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    because it had a salary of 5 killed colonists because of the culmination of tensions in American colonies. This tensions also affected the Americas because of the Taxes being given to the citizens by the Townshend Acts. These acts were to add taxes on tea which also introduces the stamp act which imposed these taxes just to sending a letter out. This Massacre was on March 5, 1770, it took pace in Boston in front of the Old State House. The effect that this event had was that innocent people were

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    were mounting and it was widely believed that these harassments were directed specifically at members of the Sons of Liberty. The British to boost the troubled East India Company, British Parliament adjusted import duties with the passage of the Tea Act. While consignees in Charleston, New York, and Philadelphia rejected tea shipments, merchants in Boston refused to concede to Patriot pressure. Tonight Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty will boarded three ships in the Boston harbor and through chests

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    The Proclamation of 1763 was a very important treaty. It was issued October 7, 1763, by King George iii. The proclamations main purpose was it appointed the rivers going into into the Atlantic from the Appalachians as the temporary boundary for colonial settlement. The main purpose of what the proclamation did was it was a boundary so all settlements are forbidden and they can’t go past the line drawn along the Appalachian mountains. The people had expected that the Proclamation would prevent clashes

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    of Evil Acts In “The Dew Breaker,” a reoccurring tone of redemption of evil acts is something that Danticat comes back to time and time again. Throughout the novel, redemption comes in different forms, especially for the two strongest representations of violence, with that being Claude and the “dew breaker.” Through Claude, the reader can argue that his character helps give insight to the “dew breaker.” A question can be asked, is redemption possible when someone has committed evil acts of crime

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    was hard to control them. The violence they showed kept the leader powerless and it made them be forced to agree with what the mobs wanted. Crowd protesting was a common thing to do back in colonial times. The British liked the idea of the stamp act but did not like the protests. He said that he was out doing normal things when his house was brutaly attacked. "I wish colonial leaders could be convinced what terrible consequences there are from such demons when they are let loose in a government

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    Prohibition in USA in the 1900’s The prohibition was brought on by the strong temperance movement happening in America in the early 1900’s. These groups were devout Christians who vowed to be sober as they saw the affect alcohol had on families. But the members of this movement campaigned for everyone to give up alcohol. The arguments of the Temperance groups were so strong that they eventually convinced state governments to prohibit the sale and produce of alcohol in their state. Politicians backed

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    The Indian Independence movement started in 1857. At time of the movement, India had been under British control for many years. India never had political freedom, so while they were under British colonization, they were becoming poor as the British were gaining wealth. Indians were being taxed and treated unfairly. Mohandas Gandhi was the most important leader of India’s independence movement. Gandhi made his people realize that they can be self-reliant and stop paying the British government to

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    Student ID 773805 What does it mean to act with courage or heroism? An act of courage or heroism is when one person takes their life for another. In the Arrow, Oliver Queen is kept hostage with his mom and his sister and Oliver is going to die to keep them alive. Oliver was trapped on an island for 5 years and learned all the acts of heroism and courage. Oliver’s family is lucky to have a hero in their family and so are Oliver’s closest friends. Heroism and courage went to the limits

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    into town unexpectedly and starts to debauch the lives of the people she claims to care most about. One of the main themes Tennessee Williams expresses in this play is the continuous acts of cruelty and the condemnation of the characters that portray such devious actions. Blanche and Stanley both commit heinous acts towards one another and the people they adore, each equal in severity

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    Civil disobedience is possibly the most influential form of protest in order to change of laws. Throughout our nation's history there have been multiple examples where the people would disobey the regular norms of society to force a change in law. Even when we started off as colonist, the people refused to pay unjust taxes on British imported goods just so Great Britain could pay for their costs on the Seven Years' War. The people or the colonist, as I should say, thought it was unfair for the them

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