Confiscation

has French Imperialism caused long term impact on Algeria? Algeria was controlled by the ottomans leading up to the french takeover. Algerian society were profoundly affected by 130 years of colonial rule. (Britannica) Algeria depended on land confiscation, there was modernisation of the agricultural sector and development. Valuation of land areas left unexplored before the conquest. The French believed and followed three concepts: civilising, commerce and christianity. The French set up…

1934, which imposed excise taxes on machine guns and other weapons associated with crime. (Newhard, 2015) Another example is in Chicago when the city required everyone to register their weapons which later on it led to licensing then eventually to confiscation. Chicago has also accomplished to ban every single gun shop and for a few decades handguns were also banned until 2010 until the Supreme Court ruled that unconstitutional. (Davey, 2013) Even though Chicago has banned gun ranges and assault…

The Armenian Genocide is acknowledged by most scholars as one of the first genocides of the modern era. The events that unfolded in the Ottoman Empire during World War I killed an estimated 1.5 million Armenians. These events were an extension of a persecution that extended from the 1500s and was an accumulation of massacres that started in the 1890s.The deaths also extended to the mass killings of Assyrians and Greeks whom resided in the Ottoman Empire. Despite these atrocities, the Ottoman…

measures prior to purchasing guns are not being held to a certain level of standard, and the number of widespread violent acts being committed each year via firearms is rising prompting a wanted change amongst citizens. A government led, nation-wide confiscation of firearms, which has proven effective in other countries such as Australia, is a possibility which many American gun owners refuse to come to terms with. While that is one suggested solution to our nations current gun problem it is…

Lincoln’s plan at the outset of the Civil War was to capture southern territory. He was not an abolitionist and endorsed colonization as a solution to slavery. He found himself the focus of pressure from anti-slavery advocates imploring him to comprehend that slavery was the economic and social foundation of the South. They felt emancipation was required in order to weaken the South and that abolition must become a war aim. By 1862, Lincoln determined that emancipation had become a military and…

Guns-Not he Mentally Ill-Kill People Author: Abby Rapoport Abby Rapoport believes that, after decades of tragedies, shootings and loss of many lives, America is now thinking of stricter gun laws; however, the new proposals are targeting only people with mental illnesses. The article states that, these new proposal stigmatizing mentally ill people with gun violence are unjust; furthermore they are new stereotype. Profiling these people and confiscating their guns will result a greater danger,…

As the tides of the Civil War changed and Union soldiers advanced further into the South. The Federal government passed acts like the Confiscation Act of 1862, wich was when Confederates that did not surrender before 60 days of the act's passing were to be have their slaves freed and that any slaves behind Union lines was free. These newly freed slaves were still not immediately functioning members of society because they lacked any form of education. This was when in 1865 the “Freedmen’s…

Some studies on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict postulate the conflict has always been rooted in the question of partition of Palestine. But a game changing event took place in the form of the six days war between Israel and three Arab states, whereupon the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians began to transform into one of colonial nature. Israel has built a number of settlements on the territories it occupied in 1967, which practically is a form of annexation. The persistence of the…

1776-77 Developments New Jersey Loyalist military units saw action in New Jersey and surrounding states. Lieutenant Colonel John Morris and the 300 men of his 2nd Battalion of the New Jersey Volunteers provided artillery support for the British beginning in November 1776. They learned artillery skills on the job. Morris competed enthusiastically for recruits near his home in Monmouth County. They saw action near New Brunswick, Sandy Hook and eventually New York to supplement British forces.…

Ira Berlin’s, “The Long Emancipation,” entails the truths and evidence that the abolishment of slavery was nothing near a swift and easy task as it had traditionally been assumed. She describes the struggles black Americans had to face in their fight for freedom, and what they had to endure throughout the struggle for emancipation. In addition, Berlin explains how black Americans found a means to prosper in their own way, despite all odds being against them in America. Ira Berlin counter-argues…