The civil rights activist who wrote that essay was Henry David Thoreau, famous transcendentalist writer who opposed his government and its behavior towards other nations, classes, races, etc.
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A series of events escalated tensions that culminated in ... Ultimately, Benjamin Franklin convinced the British to rescind it, but ... to tax goods that the Americans imported from Great Britain.
Diplomacy is a profession or a skill. Example: <span>They were hopeful that </span>diplomacy<span> would help to avoid a war between the countries.</span>
The cotton became so profitable for the planters that it increased the demand of slave labor since the slaves would grow and pick the cotton. In 1790 there were six slave states; in 1860 there was 15.
George W. Bush won the 2000 election because of the electoral college. The electoral college is based off of a point system. Each state gets its own points based on population. I can’t see the map, but my guess is that it’s showing the electoral points in each state. Bush won because the states that he received the most votes in had enough points to get to 270.