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- 7581: Canadian Confederation
- ... went to investigate the idea of a possible Nova Scotian separation from Canada. Surprised by the solid British support for Confederation, Howe realized that the future of Nova Scotia was with Canada and having little personal choice in the matter he decided that his best move was to gain the best terms possible for Nova Scotia in a union with Canada. The imperial tie, which Howe had defended throughout his long ...
- 7582: Logictisicul Agnosticism Philo
- ... the average person to comprehend. Generally, answers in religious writings often make sense. One reason is that they usually have a priest or religious leader to explain every thing in greater detail, and the religious writing are designed (by humans) to make things perfectly easy to understand. This is one of the reasons that people find organized religion so inviting. Does your explanation rely on assumptions that are not themselves justified ...
- 7583: Civil War-54th Massachusettes
- ... to ceremonial burials usually provided for officers. Northern newspapers reported on the trench burial. Recruitment in the North was stirred, and Shaw's parents later rejected an offer to have their son's body exhumed, writing that they could hope for "no holier place" for it than "...surrounded by his brave and devoted soldiers." Fort Wagner was abandoned on September 6, 1863. Union troops occupied the fort; Charleston had been exposed ...
- 7584: Capitalistic Punishment
- ... in many nationwide polls? The only groups of people who seem to gain anything from the death penalty are those with political motivations and aspirations. Politicians seeking votes and prosecutors campaigning for office or advocating personal views play on the public's emotions by using the death penalty as a scare tactic to appear "tough on crime." Maybe those who support capital punishment simply believe in the "eye for an eye ...
- 7585: Ceasar Vs. Louis 16th
- ... the most powerful leaders ever to exist. Another character that showed ambition was Brutus. He was ambitious in killing Caesar. Brutus stated, It must be by his death. And, for my part, I know no personal cause to spurn at him, but for the general. He would be crowned. How that might change his nature, theres the question. It is the bright day that brings forth the adder, and that ...
- 7586: Causes Of The Great Depression
- ... farmers to produce more food for the war effort. However, as soon as the war ended the U.S. stopped its policies to help farmers. Farmers fell into debt; farm prices and food prices dropped (Personal Interview). The problem with such heavy concentrations of wealth and such massive dependence upon essentially two industries is similar to the problem with few people having too much wealth. The economy is reliant on those ...
- 7587: Causes Of The Civil War 3
- ... as a free state. Another part of the compromise was the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850, which provided for the return of runaway slaves to their masters. But many free states in the Union passed personal liberty laws in an effort to help the slaves escape. Many Northerners set up underground railroads where the runaway slaves could hide and get food and be directed to Canada for freedom. This angered many ...
- 7588: Cause And Effect Of Wwi
- ... miss the mark and kill innocent civilians. Before the introduction of gas bombing, soldiers found it easier to overlook the fact that they were fighting on opposite sides of the field, because they had no personal motivation to fight. In 1916 there 139 British and French Divisions were fighting against 117 German Divisions. Two sides were facing each other across the "no man's land" of mud, shell holes and barbed ...
- 7589: Courtly And Uncourtly Views Of
- ... a troubadour saying that there was anything but his lady would be abominable. There is little of the intensity of devotion and the analysis of love that is characteristic of the Troubadours. Nor are these personal lyrics of private, intimate love. On the contrary, they are public poems operating through well-recognized conventions. These conventions are a little different from those of the troubadours as well. The lady has hair of ...
- 7590: Centralization Of Control In M
- ... a whole. As St. Benedict quoted of the apostle in his Rules of St. Benedict, "Test the spirits, to see whether they come from God." He is stating that one must sacrifice all of their personal desires and needs for God. If the Pope is in control of the monasteries, he is ultimately in control of the monks. The monasteries allowed the high Christian authorities to develop standard religious practices and ...
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