Conflicts and relationships between the new federal government, settlers, and native americans. We have been talking about the revolution, what changes did it initiate in american society, american government, why should we think of it as a revolution rather than simply a war for independence . We have talked about this in various frameworks. We talked about whether the revolution altered the social structure of the states that were involved in the revolution. And on the last time we met we talked about the impact of the revolution on africanamericans and on the institution of slavery. We saw that in that case the legacy was quite mixed right . The revolution set the institution of slavery on the path to destruction in the northern states but was instrumental in deepening and strengthening the institution in the southern states. Today, i want to talk about two topics that are two sides of the same coin. How the revolution affected native americans and how the revolution created a new s
here in the uk, the former first minister of scotland alex salmond has said there is no doubt that his successor nicola sturgeon broke the rules governing the behaviour of ministers. he made the claim during his long awaited appearance at an inquiry into the scottish government s mishandling of sexual harassment claims against him, but mr salmond said it wasn t for him to say what the consequences for nicola sturgeon should be. he has previously accused people close to her of plotting against him. nicola sturgeon has denied his claims. our scotland editor sarah smith has the story. alex salmond arriving at the parliament he once dominated as the most powerful man in scotland, armed today with allegations nicola sturgeon is lying and that he is the victim of a conspiracy. i swear by almighty god that i will tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. scotland s institutions aren t failing, he says. he blames people, including nicola sturgeon, at the top of the
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and, the pop superstar lady gaga offers a $500,000 reward to get her two french bulldogs back after a gunman shoots her dog walker and steals the pets. saudi arabia has long been a vital us ally but since taking office in january, presidentjoe biden has vowed to reset relations with the gulf nation. on thursday, in his first conversation with king salman, he stressed the importance the us placed on human rights. this, after he read a much anticipated us intelligence report about the murder of saudi journalistjamal khashoggi, in istanbul, in 2018. the report is expected to say the murder was likely ordered by the saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman. benjamin radd is a research fellow at the center for middle east development and a lecturer in political science at the university of california, los angeles. good day to you. the white house account of this call was written in very polite terminology of diplomatic terminology, vague in the extreme. what did we learn about the
to the lockdown rules this weekend the first since the road map out of the coronavirus restrictions was released. saturday saw some of the warmest temperatures of the year so far, and in london it brought many people out into the capital s open spaces but there are concerns it could lead to some ignoring the rules. leigh milner reports. victoria park, broadway market in hackney and around the corner, london fields. a great day for a bike ride a picnic, not so much. we want to make sure that lockdown is eased at the dates that the government has said, and my message is, please, the regulations are still in place. picnics and meet ups aren t allowed until the 8th of march, but it didn t stop people here at high beech near loughton. i ve been driving around this car park here for about half an hour, and it is absolutely packed. can everybody remember to keep their distance? if you re too close to the person in front. for the owner of this cafe, a long line of customers is gr