The House of Wisdom was much more than an academic center removed from the broader society. Its experts served several functions in Baghdad. Scholars from the Bayt al-Hikma usually doubled as engineers and architects in major construction projects, kept accurate official calendars, and were public servants.
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In 1764 Parliament passed the Sugar Act, with the goal of raising 100,000 pounds, an amount equal to one-fifth of the military expenses in North America. ... The Sugar Act lowered the duty on foreign-produced molasses from six pence per gallon to 3 pence per gallon, in attempts to discourage smuggling.
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The setting-up of a base at Guantanamo Bay. This happened after the war. The U.S. obtain Guam, the Philippines and
Puerto Rico from the Spanish. They did
not acquire Cuba but kept a lease on Guantanamo Bay. This was America’s entry into Imperialism.
Taxes : it upsetted the colonists as they were unjust
Proclamation of 1763 : it upsetted colonists as they were restricted in expansion westward
Stamp Act : they were unjust in taxes
Lack of representation : they had no official statement on the colonists’ behalf
Intolerable Acts : they were unjust acts placed on colonists in response to the Boston Tea Party which was a response to the tax on tea
The Great Migration is depicted in the image. Also known as the Great Northward Migration, it marked the movement of 6 million african americans from the rural south of the United States to the Northwest, Midwest and West, that took place between 1916 and 1970. It was one of the most rapid internal migrations in the world not caused by war or famine, and it meant leaving their economic and social base to find a new one, made easier by the labor shortage that WWI had generated.
