Maharajas of the princely state of Kashmir and Jammu although the majority of the population were Muslim‚ except in the Jammu region. 1) BACKGROUND: In 1947‚ British rule in India ended with the creation of two new nations: the Union of India and the Dominion of Pakistan while British suzerainty over the 562 Indian princely states ended. In 1843 the Britain sold Kashmir to Ghulam Singh in 7.5 million rupees. According to the Indian Independence Act 1947‚ the states were left to choose whether
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The Triumphant Side of the American Revolution The American Revolution was a war between the thirteen colonies of America and the British that took place from 1775 to 1783. The colonies‚ which had not yet been unified‚ wanted freedom from the domineering British and their "taxation without representation". This saying‚ coined up twenty years prior to the beginning of the war‚ was a major slogan for the revolutionaries. The quote means‚ "If citizens are not represented in the government‚ then the
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US-Iran Relations Acknowledgements I would like to thank my teacher‚ Ms. Mashal Shabbir. The supervision and support that she gave truly helped me in this project. Her cooperation is thus appreciated. Abstract This report explains the US-Iran relationships‚ how they changed over the period of time and what the main reasons for that change were. I tried to analyze these reasons according to the International Relations theories as well as my own opinion. The report includes the information
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Medicaid 3 Introduction The US healthcare system is fragmented‚ with various stakeholders interacting to create a complex network. There is a mix of public and private players‚ with the government funding healthcare for certain sections of the society while the majority of the population has private health insurance sponsored by employers. However‚ a significant minority of the US population remains uninsured and has little access to healthcare services. The US healthcare system has several other
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Professor English # Date The Chinese in All of Us A Mexican American Explores Multiculturalism Our Society is the example of the definition of ethnic diversity. America has a large mix of citizens with different religious views‚ languages‚ nationalities‚ and races. Here in Florida Miami has a considerable amount of Cubans and Tampa/Orlando have a significant number of Puerto Ricans. While there are lot of Hispanics here in Florida and all of us speak the same language “Spanish”‚ most Hispanic
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Elliott Gengo AP US DBQ Summary 10/7/14 Document A Thomas Jefferson wrote to Gibeon Granger about the powers of the states. Jefferson believes the country is too large to have a single federal government. He believes that the states should have some power too. Jefferson says the Republicans have accepted these rights from the Constitution and the federalists have opposed them. Document B Jefferson tells Samuel Miller that the Constitution doesn’t give the federal government
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Southern Democrats wanted to seceded states to regain full rights but African Americans became democrat‚ so most switched to republican and ended up basically changing beliefs. The main cause for the reconstruction of the divided republicans at the end of the Civil war was rebuild the governments of the southern states using the governments of the northern states as models Radical Reconstruction led to new state constitutions and Republican-controlled state governments in the South. Former Union
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II‚ the United States became a superpower. Its strength and status reached another peak in the mid and late 1990s as the Cold War ended: it accounted for about 30 percent of global economic output. However‚ after it entered a new economic cycle from 2000 to 2001‚ the American share of the world economy has gradually dropped. At the same time‚ certain situations‚ including the “weakening of advantages compared to other countries‚” have appeared in some main areas of the United States’ national power
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What is the state of nature? The state of nature is a term in political philosophy that describes a circumstance prior to the state and society’s establishment. Philosophers‚ mainly social contract theory philosophers‚ and political thinkers such as Thomas Hobbes‚ John Locke‚ and Jean Jacques Rousseau discussed and considered the "state of nature" as a starting point to their political and philosophical ideas. John Locke‚ whose work influenced the American Declaration of Independence‚ believes that
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The Early American Republic (1776 – 1870) In the year 1776‚ America broke out from Great Britain’s hold and started to serve itself. Almost a hundred years go by‚ and its political stand‚ economy‚ and society have changed so much. The Declaration of Independence was drafted by Thomas Jefferson and was approved in spring 1776. This document made America officially free from Great Britain’s rule. The document gave “natural rights‚” something inspired by early Enlightenment. The plans for the
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