After the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act of 1765, which forced the American colonies to pay a new direct tax in British currency and required that most printed work in the colonies including legal documents, newspapers and other kinds of paper should be printed on stamped paper manufactured in London, South Carolina sent three representatives to the Stamp Act Congress. These representatives were especially vocal and active in their opposition to the British Crown and although Congress would still try to negotiate an amicable compromise with the Crown, it would ultimately seek to sever ties with the Empire.
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The confirmation of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court has stirred a wide sense of pride among Puerto Ricans. But some the roots of that Puerto Rican pride, many would argue, took hold 40 years ago this summer, with the founding in New York City of the Young Lords, a group that used confrontational tactics to bring services and attention to the residents of East Harlem, or El Barrio, and beyond.
The young men (and a handful of women) — a half-generation older than Ms. Sotomayor — deployed attention-grabbing strategies to draw attention to social inequality. They piled garbage on Third Avenue and set it ablaze. They took over a church and ran a free children’s breakfast program. They seized hospital equipment and moved it to where it was needed most. They went through neighborhoods testing for lead paint poisoning and tuberculosis.
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<span>1.they wrote in the state constitution a number of voter restrictions making it hard for most blacks to register to vote.</span>
The correct statements are as followed:
"The court came to a unanimous decision"- In the Brown vs. Board case, the Supreme Court justices voted 9-0 in favor of Brown.
" Th court ruled that segregated schools deprived people of equal protection of the laws"- The Supreme Court justices argued that the concept of "separate but equal" violated the Equal Protection clause of the 14th amendment. This amendment states that all citizens need to be treated equally in the eyes of the law.
"The court found that segregation was unconstitutional"- This ruling found that segregation is illegal and that "separate but equal" facilities are inherently unequal.
One of the most significant challenges is building an airplane had to do with "propulsion", since the technology that allowed motors to have enough energy to lift an airplane into the sky with a passenger wasn't available for most of history.
