... by Sweden. This was one of the earliest uses of biological agents as a weapon of terrorism. Smallpox has been used on several occasions as a biological weapon. During the French and Indian War of 1754, British troops provided blankets that had been infected with smallpox to the American Indians. Native Americans defending Fort Carillon sustained epidemic injures of smallpox which directly contributed to ... been saturated with pitch and sulfur to produce sulfur dioxide gas (a highly toxic). During World War I, the French introduced chemical warfare using 26mm gas grenades containing xyl...

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... its death and terror, was largely an unintended tragedy, a tragedy that occurred despite the sincere and indisputable desire of the Europeans to keep the Indian population alive. The native people died primarily because of pandemics against which there was no protection. Nature, not malice, was the cause of the ... genocide. Amazingly, almost the exact same thing happened to the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and Seminole Indians when, in 1830, Congress passed the Indian Removal Act. This act authorized the use of the military to remove the named tribes from east of the Mississip...

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... However, British rule was still prohibitive and the Burmese infuriated that they were being governed by British India. The Burmese abhorred the overwhelming Indian community that had come in as a part of British India because "many Indians were wealthy merchants, landlords or moneylenders who were ... viewed as taking advantage of the local population".3 Riots broke out over the Indian community. The British also did not help the situation by taking favor with a few of the ethnic tribes in the high-land. ... the struggles of Vietnam for a long time. However, in contrast to Burma, the Vi...

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... the their convention in Chicago. d. For the first time the Republican platform totally abandoned its traditional opposition to involvement in foreign treaties and supported the United States participation in post war organizations. e. Dewey indirectly questioned Roosevelt's abilities to continue by referring to the "tired old man." f. The Republicans attacked Roosevelt of using a navy destroyer to retrieve his dog who was left ... past, such as closed shops in which only union members could work and collective bargain. The act also set up the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to enf...

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... wanted on Kenya's land at any time. It gave white settlers living in Kenya what they wanted also after the war (world war II) in 1945 Kenyans who had fought during the war returned, they were not satisfied with the return to substandard condition in Kenya. These soldiers were simply did not ... soldiers were also familiar with the Atlantic charter that Roosevelt and Churchill had signed during the war. It stated that occupants in the country had the right to vote for the country's government. The British and the French had broken the rules of the charter. But they had an excuse, which w...

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