Why do you think most smaller caribbean countries were able to gain independence peacefully?

The ability to accurately gauge the distance of the coffee cup on your desk as you reach for it is called:

Many scholars and observers have argued that the ratification of the fourteenth amendment to the constitution has become the single most important act in all of united states politics. (a) identify which provision of the fourteenth amendment was applied to the following supreme court cases. for each case, explain the significance of the decision in united states politics. ' mapp v. ohio (1961) ' gideon v. wainwright (1963) (b) identify which provision of the fourteenth amendment was applied to the following supreme court cases. for each case, explain the significance of the decision in united states politics. ' brown v. board of education (1954) ' baker v. carr (1962) ' regents of the university of california v. bakke (1978)

Fabian inherited some money from his family and decided to open a hardware store on his own. he bought the entire inventory on credit from vendors with the promise of paying them later. he hoped to have good sales when he opened the store because there weren't any other hardware stores in the area. however, he couldn't sell most of his stock because there did not seem to be any demand. he knew he wouldn't be able to pay the creditors from the money the store made. what kind of ownership does fabian have over his store? what kind of liability is fabian open to regarding the money owed to his creditors?