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Sierra Leone Rebel Forces
1,738 wordsThe British established a colony at Freetown in 1787 for slaves returning to Africa from Great Britain and the United States and for slaves rescued from shipwrecks. The land of original settlement, where the city later developed, was purchased from local chiefs. The Sierra Leone Company, formed in 1791, administered the settlement until 1808, when it became a crown colony. Britain set up a protectorate over the hinterland of Freetown in 1896. The British were relatively nice towards the people o...
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19 Th Century Peoples Party
1,419 wordsFeeding The Wolf John B. Rayner was one of the most prominent leaders of Peoples party in the South during the last decade of 19 th century. His figure is being largely forgotten now and the main reason for this is that, even during his lifetime, he had lost all credibility for easily switching his political ideas, in order to please public. This approach proved to be failure only historical prospective gives us a proper insight on the importance of any politician. According to this approach, Ra...
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Refusal To Allow Transit Of American Troops
1,706 wordsAustria's Refusal To Allow Transit of American Troops Introduction In February 2003, Austria refused to grant permission to the United States to transit American troops from its bases in Germany to Italy as part of the mobilization for the invasion of Iraq. In April 2003, Austria refused to allow American aircraft to use its airspace when in transit to forward bases with range of Iraq. The Austrian government appeared to have based this decision on popular anti-American sentiment within its nati...
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Purchasing Power Parity Plays An Important
1,898 wordsDenmark, also known Denmark Introduction Denmark, also known as Kongeriget Danmark meaning Kingdom of Denmark, is located in northern Europe. It is between the North Sea (on the west) and the Baltic Sea (on the Southeast). In the south, it shares a 68 -km border with Germany. To be exact, Denmark's geographic location is 56? N and 10? E. The total area of Denmark is 43, 094 km? , slightly less than twice the size of Massachusetts. Denmark has a population of 5, 305, 048, about 118 per km? . Ther...
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William Jennings Bryan Quot And Quot
1,528 wordsIn Farmers Alliance Farmers Alliance In the 1880 s, as drought hit the wheat-growing areas of the Great Plains and prices for Southern cotton sunk to new lows, many tenant farmers fell into deep debt. This exacerbated long-held grievances against railroads, lenders, grain-elevator owners, and others with whom farmers did business. By the early 1890 s, as the depression worsened, some industrial workers shared these farm families views on labor and the trusts. By the end of the 1880 s, farmers ha...
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Fear Of Losing Percent Of The Vote
1,604 wordsRight Wing Resurgence: Short Term Trend or Long Term Turmoil? In the mist of a disgruntled working class, one Austrian born man rose to power, playing on their fears of immigrants, unemployment and globalization. By mixing social populism, xenophobia, German nationalism with personal charisma, he was able to make his political party one of the strongest in his nation. Many would believe that this would be a description of the infamous dictator Adolph Hitler. Rather, it is a description of Jorg H...
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Constitutional Monarchy Peoples Party
1,377 wordsPridi My Hero Pridi Banomyong Pridi Banomyong was born on May 11, 1900 in Ayudhya, the former capital of Thailand. He was the eldest son of a relatively well to do farming family. Pridi became interested in revolutionaries when he was very young. At the age of 14, he completed his secondary education. Too young to enroll in any institution for higher education, Pridi stayed with his family for an extra two years, helping them in rice farming before darting off to law school in 1917. Pridi was a ...
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Constitutional Monarchy Prime Minister
1,801 wordsPridi Pridi Banomyong Pridi Banomyong Pridi Banomyong was born on May 11, 1900 in Ayudhya, the former capital of Thailand. He was the eldest son of a relatively well to do farming family. Pridi became interested in revolutionaries when he was very young. At the age of 14, he completed his secondary education. Too young to enroll in any institution for higher education, Pridi stayed with his family for an extra two years, helping them in rice farming before darting off to law school in 1917. Prid...
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Social Democratic Party Prime Minister
3,316 words1. State (also included is additional basic information): Sweden, a fairly small country, located in Northwestern Europe on the Scandinavian Peninsula, shares its borders with Norway on the right, and Finland on the left. The northern region of Sweden is within the artic circle whereas the south is more temperate with heavily cultivated fertile land. It is known for its cold winters and large forests. It is ranked 83 rd in the world population with over 8. 9 million people. It is a highly urbani...
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Separation Of Powers Proportional Representation
775 wordsSwitzerland is a republic governed under a constitution adopted on May 29, 1874, and amended many times since. The Swiss political system combines direct and indirect democracy with the principles of sovereignty of the people, separation of powers, and proportional representation. In federal elections, all citizens age 18 or older are eligible to vote; women gained suffrage in national elections in 1971 through a referendum. The electorate not only chooses its representatives but also decides im...
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