In the 15th century, Florence, period known as the <em>Early Renaissance</em>, was not a city in the united country of Italy as we know it nowadays. Italy was fractioned into many city-states, each with their own kind of government; Florence was a republic in which there existed a Constitution, which mainly restricted the power of the aristocrats and made certain that no person, nor group of people could have total political control of the republic. Political power belonged in the hands of the middle-class merchants, a few wealthy families, such as the Medici family, and the influential societies. The Florentine people were very proud of their form of government, due to the fact that a republic government respects the individualisms.
Renaissance began in Florence because opulence accumulated during this period, between a growing middle and upper class of bankers and merchants. By the 15th century, Florence had fulfilled a high level of prosperity because of its important position on the main Mediterranean trade routes, and its wool industry. In the same period, Florence accomplish one of its major military tests, the effort of the Duke of Milan to bring Florence under his rule and with that to dominate Italy. The victory produced a huge upward in the Florentines civic confidence and cultural activity. It was in this cheerful climate that an extraordinary group of artists and intellectuals formed under the patronage of the Medici family; this artists began to create new ways of vision and thought, initiating with the first period of Renaissance in Italy.
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C.
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they made immigrants work in the factories
They were originally purchased from west africa
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Option B, The Soviets agreed to end the expansion of Communism if the United States removed nuclear weapons from Turkey, is the right answer.
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The most dangerous Cold War confrontation began between the United States and the Soviet Union with the Soviet provision of ballistic missiles to Cube. This confrontation brought the whole world to the verge of a nuclear war.
However, during the course of time, the two leaders John F. Kennedy, the then President of the United States and Nikita Khrushchev, Soviet Premier, negotiated a peaceful to this crisis.
The Soviet Union compared their provision of nuclear weapons in Cuba to the U.S. stationing of the Jupiter missiles in Turkey. The missiles were placed in a way that they came in the range of Soviet territory. Therefore, Soviet agreed to end the expansion of Communism if the United States removed missiles from Turkey and also pledged not to invade Cuba in future.
In two words - Civil War.
Having the Mexican Cession to divide up between slave states and free states aggravated the bickering that had been going on for at least 30 years between North and South - - though
the slavery issue was a thorn in the American side at the Constitutional convention in 1787 as well.
Just had a history grad school course on the American Civil War, and the general consensus from the reading was that the Mexican Cession was one of the final straws that led to the break up of the Union in 1860-61. The repercussions of the Civil War are still being felt today - though it is diminishing finally.
What are 5 influences Mexico has made on the United States? - - - California, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, and one extra - - Colorado.
Cultural contributions are many - especially in the states mentioned above. Most common nationwide - Mexican retaurants - - the cuisine.
