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- 1701: Yugoslavia-a Land Torn Apart
- ... declared their independence. The federal army attempted to suppress the Slovenians, but was humiliated by Slovenian militia forces. From there, it spread to Croatia, who resented the Serb domination in government and the economy. All the previous conflicts, from Serbian-led atrocities committed at the end of World War II that surfaced in the 1980s to Croatian support of the former ... t escape them either. An attempt was made in 1990 to declare autonomy of the mostly Serbian regions in the southwestern parts of Croatia. It was rejected by the Croatian government and as a result, the Serbs ignited a rebellion. They were supported by the Yugoslavian army. Bitter fighting ensued, with sieges and a massive flow of Serbian refugees eastward. Like ... was engulfed by it. It is no surprise because Bosnia-Herzegovina is a patchwork of Christian and Muslim, Croat, Serb, and Bosnian, Orthodox and Catholic. The only way for the government to preserve its territorial integrity with so many groups pulling in different directions was to declare independence. The Serb and Yugoslav army moved in to drive out the Croats ...
- 1702: The Puritans and the Salem Witch Trials
- ... colonists built churches, where they gathered in song and prayer to receive moral instruction. Their churches not only were places of worship, they doubled as the seat of Puritan colonial government. At church, men gathered to vote, elect officials, debate laws, write charters, and consider evidence when disputes arose. In the late 1600s the magistrates passed a law requiring all colonists ... new charter and the appointment of a new governor. In 1684 the English king, James II, had revoked the old 1628 charter, so the colony was operating without an official government. For the citizens of Massachusetts Bay Colony, that meant even the titles to their homes and farms were uncertain The situation made people uneasy. Some people looked for a scapegoat ... a history in which he stated that the court erred because of ignorance. Innocent people had died with the guilty. For the sake of their surviving relations, he encouraged the government to make amends and clear the good names of innocent people who had been condemned. He warned that God would continue to punish Massachusetts if amends were not made. ...
- 1703: Rome
- ... most likely under Etruscan rule until 500 Before Christ, when the Romans fought for there independence against the monarchy and then established the Roman republic. The Patrician class controlled the government, but the majority Plebs in time gained much power and privilege. In 390 Before Christ. Rome was sacked by the Gauls, but during the 4th and 3d century Before Christ ... well, and in 31 Before Christ Octavian's forces defeated Antony and Cleopatra at Actium. Octavian emerged supreme, and is usually considered the first Roman emperor. octavian organized the early government and the army, octavian also rebuilt Rome. Octavian's rule started a long period of 200 years of peace called the Pax Romana in which the empire thrived. An extensive ... the Golden Age of the empire, but the 3d century. was a time of not so good things. In 284 Diocletian was made emperor by the army. He reformed the government and divided the empire into four regions, two in the East and two in the West. Constantine I moved the capital from Rome to the city of Byzantium, which ...
- 1704: Kuwait
- ... scattered smallholdings is not sufficient for the population's needs, due to limitations of water supply, fertile soil, climate and manpower. Much of its food needs to be imported but government investment and the work of the Kuwait Experimental farm have led to improvements whereby existing resources are more efficiently utilized. Kuwait is a small arid desert land of about 6200 ... domestic product (0.24%). This economic sector utilized only 3% of those privately employed."3 3El Mallakh, Ragaei (Economic Development and Regional Cooperation. Chicago, University of Chicago, 1988) pg. 55 Government studies have shown the feasibility of commercial scale production of fruits and vegetables using hydroponic methods. However, little progress has actually been made in terms of expanding the income base ... of the traditional equipment. Gradually they are acquiring more modern equipment which will allow them to be more efficient. There is also a United Fisheries Company which was setup by government to reduce overfishing which a constant problem. 4The State of Kuwait:The Ministry of Information (Kuwait:Facts and Figures 1988. Kuwait City, The State of Kuwait, 1988) pg. 22 ...
- 1705: Margaret Sanger
- ... it in the basis of medical and public health needs". Despite her efforts, Margaret faced a rising tide of opposition on from the Church, which, apparently, could control both the government and the police force of New York. Still, the public, the press, and the medical profession were all backing her now and, in 1921, she founded the American Birth Control ... and Margaret knew that her showdown with the Comstock Laws had finally come. She and Dr. Stone took the matter to court in December of 1935; their attorney argued "The government cannot prevent contraceptive material from being mailed to a physician, even from a foreign country, when it is to be used to safeguard the life and health of mothers and children" (Miller 237). The court ordered the package delivered. The government appealed, but lost. In January of 1937, it was announced by the Supreme Court that the government would not challenge the second ruling. In a case that came to ...
