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    colors and people who love their country‚ Imperialism happens all over the world‚ but the one that affected nigeria the most is known as “Scramble for africa” from 1800-1914.The British decided to conquer africa after the loss of manpower‚ workforce and raw materials. Slave trade‚ adding arbitrary national borders and new and improved education and medicine are a few long lasting effects on nigeria and their people. There was many pros and cons to imperialism in africa but one main con was Slave trade

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    Americans were not the only ones interested in hawaii. A british explorer named Captain james cook‚ has been to the island in 1778‚ and then hawaii was very well known to other parts of the world. After cook’s arrival chief kamehameha united the eight major islands under his leadership. He made a monarchy and began a profitable trade in sandalwood. In the 1820’s u.s. Ships began arriving with traders and missionaries.

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    provision explicitly declaring that the powers of the three branches of the federal government be separated. Yet‚ separation of powers serves various goals. Separation prevents concentration of power and provides each branch with the arson to fight off encroachment by the other two branches. The system of separated powers is designed to maximize freedom. In United States v. Sparks‚ 687 F.Supp. 1145 (E.D. Mich. 1988)‚ the court held that the separation of powers doctrine could be violated in two ways:

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    In 1787‚ the United States of America was beginning to little by little form a whole nation. The Constitution serves as a foundation to our country‚ it guides the government and U.S. citizens.The Constitution must be followed in order to maintain the right of the citizens and in order to not create a destructive government. The constitution contains various articles and provisions that are significant since some of them state the powers of the government and the duties of the people. Constitutionally

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    that happen over the years that caused damage in the governments. One particular act that happened in America that had a major impact on the country was the terrorist attack that happened in New York. The terrorist attack effected everyone around the world‚ either they were there or not. This attack was caused by a group of Islamist extremist that stole planes and flew them over the US. There were a total of four planes that caused many people losing their lives and marking that day as the 9/11 terrorist

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    Government Powers One great achievement of the american founding was the creation of an effective constitutional structure. There are 2 important aspects of the U.S. foundation‚ the federalism and the constitution. The framers of the constitution knew that it will be important to divide the powers of the governmental power‚ because that way there will not be abuse of the power. Separation of powers imposes internal limits by dividing government against itself‚ giving different branches separate functions

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    The Harm of British Imperialism The effects of British Imperialism were far more harmful than beneficial through both economic and social standards. The British imperialists harmed the Indians economically because of the exploitation of goods from India. According to a widely distributed World History textbook‚ the main goal of the British in India was to make money. The British officials in India forced the native Indians to stop growing their necessary crops and to focus entirely on cash crops

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    Africa had a great history behind it‚ but it was when imperialism and slavery came in‚ that it had all gone away. Imperialism and slavery tore africa apart. Africa had gotten taken over by a majority of Europe‚ and other places. They had the “Berlin Conference” which had also affected Africa. This is how the Berlin Conference‚ slavery‚ imperialism had affected Africa in many ways. Slavery was a big problem in Africa‚ because of the “European slave trade.” Merchants had before sold gold‚ but were

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    What powers are extended to the federal government? Explain in detail. The powers extended to the federal government are collecting taxes‚ regulate interstate commerce‚ making of coin money‚ regulate currency‚ set standards of weights and measure‚ declare war‚ and Raise and maintain an army and navy. They also have implied powers based on the elastic clause (Art. I‚ § 8‚ cl. 5)‚ powers considered “necessary and proper” for carrying out the enumerated (or express) powers For example‚ in 1791‚ Federalists

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    WWII happened many nations were going through hard times and did not want to engage in another war. WWI had just ended about 20 years ago and still were recovering their economy. To avoid wars nations came up with policies and treaties with other nations in order to keep the piece. The US‚ UK and france all wanted to prevent the war. UK‚US and france came up with things like the neutrality laws‚ policy of appeasement‚ and the five power treaty The United States were a huge arsenal for WWI which was

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