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- 3651: The Boston Tea Party
- ... the colonists would have to pay import taxes on molasses, sugar, wine, and other commodities. Although, the Sugar Act brought England some funding, it did not supply enough, so the Stamp Act was put into effect in 1765. The Stamp Act was a direct tax on all the newspapers printed in the colonies and on most commercial and legal documents used in business. These two Acts alone provided about half of ...
- 3652: Black Students at Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas
- ... Hays and Jim Trimble would have declared that the Brown decision was the law of the land, Faubus would have had an excuse to abide by desegregation. Because these preventative actions were not put into effect, Faubus practically had no choice, but to stop integration or by state mandate he would have forfeited his job. Faubus also knew that the only way he could win his third term as Governor was ...
- 3653: The Assassination of John F Kennedy
- ... subsequent review of Pepsi-Cola corporate files revealed there was no record of any Pepsi-Cola board meetings in Dallas in 1963. While in Dallas, Nixon made comments to the city's newspapers to the effect that he, unlike President Kennedy, did not need Secret Service protection. Several researchers believe that this taunting might have contributed to the decision not to have the Plexiglass bubble top placed on his limousine on ...
- 3654: Dynamic Change In The U.S.
- ... time inflation, helping those who owned property and making profits, while the entrepreneurs contributed to the immediate post-war period of speculation. The National Bank quickly formed a sound currency, but it had an equivocal effect on the economy. Railways were encouraged by the government, both financially and verbally. Foreign competitors were hampered due to post-war tariffs, which also limited and discouraged the export of American goods. As previously stated ...
- 3655: The Cold War
- ... fool of himself. The agency had been experimenting with the acid for some time. However, the idea was quickly abandoned because no one could guarantee with any certainty that the drug would have the desired effect. Further attempts were stabs at the look of Castro himself. One idea was to doctor his famous insignia, the cigars he is always seen with. This idea was discontinued because no one could figure out ...
- 3656: The Clinton Scandal
- The Clinton Scandal As an American citizen who has become tired of your sordid personal affairs and the effect it has had on the Office of the President, I want to extend my opinion and criticism of your speech last night. First off, I would like to state that it is embarrassing to me ...
- 3657: Events Leading To The American Revolution
- ... people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying it's foundations on such principles and organizing it's powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.". What the declaration is really saying, is that a society who has no or little rights (such as the colonies) should be destroyed, thus separation from England. A new society would ...
- 3658: Native American Genocide
- ... government other than despotic chiefs. This lack of information about Indian governments represents another tragic fabrication since many Indian governmental forms were highly evolved and democratic. Some of them, especially the Iroquois, apparently had considerable effect on concepts later incorporated into the U.S. Articles of Confederation and the Constitution (of 1787). The systems of checks and balances, popular participation in decision making, direct representation, states' rights, and bicameral legislatures were ...
- 3659: The History of General Motors Corp.
- ... also trying to design a plant where all the parts of a car will go in and a complete car will leave using only a handful of workers. If this is completed it will severely effect the prices of cars and the cost to make one. General Motors stock is used to owning around 35 to 40% of the car market so when it dropped to around 28.6% General Motors ...
- 3660: The Great Depression
- The Great Depression The Great Depression of the 1920s and 1930s has had a strong and long lasting effect all over the world. It ruined the strong economies and destroyed the smaller ones. Every government had its own opinion of what and how to get itself out of this crisis. As the struggle of ...
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