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…experienced. As a result, many tribes torn apart, in many cases extinct, and their identity was lost. Indians also lost their original lands as a result of direct and indirect contact with the Europeans. The whites wanted more lands for their developments…

…authority. With conservative whites against both movements, and conservative whites in power, these movements separated our nation into camps and brought the issues in society to the forefront of every American's mind. <Tab/>The tactics of Malcolm…

…getting beat or killed by white folks later on in his life. Richard vowed never to be beaten again after he was wrongfully "punished" by his Aunt Addie in front of her class. "I was sure of one thing: I would not be beaten by her again. I had often been…

…and a white person would be considered a free person or property. In following years, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and South Carolina instituted anti-miscegenation laws which banned interracial marriage. In 1691 Virginia outlawed interracial couples…

…citizens while the British view was that the colonies existed for the good of the empire. This somewhat minor argument continued to escalate as Britain became more and more determined to show its supremacy and the colonies became determined to show Britain…

…. The Constitution Act of 1867 & Federalism in Canada As a former colony of the British Empire, Canada inherited the principle of legislative supremacy from the United Kingdom. This is explicit in the British North America Act of 1867, which states that Canada…

…- except, of course, those regarding papal and clerical authority. The act made obedience to the pope a criminal offense. Because of these circumstances, Roman Catholics who refused to recognize the king's "ecclesiastical supremacy" were executed alongside…

…showed supremacy that stood out among others. The Romans erected an amphitheatre, Amphitheatrum Flavium (see Appendix 3), in the midst of Rome; proportioned to the magnitude of the city. This amphitheatre is perhaps the most striking monument in Roman history…

…by Sparta to assert power, however, until the revolt of Thasos in 465BC, six years later. The reason for this delay appears to be in the formation of a serious challenge to Spartan supremacy in the Peloponnese-the anti-Spartan coalition led by Themistocles…

…, while strongly supported domestically, was another means to Roosevelt's plans to achieve US world supremacy. After the war, Roosevelt perceived that the way to dominate world affairs was to reduce Europe's international role, and to create a permanent…