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- 3041: New Jersey During the Revolution
- ... settle the old hatreds. The patriots looted the Tories, raided their strongholds, and took their lands, homes and businesses under the treason acts. The Loyalists returned the treatment whenever possible,and paid them back with interest, and passed information to the British about the rebels. Sometimes a father would have one son in one army and the other in the opposing camp in an effort to play both sides and keep ...
- 3042: The Turbulent Sixties
- ... fact that Charles Manson was portrayed as a "freakish hippie", led to the downfall of the ideals of the counterculture (Sann 285-286). The 1960's also saw the resurgence of feminism. Lower infant mortality rates, soaring adult life expectancy, and the availability of the birth control pill gave women greater freedom from child-care responsibilities. Bra burnings were a common spectacle held on campuses and other public places to express ...
- 3043: The 60s and Freedom
- ... crime to allow oneself to become an instrumental being" (Reich 56). The older society, by viewing man as incapable of controlling his own life, has also led their generation to concentrate primarily on institutions, public interest, and society as the basic reality. However, the younger generation deals more with the self. One should be able to create their own values, lifestyle, and culture (Reich 56). Rubin seems to claim, in a ...
- 3044: Events leading to the American Revolution
- ... of the parliament. Dickinson's comments were ubiquitous among the colonists, and thus infuriated them to rebellion, and the seizure of basic democratic rights. "From necessity of the case, and a regard to the mutual interest of both countries, we cheerfully consent to the operation of such acts of the British parliament as are bona fide restrained to the regulation of our external commerce, for the purpose of securing the commercial ...
- 3045: E.J Lennox and Building of a Courthouse
- ... tower, but most of them were removed because deterioration made them a menace to the passerby on the streets below. In 1956, mayor Nathan Phillips announced a contest for a new city hall. Toronto lost interest in the old building and began to admire the new one when the construction was over. By 1967 government wanted to sell the old city hall as a site for the Eaton Center. But friends ...
- 3046: President Jackson and the Removal of the Cherokee Indians
- ... that the removal of the Indian tribes from teh lands which they now occupy . . . is of very high importance to our unio, and may be accomplished on conditions and in a manner to promote the interest and happiness of those tribes . . . For the removal of the trives within the limits of the State of Georgia, the motive has been peculiarly strong, arising from the compact with that State, whereby the United ...
- 3047: Events leading to the American Revolution
- ... of the parliament. Dickinson's comments were ubiquitous among the colonists, and thus infuriated them to rebellion, and the seizure of basic democratic rights. "From necessity of the case, and a regard to the mutual interest of both countries, we cheerfully consent to the operation of such acts of the British parliament as are bona fide restrained to the regulation of our external commerce, for the purpose of securing the commercial ...
- 3048: Son of Dallas Cop Says Dad Was 1 of 3 Who Shot Kennedy
- ... burns in 1971 Roscoe White told him that he had been marked for execution by some of his underworld associates and that he believed the fire had been deliberately started to kill him. A HOLLYWOOD INTEREST Ricky White said Monday that, since he found his father's diary, he has been consumed full-time with trying to find out what role his father played in the assassination. He said that for ...
- 3049: The Watergate Complex
- ... he had from Congress. He said "I have never been a quitter, to leave office before my term is complete is abhorrent to ever instinct in my body. But, as president, I must put the interest of America first. America needs a full- time president and a full-time Congress. Therefore, In shall resign the presidency effective at noon tomorrow." (Westerfled 57) The next morning Nixon addressed a tearful White House ...
- 3050: U.S Involvement in the Vietnam War
- ... taxes during that presidents term in office. There are a myriad of promises made and things done in a presidential election year that have questionable motives as to whether they are done in the best interest of the people or in the interests of the presidential candidate. These hidden interests are one of the biggest problems with the political aspects of government in modern society. One of the prime examples of ...
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