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11Act of Contrition (Battlestar Galactica) — Infobox Television episode | Title = Act of Contrition Caption = Starbuck embraces with Zak Adama in a flashback Series = Battlestar Galactica Season = 1 Episode = 4 Airdate = UK: November 8, 2004 US: January 28, 2005 Production = 104 Writer =… …
12Accord, Act of — (1460) Although meant to end the political instability caused by the rival claims of the royal houses of LANCASTER and YORK, the Act of Accord of October 1460 helped transform a dynastic dispute into a civil war. By disinheriting EDWARD OF… …
13Embargo Act — Legislation by the U.S. Congress in December 1807 that closed U.S. ports to all exports and restricted imports from Britain. The act was Pres. Thomas Jefferson s response to British and French interference with neutral U.S. merchant ships during… …
14Civil Rights Act of 1964 — Full title An act to enforce the constitutional right to vote, to confer jurisdiction upon the district courts of the United States of America to provide relief against discrimination in public accommodations, to authorize the Attorney General to …
15Maryland Toleration Act — A large broadside reprint of the Maryland Toleration Act Other names Act Concerning Religion …
16Indiana Mammoth Internal Improvement Act — Mammoth Internal Improvement Act Map showing the extent of the projects along with portions that were not completed by the state Enacted by Governor Noah Noble Date …
17Dawes Act — Not to be confused with Dawes Plan. The Dawes Act, adopted by Congress in 1887, authorized the President of the United States to survey Indian tribal land and divide the land into allotments for individual Indians. The Act was named for its… …
18Stamp Act 1765 — Duties in American Colonies Act 1765 Parliament of Great Britain Long title An act for granting and applying certain stamp duties, and other duties, in the British colonies and plantations in America, towards further defraying the expences o …
19National Industrial Recovery Act — Front page of the National Industrial Recovery Act, as signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on June 16, 1933. The National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA), officially known as the Act of June 16, 1933 (Ch. 90, 48 Stat. 195, formerly codified… …
20Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 — The Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 (CFMA) is United States federal legislation that officially ensured the deregulation of financial products known as over the counter derivatives. It was signed into law on December 21, 2000 by… …
