United States control of Puerto Rico’s government with Puerto Ricans
becoming U.S. citizens after 1917; the Philippines providing a naval
base to guard U.S. trade in Asia, which in turn provided some
improvement in Filipino schools, roads, and healthcare.
Answer: Meat, lard, shortening and food oils, cheese, butter, margarine, processed foods (canned, bottled, and frozen), dried fruits, canned milk, firewood and coal, jams, jellies, and fruit butter were rationed by November 1943.
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Henry Morrison Flagler (businessman from the late 19th and early 20th centuries) was a visionary: he built a railroad and a road across the Florida Key, all the way to Key West, the southernmost island in the chain and he planned to buy the Bahamas and continue the road and the railroad across the Bahamas. There, he believed in the power of money so much! Some prominent rich people began to build magnificent holiday palaces during the first two decades of the 20th century, thus creating the "Millionaire's Row." It was a signal to all the rich and eager for a nice climate to settle in Florida, and that settlement has never stopped ...
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Continental congress
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The idea of a congress of British American Colonies was first broached in 1754 at the start of the French and Indian War, which started as the North American front of the Seven Years' War between Great Britain and France. Known as the Albany Congress, it met in Albany, New York from June 18 to July 11, 1754, and was attended by representatives from seven colonies. Among the delegates was Benjamin Franklin of Philadelphia, who proposed that the colonies join together in a confederation.
A grand jury returned indictments against seven of President Richard Nixon's closest aides in the Watergate affair. The special prosecutor appointed by Nixon and the defendants sought audio tapes of conversations recorded by Nixon in the Oval Office. Nixon asserted that he was immune from the subpoena claiming "executive privilege," which is the right to withhold information from other government branches to preserve confidential communications within the executive branch or to secure the national interest. Decided together with Nixon v. United States.
