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Elizabeth I (biographie en anglais)
both refused his affections. Unable to make a match with one of the princesses, he married Catherine Parr. Although he was married to Catherine, John Dudley actively pursued Elizabeth. This time enough happened to get Elizabeth expelled from Catherine's court. Catherine Parr later died in childbed, and the Lord High Admiral was subsequently executed for treason. Elizabeth loved Catherine Parr dearly. Catherine was like a mother to Elizabeth, the only mothe r she had ever known and love...
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Emmanuel KANT. (Réponse à la question : « Qu'est-ce que les Lumières ? », « Was ist Aufklärung ? » )
Dans le travail philosophique d'un texte on ne saurait se contenter d'un « à peu près » ou d'une compréhension globale. C'est la portée, l'enjeu, les implications d'une thèse qui ici importent. Pour cela, il faut comprendre !a nécessité absolue de poser au texte des questions, ne rien considérer comme allant de soi : - Que veut dire Kant quand il dit que... ? - Quelle est son intention... ? - Pourquoi cet exemple... ? Que signifie ce choix...
- The fall of the Berlin Wall on 9th November 1989 was one of the major political events at the end of this century.
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Prohibtion
On of the most popular mafioso was Al capone. He was an American gangster and a Mafioso of Sicilian origin who managed the market of alcohol of Chicago . He led a Prohibition-era crime syndicate . So he is a symbol of the prohibition and the bootlegging . Al capone was arrested by Eliot Ness ( An agent of the American treasure ) for tax evasion and was condemned for 10-year-old of prison to Alcatraz . The fight against the illegal market of alcohol was not very effective, b...
- Omphal os (Navel) Greek The stone swallowed by Cronus, one of the Titans, thinking that it was his son Zeus.
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FanFiction
else. She considered it explained his charm. That, and his delightful accent. Of course she acknowledged his cleverness, and as he was one of the best psychiatrists of the state, she could have expected that. He helped her understand who she really was. She had been violent to herself but also to her nurses, after she entered the psychiatric section of the Hospital because of the puppy incident. Like that one time, when she decided to jab a fork into the hand of one of the latter, without warnin...
- Dictynna (Lady of the Nets) Greek An ancient Cretan goddess, perhaps the goddess of Mount Dicte, which was later known as the birthplace of the Greek god Zeus.
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Récit imaginaire sur Night Hawks d'Hopper
And I could feel his eyes staring at me. I could feel his breath on my neck. I couldn't go back. - Yes, I said in a heartbeat. I'm still in, if you are? - Ha-ha darling, please, he looked at me amused. You're the one who's hesitating, I'm not. - I'm not. - You're nervous; you're blushing, you're trembling. You're hesitating because what you asked me to do to your own family is awful, he said as he was getting closer to my...
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Créer une histoire à partir du tableau Night Hawks de Hopper
And I could feel his eyes staring at me. I could feel his breath on my neck. I couldn't go back. - Yes, I said in a heartbeat. I'm still in, if you are? - Ha-ha darling, please, he looked at me amused. You're the one who's hesitating, I'm not. - I'm not. - You're nervous; you're blushing, you're trembling. You're hesitating because what you asked me to do to your own family is awful, he said as he was getting closer to my...
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From The Canterbury Tales - anthology.
In Gernade at the sege eek hadde he beOf Algezir, and riden in Belmarye;At Lyes was he and at Satalye,Whan they were wonne; and in the Grete SeeAt many a noble arivee hadde he be. At mortal batailes hadde he been fifteene,And foughten for oure feith at TramisseneIn listes thries, and ay slayn his fo. This ilke worthy knyght hadde been alsoSometime with the lord of PalatyeAgain another hethen in Turkye;And everemore he hadde a soverein pris.And though that he were worthy, he was wis,And of his po...
- Copa America Champions The world's oldest existing international soccer tournament, it was known as the South American Championship until 1975.
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droit de vote des femmes en angleterre
linked to it. This event is the departure of some English people in South Africa to find gold. Africaners didn't recognize them as citizens. The United-Kingdom decided to declare war to South Africa. From this moment on, suffragists began to wonder: why does this government lead a war for Englishmen's rights in South Africa and for the same rights they refused to us? The NUWSS carried his movement on but some of the Suffragists found it not enough radical. Then, in 1903 the movement split in ha...
