The American Indians never considered the lands their property because it's belong to God and no one have the right to buy, sell, nor own it. ... Then later the whites broke these treaties and forced Indian off their lands by the Removal policy and claimed the lands as their property (Lowy: Lecture 11/96). ... Therefore, they felt justified in taking control of the land to "put it in good use"-buying , selling, settling, and owned as private property (Valerie: Handout). ... In 1887, the Dawes Allotment Act was passed to enable Indians to become self-supporting farmer, to assimi...

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At the state level the Clean Stream Act is passed in Harrisburg in 1939. ... Goldsteins also rent part of their property to John Willard for Continental Auto Body at this time. ... The EPA traces it back to Naylor's Run and to a property in Havertown. Goldsteins and Clifford Rogers own property. ...

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Two years later, the British pass yet another new tax on the colonies; the Townshend revenue tax. ... This made the British very angry however, and in retaliation, passed the Coercive Acts. ... As time went on, the king passed acts that enabled him to be able to appoint people to positions of power in the colonies instead of the people living there. ... Lastly, the king finally passed what are called the Prohibitory Acts. These said that all colonial ships were property of the crown, they forbid trade with the colonies, and said that all colonial sailors could be impressed into the royal navy ...

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On September 15, 1830, at Little Dancing Rabbit Creek, the Chiefs of tribes and representatives of the United States met to discuss a bill recently passed by the Congress. ... Many then saw their land and property sold before their own eyes. ... George hicks complained Our property has been stolen and robbed from us by the white men. ...

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He picked up senator Richard Coke of Texas idea and finally passed it in 1887 as a Dawes Severalty Act. ... Obviously the speech was very emotional but it did not last long on calendar of American congress which almost after 10 years fully passed General Allotment Act, which was utterly opposed to chief Joseph arguments. ... Also if the owner of land will die then the land will become a property of proper inheritor. ... White people were preventing buffalos and Indians from moving freely and roaming through the land.xviii It is obviously a subject for discussion how important was allotment ac...

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Their lands and properties were then seized by their creditors. ... When this war between Biddle and Jackson was over, Jackson had won his greatest political victory, and the Second Bank of the United States passed out of existence when its charter expired in 1836. ...

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They are property owners and hold high authority in the household. ... By 1950, in order to ease long economic suffering, Congress passed a law that would allow the people to adopt a constitution, under the U.S., that could be voted into power by their own people. ...

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Consequently, in 1830, Congress passed the Indian Removal Act, providing for the transplanting of all Indian tribes then east of the Mississippi River, to what is present day Oklahoma. ... The European ways included Christianizing, English language literacy, abandoning their semi-nomadic way of life, adopted a system of settled agriculture, and developed a notion of private property. ...

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Shinnecock Indians did not understand the concept of private property, neither did they understand the reason behind cutting forests, which brought them food. ... Council passed laws, aimed at combating such crimes as murder. ...

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