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The torch is a symbol of enlightenment. The Statue of Liberty's torch lights the way to freedom showing us the path to Liberty. Even the Statue's official name represents her most important symbol "Liberty Enlightening the World".
Southern states were known as the cotton kingdom because the cotton population in the south was rapidly growing. Rich plantation owners would grow cotton and sell them to the New England region to make clothes etc.
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Don't think of yourself as a disappointment. Always know that there is someone out there who loves/likes you.
In order from fully to least democratic:
Indonesia and the Philippines
Thailand and Myanmar
Vietnam and Laos