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  1. Imperialism -- Colonies
    By far the most important economic factor in Imperialism is the influence relating to investments. The growing cosmopolitanism of capital is the greatest economic change of this generation. Every advanced industrial nation is tending to place a larger share of its capital outside the limits of its own political area, in foreign countries, or in colonies, and to draw a growing income from this source.
  2. Continental Congress -- Colonies
    The first Continental Congress, which met in Philadelphia from September 5 through October 26, 1774, was not a legislature with powers, but only an advisory council. Twelve of the thirteen colonies were represented by a total of 56 delegates. Georgia sent no delegates but agreed to support any decisions. Important delegates included Samuel Adams, George Washington, Patrick Henry, Richard Henry Lee, and John Adams.
  3. Connecticut -- Connecticut Colony
    While Connecticut's first European settlers were Dutch, the first major settlements were established in the 1630s by the English. Thomas Hooker led a band of followers overland from the Massachusetts Bay colony and founded what would become the Connecticut Colony; other settlers from Massachusetts founded the Saybrook Colony and the New Haven Colony. Both the Connecticut and New Haven Colonies established documents of Fundamental Orders, considered the first constitutions in North America. In 1662, the disparate colonies merged under a royal charter, making Connecticut a crown colony. This colony was one of the Thirteen Colonies that revolted against British rule in the American Revolution.
  4. List of Cities in Canada -- Nova Scotia
    This is a list of the 100 largest cities and towns (see note) in Canada ranked by area. Areas are in square kilometres. The list includes just cities and towns in Canada and the 4 census subdivisions in Canada that are called Regional Municipalities. (Cape Breton, Halifax, and Queens in Nova Scotia and Wood Buffalo in Alberta). Areas are according to Statistics Canada, except for Quebec where they are according to the Repertory of Quebec Municipalities.
  5. Vermont -- Vermont American
    Vermont continued to govern itself as a sovereign entity based in the eastern town of Windsor for fourteen years. The independent state of Vermont issued its own coinage, called Vermont coppers, from a mint operated by Reuben Harmon in East Rupert (1785-1788) [11] and operated a statewide postal service. Thomas Chittenden, who came to Vermont from Connecticut in 1774, acted as head of state, using the term governor over president. Chittenden governed the nascent republic from 1778 to 1789 and from 1790 to 1791. Chittenden exchanged ambassadors with France, the Netherlands, and the American government then at Philadelphia. In 1791, Vermont joined the federal Union as the fourteenth state–the first state to enter the union after the original thirteen colonies, and a counterweight to slave holding Kentucky, which was admitted to the Union shortly afterward.
  6. Continental Congress
    The Continental Congress is the first and forgotten government of the United States It sprang up in 1774 in response to the first of the Coercive Acts, the British closure of Boston Harbor. The Congress attempted to coordinate the activities of what were still thirteen British colonies to preserve their rights as Englishman. It did so without any formal grant of powers, no charter, no Articles of Confederation, no Constitution. It did not lead the colonists into armed conflict with Great Britain. The militia at Lexington and Concord did that in April of 1775. The Congress' greatest accomplishments were the appointment of
  7. Georgia History -- Georgian Crown
    For a variety of reasons, textbooks on Georgia history for middle school students did not materialize until late in the nineteenth century. First, Georgia was the last of the original thirteen colonies and ... did not establish colleges, universities, and secondary school systems as early as did the other states. (State history texts began to appear in many New England states in the 1820s and 1830s, and one was even written for South Carolina students in 1840.) Second, the vast majority of the nation's colleges and universities required prospective freshmen to have credits in and a knowledge of U.S. and world history but not local or state histories. Finally, Georgia's public school system was not fully organized and developed until after the Civil War. Together, these conditions did not foster the opportunity, much less the need, for writers and publishing companies to produce a state history text for young Georgians until after Reconstruction.
  8. British Empire -- Great Britain
    The award-winning British Empire and Commonwealth Museum is the first major British institution to present the 500-year history and legacy of Britain's overseas empire. The British Museum has contributed a long-term loan of 41 major objects from its African, Asian, American and Oceanic collections.
  9. Declaration of Independence -- Documents
    When pondering the Declaration of Independence, many readers get as far as "When in the course of human events..." before their eyes glaze over. But when author-illustrator Sam Fink took the time to read the document, he was so impressed, he decided to do what he could to make it more accessible to everyone. By dividing the text into short phrases, hand lettering the words on one page, and illustrating the ideas expressed on the facing page, Fink succeeded marvelously in his goal. His scratchy, historically accurate illustrations are compelling (and often witty) in their representation of the Declaration's significance. In one spread, the text reads "The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States."
  10. First Amendment -- United States
    Unsurprisingly, the most pressing First Amendment concerns are implicated by the FDA’s prescription drug advertising regulations. This section is a brief summary of the highlights of those extensive regulations. Since 1962, the FDA has had the sole authority to regulate prescription drug advertising.[37] While the term “advertising” is not defined in the FDCA, FDA regulations state that it includes “advertisements in published journals, magazines, other periodicals, and newspapers, and advertisements broadcast through media such as radio, television, and telephone communication systems.”[38] Notably, the definition only includes printed, published or broadcast materials.[39] Some preliminary efforts have been made to include oral statements in the definition.[40] However, Congress has repeatedly declined to amend the FDCA to include oral statements.[41] As such, the FDA probably lacks statutory authority to regulate oral communications about prescription drug products as advertising.
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