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The Colonists arrived in Jamestown
They came to Jamestown looking for gold, but didn`t find any -
Rhode Island would only let landowners and their sons vote
Just 11,239 out of 26,000 adult males were qualified to vote -
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Americans are taking less vacation days
In 2000, the average American took 20,9 vacation days. In 2013, that number had sunk to 16 days. This costs U.S. businesses 224 billion dollars a year. Several businesses, for instance Rand Corporation and Full Contact Inc., has now chosen to give employees paid vacations, Other corporations, like Hubspot, has chosen to have an unlimited vacation policy. Several corporations are also using the "Use it or lose it" policy, to make their workers take out vacation instead of saving it. -
U.S. Corporations trading with official enemies
In one week alone, 57 U.S. corporations were fined for trading with official enemies of the U.S., including terrorist countries -
19,6% are non-believers
Compared to 2007: 15,3% -
McCutcheon v. FEC
Supreme Court issued a ruling that struck down the aggregate limits on how much an individual can contribute during a two year period to all federal candidates, parties and political action combined.