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    as one of the most significant political events in Michigan history. Where a new state constitution would be written and many new laws would be put in place. The Con- Con lead to the expansion of governmental powers and made it so the governor and the lutenant governor would have to work as a team. Among other postwar events the Walk of Freedom was another notable one. This was a civil rights march that took place in Detroit, Michigan. It had over 125,000 people and at the time was the largest…

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    I thank my colleagues for providing the background, history and facts of the particular cases leading up to 2015, after the Obergefell v Hodges opinion. I would like to briefly summarize the path and give a glimpse of what the future might look like for marriage in the United States. In 1986 in Bowers v Hardwick The Supreme Court under the leadership of Chief Justice Warren Burger rejected a challenge to Georgia’s sodomy law. The court found that the claim that, “homosexual sodomy” was…

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    Contextual analysis – Moving the Battle Abroad Jonathon E Houser MIL 310 American Military History I Instructor: David Bodamer 05/23/2016 Military administration in the American Civil War was affected by expert military instruction and the well ordered experience. While not all pioneers had formal military preparing, the U.S. Military Foundation at West Point, New York and the Unified States Maritime Institute at Annapolis made committed frameworks of expert officers whose…

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    system and reform to the other state shows that the Britain’s were more civilized moreover influential than the other countries. In addition, it can also provide economic benefit to the Britain. For example, the westernization of India where the Governor General ,Lord Bismarck Bentinck ( 1828-1835 ) introduced a system of education where the English language is use in learning ( Hichens, 1974 ) in addition the official language of government is English language. Not much progress made until…

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    Calder Case Summary

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    Calder V. British Columbia Attorney General [1973] SCR 313 Calder case is a pacesetter for aboriginal jurisprudence in Canadian supreme court. It is the first to recognize that aboriginal title to land exist as a sui generis type of right in Canada at the time of time of the Royal Proclamation Order of 1763 and does not devolve from the colonial, Crown law, treaty or statute. The main issue for determination in this case was whether Crown authority lawfully extinguished the aboriginal title to…

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    Within a few years of Lawrence arriving the Colony of Quebec split into Upper and Lower Canada. Upper Canada’s (to be Ontario) first Lieutenant Governor was John Graves Simcoe and one of his many concerns was the threat posed by the newly minted United States and that they may, in the future want to annex the Canadas. He added to the population of Upper Canada by augmenting the regulations to include disaffected Americans that were not Loyalists. Hence, the population in…

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    On September 11, 2001, America suffered its worst terrorist attack in history. On that day four planes were hijacked in mid air. Two planes hit the World Trade Center, one plane hit the U.S Pentagon, and the final plane was suspected to hit the White House, but the passengers took over the plane and crashed on a field in Pennsylvania. George W. Bush was the President of the United States at the time and knew there needed to be a change in security. The Department of Homeland Security was…

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    When talking about the American Revolution, float on the surface of those events that took place late eighteenth century, and carried against Britain, the empire that the sun never sets, and that was colonize a wide part of the new world, and led after unanimously for the independence of what has become known in the United States for the British Crown. It goes without saying, that it is important consequences for the geographical disclosures movement which culminated in exploring Christopher…

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    Air Defence Research Paper

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    state, and local agencies. Air defense and missile defense measures inside of the of the continental United States were placed under the command of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), a joint operation of the United States and Canada. Many military and civilian officials began to realize that air and missile defense operations, such as the air defense of the White House, Capitol, and Pentagon manned by Avenger and Stinger Batteries likely would evolve into a permanent,…

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    In what times will it be necessary for citizens to rebel against their government. First, the events of the colonists rebellion led their colonies towards independence. Second, the violation of rights in the colonies helped to lead to uprisings and independance. Third, the revolution in the colonies has affected modern day life. Clearly, in what times will it be necessary for citizens to rebel against their government. PART1: Events The events of the colonists rebellion led their colonies…

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