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    Aaron Burr stood in front of Alexander Hamilton‚ gun in hand‚ on July 11‚ 1804‚ ready to eliminate this threat once and for all. The tension that built up after so long had finally driven both men over the edge. Burr knew he couldn’t die today; he couldn’t let Alexander “make an orphan of [his] daughter” (“The World”). At the last moment‚ Alexander lifted his gun to the sky‚ and‚ before he could stop himself‚ Burr had pulled the trigger. Alexander Hamilton was shot‚ and the next day‚ Hamliton’s body

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    No one was prepared for Alexander’s death; a weak succession‚ following other complications‚ arose after his passing. His loyal Macedonian generals wanted to preserve the Macedonian Empire‚ so they appointed themselves governors of the various provinces in the empire. This led to one major consequence of Alexander’s death‚ which was the weak governmental succession that followed. The governors were very ambitious‚ strong-willed men who had conflicting views. These conflicting views led to warfare

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    Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton were both members of President George Washington’s Cabinet. Jefferson and Hamilton had completely different views on politics. They also had different views on how people were viewed in the eyes of the government‚ because of this they each formed there own party. Jefferson formed the Democratic-Republicans and Hamilton formed the Federalists. The Federalists promoted in helping industry grow such as factories‚ in the newly formed United States. Democratic-Republicans

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    Alexander‚ by in many means deserves his title of “The Great”. He’s possibly one of the most significant rulers of the ancient world‚ had great leadership skills and by far the most well rounded of the ancient leaders. Alexander was born the son of Phillip II of Macedonia‚ at that time the ruling king of Greece and it’s city-states along with Macedonia. Soon after Phillip II was assassinated‚ Alexander took reign around the age of 20. He started what was to become one of the most spacious‚ defiant

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    creation of a(n) a) Electoral College b) Vice president c) Supreme Court d) Cabinet e) federal court system 4. Match the individual with his office in the new government. A. Thomas Jefferson 1. attorney general B. Alexander Hamilton 2. secretary of state C. Henry Knox 3. secretary of war 4. secretary of the treasury a. A-1‚ B-3‚ C-2 b. A-3‚ B-1‚ C-4 c. A-2

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    the executive branch‚ Washington and the Congress established a various positions of the Cabinet. The Department of State‚ headed by Thomas Jefferson‚ was created to take charge of foreign affairs. The Department of the Treasury‚ headed by Alexander Hamilton‚ was created to handle the nation’s finances. The Department of

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    polis with a different and unique set of values. Sparta had its strict militarism and aristocracy‚ suppressing people’s free thought. Athens had a mostly open‚ democratic‚ system‚ allowing more room for individual interpretations. And the empire of Alexander the Great that‚ despite having an absolute ruler‚ supported a diversity of ideas and allowed new beliefs to be introduced. In modern times ideology and governmental system are thought of as linked-- democracy as more accepting with opinions‚ and

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    LIBERTY UNIVERSITY ACCOUNT OF THE INTERTESTAMENTAL PERIOD A PAPER SUBMITTED TO DR. C. ADRIAN THOMAS IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE COURSE NBST 525 LIBERTY BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY BY LYNCHBURG‚ VIRGINIA August 10‚ 2013 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 SECOND TEMPLE OR INTERTESTAMENTAL PERIOD 2 THE BABYLONIAN PERIOD (606 – 539 BC) 3 THE PERSIAN PERIOD (539-331 BC) 4 THE GREEK PERIOD 5 CONCLUSION 9 BIBLIOGRAPHY 10 INTRODUCTION The “Intertestamental period”‚ or the “Second

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    New York‚ Burr fought Alexander Hamilton in a duel in Weekawhen‚ New Jersey‚ on July 11‚1804. Aaron Burr killed his political rival‚ Alexander Hamilton‚ and his credibility as a politician in that duel. Shortly after the duel‚ Aaron Burr became involved in a plot known as the Burr Conspiracy. After the scheme was discovered by Thomas Jefferson‚ Aaron Burr was arrested for treason. Burr was acquitted after a six-month trial on September 1‚ 1807. III. Alexander Hamilton Alexander Hamilton was born as

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    Throughout ‘Hamlet’ we have the images of death‚ decay‚ rottenness‚ and corruption embedded in the story. The imagery that Shakespeare uses in hamlet relates directly with the plots of the play perfectly. The corruptions images are illuminated in the beginning with Claudius own actions. The characters use metaphors of disease in the connection to sickness and rottenness. Within “Hamlet”‚ Shakespeare makes a number of references to Denmark’s tainted state due to the deceitfulness that lies within

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