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The Story of An Hour by Kate Chopin
“The Dream of An Hour”, it is described as a dream to describe something unrealistic and unreachable. Women were not allowed to think for themselves or have an opinion of their own, they had to have the same opinions as their husbands or fathers, at the time. It took her husband dying for her to feel free, it was the only way, back then, for a woman to be free, as women were always financially dependent on men, a woman goes from being dependant on her father to being dependant on her husband, sh...
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Short Story: TRAPPED
excited to find out the secrets hidden there. So was victor. But we were forced to bring the nerd with us, he was always trying to escape. The door of the teacher’s room was half open, so we walked through the door. It was all dark inside, we couldn’t find the switches. There was just the light coming through the curtains. We split and each one of us went to a different corner of the room. We were looking forward to finding strange stuffs on this room. I started running to the back of...
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Connecticut Yankee - anthology.
This missionary knight's name was La Cote Male Taile, and he said that this castle was the abode of Morgan le Fay, sister of King Arthur, and wife of King Uriens,monarch of a realm about as big as the District of Columbia—you could stand in the middle of it and throw bricks into the next kingdom. “Kings” and “Kingdoms”were as thick in Britain as they had been in little Palestine in Joshua's time, when people had to sleep with their knees pulled up because they couldn't stretch outwithout a passp...
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Biographie George Orwell en Anglais + Resume court de Animal Farm
Animal Farm is a short political fable based on Joseph Stalin's betrayal of the Russian Revolution. It was published in 1945. The animals of the Manor Farm live in a bad situation because their farmer Mr. Jones, a mean and always drunk man, exploits them. One day Old Major, an old pig, called a meeting of all the animals and told them about a dream that he had had the previous night. He had dreamed about an old song 'Beasts of England' that started a resistance against the human beings. Everyone...
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histoire mythe et héros
one day I would buy it and take off to amazing places with it. So yes I had bought it yesterday and Doog had done all the necessary work on it for free. In my backpack a few shirts , money , good shoes , food , water , shampoo and some other small things I would need on this trip into the Canadian nature. My Destination was Banff , 1760 miles on the road. Two days have now passed since I've left Chicago iI stopped near Madison and slepted in my car on the first night but yesterday I went al...
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Robinson Crusoe
Part Two: Robinson was happy to be alive, he thanked God for saving his life. He had no clothes, no food and no drink, so R thought he was going to die of stavation or eaten by wild animals. That night he drank fresh water then climbed on a tree and slept. The next morning he saw the ship was near to the shore so he took his clothes off and reached it. To bring food back to the shore he had to build a raft, so he put pieces of wood together and built a raft. He loaded it with food, cloth...
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Robinson Crusoe (Black Cat)
Part Two: Robinson was happy to be alive, he thanked God for saving his life. He had no clothes, no food and no drink, so R thought he was going to die of stavation or eaten by wild animals. That night he drank fresh water then climbed on a tree and slept. The next morning he saw the ship was near to the shore so he took his clothes off and reached it. To bring food back to the shore he had to build a raft, so he put pieces of wood together and built a raft. He loaded it with food, cloth...
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Queen Victoria
Victoria’s life during her reign: Queen Victoria’s reign lived through the golden age of industry, science, conquests, literature and religion of State. Indeed, Great Britain was the first country to know the industrial revolution, and consequently becomes, the first worlds. Thanks to technological innovations in agriculture, industry and transport, it’s became the first supplier of the world. Prosperity and economic power of Great Britain during the reign of Queen Victoria come from these trans...
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BIOGRAPHY OSCAR WILDE
5. After graduating from Oxford, when he met and courted Florence Balcombe. However, when she rejected his proposal to marriage, Oscar left Ireland permanently in 1878. He met Constance Lloyd and fell in love with her. So on may 29 1884, Oscar married Constance Lloyd. 6. Cyril Holland, born in 1885, was the older of the two sons of Oscar Wilde and Constance Lloyd and brother to Vyvyan Holland, who was born the following year, and died on the 10 October 1967. 7. Lord Douglas, of his fir...
