B.establishing colonies in the Caribbean
According to the Cambridge and Merriam-Webster dictionaries, a person who takes power by force and rules with total authority is a dictator. A dictator is not elected by the people, and extends his powers into the private lives of the people. He usually enjoys a cult of personality throughout the nation. An example of dictator would be Hitler in Germany between 1933 and 1945.
You should bear in mind that there are two other words which could fit this definiton, with some nuance:
- if this ruler uses its unlimited power unfairly and/or cruelly, it is a tyrant;
- if this ruler came to power through elections which he rigged, and simply rules without any political opposition, it is an autocrat.
The law passed in 1958 is the NDEA, or, the National Defense Education Act.
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4. He believed that the Bible was the ultimate authority on Christianity, not the pope.
5. His theological stand against the Catholic Church began the Protestant Reformation.
Explanation:
For Luther, the doctrine of redemption and grace had been corrupted in the practices of the Roman Catholic Church. He stated that salvation and receiving God´s grace could be attained by the faith and that the Bible was the ultimate authority, not the pope or men´s interpretations.