The National Defense Act of 1916, Pub.L. 64–85, 39 Stat. 166, enacted June 3,1916<span>, was a federal law that updated the Militia </span>Act<span> of 1903, which related to the organization of the military, particularly the </span>National<span> Guard.</span>
Most likely the colonists' response to th Stamp Act seeing that they refused to buy many goods from Britain following the Stamp Act.
"O Little Town of Bethehem" is a familiar Christmas hymn about the birth of Jesus Christ. But the number of Christians in Bethlehem itself has been getting littler and littler as the Christian community there and elsewhere in the Middle East and North Africa has faced pressures from Islamist movements.
In 1950, about 85% of Bethlehem's residents were Christian. By 2016, the Christian presence in Bethlehem had dropped to 12% -- or only about 11,000 persons.
The liberals did not want an elected parliament.
The Thirty Years' War was a war fought primarily in Central Europe between 1618 and 1648. One of the longest and most destructive conflicts in human history, as well as the deadliest European religious war in history, the war resulted in eight million fatalities.