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John Diefenbaker.
only Conservative elected from Saskatchewan, which had gone solidly to the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), a coalition party dedicated to social andwelfare reforms. In 1952 the Liberals in Saskatchewan abolished Diefenbaker's Lake Centre seat altogether by merging it with the neighboring legislative district of Moose Jaw, where theCCF had a vast majority. In 1953 Diefenbaker decided to run for election in Prince Albert. Again he was the only Conservative returned to Parliament fromSa...
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John Diefenbaker - Canadian History.
only Conservative elected from Saskatchewan, which had gone solidly to the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), a coalition party dedicated to social andwelfare reforms. In 1952 the Liberals in Saskatchewan abolished Diefenbaker's Lake Centre seat altogether by merging it with the neighboring legislative district of Moose Jaw, where theCCF had a vast majority. In 1953 Diefenbaker decided to run for election in Prince Albert. Again he was the only Conservative returned to Parliament fromSa...
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Wilfrid Laurier.
The Manitoba schools were the main issue in the 1896 election. Although the Catholic clergy campaigned against him, Laurier argued in Québec that he would obtainbetter terms for the Catholics by negotiating directly with the provincial government of Manitoba. “Hands off Manitoba” was an effective slogan in the other provinces aswell. A second issue was corruption in the Conservative Party, as a series of scandals had rocked the Bowell administration. Israel Tarte, a former Québec conservativewho...
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Wilfrid Laurier - Canadian History.
The Manitoba schools were the main issue in the 1896 election. Although the Catholic clergy campaigned against him, Laurier argued in Québec that he would obtainbetter terms for the Catholics by negotiating directly with the provincial government of Manitoba. “Hands off Manitoba” was an effective slogan in the other provinces aswell. A second issue was corruption in the Conservative Party, as a series of scandals had rocked the Bowell administration. Israel Tarte, a former Québec conservativewho...
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A period of political and economic stagnation. How valid is this assessment of the Brezhnev years?
Stalin-like reaction and the stagnation the Soviet Union was in during the Brezhnev era. Brezhnev's only main policy was his constitution of 1977, which replaced Stalin's constitution of 1936. Expanding in over a hundred articles and sub-sections, it roughly followed the same lines of Stalin's constitution but there were significant differences in content. It formally acknowledged the right of the people to cultivate their own private plots and hints at guaranteed freedoms of speech, assembly,...
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SUJET NATIONAL, SESSION DE JUIN 1995 LANGUE VIVANTE I
Her father was delighted to have his daughter home. "She was so ashamed at being expelled, she didn't feel she could talle to anyone about it," he said. "She bottled everything up• so much that she couldn't bear it any longer. The poor girl. We would have unders- 35 tood and supported her whatever happened. W e are happy she is home and love her so much." However, Samantha's fatheris critical of the Swansea University: "1 am absolutely fur...
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GALILEO
marvels , known as a perspicillium, had already been demonstrated in Milan.” 6) When, Galileo turned his telescope to the Milky Way (after observing the Moon), it was transformed from a diaphanous haze to a vast rash of stars. And he observed the Sun, and found that it had black spots “which appeared to consume themselves”. These not only dissolved, but appeared seemingly at random, taking on all kinds of shapes like clouds. Any of the relativ...
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Zachary Taylor.
army fled back across the Río Grande into Mexico. When Polk got word of the victories, he promoted Taylor to major general. Congress awarded him two gold medals. B1 Battle of Monterrey In September 1846, Taylor began an invasion of northern Mexico. His army of 6000 consisted of regulars and volunteers. On September 21 he attacked the fortifiedcity of Monterrey, which was defended by more than 7000 Mexicans under General Pedro de Ampudia. Taylor divided his army, giving Brigadier General William...
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Zachary Taylor
army fled back across the Río Grande into Mexico. When Polk got word of the victories, he promoted Taylor to major general. Congress awarded him two gold medals. B1 Battle of Monterrey In September 1846, Taylor began an invasion of northern Mexico. His army of 6000 consisted of regulars and volunteers. On September 21 he attacked the fortifiedcity of Monterrey, which was defended by more than 7000 Mexicans under General Pedro de Ampudia. Taylor divided his army, giving Brigadier General William...
