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It is a well known fact that taxes were introduced into Canada in order to support the soldiers fighting overseas during World War I. However, the charging of taxes did not end when the war did. Canada continued to charge its citizens taxes after the war and until the present day. Taxes and the laws surrounding them affect almost every single person in the country of Canada, whether it be incorporated companies, organizations, legal representatives or the average working person. The Canada…

The team to watch this year in the NCAA tournament is the University of Connecticut Women’s Basketball team. Their perfect one hundred and eight game streak and four back to back national championships has earned them the title, Dynasty. While this resume is almost uncomparable with any other sports record out there, there are those who believe that the UConn Huskies are hurting the progress of women's basketball and overall the progress of women's sports. Jack Brewster, of the University Wire…

Elements of Colonial Life in New England Economic Political Social Massachusetts Bay Colony was thriving as a result of the successful fur trading, fishing, and shipbuilding industries. This was made possibly by skillful settlers like John Winthrop, an affluent and educated settler who became the colony’s first governor. The Pilgrims arrived outside of the Virginia Company’s domain and therefore had no specific authority. In order to prevent chaos in the colony, Pilgrim leaders wrote and…

journey. Knight had set out for New Haven, Connecticut. Knight journals had begun when she left Boston and ended when she returned to the busy household. Knight made most of her fears, especially in night riding and in the crossing of rivers. Knight remained active in business as well as legal affairs. Sarah knight diary passed into private hands and lay unknown until 1825. Knight famous journal was From The Private Journal of a Journey whom was from Boston to New York. Each section of her…

on button to turn on the flat screen TV after a long day at the courthouse of Virginia as a lawyer. She then pushed the rubber keys five and seven to turn on the CW since it was 8:55 (which is a channel made by the CBS and Warner Bros) to watch the new episode of Supernatural. (Supernatural is a show where two brothers travel in a black 67’ Chevy Impala hunting the supernatural with their friends or family.) Right as the program reached to the title for season 12, the screen went to static and…

federal government. There were two main plans for the representatives. There was the Virginia plan, which applied to the larger states. It says that “Representation In the Congress would be based upon the population of the state. The second plan was the New Jersey plan, which applied to the smaller states. It said that “Every state will get the same number of representatives in Congress.” At the Constitutional Convention, they resolved this problem with the great compromise. The Great Compromise…

Exotic Animals in Burke County? One night an exotic 40-pound cat named Tyra ran off in downtown Morganton and the owners needed people to help find her. Who knew that you could have an exotic cat that almost looked like a cheetah in Burke County? Did we allow exotic animals at the time? Tyra’s owners had her for four years and as I was not aware that you could have exotic animals in Burke County. Many of you probably don’t know, that the mayor of Morganton did go out and fee the cat and…

American Imperialism started to find their way in the Westward Expansion where Native Americans struggled trying to have control over their land. Once America has taken over, they felt that it was the right thing to do by building a better government and new nation. That is where the Dual Political System comes in. The Americans believe that building a dual political system based on race, gender, and class is a right way for a better and working government. It is there to protect the people’s…

“People talk about the middle of the road as though it were unacceptable. Actually, all human problems, excepting morals, come into the gray areas. Things are not all black and white. There have to be compromises. The middle of the road is all of the usable surface. The extremes, right and left, are in the gutters.” -Dwight D. Eisenhower. This quote by former President Eisenhower, shows that the value of compromises is evident, but sometimes, compromising is not always the best course of action.…

The Griswold v. Connecticut case involved a challenge to the constitutionality of an 1879 Connecticut law prohibiting the dissemination of information about and/or the sale of contraceptives. Connecticut provided a law that prohibited the use of drug or any instrument for the purpose of preventing conception and should be punished with imprisonment and a fine. Estelle Griswold believed that it would be best to give couples information, medical advice and counseling in to preventing unwanted…