Sealing the Fate of North America The battle of the Plains of Abraham was fought on the 13th of September 1759. It was the result of a three-month British siege of the French North American capital of Quebec City. Although the battle lasted for a short period of time‚ involved comparatively few troops‚ and caused few casualties‚ the effects of the battle were far reaching. The British victory at the battle resulted both in the death of the French general – the Marquis de Montcalm – and the British
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surrounding the plain view doctrine in context to a legally executed search warrant of a suspects hard drive in order to find evidence of a particular crime being investigated. When an officer searches a physical location while executing a search warrant and discovers evidence of another crime other than the one being investigated‚ that evidence is said to be in “plain view‚” which can be seized and used to support a criminal prosecution. Many courts have simply applied the plain view doctrine to
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determined that he will supply only two types of pizzas: plain cheese and pepperoni and cheese combo. His cost to make a plain cheese pizza is $4.50 each‚ and his cost to make pepperoni and cheese combo is $5.00 each. Both pizzas will sell for $9.00 at the game. Unsold pizzas have no value and are donated to a local shelter for the homeless. Past experience has shown the following demand distributions for the two types of pizza at home games: Plain Cheese Demand/Probability 200 / 0.1 300 / 0.15
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Agricultural Revolution The Clash of Cultures on the Plains (1) • The Indians stood in the path of the advancing white pioneers. • An inevitable clash loomed • Migration and conflict were no strangers in the arid West • After the Civil War‚ the Great West was still relatively untamed‚ wild‚ full of Indians‚ bison‚ and wildlife‚ and sparsely populated by a few Mormons and Mexicans. • As the white settlers began populating the west‚ the Indians began to turn against each other and at the same time
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Asher APUSH/ Period 3 February 25‚ 2011 Hidden in Plain View by Jacqueline L. Tobin Slavery was an extended‚ often cruel‚ time in American history; it would take an all-out war before this evil institution was to be abolished. However‚ while in captivity‚ many slaves did not merely except their life in shackles. Instead‚ many fought back and even escaped‚ using various methods to do so‚ which Jacqueline L. Tobin documents in Hidden in Plain View. Tobin wrote this book to enlighten the reader
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“The Plow That Broke the Plains” is a documentary of the Great Plains region‚ an area of 625‚000 square miles stretching across Texas‚ Kansas‚ Nebraska‚ Montana‚Wyoming‚ Colorado‚ New Mexico Oklahoma and the Dakotas. Written and directed by Pare Lorentz in 1936‚ it starts in the 1880s in the last frontier (the Great Plains)‚ when the territory was an "ocean of grass" perfect for cattle. The video ends in the middle 1930s‚ when farming choices had turned it into a no-man’s-land. People start heading
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Notes on Alan Goldman’s "Plain Sex" Two Lessons about Ethical Thinking (1) Many ethical disagreements hinge upon disagreements about facts‚ not about moral principles. (2) Being a moral objectivist needn’t mean being morally conservative. Both lessons help limit the appeal of moral relativism. ********************** (1) Many ethical disagreements hinge upon disagreements about facts‚ not about moral principles. Goldman claims that views about immoral sexual behaviour are rooted in our definition
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Jonas‚ a pale-eyed‚ different‚ calm‚ intelligent and determined kid was introduced in the plain Giver´s society by Lois Lowry; society in which everybody most be the same in terms of physical appearance and psychological structure‚ theres always tension because of fear of braking rules and being released (that in this specific community means to be killed)‚ theres a permanent seek for perfection that reaches the point of killing the weird people and the needs and worries of individuals are not even
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(1999 FRQ) “Plains Indians” In the last half of the nineteenth century‚ the lives of the Plains Indians were more dramatically affected then ever before. Both the technological breakthroughs and government policies had a significant impact on the Plains Indians. Technology played a major part not only with the advancements with railroads but with the now exchangeable parts in guns‚ which showed useful in the battle of Little Big Horn and Wounded Knee. The government gave the railroad millions
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INTRODUCTION Rules for searches conducted in plain smell are complex and varied based on the circumstances and location of the search. Under the plain smell doctrine‚ an officer can use his sense of smell as probable cause to search if there is an articulable belief that the origination of the odor is an illegal substance‚ or if it indicates an exigent circumstance. Plain smell is a principle under the plain view rule‚ which basically states that evidence in plain view of an officer is not protected by
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