What does the interactive map help you understand
about European colonization?

Explanation:

The map above presents a very short history of colonialism around the world from 1492-2008 in one simple GIF. Interestingly, it doesn’t limit itself to European colonialism but also includes the colonial empires of the United States, Russia/Soviet Union and Japan.

1492: The year Columbus “discovered” the Americas.

1550: The start of the Valladolid debate

1660: Start of the English restoration.

1754: The eve of the Seven Years’ War, known as the French and Indian War in America. One of the first wars fought around the world.  

1822: Brazil declares independence from Portugal.

1885: Berlin Conference formalizing the Scramble for Africa.

1914: The eve of World War 1.

1938: The year before World War 2 breaks out in Europe, although World War 2 in Asia had already begun.

1959: The year before France grants independence to its remaining French colonies in Africa.

1974: The year before Portugal recognizes the independence of Mozambique and Angola.

2008: The year the map was originally made.

in 1989, tiananmen square in beijing was the site of china’s main industries. china’s government headquarters. -pro-democracy demonstrations. (second choice)

separation of powers, therefore, refers to the division of government responsibilities into distinct branches to limit any one branch from exercising the core functions of another.   the intent is to prevent the concentration of power and provide for checks and balances.  

the traditional characterizations of the powers of the branches of american government are:

* the legislative branch is responsible for enacting the laws of the state and appropriating the money necessary to operate the government.

* the executive branch is responsible for implementing and administering the public policy enacted and funded by the legislative branch.

* the judicial branch is responsible for interpreting the constitution and laws and applying their interpretations to controversies brought before it.

forty state constitutions specify that government be divided into three branches:   legislative, executive and judicial.   california illustrates this approach; "the powers of state government are legislative, executive, and judicial.   persons charged with the exercise of one power may not exercise either of the others except as permitted by this constitution."

while separation of powers is key to the workings of american government, no democratic system exists with an absolute separation of powers or an absolute lack of separation of powers. governmental powers and responsibilities intentionally overlap; they are too complex and interrelated to be neatly compartmentalized. as a result, there is an inherent measure of competition and conflict

minnesota:   minnesota house research,   separation of powers: when statutes and court rules conflict, 2005