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leadership in which he is supportive and achievement oriented when speaking to his audience. As a leader he was able to show that he was competent in his performance that made him appear more credible to his audience. Churchill makes it clear that the United States and Britain are foes not to be messed with as he gives stern eye contact with all the men in the room as affirmation that he has recognized their presence. Along with his eye movements, he makes gestures with his hands to represent…

The Industrial Revolution was a time period characterized by sustained economic and technological development. Every time period, however, has it’s imperfections. The work life of all social classes of people deteriorated and benefitted throughout the region. This transition included going from hand production methods to machines, new chemical manufacturing and iron production processes, improved efficiency of water power, the increasing use of steam power, the development of machine tools and…

George Carlin started his comedy career as a clean-standup act, which meant that there were no “dirty jokes” or profanity in his acts. He eventually grew tired of performing comedy for what he called a “suit and tie” audience. He described the generational divide he caught himself in. Where he was in his 30’s and the audiences he was performing for were in their 40’s, whom were at odds with the youth who were in their 20s. He slowly started to drift away from the “suit and tie” audiences and…

Declarations of the Stamp Act Congress (1765) The Stamp Act Congress was a meeting held in New York City on October 1765. This meeting consisted of representatives form some of the British Colonies. This gathering of elected colonial representatives was a protest against the new British taxation passed by Parliament. This taxation was the Stamp Act which required colonists to use only special stamped paper for all business in the colonies. The Stamp Act Congress met in October, but the Stamp…

Canada’s role in the air proved to be of similar significance as on land. The Battle of Britain was a fight in which Canada used its air force to protect Britain from the air. About 17,000 died, the great majority while serving with Bomber Command in air raids over Germany in an effort to destroy German industry and the morale of the German people. By the end of the day Germany has lost over 60 aircraft and failed to smash the Allied air defenses. Thanks to a determined defense by the Royal…

Australia’s legal system is made on a combination of common law and statutory law. Australian common law mirrors British common law. It was developed in the courts based on precedents and is very flexible. Common law is not found in any type of legislation, but it helps guide judges when they are making decisions. It is a very flexible type of law because it adapts to changes whenever they are made. The statutory law on the other hand is made by Parliament. This could be the Federal Parliament…

The king has prevented law offices from providing justice, by not allowing the creation of new courts on our behalf. The king has made judges rely on him for their work and earnings. The king has created many offices and has appointed new officials (without consent) to take away and keep a close eye on the colonist. The king has his armies keeping very narrow-supervision (during peacetime) on the colonies with no permission granted, therefore going against the rights of the colonist. The king…

In 1862, to help the North (Union) pay for the costly civil war they were embroiled in, the US government enacted specific tax laws which placed tariffs on articles such as perfumes, matches & among other objects - playing cards. Eleven playing card manufacturers including Dougherty & New York Consolidated Card Co. took advantage of this rare opportunity to craft their own style of revenue tax stamp. SMART BUSINESS The universal feeling among manufacturers was that making their own stamp was…

Arthur Meighen Arthur Meighen, born June 16, 1874, Anderson, Ontario, was an intelligent and well-educated man. He was an important figure to Canada. He contributed to Canada in many ways, Prime minister, lawyer and an academic model to Canada. To begin with, Arthur Meighen served as a great politician to Canada. He served two terms as the P.M the first time he was the ninth P.M of Canada after he took over Borden’s mandate from 1920-1921. Arthur didn’t make many changes as a Prime Minster.…

Inside of a couple of years states acknowledged they could rent out their convicts to nearby grower or industrialists who might pay insignificant rates for the laborers and be in charge of their lodging and bolstering, in this way taking out expenses and expanding income. The expenses to rent a worker were insignificant, and the expense of giving lodging, nourishment, attire and medicinal treatment could be kept low. Prisoners were regularly exchanged a long way from their homes and families.…