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  2. 1433 - Wikipedia

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    Contact us; Contribute Help; Learn to edit; Community portal; Recent changes; Upload file; ... Year 1433 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar ...

  3. Ming treasure voyages - Wikipedia

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    However, in 1433, the voyages ceased and Ming China turned away from the seas. [168] Admiral Zheng He himself died in 1433 [169] or 1435. [170] The trade still flourished long after the voyages had ceased. [171] Chinese ships continued to control the Eastern Asian maritime trade. [165] [172] [173] They also kept on trading with India and East ...

  4. History of the United States government - Wikipedia

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    The Communist Control Act of 1954 banned Communist organizations in the United States as antithetical to American government. When direct military conflict was deemed unnecessary, the United States used covert means to combat Soviet influence, providing support to movements that were combating Communist-influenced governments.

  5. Federal government of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The federal government of the United States (U.S. federal government or U.S. government) [a] is the common government of the United States, a federal republic located primarily in North America, comprising 50 states, five major self-governing territories, several island possessions, and the federal district (national capital) of Washington, D.C ...

  6. Thirteen Colonies - Wikipedia

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    In the 18th century, the British government operated under a policy of mercantilism, in which the central government administered its colonies for Britain's economic benefit. The 13 colonies had a degree of self-governance and active local elections , [ a ] and they resisted London's demands for more control over them.

  7. Colonial government in the Thirteen Colonies - Wikipedia

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    The American Revolution (1765–1783) was a dispute over the British Parliament's right to enact domestic legislation for the American colonies. The British government's position was that Parliament's authority was unlimited, while the American position was that colonial legislatures were coequal with Parliament and outside of its jurisdiction.

  8. Strauss–Howe generational theory - Wikipedia

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    Strauss and Howe have discussed 26 theorized turnings over 7 saecula in Anglo-American history, from the year 1433 through today. At the heart of Strauss and Howe's ideas is a basic alternation between two different types of eras, Crises and Awakenings.

  9. List of forms of government - Wikipedia

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    Rule by a government based on consensus democracy. Military junta: Rule by a committee of military leaders. Nomocracy: Rule by a government under the sovereignty of rational laws and civic right as opposed to one under theocratic systems of government. In a nomocracy, ultimate and final authority (sovereignty) exists in the law. Cyberocracy