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    What events happened in The Road to the Revolution? Many events happened in The Road to the Revolution. The Revolution had many different acts during the time. The acts that happened were the Navigation Act of 1660, French and Indian War 1754-1763, Pontiac's Rebellion and Proclamation of 1763, The Sugar Act 1764, The Stamp Act :1765, Declaratory Act:1766, The Townshend Act 1767, The Boston Massacre, The Boston Tea Party:1773, and the Intolerable Acts:1774. Some of the acts were brutal in The…

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    The Early Seventeenth Century of the English East India Company in the Spice Archipelago The English Company's first interest lay in the Malay Archipelago and the Spice islands, although from the start it faced considerable competition from Dutch merchants. The fleet of the first voyage (1600) visited Acheen in Sumatra and Bantam in Java; in both places the commander, James Lancaster, obtained permission to trade and to establish a factory. He also visits the Moluccas. The fleet of the second…

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    By the divine privilege and grace of the Almighty God, this book is a life-ideology designed to spur those unknown generals who will read it and create a nurturing and compelling stir in their hearts to rise above mundane existence and mediocre living to a life of achieving great things; for God Almighty, for humanity both in our generation and the ones yet unborn and achieve great things for themselves in particular. Like a song writer would sing, “When all is said and done, there’s just one…

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    Delaware lies on a small niche of the Eastern American border. Henry Hudson is credited with the discovery of Massachusetts in 1609. Henry Hudson was working for the Dutch East India Company and he discovered the Delaware Bay and River, which allowed easily accessible routes for trade. This made Delaware a desirable stop for traders and merchants. The natives to the state were the Lenape, Algonquian and the Powhatan Indians. The first natives were of the Paleo-Indian culture that lived in caves…

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    ship owner, was furious and accused the British tax collectors for punishing him since he also protested the Townshend act. The Sons of Liberty backed up John Hancock and began attacking the houses of the British tax collectors. This resulted to the Governor breaking up the Massachusetts Legislature and sent troops to Boston. The troops arrived at Boston on October…

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    A well-educated clerk by the name of Joseph Goldberg from a town in the Ukraine decided to seek refuge from an anti-Semitic homeland. Seeking a life in the New World Joseph embarked on a journey through Alaska, and California, finally landing in Texas in 1890. Later, continuing his journey, Joseph finally arrived in Chicago where his youngest child of eleven was born with the name of Arthur Joseph Goldberg. Arthur was only eight years old when his father passed away. Destined to graduate, Arthur…

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    Paragraph 10 The Boston Tea Party Colonists were still angry about the taxes. But Britain still wanted money. So Britain passed the Tea Act. It made British tea cheaper than Colonial tea. Colonists were forced to buy tea from the British East India Company only;therefore,the colonists grew furious. The colonists rallied people for their protest. The colonists then dressed up as Indians. After that the disguised colonists took over ships that carried tea and threw the shipments into…

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    It was named after the Earl Mayo, the Viceroy and the Governor General of the India at that time. Mayo Hospital is one of the largest hospitals in South Asia, over 54.6 acres of land and the main building with boundary having 11 gates, it is a center of excellence for public benefit. The father of the nation, Quaid-e-Azam…

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    In reality, the African slaves that went to the Caribbean were usually considered stubborn and disobedient. The Caribbean slaves came across the Atlantic on the same ships as the African slaves that were sent to North and South America. Those who arrived in the Caribbean were ‘seasoned’ or broken in order to make them trustworthy property. The seasoning of African slaves included violent public floggings in front of other slaves. Some were hanged by their hands or feet before the floggings.…

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    initiated by governments, presidents or voters the issues can differ from constitutional amendments, electoral system change and national independence to EU membership and EU treaties. ‘Referendums are universal. Of the major democracies only the US, India, Japan and Israel have never experienced one at the nationwide level, and the US, of course, has had thousands in individual states. The referendums have varied enormously…

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