- 1706: Declaration of Independence: Abstractions in Power
- ... in relation to other institutions: the legislature, the King, the earth, and the military. The abstraction of power sets the tone of the Declaration, and shapes the colonists conception of government and society. Power in the Declaration of Independence flows from distinct bodies within society such as the King, the legislature, the military, and the colonists. The Oxford English Dictionary defines ... control, strength, and force, "power to produce an effect, supposes power not to produce it; otherwise it is not power but necessity" (OED 2536). This definition explains how the power government or social institutions rests in their ability to command people, rocks, colonies to do something they otherwise would not do. To make the people pay taxes. To make the rocks ... the tone of the document would have been much stronger indicting all of English society. The colonists interpretation of power has serious repercussions on the subsequent formulation of the US government. Because the colonists philosophical break with England was over the power of the King the framers of the Declaration of Independence sought to prevent a monarchy from arising in ...
- 1707: 1984 3
- ... scary view of the future from a writer in the 1940's.This book tells of a society which is ruled by fear and ignorance, where "Big Brother" is the government is always watching you, and ruling you subconscioulsy.Orwell wrote this as a warning against the comon persons bvecoming complacent and overly tusting in their leaders. What I learned from ... in this fictional novel, can easily happen to our present day community.Governments lie to us today, so why couldn't they attemp to alter the past like "Big Brother" government did so skillfully and convincingly in 1984. I also came to the understanding the "ignornace is bliss" can be a statement held as dogma to many modern day governments. If ... 1984.The Big Brother an druling classes of the "inner and outer" pary are vastly outnumbered by the common person or proletariats, "proles" are uneducated and overly trusting in the government.THey have no desire to improve themseves, thus they stay firmly under the first of big brother. In 1984 Winston Smith was the main character. He was a rebel ...
- 1708: Benin
- ... nomadic Fulani and the Somba tribe, hunters with no political organization; E are Baribas. 90% of the population is rural, and 65% practices animist religion. French is the common language. Government. Benin has been under military rule since 1970. The constitution of 1977 instituted a national assembly, whose members belong to the sole legal political party, the Benin People's Revolutionary ... 1960 the country became independent as Dahomey. The official name was changed to Benin in 1976. Economic and regional rivalries have caused numerous military coup d'‚tats and changes of government since 1960. The Marxist-Leninist military government in power since 1972, led by Brig. Gen. Mathieu Kerekou, relaxed its authority somewhat during the late 1970s and improved relations with France. Benin became the center of an ...
- 1709: Player Piano
- ... Brotherhoods, which are centrally ruled from Ilium. By the way, one of the highest members of the Cell is Edward Finnerty. The Illium Cell composes an official letter to the government, which is in fact like one of the proclamations that start wars. It is an ultimate message, it clearly says the people are bored and disgusted by current system and that they want a change. They would use violence if the government would not accept their requests. The letter is scribed by Paul Proteus's name although he had absolutely nothing to do with all of it. In fact he is being ... From this you can see that the idea of revolution was not bad at all, but it turned worse with the people's want for might. So it happens. The government does not accept their request, which means violence is used. The common people go mad; most of them encouraged by strong drinking, and destroy machinery in general. They do ...
- 1710: The First Amendment: Free of Expression
- ... of religion, or prohibiting the establishment thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech; or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. these freedoms (commonly called the freedom of expression) are of the most important rights in a truly democratic society. Without them there would be no ... Nat Hentoff's book The First Freedom I came across a story in which a student wrote a newspaper article criticizing the school administration, soon after he ran for student government and was taken off the ballot for his critique. Unfortunately he did not fight it in court. The principal sharply taught the student, "The constitution of this school takes precedence ... isn't libelous. Later in 1986, Bethel School District v. Matthew Fraser further defined the extent of a student's rights. Fraser made a speech nominating a friend for student-government and used a few lightly disguised sexual innuendoes. He was subsequently suspended for it. The Court upheld his speech was obscene because of the strong sexual metaphor that follows: " ...
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