.... their purpose, content, and effects. Considering the Mayflower Compact, the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, and the Massachusetts Body of Liberties as one in relation to it is clear to see how some ideas have survived and still impact us today. As fledgling colonies the framers of these documents were out to create a society in which their needs could be satisfactorily meet, goals easily obtained, and wellbeing protected. The early colonials were loyalist whose sole purpose was to obey their king and spread the gospel and the society expressed such ideas. Every aspect of social life if not controlled by the king was determined by the Bible but by co .....

.... of nuclear missile attack. In 1962 U.S. spy planes flying over Cuba spotted the first ballistic missile. United States president John F. Kennedy announced a naval blockade to prevent the arrival of more missiles. He demanded that the USSR dismantle and remove the weapons and declared a quarantine zone around Cuba. For several tense days Soviet vessels avoided the quarantine zone, and Khrushchev and Kennedy communicated through diplomatic channels. Khrushchev finally agreed to dismantle and remove the weapons from Cuba and offered the United States on-site inspection in return for a guarantee not to invade Cuba. Kennedy accepted and halted the blockade. Ho .....

.... 1850 was developed to help soothe the tensions on each side. This Compromise had several provisions: California was admitted to the Union as a free state; The territories of New Mexico and Utah were created without restrictions of slavery; The slave trade was abolished in Washington, D.C.; Congress passed a stricter fugitive slave law. This compromise showed just how important slavery was to each side, and it gives us a good idea of why it could be important as one of their goals during the Civil War. With slavery in mind, it brought about ideas of succession to the South. Because the South was scared of Lincoln abolishing slavery, they thought it wo .....

.... killed and his sister’s husband strangled. It was also during the reign of Constantine that the cross became a sacred symbol in Christianity, just as it had been in pagan religions. Throughout his reign Constantine treated the bishops poorly, but he did agree to enforce whatever opinion the majority of the bishops came up with. The decisions of the 318 church bishops were endorsed by civil law and backed by military power. The churches that had lots of money were the primary churches represented in this Council. The poor and humble churches could not afford to send representatives over a thousand miles away. The was the first genuine Roman Catholic council. .....

.... I am going to talk about: 1) SOME MILLENNIUM MOMENTS 2)THE ANTICIPATED MILLENNIUM PROBLEM and 3)A LOOK AT THE FUTURE. This closing millennium had seen many things, good and bad. Millenium moments such as in 1095 when the first Crusades began. In 1271 Marco Polo headed for China. In 1347 the Bubonic Plaque swept through Europe killing 30 million. In 1776, British colonies in America declared independence. The 1800's saw America begging to come together. Thomas Jefferson completed the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and 3 years later Lewis and Clark finished exploring the western US. Gold was discovered in California in 1848. The first half of the 20th .....

.... is not native to their region, yet the people that used to represent their land 500 years earlier were a truly unique culture. Let us go back to that point in time and trace the route Latin America has taken, from an isolated civilization with a unique, independent culture to a Europeanized puppet continent with little cultural identity. Latin America began as a secluded land of aboriginal inhabitants that was cut off from the rest of the world. It was first discovered by Europeans while trying to find more efficient trade routes to India and China. These Europeans noticed the vast resources present in Latin America and smelled money. Europeans are very .....

.... States had a policy of westward expansion, while Mexico had a policy of self protection. The Americans never had a written policy of expansion. What they had was the idea of "Manifest Destiny." Manifest Destiny was the belief that the United States had the right to expand westward to the Pacific ocean. On the other hand, Mexico was a new country wanting to protect itself from outside powers. Evidence of U.S. expansion is seen with the independence of Texas from Mexico. The strongest evidence of U.S. expansion goals is with the Mexican-American War. From the beginning, the war was conceived as an opportunity for land expansion. Mexico feared the Unite .....

.... They were harshly mistreated by camp guards and fellow inmates. Two main factors produced this unsatisfactory state of affairs. For one, it is a reflection of mass widespread dislike toward homosexuals and their indecisiveness to prosecute their instigators due to fear of rejection among their peers towards their preference. Secondly, the interpretation of paragraph 175 of 1871 Reich criminal code, criminalizing ‘acts of indecency' as well as sexual intercourse between two men, was not repealed until 1969. This meant that homosexuals who had been persecuted and sent to concentration camps could now be punished under the same law. Also, homosexuals were not .....