free than before. They were restricted from using their rights in every way possible and barely any of the perpetrators were punished. Reconstruction was more of a failure
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Watergate was the down fall of President Nixon. There were several things wrong with the events that would come to be known as Watergate. The name comes from the building named Watergate. Nixon essentially hired people to break into the Watergate building and place listening devices in an opponent’s office. If this was not bad enough he also did everything he could to cover up the scandal and the things he and his administration did during this time. While Nixon did a lot of good things during his
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3rd Edition‚ Volume II‚ identify what you believe are the three most important events that occurred during the period from 1960-1975 and explain how each event influenced the literature of the period. The three most important to me is The Black Art Movement started by Amari Baraka in Harlem‚ Black Panther Party founded the National Organization for Women founded‚ and Assassination of Malcolm X. Their events influenced literature the Black Power movement and showed how African American literature displayed
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2. It was a country geographically isolated by thick jungles and malaria-infested mountain ranges on its east‚ west‚ and north borders. Besides some oil reserves‚ the country possessed few natural resources and had little strategic value. Perhaps‚ Slim gives the best description of Burma when he states‚ “It could fairly be described as some of the world’s worst country‚ breeding the world’s worst diseases‚ and having for half the year at least the world’s worst climate.” It was an area that no one
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European languages can be rooted back to the Latin vernacular. Latin was not a language that was easily written because there were so many dialects. The condition of Latin made Italian immerse. Writers of Italy played a key role in spreading the Italian language out into Europe. It became the first language to be written in a literary work. Dante Alighieri played a major role in the Italian language with his famous works. The thing that made Italian so popular was the use of printing. Italian was the
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