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    When the Puritans were planning their trip to the New World‚ they saw possibilities they could not see in England. They wanted to be free to build their own godly community‚ but they did not want to separate completely from the churches in England. They wanted to establish a community that others looked up to. They wanted to move to this new land that had so much potential. The Puritans found the opportunities they were looking for when they decided to move across the water to New England and were

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    African Nationalism What impact did WWI have on African nationalism? Due to the effects of the war‚ many of the European nations needed more soldiers and jobs to be taken up for progress. Even though they fought courageously for the nations of others‚ they received nothing in return. They were disappointed and distraught by this outcome. From the Peace conference of Versailles‚ ideas of self-determination from Woodrow Wilson and notion of accountability of colonial powers reached the African colonies

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    The U.S. Government has a very large amount of debt‚ but yet the government is still focus on building and supporting things that are not necessary for the economy at all. What the U.S. Government needs to do is find a way to manage our debt‚ it is okay to have stadiums but it does no good for our economy. That is the problem with our society they are too busy worrying about sports than politics. They care and worry about who is going to win the super bowl this year‚ than to how is our financing

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    Enlightenment thinkers asked three key questions about government: Where does a government get its authority from? What kinds of natural rights do humans have? Does government have a responsibility to respect the rights of its citizens? The Enlightenment sparked many ideas‚ including the belief that a government cannot take away natural rights‚ people can justly overthrow a government that does not protect their rights‚ the Constitution divided the government into three branches‚ using the concept of separation

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    1. What happened to the shares in the Mississippi Company? How did people react? Law overtold the wealth of Louisiana which made people want to go buy stock from the Mississippi Company. Which led to The French Government telling the people that they committed a fraud‚ and that any investors‚ they have they couldn’t be payed. 2. What effect did Law’s actions have on France? France’s financial development was brought to the ground from the downfall and brought the people of France and the markets

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    What is Local Government

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    1. What is Local Government - “Municipal Government” is form of public administration which in a majority of context‚ exists as the lower ties of administration within a given state. It is generally ac within powers delegated to them by legislation or directives of the higher level of government. Local Government as Political Subdivision Are the local governments created by the states to help fulfill their obligations? Political subdivisions include countries‚ cities‚ towns‚ villages. A municipality

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    Today‚ people describe the Puritans with their biased point of view. It is not unfathomable why people do not like the Puritans. The Puritans’ society and today’s society are very different. Puritan society was very restrained; people could only believe in God and the Bible was the law. Unlike Puritan society‚ today’s society does not restrain religion. Even though Puritans had bad influences on today’s society‚ Puritans played a pivotal role in constructing the USA. If you look around more carefully

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    What Type of Perfromance

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    1. What type of performance is it? 2. Where and when is this performance occurring 3. Is it a scripted or non scripted performance? 4. Is it religious or secular in nature 5. Is its content authored‚ collective or improvised? 6. Are technologies used? How? 7. List a sequence of actions and discuss what the performers bodies do (dance rhythmic patterns etc.) 8. Is music used 9. Describe the space and or setting of the event (architecture and design/ public or private

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    This could have been fixed by allowing Germany to negotiate more with the Allies‚ but instead the Allies did not even allow them to be present to discuss the conditions. This abuse of power resulted in resentment from Germany and a rift in the delicate balance of power in Europe that would lead to cultural discontent

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    The United States is divided into different states‚ cities‚ and towns. All of them‚ if not most of them‚ have some kind of corporate status. They have their own local government. These towns or cities that have a local government are called municipalities. There are three types of government in vast municipalities: mayor council‚ council-manager‚ and commission. These towns and cities have a charter that explain and describe the limited power one has briefly and concisely. The State usually is the

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