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Genghis Khan
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Genghis Khan (1167?
died in August 1227, in his summer quarters in the district of Qingshui south of the Liupan Shan (Liupan Mountains) in Gansu, China. IV THE MONGOL FORCES Genghis Khan unleashed a seemingly invincible military force. Although usually outnumbered, his forces prevailed on the battlefield through absolute discipline, a well-understood chain of command, superior mobility, and innovative military tactics. The Mongol forces were organized into several formations of 10,000 horse-mounted soldiers, the...
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Genghis Khan.
died in August 1227, in his summer quarters in the district of Qingshui south of the Liupan Shan (Liupan Mountains) in Gansu, China. IV THE MONGOL FORCES Genghis Khan unleashed a seemingly invincible military force. Although usually outnumbered, his forces prevailed on the battlefield through absolute discipline, a well-understood chain of command, superior mobility, and innovative military tactics. The Mongol forces were organized into several formations of 10,000 horse-mounted soldiers, the...
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Genghis Khan - History.
died in August 1227, in his summer quarters in the district of Qingshui south of the Liupan Shan (Liupan Mountains) in Gansu, China. IV THE MONGOL FORCES Genghis Khan unleashed a seemingly invincible military force. Although usually outnumbered, his forces prevailed on the battlefield through absolute discipline, a well-understood chain of command, superior mobility, and innovative military tactics. The Mongol forces were organized into several formations of 10,000 horse-mounted soldiers, the...
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"Look lively, Miss Hill, please." She would not cry many tears at leaving the Stores. But in her new home, in a distant unknown country, it would not be like that. Then she would be married--she, Eveline. People would treat her with respect then. She would not be treated as her mother had been. Even now, though she was over nineteen, she sometimes felt herself in danger of her father's violence. She knew it was that that had given her the palpitations. When they were growing up he had never gone...
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Dubliners
"Look lively, Miss Hill, please." She would not cry many tears at leaving the Stores. But in her new home, in a distant unknown country, it would not be like that. Then she would be married--she, Eveline. People would treat her with respect then. She would not be treated as her mother had been. Even now, though she was over nineteen, she sometimes felt herself in danger of her father's violence. She knew it was that that had given her the palpitations. When they were growing up he had never gone...
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Johnson Knocks Out Jeffries.
Through the fight's first three rounds the boxers—picking, jabbing, and feigning—proceeded slowly. Even at this cautious pace Johnson scored several shatteringblows, smiling or laughing several times during the early rounds. By the fourth round Johnson was in control, and he continued to batter Jeffries for ten more rounds. In the 15th, Johnson knocked down Jeffries with a left. Theformer champion rose groggily to his feet only to be met by another left from Johnson to the jaw. This punch pr...
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Egyptian Mythology
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Egyptian Mythology, specifically, the religion of ancient Egypt.
PtahThe Egyptian god Ptah was, among other things, patron of the arts and of artisans. He was worshipped at Memphis, theancient capital of Egypt. This statue of the deity dates from the 18th dynasty and is in the Egyptian Museum of Turin,Italy.Gianni Dagli Orti/Corbis In addition to those already named, the important divinities included the gods Amon, Thoth, Ptah, Khnemu, and Hapi, and the goddesses Hathor, Mut, Neit, andSekhmet. Their importance increased with the political ascendancy of the lo...
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Personal narrative essay
thinking about when she would see me again. I had this feeling, you know when something bad has happened, and you heard the news but it doesn’t truly get to you. You don’t realise what just happened. The moment I truly realised what had happened was when I saw her dead body. It was there, in front of me, as cold as ice. I could feel all sorts of emotions flowing through my body. It was completely new, something I have never felt before. Memories were passing through my head like a movie. U...
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battle of hasting
England should fall into the hands of the Normand because for him it is the decision of god. Therefore War and god are linked . Indeed for William you couldn’t go to war if God is not with you. Moreover, I quote: “William was ready to encourage his soldiers by his voice and by his presence ready to encourage his soldiers by his voice and by his presence» paragraph 5, line 43. As regards Harold, he was able to strike down both a horse and rider with a single blow. Harold fought like a...
