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<u>Ruslan Kutayev: </u>He is a Chechen human rights activist.His arrest is recognized as Chechnya’s first political prisoner by some.He has been sentenced to four years imprisonment in Chechnya for possession of heroin. His fellow campaigners are convinced that the charges were false.
Explanation:
<u>Reason for Arrest:</u>
The real reason for his imprisonment was because he had organised a conference on the deportation of the Chechen people by Stalin.
<u>The Arrest:</u>
A crime-prevention operation was being run at the time in the village, and the patrol detained Kutayev, whose behavior struck them as 'odd.' When they searched him, they found three grammes of an unknown powder substance in his trouser pocket. Kutayev was taken in for further investigation.
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17 is A or D
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18 is A
Answer: The most famous piece of evidence from the Warergate Scandal were the tapes President Nixon secretly recorded in the Oval Office that revealed his part in the Watergate scandal.
Explanation: On June 17, 1972, 5 men were arrested for breaking in to the Democratic Party headquarters located at the Watergate Hotel in Washington. The men were tried, and convicted and on sentencing two of the men told the Judge that President Nixon was not only involved in the plan, he was also a major part of the cover up. There was no hard evidence. Nixon fired a large part of his staff promising a full investigation. However, Alexander Butterfield revealed that there were secret presidential recordings of all that had happened. Nixon tried to block the release of the tapes but was ordered by the court to release them. When they were finally released, there was a large gap of silence on one of the tapes. The Supreme Court demanded transcripts of the tapes which Nixon turned over on August 5, 1972. Three days later, ixon resigned.
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1. Great Britain incurs a huge war debt from the French and Indian War.
The British had to fight in Europe and the Americas during the time of the French and Indian war and this was costly to them such that a huge debt was incurred.
2. Stamp Act imposed the first direct tax on the colonists.
To make back some cash they started taxing the colonists more such as with the stamp act.
3. Colonial resentment increases
The Colonists began to feel resentment because they felt they were being unfairly taxed yet they were not making much.
4. Repeal of Stamp Act
As a result of actions by the Colonists, the Stamp Act was repealed without ever actually collecting taxes.
5. British revenue increases
British revenue eventually increased as the British restricted the Colonists to trading only with the British.
6. Colonists refused to buy British goods.
Eventually the Colonists refused to buy British goods as a protest against the trade restrictions placed on them.
7. Boston Tea Party
The Colonist boarded a ship and burnt an entire shipment of tea sent b the British in defiance of an Act that they viewed as unjust.
8. Coercive Acts/ Intolerable Acts
In response, the British passed the Intolerable Acts to try to bring the Colonists back under the firm control of the British.