The main reason why the Committee of Public Safety considered monopolies to be such a serious crime is because monopolies greatly reduced competition with greatly increased the prices of products, which led to less consumer choice and lower GDP for the nation.
The dispute surrounding assigning the border at the Río Grande or at Nueces River, coupled with the U.S. annexation of Texas in 1845, set the Mexican-American War into motion. This slice of land between the Río Grande and the Nueces River is called the Trans-Nueces, which you can see in the middle of the two yellow lines in the center of the map on the left. Lasting from 1846-1848, the Mexican-American War ended in the Mexico-U.S. border being set at the Rio Grande and the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. As part of the Treaty, Mexico lost a devastating 55% of its land to the U.S., giving both countries the border we recognize today. Well, for the most part.
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Beowulf is the prince of the Geats, who comes to the aid of King Hrothgar of the Danes as his kingdom is besieged by a monster called Grendel.
Beowulf defeats Grendel, but Grendel's mother comes for revenge and Beowulf goes underwater to fight, and kill her. However, he discovers that his weapons are useless against her, and finally kills her with a large sword made by giants on the wall.
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The United States in the 1950s and ’60s witnessed the dramatic development of the Civil Rights Movement, which at the time accomplished a series of its goals through acts of civil disobedience, legal battles, and promoting the notion of Black Power.
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