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irak
After the end of the 1 st Gulf War a mandate was sent, it was called the “United Nations Security Council Resolution”. This mandate stipulated that all Iraq weapons: missiles, chemical, biological and nuclear weapons were destroyed. In 1998 the US signed a political act where they asked for a change in government in Iraq. With the Act the CIA spent 8 million dollars per year to try to remove Saddam Hussein from power. When ...
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John Tyler.
A “His Accidency” Tyler was summoned to Washington, D.C., as acting president. The Constitution seemed unclear as to whether Tyler should now merely assume the duties of thepresident until new elections were held, or whether he should in fact assume the office of president. Tyler chose the latter view and on April 6 had himself sworn in aspresident. This procedure, later taken for granted, exposed Tyler to much censure and abuse. Throughout his term, Whigs and Democrats alike denounced his acti...
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John Tyler
A “His Accidency” Tyler was summoned to Washington, D.C., as acting president. The Constitution seemed unclear as to whether Tyler should now merely assume the duties of thepresident until new elections were held, or whether he should in fact assume the office of president. Tyler chose the latter view and on April 6 had himself sworn in aspresident. This procedure, later taken for granted, exposed Tyler to much censure and abuse. Throughout his term, Whigs and Democrats alike denounced his acti...
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James Monroe.
In October 1786, Monroe resigned from Congress and settled with his bride in Fredericksburg, Virginia, where he began a law practice. His retirement from politics wasbrief. He was soon elected to the town council, and then once again to the Virginia legislature. However, Monroe never lost touch with national politics. He corresponded regularly with both Jefferson and Madison. In 1786 Monroe attended the AnnapolisConvention, which had been called to consider interstate commerce and other matters...
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James Monroe - USA History.
In October 1786, Monroe resigned from Congress and settled with his bride in Fredericksburg, Virginia, where he began a law practice. His retirement from politics wasbrief. He was soon elected to the town council, and then once again to the Virginia legislature. However, Monroe never lost touch with national politics. He corresponded regularly with both Jefferson and Madison. In 1786 Monroe attended the AnnapolisConvention, which had been called to consider interstate commerce and other matters...
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John Macdonald.
dissolution of the existing Union. The Atlantic colonies, which consisted of Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, and Newfoundland, were considering the question of their own union andplanned to meet at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, on September 1, 1864. Macdonald saw his opportunity and secured an invitation for the Canadians to attend.The delegates of the Atlantic colonies put off their own discussion until they had heard the Canadians. Macdonald spoke of the advantages in...
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John Macdonald - Canadian History.
dissolution of the existing Union. The Atlantic colonies, which consisted of Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, and Newfoundland, were considering the question of their own union andplanned to meet at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, on September 1, 1864. Macdonald saw his opportunity and secured an invitation for the Canadians to attend.The delegates of the Atlantic colonies put off their own discussion until they had heard the Canadians. Macdonald spoke of the advantages in...
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John Macdonald - Canadian History.
dissolution of the existing Union. The Atlantic colonies, which consisted of Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, and Newfoundland, were considering the question of their own union andplanned to meet at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, on September 1, 1864. Macdonald saw his opportunity and secured an invitation for the Canadians to attend.The delegates of the Atlantic colonies put off their own discussion until they had heard the Canadians. Macdonald spoke of the advantages in...
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From The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - anthology.
'Wherebouts?' says I. 'Down to Silas Phelps's place, two mile below here. He's a runaway nigger, and they've got him. Was you looking for him?' 'You bet I ain't! I run across him in the woods about an hour or two ago, and he said if I hollered he'd cut my livers out—and told me to lay down and stay where Iwas; and I done it. Been there ever since; afeard to come out.' 'Well,' he says, 'you needn't be afeard no more, becuz they've got him. He run off f'm down South, som'ers.' 'It'...
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James A.
Treasury John Sherman, another Ohioan. He went to the Republican national convention as head of his state's delegation and manager of the Sherman campaign. The Republican Party at that time was split into two factions, the Stalwarts, led by Roscoe Conkling, senator from New York, and the Half-Breeds, led by Blaine. The twogroups had few political differences, but disagreed over the division of appointments to federal positions, known as patronage. The Stalwarts wanted control of all federal ap...