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Lucas Matar 10/7/15 History 3 Honors 206 Navigation Acts The Navigation Act was an act that forced colonists to trade with Britain. Parliament imposed custom duties (tariffs) to enforce the regulations. Colonists objected the Navigation Act because it forced colonists to only trade with England. This limited their trade with other nations. Writs of Assistance 1760 The Writs of Assistance were search warrants issued by the British government. These search warrants allowed British…

The Sugar and Stamp Acts were passed through the years 1763 to 1765. Both were unwanted taxes placed on American Colonists to raise revenue. Because both were unwanted many acts of rebellion or simple discussions took place. The Sugar Act was passed in 1764 by George Grenville, Prime Minster, 1763-1765. This act placed a tax on all molasses and sugar and to regulate trade. The Sugar Act was passed to enforce the Molasses Act of 1733. The Molasses Act was a tax of only six pence per gallon or…

As of July 30, 2002 the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act was passed. The Act has affected both the principles and assumptions of accounting and financial reporting. As your new financial advisor I will explain the important changes made by the SOX act and who is impacted by it. Section One The Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act was the reaction to major corporate and accounting scandals, including Enron and WorldCom. The goal of the act is to thwart and dissuade future accounting fraud, safeguard shareholders and…

The Patriot Act was passed after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. This act allows the government and or federal officials to track and intercept our communications with one another. It also makes new crimes, punishments, and new procedures that we use for terrorists. The history of the Patriot Act, the abuse of our civil liberties, and the current issues with the act lead Americans to feel like they cannot trust their government. We have the Patriot Act because on September 11, 2001…

Quartering Act is the act which requires the colonial legislatures to provide weapons, foods, shelters and all other kinds of different supplies for British troops in North America in 1766 (David, The American Journey, page 122). Because of the strict taxation that English exert to America and increased resistance movement of people, the North American colonies have to enhance their military force to maintain the stability, which results in the lack of official troops at North America and the…

For my act of service, I did three random acts of kindness. I chose to perform this kind of service because I enjoy seeing the smiles it brings to others faces when you surprise them with a kind act. It is especially exciting when those people did not have any idea that you were going to do something for them. For my random acts of kindness, I made lunch for my family, cleaned up dog poop in our backyard, and vacuumed the house. I performed these acts for my family on three separate days to do…

The book of Acts has always been a favourite to read. It gives a detailed picture of the origin of the early church, the spread of the gospel into the world which in turn was the beginning of the Christian faith. The authorship of the book of Acts has always been debated and tested, but it is generally agreed that the author of Acts is the same person who wrote the third gospel. It is commonly known that Acts is a sequel to the third gospel, referred to as the ‘first book’. The author is…

In 1765 the Stamp Act was passed which upset my family and the rest of the colonists. This upset my family because we were already poor and this did not help us. This made the things we bought more expensive than what it was. They wants us to pay taxes because they want us to pay for the “French And Indian War”. If we wanted to send a letter to my Uncle Rick in Virginia we now have to buy a stamp to send a letter to him. Why are the British charging the colonies for the war? The British know…

The Homestead Act of 1862 was an act that U.S. citizens and immigrants opportunities to own their own land and start over in life. This act offered 160 acres of land to settlers that were willing to settle on open land west of the Mississippi River. Once the Homestead Act was passed, many people started to settle the western United States. These settlers were able to change the frontier into a large domain of farmland. The U.S. was able to protect their proprietary claims in what was known as…

Luke begins the book of Acts by recording Jesus ' ascension to heaven, after he has been resurrected from the dead and met with his disciples. Before Jesus left his apostles he told them that the Holy Spirt would come. Not long after the ascension, the Day of Pentecost came and the Holy Spirt came over the apostles, and gave them the ability to speak in tongues. A crowd of people heard the apostles speaking in tongues, because they did not know what this meant the people assumed that the…