Reconciling with the south rather than punishing it
This year marks the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta, and today the four surviving copies of the 1215 document have been brought together for the first time in London.
What is it?
Magna Carta, which means ‘The Great Charter’, is one of the most important documents in history as it established the principle that everyone is subject to the law, even the king, and guarantees the rights of individuals, the right to justice and the right to a fair trial.
King John signing the Magna Carta
Evidence suggests that the Minoans disappeared so suddenly because of the massive volcanic eruption in the Santorini Islands. Excavations there have uncovered Akrotiri, a Minoan town which was buried in this eruption, one of the largest in recorded history. The eruption was only 70 miles from Crete, the center of the Minoan civilization. Recent evidence suggests that the Santorini eruption was up to 10 times more powerful than the eruption of Krakatoa in 1883. It caused massive climatic disruption and the blast was heard over 3000 miles away.
We know now that the Santorini eruption and the collapse of the volcanic cone into the sea caused tsunamis which devastated the coasts of Crete and other Minoan coastal towns. Radiocarbon dating shows that a large tsunamis Crete at the same time as the Santorini eruption.
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Catholic immigrants faced special prejudice from many Americans for a variety of reasons.
Protestants were concerned that America might become a "Catholic" country. The Catholic church made an effort to welcome the new Catholic immigrants, helping them find homes and jobs, teaching them English in Catholic schools, and holding religious and social events. Catholic churches appeared in every neighborhood.
Protestants were also concerned that the Catholics were influenced by their priests and voted the way the priests told them to.
Catholics were feared as villains, fighters, boss controlled, prone to alcoholism, and dependent on street gangs.
