<span>The merchants embraced
Islam, because it gave them a very important point of union with the
clients and partners who had this religion, facilitating trade in Muslim
towns. The monarchs, by belonging to Islam, in the same
way as merchants, took advantage of religion to lay the foundations of
alliances; and also because Islam taught them how they should be, and how to behave. <span>The
educators embraced Islam because the Muslims were in favor of
education, they supported it and that favored the support of schools and
teaching (including the study of Islam).</span></span>
<span>After Parliament passed the Stamp Act, Samuel Adams founded the "Sons of Liberty" group, since its purpose was to fight against British taxation by organizing boycotts and other forms of protest. </span>
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The United States government promoted African-American rights after the Civil War in the form of the creation of important legislation.
We are talking about the Civil War Amendments to the United States Constitution, which aimed to enforce equality in the American society after the Civil War and the end of slavery in the Southern states.
Specifically, we are talking about the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the US Constitution.
In the case of the 13th Amendment, this legislation prohibited slavery in the United States. The only exception was when it was part of a punishment for the commitment of a crime. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship to all African Americans. The 15th Amendment forbade any government in the US to deny people the right to participate in elections due to the color of their skin or race.
Rene Decartes was a French philosopher born in 1596 a time when many long held benefits where changing. His new way of thinking led him to decide to doubt everything until he could prove it. His goal was to achieve certainity through methodical and logical questioning.
the Chinese workers were content/happy performing the jobs few white men wanted
Explanation:
- As the author of the text says "As long as Chinese were content with jobs few white men wanted, then the whites ignored them. But as soon as Chinese landed better jobs or ventured into more attractive industries then trouble brewed, especially during hard economic times. Whites feared employers would use the Chinese to drive down wages and reduce whites to a status no higher than that of the Chinese workers themselves."
- Otherwise, whites were sometimes actually doing some awful things to Chinese workers.